The Steer

The Steer

By Jeff Alessandrelli, Joshua James Amberson, Karleigh Frisbie BroganSociety & CultureArtsBooksMusicMusic Interviews
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The Steer episodes

  • Essayist Andre Perry
    Joshua and Jeff talk to Andre Perry about listening to Kendrick Lamar live in Iowa City, making music in San Francisco, the nuances of The Grateful Dead, co-founding the Mission Creek Festival, and his debut essay collection Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now.
    1 hr 13 min
  • Kyle Morton--Playlist
    Music from the Kyle Morton episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Tracks from Kyle's solo album What Will Destroy You are featured, as well as a few from Kyle's band Typhoon.
    38 min
  • Songwriter Kyle Morton (of Typhoon)
    Joshua and Jeff talk to Kyle Morton, Typhoon frontman Kyle Morton and noted solo musician, about reading history; growing up in Salem, Oregon; the nuances of good lyric writing, among other far-flung topics.
    1 hr 22 min
  • Performance Artist & Memoirist Gabrielle Civil
    Joshua and Jeff talk to writer and performance artist Gabrielle Civil about Prince, Bjork, Solange, how to both define and come to terms with success, and her new book Experiments in Joy, longlisted for the Believer Book Award in the non-fiction category.
    1 hr 16 min
  • Gabrielle Civil--Playlist
    Music from the Gabrielle Civil episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include Prince, Digable Plants, Bjork, Nina Simone and Solange, among others.
    47 min
  • Season 2 Intro
    New Steer co-host Joshua James Amberson and Jeff Alessandrelli discuss the upcoming season of their music/writing podcast/radio show The Steer.
    24 min
  • Season 2 Intro
    New Steer co-host Joshua James Amberson and Jeff Alessandrelli discuss the upcoming season of their music/writing podcast/radio show The Steer.
    3 min
  • Dream Poet Mathias Svalina
    Jeff talks to Mathias Svalina, poet and proprietor of the Dream Delivery Service, about deodorant, Michael Crichton, Mary Roach, Virginia, bicycling, solitude, being a college radio disc jockey, traveling vs. staying in one space mentally and physically, and music. A lot about music. At the end Mathias also reads some of his “choice” dreams—stick around for it.
    1 hr 6 min
  • Mathias Svalina--Playlist
    Music from the Mathias Svalina episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include UUVVWWZ, Boyracer, FKA Twigs, and Shudder To Think, among others.
    48 min

About The Steer

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Hosted by Joshua James Amberson, Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, and Jeff Alessandrelli in Portland, Oregon, The Steer features leading musicians talking about their favorite writers and books and leading…