Griogair Labhruidh is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose distinct musical stylings merge Scottish Gaelic language, music, and cosmology with modern influences like analog boom-bap, hip-hop and soul-inflected jazz, creating a truly unique sound.

Griogair has gained international recognition for his voice as a featured soundtrack artist and songwriter on the TV series Outlander. And he’s shared the stage with many preeminent Celtic artists, and has made an impact in the world music scene as a leading member of the multi-platinum record-selling group, Afro Celt Sound System. 

Griogair will soon be releasing his long-awaited solo album with featured guest performances from Julie Fowlis, Scottish multi award-winning screen actor Alan Cumming and Speech, founder of the two-time Grammy winning Hip Hop outfit, Arrested Development.

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Tracy Waugh is co-founder of a dark wave cover band called the Lovecats with her best friend Missy Balsam. These days, she sings in the cover band Rockadelic with Joe Palumbo and Dan Wolkoff. 

Tracy has been in a series of original bands since high school, she says her favorite being Space Vacuum (From Outer Space). They released their album Starcade in 2005 on Dionysus Records. It featured songs with titles like Space Monkeys, Plastic Planet People, Spy Fi Agent, and Space Booty.

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Eric King s a senior interpretive naturalist with the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Department. He manages and conducts nature-based education at Castellow Hammock Nature Center & Preserve in Redland

Eric is also an avid butterfly and vegetable gardener as well as an eclectic musician who writes and produces everything from folk to cinematic music - and he’s currently in the process of reviving a folk rock project called The Brothers King with his older brother, Scott. 

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Paula Poundstone is well-known to NPR listeners - especially those who tend to tune in on the weekends to catch Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, on which she’s a regular and beloved panelist.

Beyond Wait Wait, Paula is a legendary stand-up comedian, author, actress & voice actor, interviewer, and commentator. She was introduced to the world at large in the late 1980s through a series of hour-long HBO comedy specials and has continued performing to this day. She’s also a podcaster these days, making Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone with fellow Wait Wait semi-regular Adam Felber.

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Daniel Donlan was born in Narragansett, Rhode Island but his family moved to southwest Florida when he was just five so pretty much considers himself a Florida man. He graduated from FGCU in 2021 and then taught high school algebra (where he was in charge of his students’ DND club) for two years before deciding that was enough of that -- he now works at Gartner in Fort Myers. 

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It's time for another throwback to the songs our musician guests played for us. 

Bulletproof Heart by Dan Navarro (Ep 309)

Lucky to Find Love Again by Tim McGeary (Ep. 323)

Hills by Coyote Island from the Sugarshack Sessions (Ep. 311)

Preston Rumbaugh Maggie Campbell Blues (Ep. 314)

Favorite Things by DAVE!Ja!Vu! (Ep. 326)

Buzzcut by Charlie Pace (Ep. 327)

The Ballad of Cilantro by Dan Navarro (Ep. 309)

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This week, we're featuring 3 clips from the podcast hosted by our audio producer, Jared Gonzalez - The RAZZLE DAZZLE Show.

First up, a look back at Guitar Hero, then an with renowned music composer and writer, Adam Gubman, and finally, THE DELTA QUEST, their monthly D&D campaign!

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Laura Kiniry (no relation by the way) is a freelance journalist specializing in travel, food, and culture. Laura has gone on numerous adventures including a six-month solo journey across Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand - she spent a summer working in Montana's Glacier National Park, and has visited all seven continents. 

Laura’s work can be found in publications including Smithsonian Magazine, Atlas Obscura, BBC Travel, and Conde Nast Traveler.

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Lauren Robie co-founded Hope Eternal Gardens in Punta Gorda with her husband Chris Alonso. It’s a licensed natural burial cemetery with planting forests and meadows where people can celebrate loved ones in a park-like setting. The dream of creating Hope began with the last wish of Lauren’s mother-in-law, and she and her husband have kept that promise and brought her dream into reality.

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Jessica Lindsey is System Director for Performance Excellence at Lee Health (the largest public health system in Southwest Florida). She has her master's in healthcare administration but has held all sorts of roles with Lee Health over the years. Jessica also serves as treasurer on the SWFL Inc. Board of Directors and is an Advisory Board Fellow.
 
Beyond her professional roles, Jessica volunteers with several local community nonprofits helping their boards of directors with strategic planning. She also engages in community initiatives through The Dubin Center, The Collaboratory, and Quality Life Center of Fort Myers. 

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