Category: Full Episodes
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12: Au Revoir, Season 1
I’m closing out Season 1 with a mini-episode featuring the Top 5 Songs So Far. Making the cut: Souleance, The Mighty Mocambos, Matias Aguayo, Colleen, Becky G. with Peso Pluma. What’s in your top 5? Let’s hear your picks. Saturday Morning Flavor returns with Season 2 in July, along with a few changes: I’ll be…
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11: Caught on Film: One Forever Moment at Preservation Hall
Stacia and I once snaked our way onto the stage for a midnight show at Preservation Hall in New Orleans. We went to see the Treme Brass Band. We hadn’t expected to sit on stage next to them. The next day, we found film evidence — we even know the exact moment it was taken. Today this great…
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Everything, Anytime: the SMF Archives Are Alive
. We’re now 4 months, 7 mini-episodes and 10 full episodes into Saturday Morning Flavor. As things progress, I’ve been doing some things as a matter of production hygiene that you might appreciate. First, the SMF Megamix is a Spotify playlist of everything from all Saturday Morning Flavor episodes. It’s at 250 songs and counting,…
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10: Eating Our Way Across the East Bay
Listen with the Spotify app to hear the stories and full songs. How would you plan a 60-mile foodie day trip from the top of the San Francisco East Bay all the way down to San Jose — covering one of the most culturally diverse regions in the United States? The kids and I did…
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09: It’s 1987 Again, with 3 Teenage DJs from WIRQ Rochester
Dust off your boombox, pop open a cold Tab, and grab your can of Aqua-Net — we’re going back to Saturdays in 1987 at New Music 93 WIRQ, the new-wave station “serving the universe from the top of Irondequoit High School,” just outside Rochester. After 30+ years I’ve had the chance to catch up live…
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08: Mom and Dad Throw Records in the Trash
Do you pay attention to song lyrics? I didn’t — until that one day when Mom and Dad tossed out all those “bad influence” records by AC/DC, KISS, and the like. I’ll share which album survived, surprisingly, and yes I did actually learn something from the whole ordeal. We’ll also hear a turning-points story from…
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07: Hello, I Love You, I Think You Should Leave
What song changed your relationship with someone? Here’s five of your stories about love, loss, and reclamation. Plus Saturday morning music discovery. Anchoring the episode: we dive deep with Grace Yeoh from Singapore on how one song changed everything for her — and how she reclaimed her perspective after a rough patch. Go Grace! Also:…
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06: Standing Next to Dad, Thinking … Damn, This is Cool
Episode 6 is tasty chunks of Mardi Gras radio and a healthy serving of global flavors, along with stories that answer three questions: Claire R. shares her turning-points story featuring a trip with her dad to Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. Annabelle in South Carolina tells her tale of growing up, but staying a child. And we…
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05: Turning Points: When the Songs Fit the Stories
Patrick Castro shares how Motown music became ‘his thing,’ while growing up Filipino-American in rural Louisiana. It’s part of a new ‘turning points’ segment focused on the soundtracks that fit the moments in our lives. Also new: I try to record each voice break in just one take. Spoiler: piece of cake. (I’m lying. And…