[ad_1]
While some New Year’s resolutions include making more trips to the library to expand reading lists, some people are looking to discover more content with the number of podcasts they tune into.
From true crime to comedy, advice, and TV show recaps, the number of shows that dot the web remains an entertaining mix.
Adam Perry—a Boulder-based musician, paralegal at a local law firm for disabled veterans, and journalist—debuted his variety podcast, Mile High Stash, in November. Featuring a diverse guest list from Colorado, including musicians Clay Rose and Bonnie and Taylor Sims, and artists such as psychedelic illustrator Lexi Baker, his program has already become a favorite among local listeners.
We caught up with the host to find out what inspired him to make the leap into the world of webcasting, what podcasts he can’t get enough of, and which dream guest he’d welcome the opportunity to interview in 2023.
Kalyn McCourt: What inspired you to want to start Mile High Stash and what has been the most rewarding part of this new venture?
Adam Perry: Anyone who comes into my orbit knows about my crazy ideas that come to fruition overnight, and the Mile High Stash was one of those impulses about two months ago. It made sense because I’ve been interviewing musicians as a journalist for so long, and of course only a fraction of them ended up in the paper, whereas a podcast is a chance to really dig into who a person is and share that, finally, with the world.
When I started doing Mile High Stash regularly, though, the mission behind it really started to shine: It’s a chance to let musicians and interesting people who love music really speak for themselves. There’s a musical theme because that’s the world I travel the most, but the five albums are really just intermittent sparks in a conversation about who my guests are.
km: Do you have podcasts that you listen to religiously?
AP: Most of the ones I like are about sports. But WTF’s Marc Maron is a talented interviewer and, like me, he started a podcast after developing relationships and connections in a certain industry — and seemingly realizing there was an audience that would enjoy hearing the conversations he already had drove like a private. Terri Gross is not a podcaster, but she is truly the great American interviewer of our time. Just listening to her for the past few decades has been as much a journalistic and even English education for me as my college.
km: What do you think makes a podcast intriguing?
AP: The opposite of an intriguing podcast, at least to me, is where hosts spend 10, 15, or even 20 minutes talking about their cats, their homes, the mundane details of their personal lives. Mile High Stash is not a series for me. It’s good to have a fun theme that people can rely on and regularly invite diverse, interesting guests to really explore their lives, their careers, just what they care deeply about, what drives them.
Music is what I hope I know how to talk about, so it’s good to have the topic of the five albums as a genesis for a good conversation. The goal is for this to intrigue people enough to tune in to Mile High Stash, and then surprise listeners when the conversation gets deep into who my guests are. The Slim Cessna episode is a good example of this because this was a rock star sharing sensitive, moving details of his life story in a way that simply couldn’t be presented in a newspaper or magazine.
km: Who can we expect to hear next time on the Mile High Stash and do you have any dream guests you’d like to host in 2023?
AP: I’m really trying to break away from the white rock star stereotype and I have to say I’m excited to share my conversations with Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin and iZCALLi’s Miguel Aviña next month. They are both extremely talented and smart individuals with an absurdly vast knowledge of music and culture that is new and exciting to me and, hopefully, to people who want to burst their own bubbles. Reminders from Fort Collins is a dream guest for me locally, and I’m talking to them about an episode of Mile High Stash in the near future.
The ultimate guest for each show, though? Of course it’s Tom Waits.
km: I found out that Rolling Harvest is opening for Gasoline Lollipops for a New Year’s Eve show at The Caribou Room in Nederland. What can attendees expect from this upcoming show and do you have any resolutions for 2023?
AP: With GasPops veterans at Rolling Harvest, New Year’s at the Caribou Room will be an amazing event for everyone in the family, and I know Clay Rose is especially excited because he can now be a stone’s throw from his home and hit the Caribou Room, it’s so close. Rolling Harvest will have members of Gasoline Lollipops sitting in with us for the New Years show and it’s going to be really special.
My New Year’s resolution should probably be to work less and spend more time with family and friends and, well, just more time with myself – but I have to be practical and say that my resolution is to find ways to I balance work and personal life in order to see more friends and family.
[ad_2]
Source link