Three Song Stories

Three Song Stories is an exploration of the power music has to connect us to times, places, people, and emotions from our lives. The show brings out the guests’ personalities, and personal histories, by mining the connections music has made during their lifetimes. It’s also a chance to sit back and listen to the eclectic mix of songs the guests have chosen for their ultimate musical memory short list.

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Episode 439 - Tonya Todd
6d ago · 1:11:58
Tonya Todd is an author, actress, screenwriter, and director. She is also co-editor and contributor for Comics Lit Volume 1, an essay collection about the value of comic books, and author of 52 Love: Weekly Love Lessons in Bite-Sized Bits. Her latest book, 52 Love: A Year of Romance – Volume One, is a collection of short stories inspired by the first thirteen tips in the original. She also serves as co-host of Femme On Podcast and host for Dime Grinds, an author meet-and-greet. Her anti-censorship series Banned Books Conversations champions the freedom to read. She is currently working on a Dr
Episode 438 - Ryan Lampa
13d ago · 59:29
Ryan Lampa is co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit People Loving Nashville - it’s one of the city’s most recognizable grassroots nonprofits. What began as a simple desire to cook a few Thanksgiving meals for some of his unhoused neighbors in 2008 has grown into an organization that has not missed a single Monday night of outreach in the years since. Over the years, PLN has expanded far beyond emergency food and supplies to offer housing support and other programs. These days they’re providing upwards of 800 meals every single week. And they run Paradeisos Coffee Company in downtown Nashville an
Episode 437 - Sonya McCarter
20d ago · 1:08:42
Sonya McCarter is a teacher, actress, director, singer and lover of all things theatre. For seven years Sonya guided aspiring actors through the CHANGE Acting Program - through it she helped adult actors of color bring their talent to the stage. She also served as Education Director and Community Engagement Coordinator at the Alliance. About three years ago she founded Bridging the Gap Center for the Arts - a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to arts education by bringing acting and visual arts programming directly into communities through partnerships with local nonprofits, senior cente
Episode 436 - Richard Bravo
27d ago · 1:40:26
Richard Bravo was born in Colombia but grew up in Jamaica, Queens during the height of 1980s graffiti culture so his earliest artistic instincts were shaped on the streets - and was fueled by the precision he observed in his printer father and patternmaker mother’s work. Over the next quarter-century, Richard designed fashion campaigns, directed scenic visuals, and crafted iconic imagery for hip-hop legends, including DMX and Busta Rhymes. He did set design for the Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album cover. Song 1: “Missing” by Everything But the Girl from their 1994 album Amp
Episode 435 - Erika Burke Rossa
1mo ago · 1:04:14
Erika Burke Rossa is a writer, director, producer, and actor who, after reading the award-winning young adult novel Rain Reign by Anne M. Martin of Babysitter Club fame to her kid and was so deeply moved she reached out to Ms. Martin via Facebook to see if she could secure the rights to make it into a film…and that worked. After getting ahold of the rights, one thing started leading to another until last month, when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival with Paul Rudd, Felice Kakaletris, and Jeremy Sisto in the starring roles. Erika wrote the screenplay and directed it as her first feature
Episode 434 - Nate Hegyi
1mo ago · 1:05:06
Nate Hegyi is host and senior producer of Outside/In from New Hampshire Public Radio…it’s a weekly podcast and radio show that’s been around since 2015…Nate’s hosted it for about four years. They describe it as “A show where curiosity and the natural world collide.” Their team explores a super wide variety of topics, from all around the world. Before joining the Outside/In team Nate was a reporter in Utah working for the Mountain West News Bureau, where he covered federal land management agencies, indigenous issues, and the environment. Before that he worked at Yellowstone Public Radio, Montan
Episode 433 - Eric Lee
1mo ago · 1:03:51
Eric Lee is a middle school psychologist by day and a comic book artist by night. His first publication was a web comic called The Breakup Artist. He did all the artwork and writing himself, releasing an episode of it weekly from 2017 to 2021. He’s written continuously for Dark Knight News for more than 8 years now. It’s a dedicated, fan-run website and media outlet focused entirely on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Most recently, he contributed to "Comics Lit Vol. 1" - it’s a collection that does a deep analysis of comic books and their connection to deeper stories in literature and religion
Episode 432 - Lachi
1mo ago · 1:18:42
Lachi Music is a New York City-based recording artist, songwriter, touring performer, record producer, author, and disability culture advocate. She grew up in a Nigerian-American home in Ithaca, New York and was born legally blind. She’s now released five albums, including her latest, called Magnificent. It’s a children’s album that invites people of all-ages to embrace difference, and understand neurodiversity and disability as a natural part of human diversity. It features many top artists in the Family Music space, including Lisa Loeb among many others whose names you’d recognize. Song 1: “
Episode 431 - Gene Martin
2mo ago · 58:10
Gene Martin co-hosts the ACMA’s songwriters circle, and he’s leader of a 5 member band called The Floridians…they play clubs, adult day care and rehab centers, retirement homes and hospitals. Four of the five band members are in their 80s. Song 1: “Where Have All The Flowers Gone”...written by Pete Seeger in 1955, this version was recorded by the Kingston Trio and released in 1961. https://youtu.be/9hxg3B-1OsA?si=KVq1m2-i5j5Xu54m Song 2: “Paradise” by John Prine from his self-titled debut album released in 1971. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEy6EuZp9IY Song 3: “Join Ice” by Jesse Welles fro
Episode 430 - Chion Wolf
2mo ago · 1:28:17
Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious on Connecticut Public Radio. It features conversations with people who have uncommon or misunderstood experiences, conditions, or professions. Audacious is a three time Gracie Award winner - the Gracie Awards recognize exemplary programming created by women, for women and about women in all facets of media and entertainment. She is also the host of Other People's Poems - an event during which people share one poem they love that they didn’t write. Those who have their poems memorized win a loofah. Chion used to produce and host a live storytelling event at t
Episode 429 - Stella Cole
2mo ago · 1:00:25
Stella Cole is a singer who has preformed at Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, and in 2023, she worked with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, touring the country, as well as Australia and New Zealand. She’s now released two albums independently with Grammy-winning producer Matt Pierson – one called simply “Stella Cole” and the other “Snow!” which featured a duet with Glee TV and Broadway star Darren Criss. Her third album, “It’s Magic” is just about to be released by Decca Records US. During the early days of the pandemic, Stella started posting videos of herself singing on social pla
Episode 428 - Harold Balink
2mo ago · 1:08:23
Harold Balink - known as Chef Harold to many in SWFL - is a chef and restaurateur who has had a considerable influence on the culinary scene in this part of the world for more than three decades. In 2002 he opened Harold’s on the Bay in downtown Fort Myers - then he partnered with the late chef and Fort Myers restaurateur Shannon Yates on Cru in the Bell Tower in South Fort Myers. Then, in 2015, he downsized and personalized by opening Harold’s in South Fort Myers…just 34 seats initially versus the more than 200 at Cru. Harold’s has since expanded considerably, and now his newest venture, a wh
Episode 427 - AR Farina
3mo ago · 1:14:18
Anthony Farina is the award-winning author of The Austen Chronicles Series - which he publishes under the moniker A.R. Farina. It’s a modern-day reimagining of Jane Austen’s novels, set in a shared universe, which are published by 4 Horsemen Publications. He’s also the creator, co-editor, and is a contributor to Comic Lit - it’s a collection of essays that delves into the literary merits of comic books and graphic novels while attempting to prove that they are high-art. He’s also published multiple short stories, essays, and reviews in print and online. Most recently, his short story “Flip,” a
Episode 426 - David Mayfield
3mo ago · 1:07:03
David Mayfield is the front man of The David Mayfield Parade. He's played in Cadillac Sky, and alongside The Avett Brothers and Mumford and Sons. David grew up playing bass and touring in a bus with his family’s bluegrass band. He started collecting national awards while still a teen for his dexterity on guitar and mandolin. He has also appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
425 - John McEuen
3mo ago · 1:09:46
John McEuen is a banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle player, and a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He has made almost 50 albums, that have earned four platinum and five gold records, multiple Grammy Awards and nominations, CMA, and ACM awards. John produced Steve Martin’s 2010 album, The Crow, which won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. He was inducted in 2017 to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame, and his popular Sirius/XM Acoustic Traveller Show is now in its 14th year. He’s also an author - his bio “The Life I’ve Picked” was published in 2018.
Episode 424 - Erica Rhodes
3mo ago · 54:11
Erica Rhodes is a comedian and actor who began acting as a young child - she actually performed on A Prairie Home Companion beginning at the age of 12 and did that for years - and she was serious about ballet and cello growing up. Her acting credits include Modern Family and Veep. She also voiced the scene-stealing character of “Dotty” in the hit Netflix animated series, A Tale Dark and Grimm. She also had a recurring role on the Audible series, Dr. Katz: The Audiobook with Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman, which featured guest comedians like Jon Hamm, Wanda Sykes, and Marc
Episode 423 - Griogair Labhruidh
3mo ago · 1:44:38
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 S
Episode 422 - Doug Berman
4mo ago · 1:25:04
Doug Berman is Executive Producer of Car Talk; and Creator and Benevolent Overlord of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! A two-time Peabody Award-winning producer, Doug began his career in news while still in college, serving as a production assistant for NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition. It was at WBUR that Doug met and became friends with Tom & Ray Magliozzi brothers, who were doing a local call-in show. He produced a pilot for them, and that became the first episode of Car Talk. In the late 90s after Car Talk proved there was an audience for such silliness on NPR, Doug was asked to c
Episode 421 - Theresa Girard
4mo ago · 58:01
Theresa Girard crafted her own art education studying early 20th Century contemporary artists and had a career as a color expert and educator for a large manufacturing company. She staged and styled numerous photo shoots, large trade productions, and did program development from coast to coast. As a painter, Theresa is represented by five galleries, including Gardner Colby Gallery in Naples and Jessica Hagen Fine Art in Newport, Rhode Island, and she has studios in Bonita Springs and Narragansett, Rhode Island She’s taught art and creativity classes for more than 30 years, and she’s founder of
Episode 420 - Mary Bichner
4mo ago · 1:08:16
Mary Bichner is an orchestral composer with synesthesia - the neurological condition that allows her to “see” splashes of specific colors in her mind’s eye when she hears their corresponding pitches. She recently finished her first full-length opera, called "The Memoirs of Antonina", inspired by Marie Antoinette. Mary stopped by our studio while she was in town for two concerts with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall called “You’ve Got Mail: Musical Love Letters” with maestro Andrew Lipke. SONG 1: “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in
Episode 419 - Eric Brown
4mo ago · 59:14
Eric Brown is a photographer based in Eastern North Carolina. He and his family moved there after he spent nearly 20 years traveling the world and working in the music industry out of Nashville. He is often back in Nashville or traveling for work, though his studio is where he spends most days working alongside his family. SONG 1: “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty off of his 1994 album of the same name. https://youtu.be/Kw8vBDk880k?si=FpF70-IkCWNafV_T SONG 2: “The Obvious Child” by Paul Simon...this the 1991 "Concert in the Park" recording in NYC's Central Park during his "Born at the Right Time" tou
Episode 418 - Benjamin Murray
5mo ago · 1:05:58
Benjamin Murray is an award-winning maker, how has made short films, commercials, and a few fun movies.
Episode 417 - Dave Ritter
5mo ago · 57:02
Dave Ritter is a founding member of the six-piece Toronto-based, two-time Juno Award winning indie/pop/folk/rock band The Strumbellas. They have put out at least six records over the years, and their song "Spirits" from their 2016 album Hope topped the Billboard Alternative Song chart for two weeks and got mainstream radio play in Canada and Europe, winning Single of the Year at the 2017 JUNO Awards. Their most recent record is Burning Bridges Into Dust. SONG 1: "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger (& The Silver Bullet Band) off the album Sweet Summertime (Stranger in Town?) released in https:/
Episode 416 - Jimmy Keys
5mo ago · 1:09:25
Jimmy Keys is a Comedian and Musician who's career began in England in the town of Gravesend, doing band stuff with friends around the age of 12. He hit the road to Germany with friends when he was 20, and toured Europe in the early 70s as part of the backing band who played with many top soul artists from the States including Ben E. King, Eddie Floyd and Percy Sledge. Then he had a band that worked extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East which was followed up by gigging on a cruise ship for more than a year. Jimmy has also been the resident manic entertainer at the world famous “Hen
Episode 415 - Dan Navarro
5mo ago · 1:33:58
Dan Navarro is a singer and has been a songwriter for artists including Pat Benatar (he co-wrote “We Belong”) The Bangles, Jackson Browne, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick and more. He's also a voice actor and singer. Most recently, he sang on six Lin-Manuel Miranda songs in the Disney Film Encanto. He’s also done voice work for Family Guy, American Dad, and for video games and TV commercials. Dan’s latest album, "Horizon Line" was produced by multiple Grammy®-winner Jim Scott who’s worked with the likes of Tom Petty, Wilco, and the Dixie Chicks.