Native Tongues

Chris Fafalios (Punchline)

Dissecting hit singles, selling out an anniversary tour, producing a podcast with every big musician and writing new music. Chris Fafalios of the band, Punchline stays busy.
We hang out this week with the musician and professional podcaster to talk about getting signed and touring with Fall Out Boy and Paramore, two decades in the music business, starting podcasting in 2006, accidentally upsetting a 1990's boy band and the best dive bar in Pittsburgh.
 
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Richard Chizmar

"Who's this shmuck writing with Stephen King?".  
 
NY Times Bestselling author, Richard Chizmar joins us to talk about his books, writing with horror legend Stephen King, Cemetery Dance Publications, being a street urchin and Road House 2. You read that correctly.
 
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Brandon Ray

Touring with Taylor Swift, playing with Florida Georgia Line, writing with Ed Sheeran, signing with Keith Urban, composing for major national ad campaigns...
This all came from saying "yes" to everything, grinding away on the road and in the studio for years, and having some great foresight. Brandon shares his success, his failures, and his clever strategy for the next phase of his musical career. Listen now.
 
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Christine Daigle

This week we learn how writing partners split duties, what "pantsing" means (it's not what you think), and how to be successful on Amazon's Kindle Vella from someone who was there at launch. 
 
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Julie Scharper

From junior detective work through a lovestruck Honduran adventure, we follow a set of unusual threads that all lead to Julie Scharper's career as an Enterprise Reporter, where she was awarded Best in Baltimore for an investigative series about a toxic work culture in the MD Park Service in 2023. It's an entertaining story well worth listening to!
 
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Wheatus

Fist fights, AC/DC riffs, the best pizza in NY, and the origin of Teenage Dirtbag. It's all here in our conversation with Brendan B. Brown of the pop/rock band Wheatus. Listen now.
 
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Nicolette & the Nobodies

This is one of our favorite parts of this podcast, discovering real talent in unexpected places.  Nicolette is a name to watch out for. She's a breath of fresh air, makes for a fun conversation and loves to talk food as much as we do. Go listen to her music after this episode.
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Jamie Nash

Screenwriter, director, script consultant, novelist...Jamie keeps himself busy. We discuss indie filmmaking and working in the studio system, what a career in this business actually looks like, and gush over our favorite concert venue.
 
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