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Dave Leonard

Our mission is to make music lovers happy. Host Dave Leonard has been building a loyal following for over 30 years, programming with artistic integrity since he introduced his free-form fun to WKZE as their first Program Director in 1993 and to WDST as their VP/Programming in 1996. He is known and respected by industry leaders and fans of all ages. He established his reputation by consistently curating and exposing the best new music, helping emerging artists, and demonstrating a keen sensibility of how to beautifully segue music from all genres and time periods.Dave has endeared himself to music-loving fans with his fun personality, approachable style, and artistic integrity. His fans appreciate the way he keeps them in touch with what’s hip and ahead of the curve. He was crowdsourcing long before it became a modern marketing phenomenon.Famous for breaking new songs and acts, Leonard supports the artists in more ways than one, hosting Woodstock’s annual Davestock, which presents up to a dozen acts each year in this increasingly popular outdoor music fest.Dave is one of the top tastemakers in the country and recently has brought his loyal fan base to the podcast world after syndcating on over 30 on NPR and commercial Triple A radio across the country.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best radio UNLEASHED episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to radio UNLEASHED for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite radio UNLEASHED episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1579

radio UNLEASHED #1579

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10/21/19 • 109 min

(Pictured: Gillian Welch) Trigger Hippy – Don’t Wanna Bring You Down (Full Circle and Then Some/Turkey Grass Records) Steve Lacy – Playground (Apollo XXI/3qtr) Hollis Brown – Do Me Right (Ozone Park/Cool Green Recordings) Wilderado – Surefire (Single/Bright Antenna Records) Local Natives – Wild Eyes (Gorilla Manor/Infectious Records) Cass McCombs – That’s That (Dropping The...

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1567

radio UNLEASHED #1567

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07/29/19 • 109 min

(Pictured: Kishi Bashi) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors feat. The Lone Bellow – Dragons (Dragons/Thirty Tigers) The Head and The Heart – See You Through My Eyes (Living Mirage/Reprise) Leroy Stagger – Strange Attractor (Strange Path/True North) Cold War Kids – Complainer (single/V2) The Folk Implosion – Natural One (Kids OST/London) The Duke & The...

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1459 - Let Freedom Ring
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02/19/22 • 108 min

Resurrecting one from the archives. Original Air date July 4th, 2017
Cream I Feel Free Fresh Cream Atco Records

Ryan Adams New York, New York Gold UMG Nashville

Burnell Pines Be Free Burnell Pines Royal Potato Family

The Rolling Stones I’m Free Singles Collection London

Dave Alvin Fourth of July Hightone First Ten Years Hightone Records

Bruce Springsteen 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) The Wild, The Innocent.. Columbia

Johnny Cash with Joe Strummer Redemption Song Unearthed Box Set American Recordings LLC

Jake Shimabukuro The Star Spangled Banner Gently Weeps Hitchhike Records

Donovan Frankenreiter Free Donovan Frankenreiter Universal Records

Amos Lee Freedom &nbsp

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radio UNLEASHED - WDST Friday May 9th, 1990 pt 1
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01/16/22 • 45 min

Those of you that know me know that to be unleashed I need to be on top of my game behind the scenes. While quarantining I have spent a lot of time organizing my physical and digital space, deleting tons of files and folders on my computer, organizing and framing my photos, alphabetizing my vinyl and listening to some of my old radio shows that I recorded on cassette. These upcoming posts are the first of some of those shows recorded on cassette.
A little context.
In the Spring of 1989 I moved to Pine Plains in the Hudson Valley of New York after a few years of skiing, bartending and DJ'ing on KMTN in in Jackson Hole, WY. I drove across the Hudson River to Woodstock and went to WDST looking for a job. The station was transitioning into a new decade. Jeanne Atwood was the Music Director and was the guiding force for the new music being played and Richard Fusco the Program Director. He hired me on the spot and I started on air that September. My first on-air shifts were on weekends sharing the weekend shifts with another new hire, Nic Harcourt.
I quickly added weekday duties and became the evening DJ with a three hour show Monday through Fridays from 9pm to midnight, working on air seven days a week while also selling ads for the Harlem Valley Times in Dutchess County. My air-shift followed the late Betty McDonald and her jazz show and proceeded Mark Zip with his "Forward in all Directions" show that started at midnight. I loved the interaction with both of them in the studio as we transitioned in and out of our respective shows.

These recordings are segments from those weeknight and weekend shows where we were breaking a lot of new music, some of which has passed the test of time and has become classic. Enjoy.
#WDST #RadioForThe1990s#RadioWoodstock #procrastinatingconstructively #RadioUnleashed

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1583

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11/18/19 • 108 min

(Pictured: New Order) The Highwomen – If She Ever Leaves Me (The Highwomen/Low Country/Elektra) Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down (Metamodern Sounds in Country Music/Atlantic) Jack Grace – You’d Be Disappointed (If I Didn’t Disappoint You) (What a Way to Spend a Night/Independent) Caamp – Keep The Blues Away (By and By/Mom +...

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1568

radio UNLEASHED #1568

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08/05/19 • 109 min

(Pictured: Yola) Spoon – No Bullets Spent (Everything Hits At Once/Matador) The Clash – Pressure Drop (Black Market Clash/Columbia) Rancid – Ruby Soho (...And Out Came The Wolves/Epitaph) Joe Jackson – The Harder They Come (single/A&M Records) U2 – I Will Follow (live) (Under A Blood Red Sky/Island Records) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors –...

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1566

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07/22/19 • 109 min

(Pictured: P.P. Arnold) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – End of The World (Dragons/Magnolia Music) Brittany Howard – Stay High (Jaime/ATO) Faye Webster – Room Temperature (Atlanta Millionaires Club/Secretly Canadian) Wilder Woods – Supply & Demand (Wilder Woods/Atlantic) The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter No. 23 (Right On Time/A&M) Low Cut Connie – Controversy (Dirty...

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1559

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06/03/19 • 110 min

(Pictured: Cocteau Twins) The Mooks – Let it All Fall Down (I Hope That You Feel The Same EP/The Mooks) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Read My Mind (single/Sub Pop) RIDE – Future Love (This Is Not a Safe Place/Wichita) Hatchie – Stay With Me (Keepsake/Double Double Whammy) Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas...

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radio UNLEASHED - radio UNLEASHED #1557

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05/20/19 • 109 min

(Pictured: Charles Bradley) Holiday Ghosts – Slipstream (West Bay Playroom/PNKSLM) You Won’t – 1-4-5 (Revolutionaries/Extraneous Music-Play Nice) Monophonics – Beggin’ (single/Juno Records) Black Pumas – Black Moon Rising (Black Moon Rising/Karma Chief-Colemine) Charles Bradley – Lonely As You Are (single/Durham Records) Pink Floyd – San Tropez (Meddle/Harvest Records) The Beta Band – Dry The Rain...

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radio UNLEASHED - WDST Friday May 9th, 1990 pt 2
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01/16/22 • 45 min

Those of you that know me know that to be unleashed I need to be on top of my game behind the scenes. While quarantining I have spent a lot of time organizing my physical and digital space, deleting tons of files and folders on my computer, organizing and framing my photos, alphabetizing my vinyl and listening to some of my old radio shows that I recorded on cassette. These upcoming posts are the first of some of those shows recorded on cassette.
A little context.
In the Spring of 1989 I moved to Pine Plains in the Hudson Valley of New York after a few years of skiing, bartending and DJ'ing on KMTN in in Jackson Hole, WY. I drove across the Hudson River to Woodstock and went to WDST looking for a job. The station was transitioning into a new decade. Jeanne Atwood was the Music Director and was the guiding force for the new music being played and Richard Fusco the Program Director. He hired me on the spot and I started on air that September. My first on-air shifts were on weekends sharing the weekend shifts with another new hire, Nic Harcourt.
I quickly added weekday duties and became the evening DJ with a three hour show Monday through Fridays from 9pm to midnight, working on air seven days a week while also selling ads for the Harlem Valley Times in Dutchess County. My air-shift followed the late Betty McDonald and her jazz show and proceeded Mark Zip and "Forward in all Directions" that started at midnight. I loved the interaction with both of them in the studio as we transitioned in and out of our respective shows.

These recordings are segments from those weeknight and weekend shows where we were breaking a lot of new music, some of which has passed the test of time and has become classic. Enjoy.
#WDST #RadioForThe1990s#RadioWoodstock #procrastinatingconstructively #RadioUnleashed

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How many episodes does radio UNLEASHED have?

radio UNLEASHED currently has 67 episodes available.

What topics does radio UNLEASHED cover?

The podcast is about New Music, Eclectic, Music, Podcasts, Music Interviews and Music Commentary.

What is the most popular episode on radio UNLEASHED?

The episode title 'WDST Friday December 21st, 1990 pt 2' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on radio UNLEASHED?

The average episode length on radio UNLEASHED is 104 minutes.

How often are episodes of radio UNLEASHED released?

Episodes of radio UNLEASHED are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of radio UNLEASHED?

The first episode of radio UNLEASHED was released on May 6, 2019.

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