Yo! That’s My Jawn: The Podcast

Nate is back and talks about this week's ⁠Philly Music Fest⁠ and Inside Hustle networking event before sitting down with Emmy award winning filmmaker Kristi Jacobson, director of the new Max documentary Louder: The Soundtrack of Change. They talk about Kristi's connection to Philadelphia, growing up in New York, how studying Sociology at Duke led her to direct documentaries, her first film ⁠American Stand⁠⁠off⁠, getting her start on documentary sets, the genesis of Louder, choosing who to showcase in the doc, Linda Ronstadt, the challenges of African Americans in the genre of country, Kathleen Hanna, the ⁠Tracy Chapman/Luke Combs Grammys performance⁠, the use of duality in the film, and honoring our ancestors, both past and present. Then, Kristi steps up to The Jawntlet.⁠

• Kristi Jacobson on IMDb
• ⁠⁠Louder: The Soundtrack of Change⁠⁠
• Louder on IMDb⁠⁠Catalyst Films⁠

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Following a busy two weeks, Nate returns to the podcast stage with his interview with Nancy Barile. The two discuss the Vintage Philadelphia Facebook group, growing up in East Norriton, jukeboxes, sneaking down to listen to her sister's vinyl, finding David Bowie, meeting Patti Smith's mother and becoming pen pals, going away to college, keeping detailed notes of the shows she was going to, the music of the late 70s, the move to Philly and the temperature of the city at that time, Jim's Steaks and one of the most Philly moments of all time, South Street, managing Sadistic Exploits, becoming a contributor to the scene, the riots and bombs at the Starlite Ballroom in Kensington, the danger in the city in that era, Chuck Treece, moving to Boston and becoming a teacher, the Boston Red Sox Most Valuable Educator Award, being outed by a student for her punk rock past, giving away Minor Threat and a SS Decontrol test pressings to a student, the origins of what would become I'm Not Holding Your Coat, Nate's pitch for a Philly Punk rock compilation curated by Nancy, shinning a light on the Philly punk and hardcore bands of the early 80s, and the story of Sister Alice and how she informed her own approach to teaching. Then, Nancy enters The Jawntlet!
I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion
Pyramid Club: Meet the Author with Nancy Barile
Nancy on Instagram
Nancy on Twitter

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Back after a short vacation, Nate comes back with tales of his engagement before sitting down to talk with Greg Seltzer of the Philly Music Fest. They talk about the XPoNential Music Festival, growing up, VH-1, gravitating to the songs of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead, his books (The 1965 Project / The 1968 Project), what a follow up would look like, 9/11 and the music of 2002, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the pandemic, ending up in business and law, working with Jay Sweet for the Newport Folk Fest, trying to pitch Philly artists to Jay, trying to connect and bridge the Philly Scene, creating the Philly Music Fest, the first year in 2017, the Philly Mag article and unfounded skepticism, hitting the goal of $100,000, giving back to the community, watching Low Cut Connie take off, Inside Hustle, Philly becoming a First Class music city and Alex G. ...all before entering the Jawntlet.
Philly Music Fest website
Philly Music Fest Instagram
Philly Music Fest Twitter
Inside Hustle

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Nate bids farewell to summer and reminisces about MTV before being joined by Caroline Weinroth of Cinema Hearts. They talk about her childhood and learning to play the piano, early songwriting, theater, open mic nights, playing out, La Sera's album Sees the Light, her work with Girls Rock! DC, her song "Fender Factory," guitar elitism, entering the world of pageantry, the dream of playing the electric guitar on the Miss America stage, the highs and lows of the pageant life, her new EP, Your Ideal, working with Bartees Strange, working on the EP throughout the pandemic, vulnerability, and translating the music into a live setting. Then, Caroline enters The Jawntlet!
Cinema Hearts website
Cinema Hearts on Bandcamp
Cinema Hearts Instagram
Cinema Hearts Twitter
Cinema Hearts YouTube