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  • The multi-Grammy-winning violinist, singer, and songwriter and his band BeauSoleil have been at the forefront of Cajun and Zydeco music for 50 years. Collaborations with Keith Richards, Richard Thompson, and Mary Chapin Carpenter and their numerous appearances on Prairie Home Companion have been icing on the cake. Tonight Michael joins RenĂ© in the Feral Zone to illuminate the meaning behind it all.

    Topics include a St. Louis Cathedral gig, the Franklin restaurant, a waitress bit, the Iguanas at Broadside, a family farm, a Quarter horse track, a musical family, a Sunday dance, playing trumpet, the banjo, Gene Autry, Elvis, a drummer cousin, Little Rickie, Zachary Richard, a roadhouse oasis, a French festival, Montreal, Phil Johnson, Coteau, Nathan Abshire, William Blake, Lil’ Buck Senegal, research grants, cultural anthropology, the rosary in French, Garrison Keillor, the Jazz Fest tour, Gary Stewart, Maple Leaf gigs, Dennis Magee, the Big Island Jazz and Blues Fest, snorkeling, simplicity, set lists, “Alligator Purse,” the Hackberry Ramblers, and much more.

    Intro music: "Trucker Takes A Wife" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Parlez-Nous A Boire" by Michael Doucet with BeauSoleil

    Outro Music: "Les Barres de la Prison" from "From Bamako to Carencro" by BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

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  • The singer, guitarist, and songwriter with Morning 40 Federation and Rough Seven is also the owner of BJ’s Lounge and cohost of the “Obligations At the Lounge” podcast. Scully spent years as a middle school history teacher and authored the children’s book, “T-Roy’s Pirogue.” Tonight he joins the Troubled Men where his love of dive bar culture and experience handling unruly children pays off.

    Topics include a sweet spot, a Thanksgiving recap, a big dog, an Advent calendar, an old flame, UCLA, a Biloxi gig, the Loose Cattle record release at the Temple House, the new WWOZ studio, Hunter Biden’s pardon, a guilty priest, a hand puppet, Vin Scully, a Missouri childhood, underground music, Fugazi, college, Nirvana, an older brother, learning guitar, frat hazing, moving to New Orleans, Monaco Bob’s, the Attack Family, Commander’s Palace, Josh Cohen, finding the Bywater, No Wave music, thematic shows, national touring, breakup shows, a Morris Jeff poster, Louis Michot’s Nouveau Electric Records, sobriety, the Iguanas, Jeff Treffinger, the 9th ward lock project, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Corkscrew" from "Ticonderoga" by Morning 40 Federation

    Outro Music: "Enough Problems" from "The Rough Seven" by R. Scully

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  • The piano player, drummer, and vocalist with Mem Shannon, Vince Vance and the Valiants, and Dr. Sick is also an ace audio engineer and sound mixer with his own Uptown Audio Productions. With years running sound for the cream of Louisiana musical artists, he learned from the masters the fine art of leading a band and putting on a show. Rob has always beaten his own path through life. Tonight he joins the Troubled Men, whose path has deserved a good beating for some time now.

    Topics include Thanksgiving eve, a Loose Cattle New York City gig, Tammy Faye on Broadway, the Kingpin, political shunning, the McRib’s return, Ford LTD, Krispy Krunchy Chicken, a grocery clerk, being legally deaf, a shopping cart collector, Chuck Woolery RIP, the Playboy Olympics, the Mansion, Tony Curtis, O.J. Simpson, Don Adams, RFK Jr., Cheryl Hines, Maine, piano lessons, Ben Franklin alumni, Chinese students, N.O. Music Exchange, Jimmy Glickman, Rock’n’Bowl, touring with the Iguanas, an Oregon move, Nurse Ratched, teaching at the School of Rock, Cameo, NyQuil, NoDoz, a family home, ShaNaNa, Benny Grunch, Carlo Nuccio, bar dogs, Bourbon St. gigs, Charlie Kohlmeyer, Kevin O’Day, dead phone contacts, Roland Cheramie, Tyler Clements, Papa Joe’s, the Steak Pit, cover bands, Captain Buckles, Alex Mallet, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "You Don't Have To Smile To Sing the Blues" and "While the Getting's Good" by Rob Davis

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  • The singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the Hellcats, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and the Kropotkins was steeped in the Memphis underground of Tav and Alex Chilton and nourished on a diet of canned tuna on toast, menthol cigarettes, and primordial blues. She emerged fully formed as Lorette Velvette, ready to take the world by storm. After a retreat to country life to raise a family, she resurfaced with a new band and a reignited sense of urgency. On a recent swing through town, Lorette entered the Feral Zone to shine a light on the dark recesses of her past, present, and future.

    Topics include Counter Fest, Memphis May, a dentist visit, WEVL, Misty White, the Antenna Club, Sue Easley, the Gustarvo diet, Steve Magee, “The World We Knew,” Lisa McGaughran, international touring, HoJo’s clam rolls, a film series, art actions, Diane Green, Patrick MathĂ©, Doug Easley, “Wall of Death,” “Cherry Mansions,” Misty White, an AWOL drummer, the Zippin Pippins, Amy LaVere, the Lolitas, Deerfrance, Australia, “Hoodoo Train,” the Memphis Listening Lab, Alluring Strange, Dan Rose, NYC, solo records, “White Birds,” Alex Greene, Dave Soldier, Mo Tucker, farming, Lee Baker, music streaming, murder recipes, and much more.

    Intro music: "Trucker Takes A Wife" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Wall of Death" from "Hoodoo Train" by the Hellcats

    Outro Music: "Boys Keep Swinging" from "Don't Crowd Your Mind" by Lorette Velvette

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  • The award-winning journalist, author, and TV host has covered music, entertainment, and more for the Times-Picayune, the Advocate, and Offbeat magazine for decades. His book, “Groove Interrupted,” explored the post-Katrina musical landscape, and his “Let’s Talk” weekly TV show features local and national personalities. Keith has conducted hundreds of interviews, but tonight the Troubled Men turn the tables as the hunter becomes the hunted and predator becomes prey.

    Topics include an election recap, the blame game, 2nd term plans, a Michael Deas stamp, “The Vermilion Coat,” lame duck actions, Willie Nelson, Crazy Horse, the 4B boycott, a customer confession, bathroom advice, a Dr. John tribute show, Sicilian roots, N.O. East, Brother Martin H. S., Michael Tisserand, Rush, college music acts, a vegetarian meal for R.E.M., a Reba interview, a Hall and Oates show, a Courtney Love article, Hole, Keith O’Brien, Frank Donze, Pulitzer prizes, post-Katrina duty, looting the Walmart, downsizing the paper, a Jerry Seinfeld interview, the Iguanas, an Aaron Neville call, a Dr. John show, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Antiversary" and "Not Over Yet" from "Someone's Monster" by Loose Cattle

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  • The Troubled Men convene at Snake and Jake’s in the final hours of campaign season as the polls close and the first vote counts roll in. Joined by Clempire Czar Dave Clements and resident philosopher, bartender, and former Goldman Sachs analyst Juan Parke, they hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and resolve that however it turns out, the struggle will continue.

    Topics include a dictator shirt, a Dodgers win, Dennis Allen’s firing, Derek Carr, college playoffs, news coverage, voting candy, Vegas odds makers, undecided voters, P. Diddy, keys to the city, a postal parking ticket, the Tedeschi-Trucks band, a lump of votes, Steve Rapport, Tony Hinchcliffe, Tucker Carlson, eroding norms, the ring of power, a Puerto Rico joke, insult comedy, intern opinions, historical ignorance, objective truth, Steve Bannon’s prison release, Murders & Assassinations, fluoride, conspiracies, a rare elixir, RFK Jr., the Electoral College, a prescient prediction, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "High Anxiety" by Mel Brooks

    Outro Music: "Retreat of the Light Horse Brigade" from "Hope Is Not For The Weak" by the Geraniums

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  • The poet, lyricist, and longtime Chuck Prophet songwriting partner grew up in Sinatra-era Palm Springs and was miraculously healed of a mystery ailment by a meeting with Elvis. He later spent time as a comedy writer in L.A. alongside legends including Andy Kaufman and Robin Williams. With the release of Chuck’s new “Wake the Dead” cumbia record cowritten with Kurt, he joins the Troubled Men in an attempt to laugh it up as the flames grow higher.

    Topics include an ATF crackdown, Halloween, handing out advice, the War on Terror, Eric Paulsen RIP, Teri Garr RIP, “Mr. Mom,” Swifties on the streets, an unusual opening act, an early voting threat, a toxic garden plan, a police scandal, Barry Hannah, the Old World, Jilly Rizzo, Frank Weinstock, Shecky Greene, Liberace, Charles Bukowski, the L.A. Free Press, the Memphis Mafia, B12 shots, Kathryn Kuhlman, Canned Heat, Dale Spalding, Mike Fabian, the Improv, Bone Cootes, “Temple Beautiful,” Emperor Norton, Chris Lane, Stephanie Finch, dance music, a lymphoma diagnosis, near rhymes, haiku, “Mexico City Blues,” literary editing, Jeff Sessions, “The Junk Man,” and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "White Nights, Big City" from "Temple Beautiful" by Chuck Prophet

    Outro Music: "Wake the Dead" from "Wake the Dead" by Chuck Prophet featuring ÂżQiensave?

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  • The multi-Grammy-nominated Lafayette singer, accordion player, guitarist, and songwriter hit the international festival circuit as a 13-year-old prodigy, having already spent years recording and playing roadhouse dances alongside cajun and zydeco masters including Lil’ Buck Senegal and Buckwheat Zydeco. He continues to electrify audiences with his Hub City All Stars featuring longtime songwriting partner and piano player Eric Adcock. Tonight he crosses the swamps to charm the Troubled Men.

    Topics include a shared birthday, eating alone, a federal probe, more Diddy lawsuits, a Jane’s Addiction update, the Cuban grid collapse, Halloween candy, Swifties, an e. coli outbreak, a Hawaii festival, Wayne Toups, Michael and David Doucet, the Comeaux family, the Romero Brothers, a grandfather’s accordion, parents’ records, WAR, Zachary Richard, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Clifton Chenier’s band, Boozoo Chavis, “Tammy Faye,” “Joker: Folie Ă„ Deux,” Edwin Edwards, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Sonny Landreth, open tuning, Rodney Miller, Rodney Balsa, Luther Dickinson, cabinet making, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, award shows, a tribute album, Dockside Studio, Tony Daigle, Steve Berlin, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Donne-Moi, Donc" and "Ma Jolie" from "Gulfstream" by Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars

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  • The Grammy-winning drummer, Single Lock Records label owner (Jon Cleary, Loose Cattle, Blind Boys of Alabama, Cedric Burnside), and artist manager left Tuscaloosa to put down roots in the fertile loam of legendary Muscle Shoals. A decade on, he has relocated to New Orleans as he launches his one-stop music company, Well Kept Secret. Reed’s got a lot of irons in the fire. Tonight he joins the Troubled Men as they stare into the flames.

    Topics include the Mermaid Lounge reunion, the election, school zones, the Diddy files, a wood chipper accident, tree cutting, garage bands, record store culture, the Rev. Fred Lane, the Stones sessions, the Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, FAME Studios, pills, Rick Hall, David Hood, pozole, DIY, Americana Fest, Michael Cerveris, “Someone’s Monster,” integrity, album packaging, a Braille record cover, Al Jackson, regionalism, Jimbo Mathus, the Rumble, a moral exercise, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "The Shoals" and "Not Over Yet" from "Someone's Monster" by Loose Cattle

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  • The acclaimed violinist, singer, producer, composer, and musical saw master with Jimbo Mathus’ Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Late Greats, and Career Suicide spent years with the Asylum Street Spankers and various circus sideshows and burlesque troupes honing his punk-jazz-vaudeville aesthetic. The product of his musician father’s amateur genetic engineering project, he’s found a natural home in the subterranean excesses of the city. Dr. Sick joins the Troubled Men during the Days of Awe as they behold what the Lord hath wrought.

    Topics include a gig recap, Gretna Fest, Kerry Brown, hurricanes, a grocery remodel, laying teffilin, Bosco lost and found, Dave’s birthday party, dementia, Q-tips, leeching, Dr. Kevorkian, a musical family, Buffalo, the Singing Drakes, a one-room schoolhouse, a karaoke empire, a first violin, a first guitar, vintage drugs, Boston, bad habits, practicing, busking on Royal St., Spike Jones, “Weird Al” Yankovic, an answering machine message, taping the radio, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Food for Feet, Bridget Fonda, a metal band, black socks, a theft, Lady Bangs, accordion punk, the Carousel Cabaret, a Renaissance fair, “The Beast of Burgundy,” touring with X, Fear, Lee Ving, Jello Biafra, surprise wedding proposals, the airport incident, Cella Blue, and more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Axman Jazz" and "Rusty Trombone" from "Beasts of Burgundy" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers

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  • The musician, producer, and author of the new Continental Drifters bio, “White Noise and Lightning” started corresponding with band members Susan Cowsill, Russ Broussard, Peter Holsapple, and Vicki Peterson when he was 13 years old. Leading his own art rock band A Fragile Tomorrow with his fellow triplets, he forged a familial bond with the Drifters, including extended visits with band members, even opening shows for Vicki with the Bangles. With the recent publication of the book and tribute CD, “We Are All Drifters,” Sean joins the Troubled Men to fill in a few more pieces of the Continental Drifters puzzle.

    Topics include a new Mayor Cantrell-adjacent indictment, Fouad Zeton, an airline fracas, a seeping wound, airplane attire, a store lock-in, the Jane’s Addiction tour meltdown, Perry Farrell, podcast corrections, a Bosco presentation, Jack-in-the-Box, fast food, a book tour, the Subdudes, Raji’s, Carlo Nuccio, R.E.M., “Vermilion,” psychedelics, a record deal, Malcolm Burn, studio work, moving to Savannah, album reviews, Omnivore Records, Ronnie Barnett, the Muffs, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "The Rain Song" from "Vermilion" by the Continental Drifters

    Outro Music: "Side Steppin' the Fire" from "We Are All Drifters: A Tribute to the Continental Drifters" by The Iguanas

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  • The founding bass player, vocalist, and songwriter with hard rock veterans Suplecs (with Durel Yates and Andrew Preen) has also toured internationally as the bassist with heavy music heavyweights EYEHATEGOD. As proprietor of the Portside Lounge, he operated the premier tiki bar and Mardi Gras Indian headquarters in New Orleans. Decades working in the movie biz filled his free time. With this kind of cross-cultural resume, it was only a matter of time before he’d get dragged onto the Troubled Men Podcast to explain himself. Now that time has come.

    Topics include the House of Blues, brunch with Joey Buttafuoco, Heidi Fleiss, exotic birds, Billy Bob Thornton’s mynah bird, a carwash, Les Paul, missing Bosco, P. Diddy in jail, Tito Jackson RIP, Jack-in-the-Box, Naked Night at the Christmas Club, Brother Martin H.S., skate punks, Rick Nick in RZA, the Meters’ influence, slow music, Loyola U., big amps, Paul Webb, tuning down, Russell Batiste, the Slugs/Crowbar, a mystery package, Loose Change, Man’s Ruin Records, van life, protests, Satanic Panic, the Pizzatola family, Alsace-Lorraine, a dog attack, Ron Jeremy, Van Halen, Beachbum Berry, cocktails, drive-thru daiquiris, Dave Catching, bounce music, Carlo Nuccio, the Circle Jerks, Scott PlauchĂ©, set dressers, Gibson Grabber basses, Jimmy Glickman, Trent Resnor, Marilyn Manson, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Rock Bottom" from "Sad Songs...Better Days" by Suplecs

    Outro Music: "Stepped On" from "Mad Oak Redoux" by Suplecs

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  • The Latin, soul, and jazz singer with MuĂ©velo, Kumasi Afrobeat, and now Los Tremolo Kings journeyed from her Cuban parents’ D.C. home to New Orleans after a chance karaoke encounter launched her professional career. Guest co-host Jeff Treffinger (Tribe Nunzio, the Geraniums, Strawberry) joins RenĂ© and Margie in the Feral Zone to trace her path back to the music of her roots.

    Topics include a musician survey, the mayor’s podcast, a parental warning, the Mermaid Lounge Reunion, a Kingpin show, Mario Monterosso, a Doug Garrison 40th anniversary, speaking Spanish, Cuban relatives, a family resemblance, travel school, the D.C. music scene, the 9:30 Club, synth pop, Suicide, “Cubist Blues,” Big Village at Jazz Fest, world travels, writing, the New Orleans lifestyle, the Fugitives of Funk, leading a band, dance music, Frenchmen St., paying dues, Brent Rose, Hugo Montero, Michael Skinkus and Moyuba, the divine, the M&Ms, Marigny Studios, Keith Keller, George French RIP, Tyler’s Beer Garden, Celia Cruz, and much more.

    Intro music: "Trucker Takes A Wife" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Ooh Baby La La" from "Singing for My Supper" by Margie Perez

    Outro Music: "Senderito de Amore" from "Los Tremolo Kings" by Los Tremolo Kings

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  • The enigmatic singer and guitarist behind Big Ass Mustache and Strawberry Presents and drummer for Dolly Dillon with Jeri Cain Rossi has always possessed a quiet intensity on stage. Starting out playing on the streets of the French Quarter, he now fronts the reformed STRAWBERRY with Jeff Treffinger of the Geraniums and Tribe Nunzio on guitar. Tonight they join RenĂ© in the Feral Zone to reminisce about the glory days of the Mermaid Lounge and Pussycat Caverns as they cast a jaundiced gaze on the future.

    Topics include a bar theft, Chris Lane, the Cramps at Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, a worst state list, Lake Charles, summer camp, Tony Kushner, Norwich, a marching group, playing saxophone, the Dirty Dozen, jazz band, the wrestling team, boxing, “The Big Easy,” street musicians, Jeremy Lyons, a Bad Company party, Willie Dixon, house parties, Talley Mulligan, Greg Easterly, Soup Chain, single parenthood, a forced break, Glyn Styler, Kenny Claiborne, War Amps, a Siberia gig, a new band, cover songs, early rehearsals, and much more.

    Intro music: "Trucker Takes A Wife" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Shape" from "Strawberry Presents..." by Strawberry Presents

    Additional Music: "Old Flame" by Dolly Dillon

    Outro Music: "Old Coal Town" and "Bunk Beds" by STRAWBERRY

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  • The renowned dramatic soprano diva has spent decades performing at the highest levels of the opera world. Having studied at voice at NOCCA, she now teaches at Haute Ecole de Musique in Switzerland as a Professor of Voice and at studios around the globe. After a career soaring to the heights of European culture, Jeanne-MichĂšle returns to her old stomping grounds to join the Troubled Men as they plumb the depths at the Christmas Club Lounge.

    Topics include the start of school, new vocabulary words, a Fitbit, Pensacola Beach, Nixon, Quakers, the Olympic closing, a Biden visit, parking rage, Sex Dog groupies, family intrigue, music studies, theater, NOCCA, practicing, college, acting training, punk rock bands, the Hostages, ice cream, a dramatic soprano, Bert Braud and Lorraine Alfaro, Wagnerian repertoire, a diva, castrati, opera origins, Jodie Foster, “Adam,” ticket prices, Robert Wagner, video games, healthcare, the Swiss, the trashy side, the Three Tenors, Pavarotti, groupies, fan art, a stalker update, voice care, master classes, Denise Charbonnet, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Elektra" and "Allein" from Struass' "Elektra" with Valery Gergiev, Jeanne-Michéle Charbonnet, Angela Denoke and the London Symphony Orchestra

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  • The Grammy Award-winning singer, accordion player, and songwriter started his career as a teenager playing dances in his hometown of Crowley, La. Recordings with legendary producer Jay Miller led to a deal with Mercury Records and international acclaim as a powerhouse performer combining Cajun, Zydeco, and Southern rock. Wayne’s music has taken him around the world and back. Tonight he makes it big with the Troubled Men.

    Topics include bananas, an old girlfriend, a boil water order, a police car crash, coming indictments, a campaign pledge, White Linen Night, Will Smith, Anthony DelRosario, Turducken Productions, John Madden, Olympic track and field, Edwin Edwards, David Duke, a fais do-do, Michael and David Doucet, Amédé Ardoin, Milton Adams, Walter Mouton, oilfield work, Clifton Chenier, touring with Carole King, Jazz Fest, Sonny Landreth, Brian Brigand, Denmark, cultural exchange tours, Slash, Jeff Porcaro, Huey Lewis, hunting, Paris, fine wines, the Band Courtbouillon, Dr. John, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Johnnie Can't Dance" from "Blast From the Bayou" by Wayne Toups and Zydecajun

    Outro Music: "Les Flammes de l'Enfer" from "The Band Courtbouillon featuring Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, and Wilson Savoy

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  • The NY Times bestselling author’s latest book, “Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose and the Last Glory Days of Baseball,” has been hailed as a masterpiece of sports writing. An award-winning journalist who’s written for the Boston Globe, the Atlantic, and the Washington Post, he covered Manny Chevrolet’s first campaign for mayor of New Orleans in 2002 with an extensive feature in the Times-Picayune. Keith goes way back with the Troubled Nation. Tonight he returns to help the Troubled Men figure out where it all went wrong.

    Topics include remote A/C, a shopping list, the Olympics, new sports, naked fencing, doping, javelin catching, tipping, a Trump blunder, judicial term limits, an online beef, a history degree, school sports, Chicago papers, afternoon newspapers, a gluten allergy, Harry Lee, a longshot story, a rockumentary, an electrocution, a first book, a Nell Nolan story, a missing newspaper, a rural basketball powerhouse, “Fly Girls,” early female pilots, Love Canal, the Cincinnati Reds, Ray Fosse, switch hitting, sports parents, Las Vegas, a lifetime ban, Kenny Stabler, a Greek tragedy, online sports betting, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Every Dog Has Its Day" from "Victory Mixture" by Willy DeVille

    Outro Music: "Try To See It My Way" from "Hope Is Not For The Weak" by the Geraniums

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  • The award-winning guitarist, songwriter, and singer began his career as Westbank Mike and the Fischer Project. He also plays with the Iko Allstars and the Desert Nudes. An arts education activist and mental health advocate, Mike has spent years promoting the healing power of music. Maybe he can help the Troubled Men.

    Topics include cold showers, old talk shows, Dick Cavett, Groucho Marx, Bob Crane, an assassination attempt, red blood, the Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival, Bastille Day, Dr. Ruth RIP, mayhem, Gentilly, Mike Vila, tablature, a Valencia dance, Dave Pomerleau, Jesuit High School, the Back 9, coffeehouse gigs, college, a psychedelic Jazz Fest, tripping at the Riviera Country Club, tattoos, the Apple Barrel, mentors, Walter Wolfman Washington, boundaries, musical children, the School of Rock at Red Rocks, Lynn Drury, Banks St. Bar, Carlo Nuccio, Derek Huston, a family tour, CR Gruver, peer-to-peer learning, a $100 sticker, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "All About You" and "Carry Us Home" from "Yesterday's Troubles" by Mike Doussan

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  • The actor and comedian produced and hosted the Comic Strip burlesque show and was the emcee for the Fleur de Tease Burlesque Revue. Chris is also a film worker with a starring role in Henry Griffin’s free jazz comedy, “Mutiny.” Tonight the Valparaiso Men’s Chorus veteran joins the Troubled Men as they play it by ear.

    Topics include Essence Fest, the concealed carry law, the presidential debate, a hotdog contest showdown, a Gulf Coast trip, Paul BongĂ©, the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, Bob Tannen, presidential immunity, SpeeDee oil change, Maine, the draft, Ann-Margret, Tulane, the New Orleans mystique, the Boy Scouts, the Smiths, Nicky Katt, dead people, the Sundance film fest, Royal Fingerbowl, “Blair Witch Project,” Rio Hackford, Doug Stanhope and Dave Attell, cheap rent, set painting, Steve Walters, Suplecs, Danny Nick, Chazfest, the Mermaid Lounge, Brendan Gallagher, Pat Cronin, “Comedy F-ck Yeah,” a Mardi Gras costume, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Space is the Place" by Sun Ra

    Outro Music: "Factory For Stars" from "Hope Is Not For The Weak" by the Geraniums

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  • The acclaimed portrait artist and illustrator with the NY Yankees, the NY Times, and Madison Square Garden; friend of Dali, Ali, Frazier, and Roberto Duran; and tour photographer with Weather Report and Jaco’s Word of Mouth featured in episode 257 returns for a second round. It’s a free-associative gabfest covering art, sports, music, and a double vasectomy. Tune in to see who makes the cut.

    Topics include a Musicians Clinic party, Jeff Landry, the Ten Commandments, a Latoya Cantrell lawsuit, an old grad student, a wheelchair attack, a debate, Fat Beach Day, Jackie O, a spy pilot, Milton Glaser, LeRoy Neiman, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Brent, Dr. John, Johnny Vidacovich, training camp, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Don King, a bad weight cut, MMA, the USFL, crooked sports, Tyson Fury, Norman Mailer, Dan Penn, Doc Ellis, Dick Cavett, Traffic, the Vegas Sphere, a Paul McCartney joke, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "The First Kiss Is Free" and "Flame On" from "Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart" by the Iguanas

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