Musical notes, inspiring quotes, and songs that make you float from Sneaker Pimps, Automatic, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, and more.
S. Carey - Break Me Open
Zola Jesus - Lost
Automatic - Skyscraper
Working Men's Club - Widow
HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending
First Hate - Commercial
Good Looks - Vision Boards
The Reds Pinks and Purples - Let's Pretend We're Not In Love
Sneaker Pimps - So Far Gone (feat. Simonne Jones)
Tempers - Nightwalking
Seratones - Pleasure
Dylan Moon - Deep Time
The Haunted Youth - Shadows
Pom Pom Squad - Popular (feat. Matthew Caws of Nada Surf)
Rural Alberta Advantage - CANDU
Papercuts - Lodger

Musical notes, inspiring quotes, and songs that make you float from Sneaker Pimps, Automatic, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, and more.
<ol>
<li>S. Carey - Break Me Open</li>
<li>Zola Jesus - Lost</li>
<li>Automatic - Skyscraper</li>
<li>Working Men's Club - Widow</li>
<li>HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending</li>
<li>First Hate - Commercial</li>
<li>Good Looks - Vision Boards</li>
<li>The Reds Pinks and Purples - Let's Pretend We're Not In Love</li>
<li>Sneaker Pimps - So Far Gone (feat. Simonne Jones)</li>
<li>Tempers - Nightwalking</li>
<li>Seratones - Pleasure</li>
<li>Dylan Moon - Deep Time</li>
<li>The Haunted Youth - Shadows</li>
<li>Pom Pom Squad - Popular (feat. Matthew Caws of Nada Surf)</li>
<li>Rural Alberta Advantage - CANDU</li>
<li>Papercuts - Lodger</li>
</ol>

We believe that everyone who runs should have a great soundtrack. Not one curated by an algorithm, but one that’s hand-picked by a DJ who runs too. The Runcast with John Richards brings you a dynamic mix of music and inspiration to keep you company and motivate you on your run, no matter what your level.

We believe that everyone who runs should have a great soundtrack. Not one curated by an algorithm, but one that&rsquo;s hand-picked by a DJ who runs too. The Runcast with John Richards brings you a dynamic mix of music and inspiration to keep you company and motivate you on your run, no matter what your level.

The Runcast with John Richards

Baby, We're Ascending

This Marathon Runcast has you covered, whether you're embarking on a 26.2-mile journey or accomplishing a different kind of marathon. We're grateful to have you as part of this community. Keep running. You are not alone.
Unwed Sailor - “Bend the Air”
M83 - “Amnesia (Rachika Nayar Remix)"
The Asteroid No. 4 - “Rescue” 
Ohr - “Afterglow”
Ride - “Last Frontier”
Trentemoller - “Dreamweavers”
George FitzGerald - “Gleams”
Runner - “Eleven”
Gift - “Going in Circles”
Gift - “Later”
Gift - “Wish Me Away”
New Age Healers - “All Wrapped Up”
Film School - “Influencer”
Crows - “Vision of Me”
Been Stellar - “Start Again”
Brimheim - “No Liver, No Lungs”
Brimheim - “Dancing in the Rubble”
The Haunted Youth - “Into You”
Kindsight - “Love You Baby All the Time”
Pet Snake - “Crashing”
Hana Vu - “Hammer”
Christian Loffler - “Ease”
Aurora - “Some Type of Skin”
Kelly Lee Owens - “Love You Got”
Flying Mojito Bros - “Glitter”
Goat - “Ouroboros”
Kiasmos - “Flown”
Kessoncoda - “X is Closer to A”
IDLES - “Dancer”
Heartworms - “Jacked”
Cold Cave - “Hourglass”
Flyying Colours - “Wavygravy”
Cults - “Crybaby”
Wishy - “Triple Seven”
Nada Surf - “In Front of Me Now”
Old 97s - “Where the Road Goes”
Pokey LaFarge - “Run Run Run”
Ducks Ltd - “A Girl, Running”
Deary - “The Moth”
Star Anna - “Pure Magic”
San Gabriel - “Going Nowhere”
Blondshell and Bully - “Docket”
Tinsley - “Distract Me”
Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning”
Jon Hopkins - “Ritual/Palace”

Contact us at runcast@kexp.org.

This Marathon Runcast has you covered, whether you're embarking on a 26.2-mile journey or accomplishing a different kind of marathon. We're grateful to have you as part of this community. Keep running. You are not alone.
<ol>
<li>Unwed Sailor - “Bend the Air”</li>
<li>M83 - “Amnesia (Rachika Nayar Remix)"</li>
<li>The Asteroid No. 4 - “Rescue” </li>
<li>Ohr - “Afterglow”</li>
<li>Ride - “Last Frontier”</li>
<li>Trentemoller - “Dreamweavers”</li>
<li>George FitzGerald - “Gleams”</li>
<li>Runner - “Eleven”</li>
<li>Gift - “Going in Circles”</li>
<li>Gift - “Later”</li>
<li>Gift - “Wish Me Away”</li>
<li>New Age Healers - “All Wrapped Up”</li>
<li>Film School - “Influencer”</li>
<li>Crows - “Vision of Me”</li>
<li>Been Stellar - “Start Again”</li>
<li>Brimheim - “No Liver, No Lungs”</li>
<li>Brimheim - “Dancing in the Rubble”</li>
<li>The Haunted Youth - “Into You”</li>
<li>Kindsight - “Love You Baby All the Time”</li>
<li>Pet Snake - “Crashing”</li>
<li>Hana Vu - “Hammer”</li>
<li>Christian Loffler - “Ease”</li>
<li>Aurora - “Some Type of Skin”</li>
<li>Kelly Lee Owens - “Love You Got”</li>
<li>Flying Mojito Bros - “Glitter”</li>
<li>Goat - “Ouroboros”</li>
<li>Kiasmos - “Flown”</li>
<li>Kessoncoda - “X is Closer to A”</li>
<li>IDLES - “Dancer”</li>
<li>Heartworms - “Jacked”</li>
<li>Cold Cave - “Hourglass”</li>
<li>Flyying Colours - “Wavygravy”</li>
<li>Cults - “Crybaby”</li>
<li>Wishy - “Triple Seven”</li>
<li>Nada Surf - “In Front of Me Now”</li>
<li>Old 97s - “Where the Road Goes”</li>
<li>Pokey LaFarge - “Run Run Run”</li>
<li>Ducks Ltd - “A Girl, Running”</li>
<li>Deary - “The Moth”</li>
<li>Star Anna - “Pure Magic”</li>
<li>San Gabriel - “Going Nowhere”</li>
<li>Blondshell and Bully - “Docket”</li>
<li>Tinsley - “Distract Me”</li>
<li>Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning”</li>
<li>Jon Hopkins - “Ritual/Palace”</li>
</ol>
Contact us at <a href="mailto:runcast@kexp.org">runcast@kexp.org</a>.

The Marathon Runcast of 2024

We could not describe The Runcast better than Steve in Santa Rosa who says, "The music was an awesome match for a rural Sonoma County morning. The dappled light coming through a redwood grove was the start of a climb, when the tune playing hit an uplifting climbing beat. The music, the lifting fog and the serene setting was perfect." 
Jon Hopkins - “RITUAL (palace)"
Trentemøller - “Dreamweavers”
Ben Böhmer - “Hiding (feat. Lykke Li)”
Nation of Language - “Weak in Your Light (Classixx Remix)"
deary - “The Moth”
Wishy - “Triple Seven”
GIFT - “Later”
Angelica Garcia - “Color De Dolor”
GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - “Dud”
Kelly Lee Owens - “Love You Got”
urika's bedroom - “XTC”
LISASINSON - “Decidí Desaparecer”
San Gabriel - “Going Nowhere”
Pet Snake - “Crashing”
Hachiku - “Time Wasted Worrying” 

Contact us at runcast@kexp.org. 

We could not describe The Runcast better than Steve in Santa Rosa who says, "The music was an awesome match for a rural Sonoma County morning. The dappled light coming through a redwood grove was the start of a climb, when the tune playing hit an uplifting climbing beat. The music, the lifting fog and the serene setting was perfect." 
<ol>
<li>Jon Hopkins - “RITUAL (palace)"</li>
<li>Trentemøller - “Dreamweavers”</li>
<li>Ben Böhmer - “Hiding (feat. Lykke Li)”</li>
<li>Nation of Language - “Weak in Your Light (Classixx Remix)"</li>
<li>deary - “The Moth”</li>
<li>Wishy - “Triple Seven”</li>
<li>GIFT - “Later”</li>
<li>Angelica Garcia - “Color De Dolor”</li>
<li>GUM &amp; Ambrose Kenny-Smith - “Dud”</li>
<li>Kelly Lee Owens - “Love You Got”</li>
<li>urika's bedroom - “XTC”</li>
<li>LISASINSON - “Decidí Desaparecer”</li>
<li>San Gabriel - “Going Nowhere”</li>
<li>Pet Snake - “Crashing”</li>
<li>Hachiku - “Time Wasted Worrying” </li>
</ol>
Contact us at <a href="mailto:runcast@kexp.org">runcast@kexp.org</a>.

The Dappled Light Runcast

It's our first-ever Shoegaze-themed Runcast, featuring songs picked by, and some even written by, Greg Bertens of Film School. In this episode he explains why running helped change his life for the better, how music plays a HUGE role in that, and why both have become spiritual for him. 
somesurprises - "Be Reasonable"
Flying Colours - "Wavygravy"
Mo Dotti - "For Anyone and You"
Laveda - "F***"
MØAA - "Diffuse"
Catch the Breeze - "Enemy"
Seablite - "Melancholy Molly"
Airiel - 'Your Lips, My Mouth"
Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "In Steps"
LSD and the Search for God - "Backwards"
Film School - "Influencer"
Pale Sun - “Gathering Lights”
Ringo Deathstar - “Gazin”
Chatham Rise - “Sugar”
New Age Healers - “All Wrapped Up”
Tanukichan - “Enough”
Memory Drawers - “Lovingly”
Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning”
The Asteroid No 4 - “Rescue”
Cheatahs - “Geographic”
Whitelands - “Setting Sun”
Soft Science - “Sadnesss”
Pinkshinyultrablast - “Holy Forest”
Film School - “Defending Ruins” 

Contact us at runcast@kexp.org. 

It's our first-ever Shoegaze-themed Runcast, featuring songs picked by, and some even written by, Greg Bertens of Film School. In this episode he explains why running helped change his life for the better, how music plays a HUGE role in that, and why both have become spiritual for him. 
<ol>
<li>somesurprises - "Be Reasonable"</li>
<li>Flying Colours - "Wavygravy"</li>
<li>Mo Dotti - "For Anyone and You"</li>
<li>Laveda - "F***"</li>
<li>MØAA - "Diffuse"</li>
<li>Catch the Breeze - "Enemy"</li>
<li>Seablite - "Melancholy Molly"</li>
<li>Airiel - 'Your Lips, My Mouth"</li>
<li>Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "In Steps"</li>
<li>LSD and the Search for God - "Backwards"</li>
<li>Film School - "Influencer"</li>
<li>Pale Sun - “Gathering Lights”</li>
<li>Ringo Deathstar - “Gazin”</li>
<li>Chatham Rise - “Sugar”</li>
<li>New Age Healers - “All Wrapped Up”</li>
<li>Tanukichan - “Enough”</li>
<li>Memory Drawers - “Lovingly”</li>
<li>Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning”</li>
<li>The Asteroid No 4 - “Rescue”</li>
<li>Cheatahs - “Geographic”</li>
<li>Whitelands - “Setting Sun”</li>
<li>Soft Science - “Sadnesss”</li>
<li>Pinkshinyultrablast - “Holy Forest”</li>
<li>Film School - “Defending Ruins” </li>
</ol>
Contact us at <a href="mailto:runcast@kexp.org" data-outlook-id="01a026af-89a7-4642-b629-78879b46dc2b">runcast@kexp.org</a>.

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