This Weekly Mix finds John Richards explaining why he had to burn Mark Lanegan's book and the reason his son Henry, age 8, interrupted the recording. Plus, a Morning Show hitlist that is not to be missed. 

1. Peter Matthew Bauer - Mountains on Mountains
2. Middle Kids - Questions
3. Mogwai - Ritchie Sacramento
4. Morcheeba - Sounds of Blue
5. Wax Tailor - Just a Candle (feat. Mark Lanegan)
6. Barbarossa - Iris2Iris
7. Nation of Language - Deliver Me From Wondering Why 
8. HAERTS - Shivering
9. The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Don’t Ever Pray In the Church on My Street
10. Claud - Cuff Your Jeans
11. Steady Holiday - Tangerine
12. The Hold Steady - Family Farm
13. Yard Act - Dark Days
14. Femi Kuti - As We Struggle Everyday
15. KOKOROKO - Baba Ayoola
16. El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem
17. Night Beats - New Day

John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

This Weekly Mix finds John Richards explaining why he had to burn Mark Lanegan's book and the reason his son Henry, age 8, interrupted the recording. Plus, a Morning Show hitlist that is not to be missed. 1. <a href="https://petermatthewbauer.bandcamp.com/">Peter Matthew Bauer</a> - Mountains on Mountains 2. <a href="https://middlekids.bandcamp.com/">Middle Kids</a> - Questions 3. <a href="https://mogwai.bandcamp.com/">Mogwai</a> - Ritchie Sacramento 4. <a href="https://morcheeba.bandcamp.com/album/blackest-blue">Morcheeba</a> - Sounds of Blue 5. <a href="https://kodtreatment.bandcamp.com/track/fear-of-a-blind-planet-333-mix">Wax Tailor</a> - Just a Candle (feat. Mark Lanegan) 6. <a href="https://thisisbarbarossa.bandcamp.com/">Barbarossa</a> - Iris2Iris 7. <a href="https://nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com/">Nation of Language</a> - Deliver Me From Wondering Why 8. <a href="https://haerts.bandcamp.com/">HAERTS</a> - Shivering 9. <a href="https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com/album/uncommon-weather">The Reds, Pinks &amp; Purples</a> - Don&rsquo;t Ever Pray In the Church on My Street 10. <a href="https://toastmp3.bandcamp.com/album/super-monster">Claud</a> - Cuff Your Jeans 11. <a href="https://steadyholiday.bandcamp.com/">Steady Holiday</a> - Tangerine 12. <a href="https://theholdsteady.bandcamp.com/">The Hold Steady</a> - Family Farm 13. <a href="https://yardact.bandcamp.com/">Yard Act</a> - Dark Days 14. <a href="https://femikuti.bandcamp.com/">Femi Kuti</a> - As We Struggle Everyday 15. <a href="https://kokoroko.bandcamp.com/">KOKOROKO</a> - Baba Ayoola 16. <a href="https://elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com/">El Michels Affair</a> - Murkit Gem 17. <a href="https://nightbeats.bandcamp.com/album/outlaw-r-b">Night Beats</a> - New Day
John Richards is the host of <a href="https://www.kexp.org/shows/the-morning-show/">The Morning Show on KEXP</a>, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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

The Weekly Mix, Vol. 763 - How John's 8-Year-Old Sent the Podcast Off the Rails

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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