Kallao
@kallao.bsky.social
Contributing host at World Cafe from NPR. We're really doing this again? Mostly agreeable lad with only one stint in rehab.
Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia.
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This is hitting me hard, RIP Todd Snider
Todd Snider, Rambling Troubadour Who Helped Shape Alt-Country and Americana, Dead at 59
Todd Snider, the rambling troubadour who helped shape the Americana music movement, has died at 59.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is hitting me hard, RIP Todd Snider
RIP to a real one. Here's Todd's first visit to @worldcafe.bsky.social from 2010. www.npr.org/2010/04/06/1...
Todd Snider On World Cafe
On his latest album, The Excitement Plan, Snider plays uplifting songs for those who feel weighted down by hard times. With several albums full of optimistic, high-spirited roots-rock under his belt, ...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
RIP to a real one. Here's Todd's first visit to @worldcafe.bsky.social from 2010. www.npr.org/2010/04/06/1...
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Keep on travelin', Carol! #Pluribus
The @ricksteves.bsky.social shoutout in tonight’s episode of #Pluribus 😆
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Keep on travelin', Carol! #Pluribus
pluribus, what a fucking sandbox to play in.
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
pluribus, what a fucking sandbox to play in.
call me captain geech…
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
call me captain geech…
i’ve talked to enough musicians who’ve gone w a certain vocal mic specifically because it looks cool (Sennheiser 441 anyone?) so in the spirit of those artists, i got the coolest looking microphone i could find (that also sounds great).
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
i’ve talked to enough musicians who’ve gone w a certain vocal mic specifically because it looks cool (Sennheiser 441 anyone?) so in the spirit of those artists, i got the coolest looking microphone i could find (that also sounds great).
bethesda writes more convincing villains.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
bethesda writes more convincing villains.
Lukas Nelson and I had a lovely sit down about his new album, "American Romance" and he plays solo acoustic - including a cover of "Still Crazy After All These Years" that floored me and everyone in the control room. Up now for @worldcafe.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lukas Nelson and I had a lovely sit down about his new album, "American Romance" and he plays solo acoustic - including a cover of "Still Crazy After All These Years" that floored me and everyone in the control room. Up now for @worldcafe.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
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i know this is amateur stuff compared to some of history’s biggest events and scandals but it’s still mind blowing it‘s gotten to this point. still probably won’t be a deal breaker to a good chunk of this country!
absolutely wild.
absolutely wild.
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
i know this is amateur stuff compared to some of history’s biggest events and scandals but it’s still mind blowing it‘s gotten to this point. still probably won’t be a deal breaker to a good chunk of this country!
absolutely wild.
absolutely wild.
The TGI Fridays server flying the 747, just incredible site gags all around from this show.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The TGI Fridays server flying the 747, just incredible site gags all around from this show.
a quiet, cozy booth is my favorite place to work.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
a quiet, cozy booth is my favorite place to work.
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So cool! Prince *loved* libraries. For example, this is one donation he made from his charity a few days after 9/11 to save the Louisville Free Public Library, the first library in the community to serve African Americans.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So cool! Prince *loved* libraries. For example, this is one donation he made from his charity a few days after 9/11 to save the Louisville Free Public Library, the first library in the community to serve African Americans.
chuck schumer to a coat rack right now.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
chuck schumer to a coat rack right now.
Don't need to have a spine if you can't afford healthcare to get it fixed I guess.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Don't need to have a spine if you can't afford healthcare to get it fixed I guess.
this (still) all feels so unfamiliar to me.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this (still) all feels so unfamiliar to me.
How every lifelong bears expecting disappointment feels right now.
go bears?
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
How every lifelong bears expecting disappointment feels right now.
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I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me: douglasmartin49@gmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me: douglasmartin49@gmail.com
has anyone checked to see if Pope Leo is a Bears fan?
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
has anyone checked to see if Pope Leo is a Bears fan?
You cannot "upset" the bears. They are the bears. They are always supposed to lose.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You cannot "upset" the bears. They are the bears. They are always supposed to lose.
date night on our one year anniversary: can we separately use the shower and bath without blowing all the hot water.
see kids this is what you have to look forward to
see kids this is what you have to look forward to
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
date night on our one year anniversary: can we separately use the shower and bath without blowing all the hot water.
see kids this is what you have to look forward to
see kids this is what you have to look forward to
low effort: we can do better
grindset: i could be the last
grindset: i could be the last
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
low effort: we can do better
grindset: i could be the last
grindset: i could be the last