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Couch Wisdom is a weekly podcast presenting the best of Red Bull Music Academy’s lecture archive. Questlove has called these in-depth interviews ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ for music, and who are we to disagree with Questlove? With personal stories and creative insights from Björk to The Black Madonna, Young Thug engineer Alex Tumay to Moodymann, there’s something for every music fan. Red Bull Music Academy is a world-traveling series of festivals and workshops est. in 1998.

Recent Episodes
  • Hip-hop original Madlib
    Jun 24, 2019 – 39:31
  • Can's Damo Suzuki
    Jun 17, 2019 – 01:04:42
  • Transcendent pop star Robyn
    Jun 10, 2019 – 01:12:36
  • Essential French DJ Laurent Garnier
    Jun 3, 2019 – 01:03:45
  • Pan Daijing: Sound, Performance, Emotion
    May 27, 2019 – 01:02:24
  • Detroit techno originator Kevin Saunderson
    May 20, 2019 – 58:36
  • Sound engineer Susan Rogers
    May 13, 2019 – 01:53:24
  • Funktion-One's Tony Andrews
    May 6, 2019 – 45:51
  • Cellist Larry Gold: From MFSB to "The Boy Is Mine"
    Apr 29, 2019 – 54:46
  • Rap mainstay No I.D.
    Apr 22, 2019 – 01:28:29
  • Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen
    Apr 15, 2019 – 01:15:15
  • Club and pop music polymath Jam City
    Apr 8, 2019 – 47:11
  • Singular rapper Pusha T
    Apr 1, 2019 – 01:20:13
  • Definitive American composer Philip Glass
    Mar 25, 2019 – 53:50
  • Teki Latex on his musical evolution
    Mar 18, 2019 – 38:56
  • House music legends Masters At Work
    Mar 11, 2019 – 54:13
  • Mixpak's Dre Skull
    Mar 4, 2019 – 45:42
  • Ben UFO on joining the dots as a DJ
    Feb 25, 2019 – 47:46
  • Pop radical Planningtorock
    Feb 18, 2019 – 47:36
  • Piano adventurer Chilly Gonzales
    Feb 11, 2019 – 45:00
  • Drummer and hitmaker Sheila E
    Feb 4, 2019 – 45:57
  • Montréal engineer Howard Bilerman
    Jan 28, 2019 – 47:40
  • Berlin icon Gudrun Gut
    Jan 21, 2019 – 01:06:32
  • Canadian composer Kara-Lis Coverdale
    Jan 14, 2019 – 41:37
  • Minimal Wave's Veronica Vasicka
    Jan 7, 2019 – 36:27
  • Production duo Christian Rich
    Dec 17, 2018 – 42:06
  • German music icon Manuel Göttsching
    Dec 10, 2018 – 01:01:49
  • Electronic original Jlin
    Dec 3, 2018 – 01:08:21
  • House godfather Frankie Knuckles
    Nov 26, 2018 – 55:19
  • DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad: Taking footwork to the world
    Nov 19, 2018 – 28:26
  • Footwork originator RP Boo
    Nov 12, 2018 – 01:13:09
  • Inimitable DJ and producer Objekt
    Nov 5, 2018 – 53:13
  • Experimental artist Fatima Al Qadiri
    Oct 29, 2018 – 38:31
  • Synth guru and producer Malcolm Cecil
    Oct 22, 2018 – 57:10
  • Monolake's Robert Henke
    Oct 15, 2018 – 47:14
  • Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto: Electronic Luminaries in Collaboration
    Oct 8, 2018 – 01:12:54
  • Modeselektor: Anarchic Berlin Techno
    Oct 1, 2018 – 01:10:01
  • Techno innovator Richie Hawtin
    Sep 24, 2018 – 01:00:18
  • Berlin electronic/punk icon Hanin Elias
    Sep 17, 2018 – 53:27
  • Mastering Engineer Mike Grinser
    Sep 10, 2018 – 35:48
  • Alexander Hacke and Gareth Jones: On Berlin's '80s Underground
    Sep 3, 2018 – 01:27:24
  • Atari Teenage Riot Founder Alec Empire
    Aug 27, 2018 – 01:34:30
  • South African House Music Master Black Coffee
    Aug 20, 2018 – 01:00:21
  • Keyboardist and Funk Icon Bernie Worrell
    Aug 13, 2018 – 01:03:23
  • Atlanta Super-Producer Mike WiLL Made-It
    Aug 6, 2018 – 01:44:49
  • Calypso Icon and Activist Harry Belafonte
    Jul 30, 2018 – 01:01:26
  • Throbbing Gristle's Cosey Fanni Tutti
    Jul 23, 2018 – 53:56
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers Guitarist Junior Marvin
    Jul 16, 2018 – 01:24:00
  • Mastering Engineer Rashad Becker
    Jul 9, 2018 – 01:02:14
  • 'Lost in Translation' Music Supervisor Brian Reitzell
    Jul 2, 2018 – 01:10:58
Recent Reviews
  • sat8s
    Detroit Techno
    The interview of Kevin Saunderson was amazing! Thank you. I wish I knew more about the interviewer—they asked great questions and moved the discussion.
  • NiceDave65
    Great show, but needs better editing
    Please stop playing that loop of the guy apologizing and saying “Yep, I’m bummed too.” It’s pretentious and obviously you’re not bummed, so just edit the applause and even talk concerning the music clips we are NOT going to hear, and just place a disclaimer at the start of each podcast that is genuine and straightforward.
  • Selanne55533388761
    Good subjects, good Q-and-A, but ...
    ... it would be cool if we could hear music. Not hearing their work takes away from the interviews with artists I’m unfamiliar with.
  • Tony Artaud
    No podcast updates?
    Is there a reason why I’m not getting new episodes on my subscription feed? I see the new episodes on iTunes but on the Apple Podcast app the last available episode is from last March.
  • mr_machel
    Where have I been?
    These interviews in podcast form is probably the best thing RBMA could have done. It helps that they’re more than 5min run-ins with the artists. One of my new favorite podcasts!
  • David Nam
    Best podcast about music, ever!
    Hands down, one of the best music conversation podcasts out there!
  • True Hype
    P Funk all day Thank you
    P Funk all day. I loved the episode with George Clinton and the insights that he shared especially the part about his great longevity/ paying attention to the next ones that are about to kick you out of your spot.
  • aphidtripper
    Awesome content
    Really enjoy the selection of guest speakers that includes a diversity of people from different backgrounds or genres. The hosts are also well informed and carry the conversation in interesting directions to unveil unique perspectives or attitudes. Love every program I've thrown on my list. Well done, keep then coming.
  • FTBJarrell
    Excellent interview
    Looking forward to many more in this series
  • toddburns
    Couch Wisdom
    Looking forward to this!
  • justin thomas kay
    yes!
    excited to get these in podcast form.
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