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John is joined by DJ Kevin Cole who shares inspiration and motivation while also sharing a surprise during the runcast. Jose Gonzalez - “Against the Dying of the Light” Hemi Hemingway - “Promises” New Pornographers - “Ballad of the Last PayphoneLala Lala - “Even Mountains Erode” Darkswoon - “Antivenom” Mona et Toi - “Nothing Rhymes With Myself”Mona et Toi - “Sweet + Sour” Temples - “Jet Stream Heart” Dark Chisme - “Dominance of Truth” Chalk - “Can’t Feel It” Digitalism - “Achtung! Optimism!” Genesis Owusu - “Stampede” Genesis Owusu - “Human Again” Madeline “Goldstein - “Strange & Absurd”Death Valley Girls - “Message From the Venus Flower” Man/Woman/Chainsaw - “Nosedive” Makthaverskan - “Shatter” Spanish Horses - “Hey Man (Hey Man!)” Radio Free Alice - “Kick in the Shins” Soft Science - “Fade” Soft Loft - “Caught” Wishy - “Sensational” Party Dozen - “Euro Stomper” Death Cab For Cutie - “Riptides” Modest Mouse - “Look How Far” Orbit 17 - “Tunnels” Flair - “Nausea” New German Cinema - “I Become Heavy” Tempers - “Cold and Cruel” Hazy Waters - “Blue” Beatrice Deer - “Aukkauti” Girl Scout - “Uh-Huh” Untitled (Halo) - “Easy Rider” Porcelain Tongue - “Understanding Time” Ratboys - “Light Night Mountains Russian Blue - “Already Dead” The Early Years - “A New Way of Living” Interpol - “See out Loud” Anna Calvi - “God’s Lonely Man” Fat Dog - “Go LOVE Urself” Liars - “Ice Pick, Kalamazoo” Madmadmad - “Hey!”Getdown Services - “Stop Living” Imperial Teen - “All Over You” Opus Kink - “I’m a Pretty Showboy”R. Missing - “Turning Off Lights Is My Destiny” Antony Szmierek - “Chalk” Nightbus - “Angles Mortz (Tom Sharkett Remix)”Alexis Taylor - “Out of Phase” Mono - “Gerbera”Apparat - “Hum of Maybe” Uh Huh Her - “Shook” Hannah Lew - “Sunday” Deary - “Seabird” Blind Yeo - “Today’Tomorrow” Caroline Rose - “Yip Yip Yow” Sugar - “Long Live Love” Guv - “Warmer Than Gold” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No one gets to tell you how fast you run, when you run or why you run. Running, walking, moving in anyway is yours and yours only. On this episode of The Runcast, host John Richards encourages you to find your own pace with motivating music from Wild Pink, Metric, Ceremony, and more. As John says, “in a world of cheetahs, be a penguin.”Matt Berninger and Rosanne Cash - “Who Loves the Sun” Dogwood Tales - “McMemories” Wild Pink - “Round of Applause at the End of the World” Dazy - “Beat Change” Parlor Greens - “Emeralds” Bodega - “Weather Me” Slow Fiction - “Junior Year” Megasound - “Keep On Running” Pitschouse - “Dinner With the Dreamies” Metric - “Victim of Luck” Trentemoller - “Terrified” Arab Strap - “I Get Noise” Tinsley - “More Alive” Sibille Attar - “Dark Stuff” Abracadabra - “Peel Away” Chinese American Bear - “Dance Dance Dance” Hey Thanks - “Forward” Strange Lot - “All I Know” RIP Dunes - “Living in Fear” Ceremony - “Antenna” Painted Vein - “Wanna Be Enough” Dark Chisme - “Suffer Like Me” Lily Seabird - “Lightspheres on Their Way” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Runcast, DJ John Richards crafts another mix of tracks to keep you motivated on your run, featuring music from Kiwi Jr., Temples, Death Valley Girls, and more. On this mix, John encourages you to keep your focus away from what’s holding you back and more toward where you’re trying to get to. It’s not how you start the race, it’s how you finish it. Let this music help guide you as you make your way to all the things you’re trying to accomplish. Tracklist: Myra Lee - “Trapped”White Flowers - “Heaven”Atmos Bloom - “Closer”Sundayclub - “Blue Wave”Hurry - “Moving After You”Kiwi Jr - “Photos of the Reenactment”Radio Free Alice - “Kick in the Shins”Darkswoon - “Antivenom”Temples - “Jet Stream Heart”Wishy - “Sensational”Hazy Waters - “Blue”Getdown Services - “Stop Living”Beacon - “Cinder”Portraits of Tracy - “Caught in a Jam”Death Valley Girls - “Message From the Venus Flower”New Age Healers - “Moored” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once again, DJ John Richards digging into the recent Live on KEXP archives for a Runcast featuring all live performances. All these recordings come from 2026, featuring powerful tracks from Band of Horses, Just Mustard, Rogue Wave and more. Live music makes use feel alive, and you can take that energy with you on your next run.Tracklist:The Royston Club - “Spinning” Band of Horses - “The Great Salt Lake”  Rogue Wave - “Endless Shovel” The Barr Brothers - “Run Right Into It”  Hannah Lew - “Sunday”  Lala Lala - “Does This Go Faster?”  Spacemoth - “Do We Exist” Chapterhouse - “Pearl”  The Wedding Present - “Damage” Toadies - “Possum Kingdome” Mclusky - “She Will Only Bring You Happiness" Just Mustard - “We Were Just Here”  Russian Blue - “This is The Sound of What Was” Russian Blue - “Patience” Getdown Services - “The Radiator”  Drama - “Dancing on my Own”  Lyrics Born - “I Like it I Love it”  Sera Cahoone - “Say Something”  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Krug - “I”ll Believe in Anything (Piano Version)” Hammock - “We Close Our Eyes So We Can See” Ed O’Brien - “Incantations” Basement - “Broken by Design” Russian Blue - “Patience” Interpol - “See Out Loud” Diary - “Keep Comin’ Up” R. Missing - “Turning Off Lights is My Destiny” Uh Huh Her - “Shook” Asal - “Winters Gonna Come” Wet Leg - “CPR (Horsegirl Remix)” Desire - “Summer Skin” Genesis Owusu - “Human Again” Terror/Cactus - “Transmisión Clandestina”  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anna Calvi - “Is This All There Is?Blondshell - “Heart Has to Work So Hard” Ill Peach - “Crash Course Dummy” Catherine Moan - “No Magic” Punchbag - “Pile of Clothes” Antony Szmierek - “Chalk” Alexis Taylor - “Out of Phase” Digitalism - “Achtung! Optimism” Fat Dog - “Go LOVE urself"New German Cinema - “I Become Heavy” Sunglaciers - “Future Free”Orbit 17 - “Tunnels” Joy Forever - “Love is Real” Soft Loft - “Caught” Getdown Services - “I Can’t Die Like That” Sylvan Esso - “Hot Slob” Caroline Rose - “Yip Yip Yow” Sera Cahoone - “Say Something” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole supercharges your run with an international mix of life-affirming tracks, designed to help you lock into a deep, sustained flow state. Radiate to the rhythm and pulse of artists like Gelli Haha, Ezra Collective, MadMadMad, and Ninajirachi. Bellaire - "Pure Love"Gelli Haha - "Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep"Pigeon - "Miami"Ninajirachi iPod Touch - "I Love My Computer"Pullstring - "Nowhere Left To Go" Dead Pioneers - "Never Alone" Ezra Collective - "Only Love"Sosyete '25' - "Yaygara"Midpak - "Disco Heaven 54"Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - "Chicken Leg"ABOP - "Zwei Kilo Zucker"Chui - "Tvrdi Sicevi"MadMadMad - "Overload"ŽIVA - "I See Right Through You" Produced and Mastered by: William Myers Production support: Serafima Healy Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mix of dance tracks, post-punk, and remixes to set a new PR! Mono - "Gerbera"Russian Blue - "This is the Sound of What Was?"Dark Chisme - "Dominance of Truth"Muscle Memory - "Conditions of Love" (Boy's Shorts Remix)L’Eclair - "RUN" (feat. Gelli Haha)Digitalism - "Space Invaders"Madeline Goldstein - "Strange & Absurd"Buscabulla - "Miraverahi" (Slow Jamz Remix)Nightbus - "Angles Mortz" (Tom Sharkett Remix)MADMADMAD - "Hey!"Boy Deluxe - "Energy is Power"Actors - "CTRL"Chalk - "Can't Feel It"Adult DVD - "Real Tree Lee"Apparat - "Hum of Maybe" Host: John Richards Produced and Mastered by: William Myers Production support: Serafima Healy Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you ever find yourself “watching your watch” on a run? John can relate. In this Runcast, DJ John Richards encourages you to resist that temptation and gives motivation for staying present in the run with an inspiring set of music from Hemi Hemingway, Courtney Barnett, Ratboys, and more.Hemi Hemingway - “Promises” Courtney Barnett - “Another Beautiful Day” Nothing - “Never Come Never Morning” The Early Years - “A New Way of Living” Allison Russell - “Cold April” Chinese American Bear - “All the People” Remember Sports - “Across the Line” Good Day Father - “Sonic Amadea” Bibi Club - “Amaro” Tempers - “Cold and Cruel” Man/Woman/Chainsaw - “Nosedive” Ratboys - “Light Night Mountains All That” 44go - “Revolver” TV Star - “Out of My Bag” Flair - “Nausea” Prism Shores - “I Didn’t Mean to Change Your Mind”Host: John Richards Produced and Mastered by: William Myers Production support: Serafima Healy  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Runcast is back for its fifth season! To kick things off, DJ John Richards brings a fiery set of tracks to inspire and motivate you on your run. From the soulful sounds of Michelle David and the True-Tones through fresh jams from Lala Lala, Genesis Owusu, and more. John reminds you on this episode that 1) the first mile is a liar and 2) Lao Tzu’s maxim that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”Michelle David and the True-Tones - “Running” Anna Calvi and Iggy Pop - “God’s Lonely Man” Genesis Owusu - “Stampede” Makthaverskan - “Shatter” Lala Lala - “Even Mountains Erode” Mona et Toi - “Nothing Rhymes With Myself” Liz Cooper - “Better Than Ever” Ismay - "American Flag” Hannah Lew - “Sunday” Beatrice Deer - “Aukkauti” Swapmeet - “I Know” Girl Scout - “Uh-Huh” Francis of Delirium - “It’s a Beautiful Life” Ian Sweet - “Criminal Kissing” Melanie Baker - “HAHA!” Sunsick Daisy - “Waiting For” Arlo Parks - “Get Go” Host: John Richards Produced and Mastered by: William Myers Production support: Serafima Healy Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "marathon runcast" with special guest DJ Kevin Cole! Join DJ John Richards and DJ Kevin Cole as they run and record the podcast at the same time. The episode features music from Tunde Adebimpe, The Hives, Ty Segall, KennyHoopla, and more.  The Lumineers - “So Long” Sea Lemon - “Stay” Shura - “Recognise” Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory - “Afterlife” NoSo - “Sugar” Deary - “I Still Think About You” Jay Som - “Float” Daisy the Great - “Bird Bones”Rocket - “Wide Awake” The Hives - “Legalize Living” Ty Segall - “Possession”The Budos Band - “Overlander”Sister Ray Davies - “War Machine”Dear Boy - “After All” Been Stellar - “Breakaway”Alex Henry Foster - “A Silent Stream” Beirut - “Forest Encyclopedia" Bdrmm - “goit” Haai - “Satellite” Flying Mojito Bros - “Just Passing Through” Demise of Love - “Strange Little Consequence” Ronboy - “Disaster” Madmadmad - “Hey!” Dazy - “Pay No Mind” NoSo - “Don’t Hurt Me, I’m Trying” Panda Bear - “Virginia Tech”100% Wet - “Lost Myself” Lawn - “Sports Gun” Preoccupations - “Focus” Sparks - “Do Things My Own Way” Miki Berenyi Trio - “Big I Am” Cults - “Crybaby” Chitra - “In My Opinion” Hotline TNT - “Break Right” Ribbon Skirt - “Wrong Planet” Craig Finn - “Crumbs” Matt Berninger - “Bonnet of Pins” Deep Sea Diver - “Shovel” Bria Salmena - “Closer to You” L'Eclair - "RUN (feat. Gelli Haha)"Tunde Adebimpe - “Drop”Esther Rose - “Want”Ezra Furman - “Sudden Storm” Provoker - “Swarm of Flies” Bass Drum of Death - “Do Nothing” KennyHoopla - “Northern Lights” Soot Sprite - “Days After Days” Pretty Bitter - “Outer Heaven Dude Ranch” Wet Leg - “Catch These Fists” Daffo - “Habit” Indigo De Souza - “Heartthrob” The Weather Station - “Window” Momma - “I Want You (Fever)” Girl and Girl - “Okay” Small Paul - “Seems to Me”  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we talked about how the runcast changed one listener's life, John's three rules to running, plus inspirational music from Yves Tumor, Anna Von Hausswolff, Yola, World News, and more. World News - “Don’t Want to Know” Marseille - “Heaven’s At My Door” The Belair Lip Bombs - “Hey You” Packaging - “Running Through the Airport” Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning” Whitelands - “Heat of the Summer” Say Sue Me - “In This Mess” Horsepower - “Excalibur” Anna Von Hausswolff - “Stardust” Deradoorian - “Digital Gravestone Worries and Other Plants - “Changin Me” Living Hour - “Wheel” Deep Sea Diver - “What Do I Know” Clipping - “Keep Pushing” Cari Cari - “Schmetterling” Yves Tumor - “We Don’t Count” KennyHoopla - “Orphan//" Yola - “Amazing” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Holy gosh darn guacamole, it's our second Runcast featuring live sessions from KEXP favs like Of Monsters and Men, Ibibio Sound Machine, IDLES, Melenas and more. Washed Out - “Running Away”Torres - “Collect”Grace Cummings - “Ramona”Mannequin P***y - “I Got Heaven”Spoon - “Knock Knock Knock”Fontaines DC - “Too Real”Been Stellar - “Passing Judgement”Ride - “Taste”Film School - “Said Your Name”Somesurprises - “Bodymind”Peel Dream Magazine - “Lie in the Gutter”Of Monsters and Men - “Little Talks”Ducks Ltd “- Hollowed Out”Lol Tolhurst & Jacknife Lee - “Los Angels”Ibibio Sound Machine - “Protection From Evil”Melenas - “Bang”Young Fathers - “Nest”Idles - “Danny Nedelko”Soul Asylum - “Runaway Train” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New favorites from the likes of Ivy, Matt Berninger, Hot Chip, and Indigo De Souza. A true sonic sandwich of songs. Plus, maybe the greatest listener note The Runcast has ever received. Indigo De Souza - “Be Like the Water”Jamie Drake - “Thread and the Spark”Matt Berninger - “No Love”Nightbus - “Ascension”Worthitpurchase - “Something New”Legs - “Wide Open Fires”Sharon Van Etten - “Afterlife”Georgia Knight - “Desire”Gans - “It’s Just Life”Factory Floor - “Tell Me”Hot Chip - “Devotion”Dark Chisme - “Lost in the Night”Dream, Ivory - “All Good”Night Tapes - “Pacifico”Ivy - “Say You Will”Indigo De Souza - “Crying Over Nothing” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have finally put together a runcast featuring some of our favorite all-time moments during Live at KEXP sessions. We've got banger after banger from Black Pumas, Phoebe Bridgers, Broken Social Scene, and many, many more, PLUS 28-straight minutes of DJ Shadow killing it here at KEXP in 2024. Jose Gonzalez - “Heartbeats”Black Pumas - “Colors”Black Belt Eagle Scout - “Don’t Give Up”Phoebe Bridges - “Motion Sickness”Amen Dunes - “Miki Dunes”Broken Social Scene - “7/4 Shoreline”Modern English - “I Melt With You”Middle Kids - “Dramamine”Salt Cathedral - “Terminal Woes” DJ Shadow - Full Performance DJ Shadow - Ubu DJ Shadow - You Played Me DJ Shadow feat Q-Tip & Lateef The Truth Speaker - Enuff DJ Shadow feat Divine Styler - Divine Intervention DJ Shadow feat Ernie Fresh - The Sideshow DJ Shadow feat Barny Fletcher - Two Notes DJ Shadow - The Number Song Zack De La Rocha & DJ Shadow - March Of Death DJ Shadow - If I Died Today DJ Shadow - Long Stem DJ Shadow - A Narrow Escape DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like (Peshay Remix) DJ Shadow - I Gotta Rokk DJ Shadow- Six Days (Remix) DJ Shadow - I Gotta Rokk (Irn Mnky Swagger Mix) DJ Shadow feat Danny Brown - Horror Show DJ Shadow feat Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak LAST SONGMega Cat “Rat Fight” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.