Nate gives an update on the recent delayed episode releases and ponders out loud about the generative AI band with hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify. Then, Nate sits down with David Lowery ( Cracker , Camper Van Beethoven) . They talk about David's childhood living across the world as a son of a member of the Air Force, how music entered his life, the move to California and exposure to neighborhood bands, forming the band Sitting Ducks that eventually became the band Camper Van Beethov...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 10
After an extended break Nate returns with an all new episode! He is joined this week by Kevin Hanson ( The Fractals , Huffamoose ) for a chat about the new EP, Rescue & MORE! They talk about growing up in Washington, moving to Philly, learning guitar, playing in jazz bands as a teen, the gutting of funding for public school music education, the state of young guitar players, the formation of Huffamoose , winning the Pepsi Battle of the Bands and performing at Woodstock '94, signing with Inte...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Nate caps off his run of weekly episodes with a conversation with the writer/director of the new film O'Dessa , Geremy Jasper. They discuss growing up in New Jersey, the path from music to film, finding and appreciating different styles of music, the Fever, Outlaws , myths and epics, what influenced O'Dessa , making such an original film in the current landscape of film, casting Sadie Sink in the lead role, writing the music for the film, early drafts of the screenplay, reactions to the film and...
Apr 07, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Nate's back with a chat with Canadian singer/musician, Art d'Ecco. In a dense chat, they talk about the Non-COMMvention , WXPN , growing up in Canada, how Beethoven led him to piano, the early Art d'Ecco music, his first album, Day Fevers, producing, how the two months he spent in New York City birthed Serene Demon , the lack of movements in contemporary music, the Rocky Horror Picture Show , the "Disco Sucks" and anti-Glam movements of the late 70s, how people's relationship with music has chan...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Nate is joined this week by Nick Hexum of the band 311. They chat about Philly show memories, his early music memories, learning how to play piano and pivoting to guitar, Fish Hippos, how prolific band was early in their career, the range of music in the 90s, the end of Capricorn Records, "Love Song" and the 50 First Dates soundtrack, the NIck Hexum Quintet, Waxing Nostalgic and the EP release plans, playing in the same lineup for almost 40 years, his tech startup SKP, the streaming industry, th...
Mar 24, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Nate chats with entrepreneur/technologist Benji Rogers. They talk about meeting years ago at Fergie's Pub, growing up in a family of music industry managers, getting into music, the true purpose of streaming, the CD-R and MP3 era, Bandcamp, content collapse, the give & take of technology, Substack, Sureel.AI and attribution, and how it has been received by the industry. Then, Benji hangs out for The Jawntlet! Benji's Substack Lark42 Sureel.AI Marwood on Apple Music Subscribe to the Y!TMJ New...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Nate's back with an all new chat with the team behind the new nine part HBO documentary Celtics City, director Lauren Stowell and producer Gabe Honig. They chat about Nate's Sixers fandom, Lauren's SC Featured piece The Dutch Destroyer , finally getting t share the doc with the world, how the doc handles the racial dynamics of Boston & the NBA, the weight of telling this story, favorite teams, their favorite eras the covered, how the Celtics as a team transcends the free agency era, anticipa...
Mar 10, 2025•31 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Nate sits for a chat with Master puppeteer and Animatronic Designer, Dave Barclay to chat about his new autobiography, My Life With Animatronics. Movies, Puppets and Beyond . They discuss Dave's childhood growing up in England, his parents's puppetry group, his desire to get into film and special effects makeup, Yoda and bridging puppetry and animatronics, how Mark Hamill got him into the film industry, the gravity of working on Empire Strikes Back , joining the Henson Company on The Dark Crysta...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Nate is back with a recap of the Eagles victory in Super Bowl LIX before a great conversation with singer/songwriter Andrew Dost. They talk about the Dead Milkmen , growing up in Michigan, unfinished projects, Andrew's musical Columbus! , recognizing and growing from early missteps, scoring for film, finding himself musically after the dissolution of fun. , playing the Metal Bubble Trio material live, going to college for journalism and advertising, the desire to write a musical, the Ally Coalit...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Sexy Season Six!! Nate is back riding high from the Eagles heading back to the Super Bowl with a great chat with keyboardist/producer/composer, Corey Bernhard! They chat about growing up in Massachusetts, the music that played around the house when he was a kid, learning the piano, children's resilience with failure, playing Phish and Led Zeppelin in early bands, becoming a Jazz head, writing sheet music, moving to Philly, forming Killiam Shakespeare , playing with Bilal , the Okayplayer boards,...
Jan 27, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Nate sends off 2024 with a recap of the year and a long list of Thank Yous for his friends, family, contributors and listeners.... Mentioned in this episode: 25 O'Clock: Nate Runkel (Yo! That's My Jawn) Single Season Record - Whole In One: MTV's Movie Life: House Of Wax RISK! Ep. #1537 - Nihilist in the Streets, Boy Scout in the Sheets What Did We Just Watch - Tango & Cash (1989) Your Next Favorite Band - Yo! That's My Banter Oops! All Bards: Season One Y-Not Radio 2OLD / 2NEW Music: "Auld L...
Jan 02, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 25
Nate delivers the audio version of his yearly ukulele singalong livestream, 'Twas the Jawn Before Christmas 5! Mentioned Links: 'Twas the Jawn Before Christmas [VIDEO] The Christmas Jawns Vol. 3 playlist Nate's Substack Subscribe to the Y!TMJ Newsletter!...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 24
Nate is joined once again by his pals, James and D.X. Ferris to once again chat about Christmas. This season, they tackle some Christmas likes and some Christmas dislikes. So fashion yourself a glass of eggnog, settle down by the fire and enjoy!! D.X. Ferris on Amazon DXMas XXX: 30, Flirty & Thriving (2024) Y!TMJ The Podcast presents... Christmas Jawns vol. 3 Subscribe to the Y!TMJ Newsletter!...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 23
Nate kicks off his return with a quick update on Oops! All Bards , 2OLD / 2NEW , the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century wrap up show on Your Next Favorite Band , and the upcoming fifth 'Twas the Jawn Before Christmas . Then Nate sits for a quick chat with actor/writer/director Jack Huston to talk about Jack's directorial debut, Day of the Fight ! Day of the Fight website Day of the Fight Instagram Jack Huston IMDb...
Dec 09, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Back with an all new episode, Nate makes a plea for you to vote on November 5th before sitting down for a chat with comedian/musician/writer/podcaster/actor Dave Hill. They talk about the RISK! Podcast , growing up in Ohio, Sons of Elvis, signing to Priority Records, the Higher Learning soundtrack, meeting Flava Flav, entering the comedy world, being a hyphenate and finding time to do so, the formation of Valley Lodge, Eddie Eyeball, the upcoming show at PhilaMOCA (11/8), opening for the Michael...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Nate is back and talks about this week's Philly Music Fest and Inside Hustle networking event before sitting down with Emmy award winning filmmaker Kristi Jacobson, director of the new Max documentary Louder: The Soundtrack of Change . They talk about Kristi's connection to Philadelphia, growing up in New York, how studying Sociology at Duke led her to direct documentaries, her first film American Stand off , getting her start on documentary sets, the genesis of Louder , choosing who t...
Oct 21, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Back with an all new episode, Nate gives a quick recap of WXPN's XPoNential Music Festival before sitting for a long awaited chat with Josh Ostrander of Mondo Cozmo! They talk about the Mondo Cozmo show at the Ardmore Music Hall the night before COVID Lockdown, the return AMH show, growing up in Bucks County, Southampton, eating shit & powering through, music he heard around the house, Nirvana, Hendrix and the early days of learning guitar, admiring and then joining Trip 66/Ty Cobb/The Cobbs...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Nate's back from break with an all new episode! Well, the show's back. Nate's in Colorado. But the show returns with a chat with actress and singer-songwriter, Schuyler Fisk from the all new series The Chicken Sisters , premiering at launch on the new Hallmark+ streaming service! They discuss her song, "Paperweight," growing up in Virginia, the music she was into as a child, what drew her to music and the arts, her album We Could Be Alright , finding balance between music and acting, filming The...
Sep 09, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 18
On this final episode before a needed break, Nate thanks the listeners and shares a memory of a dream fulfilled. Then, he sits down for a chat with saxophonist/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Gabi Rose! They talk about her childhood growing up on Long Island, marching bands and school music programs, the saxophone in pop music, how her cover of Olivia Rodrigo's "Driver's License" went viral, social media, joining the Jonas Brothers' touring band, the band Lawrence, Enrose's latest single...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Nate re-examines his relationship with indie film before sitting down for a chat with writer/director/producer Julien Hayet-Kerknawi and actor James Downie of the new film The Last Front . They talk about their childhoods, finding movies and acting, Julien's early films, A Broken Man , building tension, preparing for his first feature, how James came on board the project, working with Iain Glen, creating a self contained story that could exist in any conflict, working with Julien as a director, ...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Nate does a take back on the idea of taking a summer break and announces the new "Destroy All Algorithms" tshirt available in the Merch store before sitting down for a chat with writer/director/producer Nicole Riegel. They chat about growing up in Jackson, Ohio, working at a movie theater and dreaming of making films, Blockbuster and renting VHS tapes, how we console people who have suffered loss, listening, how the movies Splendor in the Grass and Scream made her want to make movies, how she wo...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Nate gives a brief schedule update before sitting down for a long awaited chat with singer/songwriter, Sug Daniels. They talk about meeting in person for the first time at the Inside Hustle event, growing up in Delaware, her start as a rapper in the band FlowCity , transitioning to the bluesy outfit Hoochi Coochi , finding the ukulele, the Jill Scott tribute video , the Soulquarians /Philly Neo Soul scene, early songwriting on the uke, finding time to create now vs. during the pandemic, her firs...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Nate returns to talk about his gig this past weekend at Tex Mex Connection and his recent appearance on the Your Next Favorite Band podcast before sitting down to chat with singer/songwriter/filmmaker Paige Stark. They start things off bonding over a mutual love of Harry Nilsson and David Bowie before diving in to growing up in Laguna Beach, how MTV was a gateway to a love of music and film, finding inspiration in Lisa Simpson, songwriting and her first solo show, Stone Darling , singing with Ta...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Nate returns with an update of all the goings on in the Yo! That's My Jawn universe, including his most recent return to the RISK! Podcast , before sitting down to chat with Matthew Taglang and Dave Perry of the band Athensville. They talk about how the three of them met this past October at Inside Hustle , growing up in the Philly burbs, Matt and Dave's college bands both at Penn State, Scooter, early days learning their instruments, songwriting, the story behind how Matt and Dave got together ...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 12
In an all new episode, Nate gives a rundown of some upcoming announcements, including the next Your Next Favorite Band/25 O'Clock/Yo! That's My Jawn crossover event , the return of the Oops! All Bards RPG actual play podcast, and shares his submission to WXPN's 24-Hour Song Challenge , the Drive By Truckers inspired, "Some of Her Time." Then Nate sits down for a chat with Alex Wash of the band Granddogs. They talk about the Working Philly Musicians Discord, growing up, the journey from learning ...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In an all new episode, Nate briefly chats about the 2Old / 2 New Podcast before recapping his week at the NON-COMMvention . Then, Nate sits for a chat with singer/songwriter Autumn Luz & her cowriting/coproducing partner Samwe. They talk about early music memories, going to art school to study dance, the pivot from dance to music, early influences, writing, how Autumn and Sam came to collaborate together, creating music remotely, whittling down the 5 songs on the EP from the 30-40 demos they...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 10
An All New Episode! Nate kicks things off by premiering the new theme song in full before sitting down with singer/songwriter Ciara Grace. The talk about living in the same suburbs and graduating from the same high school, growing up in a musical household, how writing songs about a break up birthed her new album, Write It Down , coproducing the album with her father, 2x GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/engineer Glenn Barratt (Melody Gardot, Shirley Ceasar), having the performance bug at an early ...
May 06, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Nate recaps his Record Store Day purchases and shouts out Siren Records before sitting down with singer/songwriter Carsie Blanton. They talk about her song " Ain't We Got Fun ," the Brittany Ann Tranbaugh penned "Caroline," growing up, discovering Jazz music through her grandfather, gigging early at age 14, her comfort on stage, touring at 16 with the funk band The Champagne Syndicate, moving to Philly, the Open Mic scene, touring in a way that is financially viable, the financial implosion of t...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Nate opens up the show discussing re-evaluating his relationship with music before sitting down for a chat with Paul Myers. They bond over their shared use of Garage Band before talking about Paul's journey from music to writing, The Paul and John, Flam!, the Gravelberrys, Power Pop, Paul's book A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the studio , John Oates, The Monkees, his De La Soul interview , the Record Store Day podcast and the Record Store Day organization, Taylor Swift's involvement in R...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In an all new episode, Nate kicks things off with the announcement of a new music discovery podcast he's launching with Bruce Warren of WXPN called, 2Old/2Ne w . Then, Nate chats with Eliza Hardy Jones (Buried Beds, The War On Drugs). They talk about Y-Not Radio, growing up in a musical household, learning piano and guitar, early songwriting, collaboration and community, live shows and the beauty of the shared experience, Buried Beds , becoming an auxiliary player, putting your own voice on othe...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 6
