All new episode! Nate celebrates Philly music festivals before being joined by his guest, singer/songwriter Dave Hause. They discuss who has played more XPoNential Music Festivals and Main Street Music in stores performance, Dave or Dawes, WXPN and the Sing Us Home Festival, creating and curating his own music festival, growing up in Roxborough, Manayunk over the years, the music of his youth, Ambler, being a solo artist versus being in a band, working on his brother Tim's new record , IDLES , E...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Nate opens up the show celebrating the recent placement in the Top 100 Music Interview charts on Apple Podcasts before being joined in conversation by singer/songwriter, Ryan Gilfillian. They talk about Ryan's latest performance on WXPN's The Key , AJAY , Black Buttafly , growing up, his early music, rapping, his latest EP, Evergreen , the lyrics to his song "Crime," his influences, why he wears sunglasses while performing live, his songwriting process, "Talk to Me" and collaborating with his br...
Mar 13, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Back with an all new episode. Nate welcomes listeners new and old to the show with a reminder of the website content, and talks about the new shirt design before being joined by Taylor Goldsmith of the band Dawes, ahead of their show in Philly at the Fillmore on 3/16 . They talk about David Letterman, Bruce Springsteen and receiving praise, overcoming negative biases, paying tribute, growing up, how Tony Berg helped him widen his musical palate and discover the sanctity of a song, Misadventures ...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 6
An unexpected new episode! Join Nate for a conversation with Kevin Allison (RISK!, The State). They discuss the State, the Dreamboy sketch, the music used on the show, the season two promo "More Miserable Crap," the origins of Barry and Levon, the child-like energy of the State, Paramount's interest in the possibility of a State reunion/revival, how the brevity of their sketches lends itself to a TikTok/Reels culture, segues (and lack there of), being a theatrical child, realizing at an early ag...
Feb 27, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Kicking off an all new episode, Nate give an announcement about an upcoming performance for the RISK! live show in the Lower East Side at Caveat before sitting down with Katie Feeney ( You Do You , Roberta Faceplant). They talk about growing up in Erie, musical theater, being a creative kid and the lost confidence of youth, home recorded radio shows, going to Penn State, moving to Philadelphia and getting back into music her work with non-profits, Rock to the Future , the pandemic and other obst...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 4
We're back with a jam packed episode! Nate is joined for a tremendous conversation by Zach Eastman of the Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue Podcast . They talk about Nate's guest appearance on the YBR , expanding the scope of the Ballyhoo, Brendan Fraser and giving actors a chance, Zach's childhood, his love of vintage entertainment, discovering radio dramas, the realization that he wanted to be a creator, knowing what you want to do at a young age, finding podcasting, the prospect of doing a serialized...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Another week, another episode. Nate gives a programming update for the next few weeks of episodes before recapping the G. Love/Donavon Frankenreiter show at the TLA . He is then joined for an incredible conversation by singer-songwriter Laura Lizcano. They start off talking about her 2020 song "Overworked & Underpaid" before getting into her childhood, moving from Colombia to PA, her first band Strawberry Underground , the move to Philly and going to Temple, finding jazz, Norah Jones & R...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 2
New Year, new season!! Nate is back with a hope for power and positivity for the new year... aka Twenty Twenty Me!! Then Nate sits down with Kevin McCall and Jordan Petrellis of Andorra. They talk about how Kevin and Jordan met, starting the band, growing up, MySpace, writing original music in the early days of the band, Marcy's Playground's "Sex & Candy," the songwriting process, early shows in the suburbs, going away to college and keeping the band together, solidifying the lineup, transla...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 1
It’s the 3rd Annual ‘Twas the Jawn Before Christmas Ukulele Sing-a-Long, originally streamed on FBLive!! Pour yourself a cup o’ hot chocolate, roast some chestnuts on an open fire, and watch me sit in my basement and talk to a handful of strangers on the internet who have nothing better to do than watch some guy with a ukulele singing holiday tunes! It’s a Ho-Ho-wHole lot of fun for everyone! And… spoiler alert… I may have debuted two BRAND NEW original Christmas jingles!! You. Will. Not. Want. ...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Nate updates on the new Yo! That's My Jawn curated playlists ( Christmas Favorites | Christmas Other Mentions | Christmas Jawns by Former Guests ) and shouts out a few new Christmas songs that have come out this year ( Brian Lambert - "All I Want For Christmas is a Brand New Start" | Sad13 - "Wrapped" | Snap Infraction - "Little Saint Nick" ). Then, Nate is joined by Charlie Hall of the Grammy award winning band the War on Drugs. They kick things off chatting about the many other Charlie Halls, ...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Nate is joined by returning champions and friends of the pod, D.X. and James Ferris to discuss some of their favorite Christmas songs. Before digging into their lists, they bounce around what they look for in a Christmas song, how having kids has affected their outlook on the holidays, traits of Christmas songs that turn them off, Christmas Themes, and their least favorite Christmas songs. Then, the boys go round robin to talk about their favorite Christmas songs before discussing the iTunes Top...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Nate is back after a Thanksgiving break to report on embarrassing himself in front of Melissa Villasenor before talking about how important WXPN and independent non-commercial radio is to indie music. Then, Nate is joined by XPN Morning Show host Kristen Kurtis! They talk about how her love of Y100 led to a radio career that took her around the country but brought her back home to Philadelphia, music in her household when she was growing up, singing in high school with the Chester County Voices ...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 30
An all new episode! Nate starts off talking about two shows he saw since the last episode. The Take Today / Bacchae / Catbite show at the First Unitarian Church, and Tribe of Names album release show for their new record, Evolver , at the Royal in Glenside . Nate is then joined by musician, author, professor, radio host, and champion of Indie Music, Marc Schuster. They talking about becoming acquainted, Marc's book Tired of California: The Beach Boys' Holland Revisited , the Beach Boys, growing ...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Happy Halloween! Nate is back with a new episode reviewing the Halloween weekend and celebrating the Phillies making it to the World Series. He then performs an excerpt of his article, " Robyn, the Saddest Girl to Ever Hold a Martini ." He is then joined by Tim Hildebrand and Brittany Luna of the band Catbite. They kick things off chatting about how Nate has wanted them on the show for a year before digging into growing up, the Disney Tarzan soundtrack, finding the music that spoke to them as ki...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Following a busy two weeks, Nate returns to the podcast stage with his interview with Nancy Barile. The two discuss the Vintage Philadelphia Facebook group , growing up in East Norriton, jukeboxes, sneaking down to listen to her sister's vinyl, finding David Bowie, meeting Patti Smith's mother and becoming pen pals, going away to college, keeping detailed notes of the shows she was going to, the music of the late 70s, the move to Philly and the temperature of the city at that time, Jim's Steaks ...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Back after a short vacation, Nate comes back with tales of his engagement before sitting down to talk with Greg Seltzer of the Philly Music Fest. They talk about the XPoNential Music Festival, growing up, VH-1, gravitating to the songs of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead, his books ( The 1965 Project / The 1968 Project ), what a follow up would look like, 9/11 and the music of 2002, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the pandemic, ending up in business and law, working with Jay Sweet for the Newpo...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Nate bids farewell to summer and reminisces about MTV before being joined by Caroline Weinroth of Cinema Hearts. They talk about her childhood and learning to play the piano, early songwriting, theater, open mic nights, playing out, La Sera's album Sees the Light , her work with Girls Rock! DC , her song " Fender Factory, " guitar elitism, entering the world of pageantry, the dream of playing the electric guitar on the Miss America stage, the highs and lows of the pageant life, her new EP, Your ...
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Nate comes back from his vacation in Vermont recharged and ready to both rock and roll. He starts back by talking about his recent guest appearance on the Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue with host, Zach Eastman. Then, join Nate for a walk down memory lane as he revisits some of his favorite segments from the past few seasons of the show. Enjoy!
Aug 22, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 24
We're back with an all new episode! Join Nate as he sits down with Tyler Asay, John Domenico, Doug Keller, and Jason McGovern of The Tisburys. They talk about growing up, learning to play and the first songs they could perform, the Pictures of Fireworks EP, "Shattered," the pandemic and their productivity, the new album Exile on Main Street, getting tapped to perform at the XPoNential Music Festival , all of the other projects the gang works with (including Riverby , The Describers and Duke Maro...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Nate is joined by Steven Rosplock, Jay Yachetta and Aaron White of the band Phantasm for an epic chat (4:05). The guys discuss the “Spirit Box” video, moving to Philadelphia, forming the band in college, growing up, being a trio, crafting their sound, coming into the Philly scene, their live sound vs recording, building a following in Philly, pivoting towards writing in the studio, the Pandemic, writing lyrics, Dad side projects, the new album Shadow Work, playing live post-pandemic, playing the...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 3Ep. 22
After a brief podcast update, Nate is joined by actor/writer/director/producer Katierose Donahue Enriquez (How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Future Man). The two discuss her Geico commercial with Maxwell the Pig , growing up, how the musical Oliver sparked her desire to be an actor, the Missoula Children's Theatre, her path from Ryder, to the American Reparatory Theater's Institute at Harvard and the Moscow Art Theatre, moving to New York and taking classes at UCB, her move to LA, studying w...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Happy Fourth of July! In this episode, Nate talks about cookouts and fireworks (2:40) before sharing his thoughts on Web3 (4:53). Nate is then joined by Eliot Greene of the Visible Project (7:14). They talk about the importance of community, growing up in Boston, Eliot’s parents, wanting to be a newscaster, living in Bejing at the age of 16, his high school championship Squash team, going to Brown University, interning for Joe Kennedy, moving to New York and becoming a consultant, working for Ch...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Back with a new episode, Nate teases more treats coming down the pipeline (2:40) before sitting down with Mariah Parker aka Linqua Franqa (4:57). The two have a fantastic discussion about growing up around their mother’s gospel trio, early endeavors with writing, the power of communication, lingua franca, curiosity, the construct of schools, setting roots in Athens, Georgia, bringing hip hop back into the Athens music scene, finding hip hop and acts that could break the stigmas and expectations ...
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Nate is back with an all new episode and fights through a damaged voice to interview Andy Hurwitz (3:53)! And and Nate talk about growing up, his father’s music room, meeting Jonathan Shecter & becoming obsessed with hip hop, going to law school and realizing he could work as a music lawyer, finding a mentor in Brad Rubens, working with Pearl Jam in their battle with Ticketmaster, how Eddie Vedder gave him the idea to leave law and solely work in music, the Big Valentine’s Day Pitch and gett...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 18
An all new episode! Nate has an incredible conversation with his guest, Jason Ager (4:13). The two talk about their shared love of the word, “jawn,” regional dialectic changes, growing up the youngest of 7, bonding with his dad over a found shared love of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the musical influence of his older siblings, finding the music of his own, MTV and music videos, taking piano lessons and starting to write his own songs, learning guitar, finding G. Love, going to college and gett...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Nate updates on a minor change to the release schedule and shares two versions of the Yo! That’s My Jawn theme song.
May 23, 2022•13 min
A very special episode of Yo! That’s My Jawn!! Nate talks about the importance of having G. Love on the podcast, the first of three of his day one stretch goal guests (that also includes John Oates and ?uestlove) (3:54). He then shares a rough demo of his song, “B.L.T.” (5:58) before sitting down to chat with G. Love (10:48). Nate and G. talk about bridging hip hop and rock, Beck, creating a new lane into hip hop, early tours with hip hop acts and finding his fanbase, growing up in inner city Ph...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Nate opens up the show, recapping his 2022 Record Store Day haul from the weekend (2:34), before sitting down to chat with composer/producer/bassist/percussionist David Jamison (6:17). The two talk about his song “Spanish Jawn,” the overuse and abuse of the word Jawn, growing up, WDAS and WJJZ, learning to play drums, playing throughout high school and college, getting his doctorate in biomedical engineering, getting back into music, teaching himself the bass, beginning to compose music, creatin...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 15
New episode! Nate celebrates a jam packed New Release Friday and tells the tale of the rare moment in 8th grade when he was cool. Then, Nate chats with musician Lia Menaker. The two discuss growing up with an interest in musical theater, learning and playing piano, her early songwriting, writing and recording the album Animal Behavior, touring the US, life on the road, learning to use Ableton and finding her sound, creating the I Am Kyros EP on Twitch, the Pandemic and streaming, building a comm...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 14
In this episode, Nate talks about continuing to meet former guests of the podcast in person for the first time (2:24) and wishes the love of his life a Happy Birthday (3:39). Then, Nate is joined by Jamie Salvatore and Morgan Russo from the band Jamie and the Guarded Heart (4:00). They talk about finding music, early songwriting and bands, meeting each other, Jamie playing the cover circuit, Dawson’s Creek and the use of music in television shows, Jamie figuring out what he wanted from music, fo...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 13
