Known Associates

To kick off season two of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , we’ve got the great prose stylist, songwriter, and cultural critic Jonathan Lethem in the house to talk about all things writing as well as the new record from his band, the Disassociation. He’s a legend round these parts as well as just about everywhere, so it was an honor to g...

In Episode 7 of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , we come to you LIVE from SwR’s annual Frontera Festival in Dallas, Texas! For this very special event, Elizabeth sat down with Amanda Petrusich, staff writer for The New Yorker, who stands shoulder to shoulder with the greatest music critics working today. Her profiles are the stuff of le...

In episode five of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , the Paranoid Style frontwoman and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Graham Parker, the legendary singer-songwriter, who released an incredible run of critically acclaimed and beloved records from 1976 to 1979, including Howlin’ Wind , Heat Treatment , and Squeezing Out Sparks ,...

In episode five of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Jason P. Woodbury, the beloved and highly respected writer, editor, podcaster, and frontman for the band Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quartet. He’s got a wonderful new album out this mo...

In episode four of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Ann Powers—feminist, writer, editor, and beloved NPR correspondent . With a career that began when she was just a teenager writing for The Rocket in Seattle, Powers has spent the better part of her life...

In episode three of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to music writer, director and producer, author and feminist badass Jessica Hopper. From the ’zines of her earliest years to her bestselling books The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock C...

In episode two of Known Associates , a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Patterson Hood from Drive-By Truckers. For over forty years, this indefatigable performer and overall force of good has been releasing records both with his band and as a solo artist and delivering sterli...

In our first episode of Known Associates , a new podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review , the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and journalist Elizabeth Nelson talks to Craig Finn from the Hold Steady. A songwriting institution and accomplished prose writer, Craig has been delighting audiences with his rowdy domestic picaresques and deeply flawed but highly lovable...