Entry Points Radio

This week, Kate is unexpectedly back home in Alaska, Richie is melting in Los Angeles, and a suspiciously perfect Afro House track sends us into a much bigger conversation about AI, craftsmanship, Spotify, the Grammys, extractive systems, and why having an idea is not the same thing as making something. From there, as usual, the playlists take us everywhere: early-2000s pop punk and Richie's brief...

"Heroes get remembered, but a legend never dies." So what makes a legend? Is it the music itself, the culture, the impact, the post-mortem? In this 12th episode, Richie and Kate can't stop saying 'Legendary' when it comes to artists who have passed away: Dolly Parton to Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, Lata Mangeshkar. For those that live on, how has their musical work so far elevated them to the statu...

In this, the 11th episode of Entry Points Radio , Richie and Kate take a journey through music, movies, artistic identity, and the strange ways we decide what (and who) is worth listening to. Stay to the end for Top 3 songs for the week! This week's songs span Glenn Campbell, The Highwaymen, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, John Prine, Nickel Creek, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay Dilla, Tina Turner, electronic m...

We made it to Episode 10! And naturally, we celebrate by asking why humans make art in the first place. Kate and Richie start with longevity experiments, people who make fun of other people for trying too hard, bird songs, gray walls, AI music, and the idea that supporting the arts isn’t charity—it’s part of building a life and a society worth living in. Kate kicks off her playlist with a song by...

What happens when everything gets more convenient—but somehow less human? Kate and Richie start with broken smart homes, forty-year-old refrigerators, Broadway auditions that now require a home studio, Regenerative Economics , and whether everything needs to be optimized, upgraded, automated and monetized forever. Then they remember this is a music podcast. Richie takes us through his guitar histo...

Can a feel-good playlist still have depth? After a few heavy weeks of protest music, world events, viral posts, and existential spiraling, Kate and Richie decided they needed a reset. This week’s playlists are filled with songs they simply enjoy—but because this is Entry Points Radio, “feel good” still leads to Greek tragedy, ancestral languages, immigrant stories, the collapse of civilization, an...

Entry Points Radio is back with Part 2 of our conversation with TaraxBella, the extraordinary sister duo from Abuja, Nigeria. After internet connectivity issues forced Tara and Bella to jump off early — because Nigerian internet had other plans — Kate and Richie keep the conversation going with the songs they had chosen for the week. Richie’s list moves from hidden histories to big feelings: Big M...

What happens when a story from India, told by two musicians in America, resonates with two sisters in Nigeria? Entry Points Radio is back with our second guest episode — and Part 1 of a two-part conversation with our friends TaraxBella, the incredible Abuja-based sister duo whose music moves from love songs to activism with soulful magic. This week’s conversation picks up right where the world lef...

Do you listen to the melody or the lyrics ? How often is there a deeper meaning beneath the surface of a song? Entry Points Radio explores the hidden meaning behind some songs you know and some you thought you knew! The Week 6 playlists come loaded with hidden histories: Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" turns out to have nothing to do with Vietnam, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA"...

Yep, we went deep again. As always, Entry Points Radio spans continents, cultures, and life milestones through the stories that music inspires. Discover how songs serve as time capsules: haunting, healing, and connecting us through stories of love, loss, nostalgia, and identity. From the chaos of moving to the bittersweet nostalgia of a divorce to the secret messages in protest songs, this episode...

Most people settle for mindless playlists or syndicated hits, missing out on the colorful stories behind the music and the cultures that shape our world. In this episode, Kate and Richie go on a deep dive into the hidden worlds of regional, indigenous, and overlooked or misunderstood music, from Oklahoma's rich red dirt roots to the indigenous languages of Chickasaw Nation, to the legendary singer...

Welcome to episode three of Entry Points Radio — a human-curated music show to BREAK the algorithm. Today's episode features special guest, DJ Invisible. He joins Kate Bass and Richie Steighner, co-founders of Global Music Collective share the songs of the week, tell real stories about real artists and cultural worlds they’ve encountered while making music with people across more than 50 countries...

Welcome to the second episode of Entry Points Radio — a human-curated music show to break the algorithm. Kate Bass and Richie Steighner, co-founders of Global Music Collective, introduce the idea behind the show: sharing the songs, stories, artists, and cultural worlds they’ve encountered while making music with people across more than 50 countries. In this episode, Kate and Richie trade their sec...

Welcome to the first episode of Entry Points Radio — a human-curated music show for breaking out of the algorithm. Kate Bass and Richie Steighner, co-founders of Global Music Collective, introduce the idea behind the show: sharing the songs, stories, artists, and cultural worlds they’ve encountered while making music with people across more than 50 countries. In this episode, Kate and Richie trade...