Clear the Dance Floor

Colb holds auditions for listeners to become the show's new Loyal Caller, and the results go disastrously awry. Callers include Colin Melloy from the Decemberists and the famed Dr. Tuscaloosa from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Clear the Dance Floor airs every Sunday afternoon at 4. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.

Improviser and cineaste Patrick Keene joins Colb in the studio to pick apart the latest iteration of Sight & Sound's list of the 250 greatest movies of all time, as chosen by the world's movie critics. They play a little round of "Too Low, Too High" for a handful of movies on the list, including much of the Top 10, and sound off on Chantel Ackerman, David Lynch, John Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Robert...

Colb assembles a crack team of experts in science, technology, and culture (James Dwyer, Akmal Tajihan, and Jenny Arimoto) for an in-depth conversation about the future and what it might look like. Among the topics discussed are the increasing prevalence of AI, the internet's undeniable staying power, how the shift to remote work has affected not only the global economy but also the individual off...

Writer Dan Kolitz swings by the studio to sound off on a whole host of cultural topics, including Jonathan Franzen's famous essay that claimed Edith Wharton's writing was informed by how plain-looking she was, Elizabeth Hardwick's recent resurgence, Norman Mailer's advocacy for Jack Henry Abbott's release from prison, why we have friend groups in our 20s only to see them disappear in our 30s, Zoom...

Violet Lucca (Harper's, Film Comment) joins Colb in the studio to discuss a whole host of movie-mad topics, from the book she's writing about David Cronenberg to David Lynch and the 'Inland Empire' DVD extras to why she doesn't dig Pauline Kael to some favorite local spots for arthouse movies to how Orson Welles maybe invented the whole idea of the modern bohemian?? A jam-packed episode! Clear the...

Comedian and podcaster Emma Rogers joins Colb in the studio for a wide-ranging convo that always seems to find its way back to the end of days. We talk fallout shelters, the traffic getting out of Brooklyn once the bombs start falling, and more! We also inadvertently coin a new sign-off for the show, and Emma dusts off her Natasha Lyonne impression to record a Patti Smith-style intro. A packed ep!...

Allison Rapp, assistant editor at UltimateClassicRock.com, joins Colb in the studio to talk the new Bob Dylan Center that opened in Tulsa last year, her trip to Dylan sites in Minnesota, her interviews with Heart's Ann Wilson, Peter Frampton, David Knopfler, and more! They also wonder aloud why this period in popular music remains so popular and why so many people in Brooklyn wear Rolling Stones t...

Hallie Haas (Search Party, Comedy Central) joins Colb in the studio to spin a few yarns and show off her versatility as an actor. Through the power of hours-long YouTube background music compilations, they create a totally authentic Western scene, and a full-fledged fantasy epic that features time travel, a theater troupe, ancient Hungarian folk music, and more! Clear the Dance Floor airs every Su...

Maddie Whittle, Assistant Programmer at Film at Lincoln Center, returns to the Radio Free Brooklyn airwaves to weigh in on this year's Academy Awards, the widespread enthusiasm for movies like Top Gun: Maverick and Everything Everywhere All at Once, and why Decision to Leave may have been snubbed. We also talk about the thriving rep cinema scene in New York and elsewhere, the upcoming series of To...

Colb welcomes comedians-turned-musicians Erin Harland, Josh Nasser, and James Cross (aka "Ex-Husband") to talk songwriting, performing, mixing, and mastering, and of course, play some tunes. Clear the Dance Floor airs live every Sunday afternoon at 4 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or on the Radio Free Brooklyn mobile app.

Paige Smith-Hogan and Nora Jefferies join Colb in the studio to turn their landmark monthly comedy show "Sounds Great!" into a podcast. They also discuss common party etiquette issues and how to avoid them, the indignities of walking on the street, and Gen Z's approach to consuming media... And Paige sings! Clear the Dance Floor airs every Sunday afternoon at 4 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live...

Colb welcomes comedian Sara Hennessey to the studio to develop her new video series 'Welcome to Ride Along' into a full-fledged travel show. They also talk about ~*making art*~, the Toronto/New York comparison that feels unending despite being ridiculous, how to interact properly with the audience when you're on stage, getting tricked into staying on social media, and more! Clear the Dance Floor a...

Comedian Maggie Crane joins Colb in the studio to talk about her fantastic show Side by Side, which she will soon be performing at a theater near you! They also touch on the particular joys of minor league baseball on Staten Island, Western Massachusetts, and beyond, HBO's 'The Last of Us,' the NBA Bubble during Covid lockdown, and more. Clear the Dance Floor airs every Sunday from 4-5pm on Radio...

Colby welcomes Jackie Haswell (Kevin Bauer), a Baby Boomer born in Brooklyn who sets the record straight on postwar America, insisting (among other things) that everyone saw the Kennedy assassination coming, that the Vietnam War was "not that big a deal," and more. Followed by a Soundscape that goes from Bob Dylan to Orson Welles to Laurie Anderson and makes a lot of stops in between. Clear the Da...

Colby welcomes entertainment reporters Matt Strickland (None of Your Business Week magazine) and Trevor Lyon (Hollywood) to provide an in-depth look at the ongoing streaming wars and the terrible cost they're extracting on creators. They look at some of the TV and film projects HBO Max and Discovery have scrapped (Band of Brothers: Grenada, So You Think You Can Stand?) and wonder out loud where th...

Colb celebrates last week's perfect hour of video by taking calls on the topic, "Nailing It." Lauren Air-Conditioner (Hallie Haas) calls in to talk about standing up to a serial killer, plus some of her favorite times at the beach. Colb yells about Sally Rooney, pitches a Julie-and-Julia-type movie about a Brooklyn blogger watching Jim Carrey's Grinch, searches in vain for the right bed music, and...

The very first episode of Clear the Dance Floor! Host Colby Smith struggles to establish a vibe for the show, which lies somewhere between The Fugs' "CIA Man" and William Shatner's spoken word album. Callers include comedian Carolyn Egan, various other Radio Free Brooklyn personalities, and Hallie Haas as The Severed Head from Norman Mailer's 'Tough Guys Don't Dance.' Clear the Dance Floor airs li...