Blue-Collar Fugue: The Podcast

Grab your popcorn and pot cookies and enjoy this companion piece to my newest essay (or, if you prefer: Here’s the essay ). -Uncle J Original music by MIDWEST, Bernard Herrmann, and Josh Sauvageau This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

A podcast/video version of my essay "MARCH MADNESS!" https://bluecollarfugue.substack.com/p/march-madness This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

My mom, Laurel Jean [Lemke] Sauvageau turns 80 years young next Monday, March 16th. Five years ago, I wrote this poem for her 75th, and since it was peak Covid times, there was no possibility of my spending that day with her in Fargo. So, I reached out to friends and family to ask them to read lines of this poem to her, then I edited it together and played a dumb little piano melody in the backgro...

Voiced by Alysha, Tommy and Yours Truly. Mixed by Uncle Jonny. March, 2026. Visit Rabbit Rabbit and Free Jazz On The CTA This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

Friends, please take caution when opening this video as it may will certainly introduce RansomWare™️ to your device. To Celebrate the 2026 WORM MOON on March 3rd, Uncle Jonny is collaborating with Alysha Daytner and Free Jazz on the CTA to bring you a very special essay on Body Tides. If you haven’t already done so, please subscribe to their publications and watch these spaces on the eve of the WO...

I recorded and mixed an audio version of my most recent essay about the ICE occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Contains tape from ICE interactions, interviews, and press conferences. Original soundtrack and sound design by me, with additional music by Brian Eno, La Mafia, Dillinger Four, and Virgin Whores. Special thanks to Remy Montgomery-Rodgers (my writing coach) for giving me the idea f...

Merry Holiday time This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

Hello friends! Just a quick note today. Last night I read three poems for the 2025 Veterans Telling Stories Literary Reading at the Loft in downtown Minneapolis. Many thanks to Paul Van Dyke (founder of Veterans Telling Stories) and to all the other writers, readers, and everyone who came out. I hope you are doing well! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri...

A poem written for a sailor lost in World War II, with the original audio from the sailor at the very end. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

Rabbit Rabbit and Blue Collar Fugue ! Stay tuned! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

Subscribe to Rabbit Rabbit , kid. You won’t be disappointed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bluecollarfugue.substack.com

Hello friends, this is an audio version of my recent essay, which you can also read HERE . This piece was narrated by yours truly with original scoring, sound design, and editing by me. Includes audio clips from podcasts referenced in the essay. Listener discretion is advised : sounds of warfare from 25:12-30:16. We really appreciate our readers and listeners here at Blue-Collar Fugue. Thank you f...

A companion piece to my poem " Disturbing the peace ": an ASMR video I made while sick with Coronavirus in September, 2022. I used only the sounds available to me in my bedroom, including an acoustic bass, a window screen, blinds, and an aluminum can. Recorded and edited entirely on my iPad (this is not a paid endorsement of Apple products, though I do enjoy using them). This is a public episode....