Largely the Truth, with Brennan Storr

Musician and craftsman Buddy Young stops by to talk about infusing history into music, his hand-built guitar amplifiers, and so much more. I first met Buddy back when I was hosting my music show on 92.5 StokeFM, and he was promoting "One", the first full-length record from his band Steel City Ruins Links: Find Buddy on Instagram as @chemical_memories Old Enemy: Bandcamp Spotify Steel City...

This one's a corker. Kinell is a hilarious UK-based battle rapper/horror podcaster and our conversation goes all over the place, from his time as a drum and bass DJ, to dancing to the Banana Boat song on acid in a Minnesota basement, to the filmography of director Albert Pyun and how QAnon took all the fun out of conspiracy theories. Kinell's Links: Twitter:  https://twitter.com/sinister_c...

Jerry Smith is a film journalist and composer who specializes in moody, downtempo synth and we had a great talk about how our tastes in horror have mellowed with age, relationship lessons learned from the film "Jakob's Wife", and of course, his terrific new EP "Rescore", in which he re-imagines musical cues from some of the horror greats. Find more from Jerry here: Twitter:  ht...

What's it like to stand in the path of a hurricane? On their latest release, the extraordinary horror film "Hellbender", indie directors Toby Poser & John Adams of Wonder Wheel Productions explore what it's like to deny your true nature, when your true nature is destruction, and join me to talk about not only that, but the cross-country road trip during which the film was shot,...

This episode you get two generations of Canadian horror novelists for the price of one. Andrew Pyper is the award-winning author of 10 novels, including "The Residence" (recently adapted into the DiscoveryPlus series "Demon in the White House") and "The Demonologist." His latest work is "Oracle", an Audible Original narrated by actor Joshua Jackson. Steve Stred is t...

Ever wondered where your favorite holiday treats come from? Glen Warren is here to fill you in. On his podcast "Season's Eatings", Glen explores Christmas classics from all over the world - from Lebkuchen to Melomakarona, from Malva Pudding to Nanaimo Bars, and beyond. Season's Eatings Podcast: https://seasonseatingspodcast.libsyn.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/seasonseat...

Aish Divine is a visionary composer and musician whose path first crossed with mine 14 years ago in the deserts of Morocco. On this episode, we continue that long-ago conversation about life, faith, and sexuality before detouring into his solo albums - 2018's "Mother" and the brand-new "The Sex Issue." The NYC-based artist holds nothing back in talking about the pain of separat...

The first Largely the Truth of 2022 is here and with it comes the only interview befitting such an occasion. Tara Sariban, host of the podcast "World's Dumbest Criminals" and apparently my wonder twin, joins me to talk about the nuts and bolts of indie podcasting. Since joining the podcast world in 2017 with "Bloody Murder", Tara has learned first-hand what it's like to be...

Did you know a Canadian owns and operates New York City's best ghost tour company? Now you do, and on this week's episode Andrea Janes tells us how that came to be. Our conversation goes from the dark corners of NYC's history to Canadian Gothic to responsible ghost stories and so much more, ending with what I can only hope is the first salvo in the Great Goulash War ™ Boroughs of the D...

This week we return to the horror genre with Briana Morgan, author of "Mouth Full of Ashes", a story of teenage love and vampirism set against the backdrop of a fading seaside town. In addition to "Ashes" we talk about her short story anthology, "The Tricker-Treater and Other Stories", sleep paralysis, the annoying efficacy of TikTok, and so much more. Briana's Links We...

This week, singer/songwriter Brian Kelly, who performs as Oceanography, joins me to talk about his fantastic new LP "Thirteen Songs About Driving Nowhere in Alphabetical Order" and along the way we manage to invent car-to-car food delivery then discuss the impermanence of place Buy your digital copy on Bandcamp: https://oceanography.bandcamp.com/ Physical copies and social media links: htt...

One of the few things we can count in life is adversity, and possibly the greatest measure of our character is how we handle it when it finally comes. For Jaimie Sherling, author of "From Queens to Queens: How the Madison Drag Community Saved My Life", that adversity came in the form of an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis amid a rapidly crumbling marriage, and this week on the show, Jaim...

This week I had the privilege of sitting down with Suraaj Parab and Sandeep Kulkarni to talk about their brand-new EP, "Wistful Thinking, Vol. 1". Suraaj is an award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist and Sandeep is a veteran singer, voice actor, and radio DJ with hundreds of credits to his name, and on this episode the conversation covers not only their music but their deep love o...

This week I'm joined by author Fonda Lee, whose upcoming novel "Jade Legacy" caps off her expansive adult fantasy trilogy "The Green Bone Saga." Inspired in part by martial arts and gangster films, "The Green Bone Saga" is a compulsively readable epic that I have become absolutely hooked on, and on this episode we talk about the work that went into building that world,...

Some people know what they want to do right away, others try their hands at many things, eventually returning to the one they love most; Boston-based musician Eliot Wilder falls firmly into the latter category. Performing as The Revenants, Wilder's albums have incorporated sounds as disparate as rock, country, bluegrass, dub, prog, even electronica, and the latest Revenants record to hit strea...

This week I had the great fortune of sitting down with Steve Jenner, Ian Turner, and Ellis Turner from the hot new UK band Damn Good Liars. Their eponymous debut EP landed earlier this year and they've already twice been featured on the BBC Radio show "Introducing" and their first-ever live gig is fast approaching. The trio talk about how they came together, why it's always importa...

It's almost Halloween and so I've brought in an expert on scaring the hell out of you. On this episode, horror author Mike Thorn joins me to talk his latest short story anthology, the darkly powerful "Peel Back and See", out on October 29th from Journalstone Publishing. We also talk about horror on film, salvia trips, sleep paralysis, and a whole lot more. Preorder your copy of &#3...

Talking about men's health can be a difficult thing, even more so when the topic is testicular cancer, but Marc Semler and the AZ-based Blue Pint Society have been working hard to change that. Semler started BPS in 2014 and in the years since has raised thousands of dollars for the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation through events like Beer School, the 15th installment of which is coming u...

On this episode, up-and-coming singer/songwriter Michael Labella joins me to talk about his latest EP, "What I Become", his experience as part of Brooklyn-based record label Leesta Vall's "Direct to Vinyl" live sessions, playing gigs during the pandemic, and much more. You can find Michael on Instagram and buy one of his albums on Bandcamp

In his new science fiction thriller, "Dare to Know", author James Kennedy tells the story of a near-future where corporations can pinpoint the exact moment of your death and will sell the knowledge to you for a price. On this episode, James joins me to talk about the book, video game urban legends, the value of loneliness and so much more You can find more about James at his website www.ja...

When it comes to the synthwave genre, there are a few artists who are indivisible from their place of origin - the French have Carpenter Brut, the Americans have The Midnight, and here in Canada we have Moonrunner83, aka Chad Williamson. On this episode, Chad talks about his ridiculously Canadian school days (dog sleds, camping in the frigid cold), how his sound has evolved from his 2017 debut EP...

Amon Mazingo's show, "Afro Tales", now in its third season, is a joyous celebration of folklore from the African diaspora and if you're not subscribed already, you will be after hearing this interview. From being inspired by Levar Burton's "Reading Rainbow" to being recognized in a grocery store, Amon is well on his way to superstardom. 

The topic of money is one that comes up in all our lives, in one way or another, and a surprising number of us (myself included) often struggle to manage or understand it. On this episode, James Berman - teacher, investment advisor, and author of "Lessons From the Lemonade Stand: A Common Sense Primer on Investing" - breaks down some of the complexities around financial literacy, the stock...

Hope is a hard thing to come by these days, but Brantford, Ontario-based singer/songwriter Denzel Gordon and his band The Unlynchables are keeping the flame alive. Joining me to talk about his first full-length album, the recently released "Treasure Chest", Denzel also speaks about growing up as the son of Jamaican immigrants in rural Ontario, the power of cautious melancholy optimism, and...

Radio isn't dead, it's just moved house and Carlota, former daytime DJ for KOMP Las Vegas and founder of internet station KILPOP, has the new address. Carlota joins me to talk about how rona cost her her job, gave birth to KILPOP Radio, and introduced her to the wild, wild world of commodities trading. From heavy metal to the future of radio to mafia money laundering, Carlota's got a h...