During KEXP’s fall fund drive, discover the variety of music podcasts we produce at KEXP and hear some of our favorite clips from each one. We’re thankful to the thousands of amplifiers who already donate to KEXP, building the foundation for our community of storytelling, and we want you to join them with a one-time donation or a recurring gift!
50 Years of Hip-Hop: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/50-years-of-hip-hop/
El Sonido: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/el-sonido/
Fresh off the Spaceship: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/fresh-off-the-spaceship/
Live on KEXP: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/live-on-kexp/
Sound and Vision: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/sound-vision/
Song of the Day: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/
KEXP Podcasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kexppodcasts
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To close out Season 2 of The Runcast, John Richards brings you a marathon mix of 53 songs filled with hope and inspiration to get you moving. Plus, a sprinkling of quotes from famous runners like, um, Benjamin Franklin? It'll make sense once you start listening, and running...

ODESZA - Hopeful
George FitzGerald - Venera
Maribou State - Blackoak
Tycho - Time to Run
Jungle - Dominoes
LP Giobbi, DJ Tennis, Joseph Ashworth - All In A Dream - LP Giobbi Club Edit
Activity - Department of Blood
Noble Rot - Casting No Light (feat. Colin Newman)
Genesis Owusu - Get Inspired
Ghost of Vroom - Still Getting It Done
Skinny Pelembe - Like a Heart Won’t Beat
M83 - Oceans Niagara
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (feat. James Murphy)
Deeper - Tele
Shalom - Happenstance
Jake Shears - Devil Came Down the Dance Floor (feat. Amber Martin)
Golden Features - Flesh
Bonobo - ATK
LP Giobbi - Body Breathe (feat. Monogem)
Roosevelt - Ordinary Love
Grouplove - Hello
Palehound - The Clutch
Bully - Days Move Slow
The New Pornographers - Angelcover
Lucky Lo - I Will Always Be You
Temple of Angels - Tangled in Joy
Lanterns on the Lake - String Theory
deary - Fairground
George Clanton - I Been Young
ODESZA & Yellow House - Heavier
Bonobo & Jacques Greene - Fold
LP Giobbi - Georgia
Golden Features - Yield (feat. Rromarin)
Barry Can't Swim - Dance of the Crab
Edapollo - Opalescent
Nation of Language - Too Much, Enough
Blonde Redhead - Snowman
Sea Lemon - Cellar
Alaska Reid - Back to This
Beach House - American Daughter
Andy Bell & Masal - Tidal Love Conversation in That Familiar Golden Orchard
Steve Mason - The People Say
Generationals - Waking Moment
Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day
Temples - Afterlife
Film School - Tape Rewind
Grian Chatten - Fairlies
Ladytron - Misery Remember Me
Death Valley Girls - Magic Powers
Temples - Gamma Rays
The New Pornographers - Really Really Light
Blondshell - Joiner
Black Belt Eagle Scout - Don't Give Up
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Running to Add Life to Your Days

This Runcast features a guest curator! Joining John Richards on this episode is DJ, producer, musician, activist AND runner LP Giobbi. She shares insight on how running motivates and grounds her, while also motivating you to get moving and to be thankful for your body.

LP Giobbi - Georgia
LP Giobbi, DESIREE - All I Need (DESIREE Remix)
Barry Can't Swim - Sunsleeper
LP Giobbi -  Feels Just LIke It (Club Edit)
LP Giobbi, DJ Tennis, Joseph Ashworth - All In A Dream (LP Giobbi Club Edit)
Maribou State - Blackoak
Edapollo - Opalescent
Nation of Language - Too Much, Enough
Budgie, Jacknife Lee, and Lol Tolhurst - Los Angeles (feat. James Murphy)
Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day
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Free Your Mind and Daydream with LP Giobbi

Songs and messages from John Richards and your favorite artists fueled with inspiration and emotion…(inspirmotion?) to keep you moving whether you run, walk, bike or just dance to The Runcast.

Margo Cilker - Lowland Trail
Local Natives - Just Before Morning
Grandaddy - The Town Where I'm Livin Now
Kristin Hersh - Ms Haha
Elizabeth M Drummond - Crisis
Bass Drum of Death - Find It
James and The Cold Gun - Chewing Glass
Tycho - Time to Run
Barry Can't Swim - Dance of the Crab
Deeper - Tele
Girl Ray - Up
Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day
Ghost of Vroom - Still Getting It Done
Small Paul - Live Along
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Running Into Purpose

Join the KEXP Radioheads as we take you 200 miles through forests, over mountains, and along the sea. We’ll bring you along throughout this podcast with musical picks, reflections and exploits during this year’s Ragnar Northwest Passage road race. 

Bully - Days Move Slow
Broncho - Class Historian
Grrrl Gang - Rude Awakening
Hurry - Beggin’ For You
Spirit Award - Fantasy
Genesis Owusu - Get Inspired
Roosevelt - Luna
Pahua - Porque Yo (feat. Eva de Marce)
Soft Kill - Molly
Rahill - Fables (feat. Beck)
George FitzGerald - Mother (feat. SYML)
Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
Glasser - Vine
Georgia - Give It Up For Love
TSHA - The Light
Golden Features - Yield (feat. Rromarin)
Wild Pink - Hold My Hand (feat. Julien Baker)
Kevin Morby - A Random Act of Kindness
Bdrmm - It’s Just A Bit of Blood
Sea Lemon - Cellar
Palehound - The Clutch
The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
Great Grandpa - Bloom
The Budos Band - Frontier's Edge
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Ragnar 2023: No Sleep Till Langley

A runcast featuring notes of inspiration from runners hitting the trail locally in Seattle, as well as from the Hudson Valley rail trails and some scenic Scandinavian fjords. Plus, solid advice from an elementary school teacher and ways to stay motivated after injury.

Black Belt Eagle Scout - Don't Give Up
Tomo Nakayama - Contigo
ODESZA & Yellow House - Heavier
Bonobo - ATK
HÆLOS - Hear Me
Roosevelt - Ordinary Love
Golden Features - Flesh
Activity - Department of Blood
Odonis Odonis - No One Left (feat. ACTORS)
Film School - Tape Rewind
MAN ON MAN - Hush (feat. J Mascis)
Upper Wilds - Short Centuries
Blonde Redhead - Snowman
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Do Your Best, Don't Stress

A story that took 53.9 miles and 112,004 steps to complete, how movement helps us work through conflict, and a shoutout to all the walkers out there. Plus, incredible songs from KEXP favorites new and old.

Hammock - Love in the Void
Strange Ranger - She's On Fire
Laveda - Surprise
Temple of Angels - Waving to the Wind
Smokey Brights - Long Goodbye
Blondshell - Joiner
Generationals - Eutropius (Give Me Lies)
Jungle - Dominoes
Little Dragon - Gold
Daisies - Blue Cowboy
Ritmo Machine - Psychedelic
Tony Allen and Doctor L - Jakelewah (Doctor L's 3 Years In Heaven Remix)
Grian Chatten - Fairlies
Hibou - Upon the Clouds You Weep
Temples - Afterlife
Sea Lemon - Cellar
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Untangling Through Movement

DJ and runner Kevin Cole guest hosts this episode of the Runcast providing a motivating soundtrack for discovery--musical discovery and self-discovery on your running journey.

Lowly - Keep Up The Good Work
The Veldt - The Everlasting Gobstopper
Superviolet - Overrater
La Fonda - New Mexico
Samia - Honey
Flyying Colours - Goodbye to Music
Miya Folick - So Clear
Caroline Polachek - Welcome to My Island
Ooh La La - Life’s Too Fast To Feel 
Jungle - Candle Flame featuring Erick the Architect 
Dame Area, -Esto me pertenece
Nabihah Iqbal - Gentle Heart
El Michels Affair and Black Thought - Glorious Game
CIEL - Somebody 
ĠENN - A Reprise (That Girl) 
JOHN - Trauma Mosaic 
Spirit Award - New Energy, The Fear 
Moreish Idols - Chum, Lock Eyes and Collide 
Say She She - Prism 
NAVVI - Love
Lowly - Keep Up The Good Work
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Keep Up the Good Work

On a runcast that starts meditative and then ROCKS OUT, John shares his secret to running up hills (it's funny!) along with songs to motivate you as you run.

Andy Bell & Masal - Tidal Love Conversation in That Familiar Golden Orchard
George Fitzgerald - Venera
George Clanton - I Been Young
Beach House - American Daughter
Lanterns on the Lake - String Theory
Temple of Angels - Tangled In Joy
Grouplove - Hello
New Pornographers - Really Really Light
Palehound - The Clutch
Generationals - Waking Moment
Bully - Days Move Slow
Sam Himself - Strangelove
Flyying Colours - Hit the Road
bdrmm - Be Careful
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Running Up That Hill

Inspirational music and messages to lift you up wherever you are on your running journey.

HÆLOS - Last Days
Petite Noir - Blurry
Kele - Someone to Make Me Laugh
Fever Ray - Carbon Dioxide
LP Giobbi - Body Breathe (feat. Monogem)
Acid Arab & Wael Alkak - Ya Mahla
Jake Shears - Devil Came Down the Dance Floor (feat. Amber Martin)
Bonobo & Jacques Green - Fold
Skinny Pelembe - Like a Heart Won't Beat
Shalom - Happenstance
Noble Rot - Casting No Light (feat. Colin Newman)
WITCH - Avalanche of Love (feat. Sampa the Great)
Ritmo Machine - Isla del Ritmo
Beach Vacation - Lay Low
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For Whatever Holds The Sacred

Host John Richards kicks off the new season of The Runcast with songs and messages of hope, inspiring you to run to heal.

ODESZA - Hopeful
M83 - Oceans Niagara
Petite Noir - Finding Paradise
Steve Mason - The People Say
Lucky Lo - I Will Always Be You
The New Pornographers - Angelcover
deary - Fairground
Alaska Reid - Back to This
Plains - Problem With It
Ladytron - Misery Remember Me
Frankie Rose - Sixteen Ways
Temples - Gamma Rays
Death Valley Girls - Magic Powers
Fruit Bats - It All Comes Back
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Running to Heal and Motivate

The Runcast is back! Season 2 arrives right here on May 12, 2023. 
In the meantime, you can revisit previous episodes, check out KEXP's other podcasts, or drop us a line at runcast@kexp.org.
Subscribe now for a new episode every 2 weeks from May to September.
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The Runcast Season 2: Coming May 12

A party in the Bronx on August 11th, 1973 is widely considered to be the birthplace of hip-hop. The art form has since touched every corner of our world and evolved into one of the most significant cultural forces today. This year, on hip-hop's 50th anniversary, we’re giving it a proper tribute. 
50 Years of Hip-Hop is KEXP’s newest podcast. Hosted by Larry Mizell Jr, the series highlights a different year of rap history each week. Jumping around the timeline from 1973 to today, expect personal reflections, iconic tracks and albums, and conversations around the genesis of the culture. New episodes drop every Wednesday starting February 1. 
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50 Years of Hip-Hop: Coming February 1

The Runcast’s Season 1 finale brings you an incredible lineup of songs and inspirational quotes from the heart and mind of DJ and runner John Richards. Whether it’s to power you through a long run, or just a long day, take this Runcast with you to know that you are not alone. 

Lydia Ramsey - I Will Wait For You
Alec Shaw - Spinning
Broken Bells - We're Not In Orbit Yet...
Secret Machines - Underneath the Concrete 
Röyksopp - Speed King
Editors - Vibe
Dazy - Peel
Screensaver - Repeats   
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - When the Lights Go
Raw Poetic - Ralph Ellison
Silversun Pickups - Hereafter (Way After)
Art d'Ecco - Midlife Crisis
Preoccupations - Fix Bayonets!  
Rolling Blackouts Coast Fever - Tidal River
The Beths - Knees Deep
Say She She - Pink Roses
Nilufer Yanya - Stabilise
Doss - Jumpin’
Röyksopp - The Night (feat. Alison Goldfrapp)
Cumulus - Sunbeam
Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
Rocky Votolato - Little Black Diamond
Kraus - Anyone
The Mary Veils - Bone Blossom Green
Holm - Intelligent Moves
Miss Grit - Like You
Bambara - Birds
Courting - Tennis  
Bill Callahan - Coyotes
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The Marathon Confessional

A running mixtape of motivational songs from our hearts to yours, featuring a portion of our favorite songs to run to this year. 

Jungle - Keep Moving
Sudan Archives - Selfish Soul
Santigold - High Priestess
Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
The Black Angels - El Jardin
Beach House - Once Twice Melody
Spiritualized - The Mainline Song
Nation of Language - The Grey Commute
Mt Fog - Behind a Silent Door
Automatic - New Beginning
Dazy & Militarie Gun - Pressure Cooker
The Beths - Silence is Golden
Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane 
Aeon Station - Fade
ODESZA - The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)
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Mainline Melody Motivational Mixtape to Fix a Grey Commute

Inspiring stories, infused with hope, of listeners sharing what this Runcast means to them. One who runs to keep illness at bay. Another who just said goodbye to their best friend and how this community makes them feel “not alone.” Plus, an ending that surprised us all! 

Small Paul - Mountain
Night Shop - Let Me Let It Go
Big Joanie - In My Arms
Wild Pink - ILYSM
Precocious Neophyte - AIWA
Melts - Outlier
SPICE - Recovery
Beacon - Can’t Turn Back
Winter - Atonement (feat. Hatchie)
The Black Angels - El Jardin
NNAMDÏ - Dedication
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Running to Hope

Songs to get you inspired to run, no matter what kind of run you are on, because once you take that first step, well, you're a runner and you are not alone! 

Spiritualized - Always Together With You
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World (feat. Perfume Genius)
The Beths - Silence is Golden
Beach Bunny – Entropy
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Go On
The Folk Implosion - Had Enough
Nikki Lane - First High
Death Valley Girls - When I'm Free
Mt Fog - Behind a Silent Door
The Churchhill Garden - Always There
High Vis – Blending
Marlon Wiliams - River Rival
Hovvdy – Town
Holy Ship - Beyond Frames
Hermanos Gutiérrez - El Bueno Y El Malo
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Once You Run One Step, You're a Runner

John Richards will be back with a brand new mix on Friday, August 26th. 
In the meantime, learn more about 50 years of KEXP at KEXP.org/50.
And check out KEXP's other podcasts, Sound & Vision, Song of the Day, Live on KEXP and Fresh off the Spaceship.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We'll be back on August 26th

This Runcast was recorded at the annual Ragnar race in Washington and stars The KEXP Radioheads (aka KEXP's John Richards, Kevin Cole, Morgan Chosnyk and Ken Tarleton, Sub Pop's Megan Jasper, and friends Danielle Henty and Terry Novak). Between legs of their 36-hour, 200-mile race, the runners share their favorite songs to motivate you to get moving and keep moving. 




Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine
The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead
James and the Cold Gun - The Long Way Home
Built to Spill - Gonna Lose
Kyle Craft - Pentecost
WOOZE - I'll Have What She's Having
Smokey Brights - Flash Your Lights (Rudy Willingham Remix)
Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
Amyl and the Sniffers - I'm Not a Loser
The Go! Team - Everyone's A V.I.P. To Someone
Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh
Ginger Runner - Tall Trees, Tough Trails
Tacocat - I Love Seattle
Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive
TORRES - Dressing America
Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
Stef Chura - Method Man
Yellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner
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The Long Way Home (Live from Ragnar)

On this episode, John passes the mic to another KEXP DJ and long-time runner, Kevin Cole. He brings a mix of music to motivate, inspire, and awkwardly pump your fists in the air, featuring tracks from IDLES, Jungle, Ibibio Sound Machine, and The Vega Bodegas. 

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Time To Rebuild
Penelope Isles - Play It Cool (Alt Mix)

Oceanator - Beach Days (Alive Again)


Hazel English - Summer Nights


Supercrush - Perfect Smile


TORRES - Thirstier


Francis of Delirium - The Funhouse


Confidence Man - Holiday


Jungle - Keep Moving


Stars - Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It


Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil


Public Service Broadcasting - Go!


Sleigh Bells - Locust Laced


The Vega Bodegas - Welcome to Slow Cooker


Body Type - Buoyancy


IDLES - The New Sensation


Camilla Munck - Blessed Be

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