Van Sounds

Series produced by Fil Corbitt

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A podcast about movement.

A podcast about movement.

"...this show is entirely unique...It’s often a lesson about music or sense of place, and it’s always an aural escape." - Outside Magazine (named best Off-beat Travel audio of 2017)


23 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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A 2016 interview with Joe Exotic. At the time he was running for president.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 13:00
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A postcard from Japan by Rose McMackin. Find her at https://www.disasterologie.com

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sourdough Slim in Winters, CA
How did a singing style from the lungs of Swiss herders make it into the mouths of the cowboys? An examination of voice breaking, wildness and par...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 48:28
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Second part in the silent series, featuring a story about tinnitus and a story about declaring independence from internal monologue.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Van Sounds contributor Lauren Baker reads a postcard from the Statue of David. I record it while we hike in the Sierra Nevada.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Extra Extra!! From the banks of the Satoshi River to the banks of the Reese River, a mining-town newspaper that propped up a honest-to-goodness LIA...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2018
  • Length: 20:03
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There are a lot of Death Metal bands in Kathmandu, Nepal. Let's find out why. Oh, and let's bring my mom. She'll help interview the metal bands.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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When composer John Cage talked about "The Silent Piece" he wasn't talking about 4:33. So, what was he talking about?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Van Sounds contributor Emily Jiang files this guest postcard from a the side of the road.

Bought by PRX Remix and KALW


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Mt. Julius Caesar by Leor Pantilot
The power and process of naming places. -- Beginning with an ear hike through John Muir National Forest, this episode dives into the process of nam...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Van Sounds
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A Basque American cocktail and a bitter, brown western tradition.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 23:29
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Break Master Cylinder and Dallas Taylor of 20khz talk about theme songs, anonymity and repetition and repetition and repetition.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 18:17
  • Purchases: 2
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How to hitchhike / a guide to hitchhiking in 2017.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 31:51
  • Purchases: 1
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Van Sounds
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Who Let the Dogs Out writer Anslem Douglas and X-mas in Hawaii with an anime punk band.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2017
  • Length: 15:05
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I helped make a compilation of 13 bands from North and South America.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 18:35
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Talking about presence with Helen Fillmore who just returned from Standing Rock, Brad Bynum of Elephant Rifle, and Jason Moore of Zero to Travel.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 26:01
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Presidential Candidate Joe Exotic, a baseball game with G-funk Rapper Squeek Nutty Bug and Marijuana Legalization.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 15:51
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Elza Soares is an iconic Samba singer - a household name in Brazil - and she just released an experimental punk album. "Brazil on Fire" is an album...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 14:41
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I left my day job to focus on Van Sounds full time. On this episode I chat with some other musicians who also took the leap and went for it - incl...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 15:00
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A trip to Buenos Aires and a look at Argentine National Rock.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: May 22, 2016
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1