A Deeper Listen

About A Deeper Listen

On A Deeper Listen, host Emily Fox and other storytellers from KEXP talk with artists about the stories behind their songs and the experiences that inform their work. Through each conversation, we uncover the humanity behind the music, allowing us to hear it in a whole new way.

Publisher

KEXP

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jul 2019

Latest episode

17 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

122 of 586 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Signing Off

   This is the final episode of A Deeper Listen. After seven years on air as the Sound & Vision radio show and more than 500 episodes in this podcast feed, Emily Fox and contributors share their favorite moments from a story or interview they’ve done for this show. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ (https://www.kexp.org/sound/) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   10 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   SHIMA: From J-pop Star to Indie DJ/Producer

   Electronic artist SHIMA fuses dance beats with Japanese sounds on her debut album, Welcome to SHIMAJIMA. She talks with Emily Fox about how the history of Kamikaze pilots, and how a dancing hallucinogenic mushroom trip centuries ago inspired some tracks on her record. She also talks about creating an album for the culturally homeless and shares her journey from being a J-pop star, to a computer engineer to an indie DJ/producer. Photo credit: Maxine Bowen Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ (https://www.kexp.org/sound/) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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   3 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland on the Hard Commitment of Love

   For decades, Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s music went virtually unnoticed. Beginning in 1970, he released records that crossed folk, R&B, electronic music, and other genres, always seeking new territory. That changed in 2017, when his 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies was rediscovered, ushering in renewed interest in his work. Since then, Glenn—who came out as a trans man in 2002—has toured and released new music for a growing, devoted audience. In 2024, however, he was diagnosed with dementia. While at first they thought this would be the end of his performing career, Glenn and his wife, Elizabeth Copeland, are returning to play a short run of Canadian dates and releasing a new album, Laughter in Summer, on Feb. 6 via Transgressive Records. KEXP’s Dusty Henry speaks with the couple about returning to music in the face of Glenn’s diagnosis, the purpose and power of their work, and the love that binds them together. “I always considered that the music that I ‘wrote’ was sent to me from a higher source,” Glenn says. “You can't do that if you don't work at your craft, whatever it is. But if you do, and there's something special about what you're doing, then you're going to get sent some amazing stuff.” Photo credit: Wade Muir Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ (https://www.kexp.org/sound/) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Inside a recent episode

Signing Off

Published 17 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I think that's something we can all relate to I hope so at least. So thank you for listening and here's Shabaka. The spirit like the thing that that determines wherever you want to do anything in particular. The thing that energizes you psychologically that gives you that like drive to go you know what I thought I could not but actually I think I can therefore you know that whole structure of psychological events doesn't just come out of nowhere. And if it's lacking it's not necessarily lacking because of some kind of personal ineptitude it is sometimes that's something that needs to be healed that needs to be replenished. […]

Who has been a guest on A Deeper Listen

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Open Mike Eagle
• Kay Redden
• Michael Imperioli
• Wu-Tang Clan
• Marlon Williams

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,889,729,678

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

147 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

99

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