Curious Goldfish

About Curious Goldfish

Curious Goldfish is a podcast about independent music and the people who make it. The name comes from two Ted Lasso episodes. In one, Ted tells a struggling player that the happiest animal on earth is a goldfish, because it has a 10-second memory. The lesson: forget the mistake and move forward. In another, Ted quotes Walt Whitman before a dart match: "Be curious, not judgmental." Both stuck with me. I can't sing. I don't play an instrument. But I've spent years being genuinely curious about people who write something honest and then perform it for strangers. How they do it. Why they keep doing it. What it costs. The guests are Americana, folk, roots, rock, and country artists who aren't on the radio and probably won't be. Some have 500 monthly listeners. Some have 100,000. The common thread is that they chose the independent path and they're figuring it out in real time. We cover songwriting, the business of music, the touring life, and the moments that made an artist who they are. The conversations keep getting better.

Publisher

Jason English

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Jan 2024

Latest episode

5 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

147 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2026

   Ella Hooper on Being Too Young, Then Too Old, and Finally an Overnight Success

   Too young as a teenager, too old at 30. Ella Hooper is in her calling-it-out era. Get the stories behind the episodes: https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Ella Hooper broke through as a teenag...

2. 

   2 Nov 2026

   Cam Cole: Legendary Ted Lasso Busker Wants the Street to Still Decide

   Fined £10,000 for busking, then cast on Ted Lasso. He still busks to see if strangers stop. Get the stories behind the episodes: https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Cam Cole started on a Londo...

3. 

   30 Oct 2026

   Brendan Abernathy: He Didn't Get it All Wrong

   Millions of strangers decided who Brendan Abernathy was in 30 seconds. He kept writing. Get the stories behind the episodes: https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Brendan Abernathy went to the U...

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

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