Elizabeth Nelson, singer-songwriter for the D.C.-based pub rock band the Paranoid Style and journalist for places like the New York Times Magazine, the Ringer, Pitchfork, the Washington Post, and Southwest Review sits down once a month with some of the most exciting musicians, writers, and artists for freewheeling conversations that include everything from touring stories to backstage gossip and beyond. Produced by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review.
My first exposure to Steven Jenkins, director of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, came a couple years ago when we appeared on a panel together in Nashville. It was AmericanaFest, I had just written the liner notes for the 1974 Live Recordings box set, and we were debuting a handful of tracks before a crowded live audience at Third Man’s Blue Room. Dylan freaks are Dylan freaks, but even still, the extent of the interest in the new reissue I think was surprising even to the great people at Sony/...
23 Sept 2026
Season 2, Episode 1: Jonathan Lethem
To kick off season two of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, we’ve got the great prose stylist, songwriter, and cultural critic Jonathan Lethem in the house to talk about all things writing as well as the new record from his band, the Disassociation. He’s a legend round these parts as well as just about everywhere, so it was an honor to get him to come onto the pod this past August. After a bit of discussion of Maine and Gr...
19 May 2026
Episode 7: Amanda Petrusich
In Episode 7 of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, we come to you LIVE from SwR’s annual Frontera Festival in Dallas, Texas! For this very special event, Elizabeth sat down with Amanda Petrusich, staff writer for The New Yorker, who stands shoulder to shoulder with the greatest music critics working today. Her profiles are the stuff of legend, and her books are essential reads for any music fan. In short, Amanda is our platonic ideal f...
21 Apr 2026
Episode 6: Graham Parker
In episode five of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, the Paranoid Style frontwoman and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Graham Parker, the legendary singer-songwriter, who released an incredible run of critically acclaimed and beloved records from 1976 to 1979, including Howlin’ Wind, Heat Treatment, and Squeezing Out Sparks, and he hasn’t stopped putting out albums and touring since. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary ...
10 Mar 2026
Episode 5: Jason P. Woodbury
In episode five of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Jason P. Woodbury, the beloved and highly respected writer, editor, podcaster, and frontman for the band Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quartet. He’s got a wonderful new album out this month, also called Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quarteton his label, Always Happeni...
3 Feb 2026
Episode 4: Ann Powers
In episode four of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Ann Powers—feminist, writer, editor, and beloved NPR correspondent. With a career that began when she was just a teenager writing for The Rocket in Seattle, Powers has spent the better part of her life chronicling, and commenting on, popular culture for our edification and enjoyment. She is the author...
17 Dec 2025
Episode 3: Jessica Hopper
In episode three of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to music writer, director and producer, author and feminist badass Jessica Hopper. From the ’zines of her earliest years to her bestselling books The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic and Night Moves to her groundbreaking work in film, TV, and podcasts, Jessica Hopper doesn’t ...
11 Nov 2025
Episode 2: Patterson Hood
In episode two of Known Associates, a podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and cultural critic Elizabeth Nelson talks to Patterson Hood from Drive-By Truckers. For over forty years, this indefatigable performer and overall force of good has been releasing records both with his band and as a solo artist and delivering sterling live shows to packed crowds night after night. Over the course of their conversation, Eliz...
22 Sept 2025
Episode 1: Craig Finn
In our first episode of Known Associates, a new podcast brought to you by New Pony in affiliation with Southwest Review, the Paranoid Style singer-songwriter and journalist Elizabeth Nelson talks to Craig Finn from the Hold Steady. A songwriting institution and accomplished prose writer, Craig has been delighting audiences with his rowdy domestic picaresques and deeply flawed but highly lovable character studies for decades. In this episode, Elizabeth and Craig talk about his upbringing...
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Season 2, Episode 2: Steven Jenkins
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Mm-hmm. uh, costumes from films, ephemera, uh, all sorts of things, recordings, of course. that had built up really just casually set aside in cardboard boxes or in desk drawers or closet shelves. You know, when you get a get well card from John and Yoko, you keep it, or a holiday wish from the Harrison family. […]
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