RiYL

About RiYL

Recommended if You Like: longform conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers and other creative types. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Brian Heater

Category

arts · music · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2013

Latest episode

3 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 of 776 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 775: Joan As Police Woman

   Joan Wasser discusses the evolution of her music and the concept of definitive versions of songs during this interview.

2. 

   27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 774: The Olivia Tremor Control

   Host Derek Almstead and musicians Jason NeSmith and Ron Kwasman discuss the posthumous release of The Olivia Tremotor Control's final album, honoring the legacy of Will Cullen Hart.

3. 

   19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 773: Elaine Bradley (Neon Trees, Nymb)

   Elaine Bradley, frontwoman of Nymb and drummer for Neon Trees, discusses her band's unexpected TikTok fame and second act in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 775: Joan As Police Woman

Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But creating music is really the thing that allows everything to relax in here and to really see the whole picture somehow. Like, I'll get snapshots through other, you know, but there's something that just the vistas open up when music starts being created, which is, you know, it's like I'm trying to explain it, but really, there aren't really words for it. It just, it feels like something that, is inexplicable in a way that, you know, it's like you can't explain what happens when you die because we don't know. There's no explaining, you know, what, you know, how this works. And I'm fine with that. […]

Who has been a guest on RiYL

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

• Joan Wasser
• Elaine Bradley
• Futurebirds
• Laurie Berkner
• Jimmy Flemion

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

135,124

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

65 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

51