Salt and Flickers

About Salt and Flickers

Salt and Flickers is a podcast about the intersection of movement, creativity, and mindset. Hosted by Silver Lake Track Club founder Howie Goldklang, each episode uncovers how running and movement fuel inspiration, shape our mental landscapes, and connect us to something greater than ourselves. Featuring deep conversations with athletes, artists, and thought leaders, the show explores the emotional and creative power of endurance -- on the road, the stage, and beyond. More than just a running podcast, Salt and Flickers is about the rhythm of life, the courage to start, and the stories that push us forward. Produced by Kyle Smithers and Connor Simpson.

Publisher

Salt and Flickers

Category

arts · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

16 Apr 2025

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Episode 28 - Lindsay Luv

   DJ Lindsay does not run. She doesn’t need to. This episode is about the endurance athletics of being a global party starter. MTV called her the “DJ to the Stars” and Victoria’s Secret called her a “turntable goddess.” She’s rocked for Valentino, Chanel, the Emmys, all the cool kids at Fashion Week, every rad dive bar in whatever downtown spot you know is cool and every big club that goes til dawn. And nope, no running so we don’t talk about training plans, running vibes, PR, gels, run clubs, none of it! We do however talk about her start as a jam band Boston girl turned NYC and LA club scene queen, her humble beginnings as a protege of the legendary D.J. AM, to finding her own sense of rhythm and style on the turntables, to breaking out globally. We talk about coming up as a female DJ in an industry built by dudes and becoming a trailblazer for women in music. We talk about how hiking with her family and making her kids breakfast hours after the clubs close are the things that keep her grounded when the rest of her life is moving at Insta-scroll speed. She’s a real one, a rad one, and a welcome detour down the Salt & Flickers path where art, creativity, and movement connect. For everything Salt & Flickers, the book, the podcast, our substack and tour dates, check us at saltandflickers.com and @saltandflickers on Instagram. Check out all things Lindsay at lindsayluv.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2. 

   21 Aug 2026

   Episode 27 - Scout Interviews Howie

   Lately I’ve been reconnecting with people I knew before Salt & Flickers exploded into my life. The book debuted on December 9th, 2025 at #1 in Running Books, Poetry, Philosophy and Art Books. Fucking wild. People who know a version of me, but maybe not all of the strange roads. Some were scenic, some were most definitely not. And really, I never stopped to sequence and connect. A few years ago, I got a little lost. Maybe more than a little. My mental health and sense of balance, and relationships to the world and myself, had meaning without gravity. I felt it all floating around me and it scared the shit out of me. Being fully aware of deep disconnection and misalignment while trudging forward as a writer, runner, Dad and dude was draining. But as an endurance athlete, the therapy started to stack together like a training plan. Apparently, my brain responds better to metaphors and whims involving cool running shoes and centuries old suffering. That was the inertia I needed. Gravity is nothing without it. I stepped away from my normal lane as a writer in the film, TV and comedy world and Salt & Flickers was born and it's been a wild ride. The book. The podcast. The Substack. The running. The people at all the run clubs, book stores, roadside diners, tattoo shops, airports. Anonymity is oddly medicinal. And now, breaking news, I have a screenplay pulled from the book making its way into the world. Its Past Lives meets Before Sunrise meets The Natural, following Rochelle Banks, a marathon phenom who mysteriously disappeared from the global stage connecting with a lost-souled writer on an afternoon in LA. The bones came from two other romantic dramedies I started up over the past few years but once I got the right amount of space and signals from the universe that I was creatively on my own with this, the screenplay came into focus. I'm writing from pre-dawn to sunrise, daily and in ways I never have before. I'm starting to feel whole again. Like I’m finally gathering the pieces of my head and heart back into the same room. But do not mistake it for enlightened, it's my version of being less scattered and strewn across the forever roads and boundless skies of LA. So today on the pod, runner/artist Scout Zabinski interviewed me. I went in with no idea what the questions would be and where it would go. Just presence with a person I respect and trust. And as I'm writing this, I haven't listened to the edit of the episode. Curious to hear what we said. In its most sobering moments, life is trippy. You can find the book, podcast, Substack and everything else at saltandflickers.com. And I’ll be in London September 4 and 5 for Like The Wind’s first Run Culture: LIVE at Boiler House. Runners, artists, filmmakers, musicians and rebels from all over running culture come together for panels, films, music and making things together. If you’re in London, let's connect or go for a run. Okay. Scout, ask me something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Episode 26 - Dan Faughnder

   For Dan Faughnder, design is about giving music a visual identity. In digital marketing with Concord Records, he helps artists translate sound into imagery, creating the album artwork, posters, merchandise, and visual worlds that become inseparable from the music. It's a discipline that lives at the intersection of craft, collaboration, and culture which has major Salt and Flickers vibes. But somewhere along the way, another creative pursuit emerged. What began as a few friends meeting for runs grew into Eagle Rock Run Club, one of Los Angeles' most vibrant community running groups. I sat down with Dan back in March 2026, right before the LA Marathon. Run club politics are a thing. What does that mean? On a low vibrational side, people get chirpy about brand partners and how many Instagram followers you have. On the higher minded side, the conversations turn to examining platform and privilege and how those inform the foundation, vision and role of a run club and run culture at large. So I’m sitting there with Dan, about to record the episode, with a short list of pointed questions that could go in a few directions, really leaning on how political and purpose driven run clubs have become. I’m looking at a dude across the table who loves a throwaway joke, shits & gigs, and likes to run with his friends outside. That's the ERRC tag line and they are living it. With two mics separating us, I have the realization that not every run club has to save the world. I pushed the list of questions aside and we hit record. Operating less like a podcast run club writer guy guiding a narrative and more from a place of an abundance mindset it became clear: Dan and Eagle Rock are doing something great for their zip code and that is enough. Their point is simply to make Thursday night the best hour of someone's week. Or knowing your neighbor by name. Or laughing with new friends and forgetting what mile you're on. If running outside with your friends is your why, this podcast isn’t a place to challenge someone as nice as Dan to apologize for it. But it is a place to talk about how he’s taking care to do it better than anyone else. We're living in a moment where newer, brand-driven run clubs are all trying to copy someone else's blueprint. Bigger. Cooler. More branded. More “community." Dan has his own version of living through that. He’s the single leader of a big club and we talk about how he guides the ship, how his punk ethos meshes with the Swiss shoe brand On Running, how The Speed Project, even with its late-stage Burning Man vibes, still matters. But, we learn that Dan is a big Dave Matthews Band fan so the Burning Man thing tracks. Here's Dan. He has a big heart and I was grateful we got to slow down and talk. For more info on the podcast, our book, book tour and general vibes, check us at saltandflickers.com Peace and love and John and Yoko, Howie xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who has been a guest on Salt and Flickers

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

• Emily Timmer
• Phoebe Robinson
• Raziq Rauf
• Matt Wisner
• Chris Winterbauer

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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

Quality

47

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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