Episodes

  • Epilogue: ‘Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review'

    Epilogue: ‘Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review'
    Feb 20 2026
    You will always have been here once. Today's epilogue episode is about commemoration, legacy, and staying warm inside the ripple. The song is John Darnielle's elegy for David Berman, 'Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/epilogue-arguing-with-the-ghost-of
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    15 mins
  • 2020: ‘Getting Into Knives’

    2020: ‘Getting Into Knives’
    Feb 20 2026
    Held to my vision all these days. Today's episode is about hateful instruments, careers in lo-fi, and things coming to an end. It's 2020 and the song is 'Getting Into Knives.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2020-getting-into-knives
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    21 mins
  • 2019: 'Up the Wolves' (Live, 2019-11-15)

    2019: 'Up the Wolves' (Live, 2019-11-15)
    Feb 15 2026
    There's gonna come a day when you feel better. Today's episode is about a strong homemade edible, meeting the President of Ireland, and making the art you love your own. It's 2019 and the song is 'Up The Wolves,' live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, on 15th November 2019.

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2019-up-the-wolves-live-2019-11-15
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    15 mins
  • 2018: 'Younger'

    2018: 'Younger'
    Feb 10 2026


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    12 mins
  • 2017: 'Stench of the Unburied'

    2017: 'Stench of the Unburied'
    Jan 9 2026
    It'll take twenty years for the toxins to flush. Today's episode is about looking back at a lost age, earnestness and foolishness, and things which dim and flicker but won't stay dead. It's 2017 and the song is 'Stench of the Unburied.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2017-stench-of-the-unburied
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    16 mins
  • 2016: 'Blood Capsules'

    2016: 'Blood Capsules'
    Dec 19 2025
    This was my last and best idea. Today's episode is about work songs, desperation, and what an ageing wrestler can do when he can't see his way clear to a change in perspective. It's 2016 and the song is 'Blood Capsules.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2016-blood-capsules
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    13 mins
  • 2015: 'Unmasked!'

    2015: 'Unmasked!'
    Nov 27 2025
    A sort of unrestrained fantasia. Today's episode is about the public and the private, rituals of humiliation, and Roland Barthes' 'The World of Wrestling.' It's 2015 and the song is 'Unmasked!'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2015-unmasked
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    15 mins
  • 2014: 'Song for Black Sabbath’s Second North American Tour'

    2014: 'Song for Black Sabbath’s Second North American Tour'
    Nov 11 2025
    New creatures with new hearts. Today's episode is about Ozzy Osbourne and the joy and shock of playing music all around the world when you never expected to make it beyond Birmingham. It's 2014 and the song is 'Song for Black Sabbath's Second North American Tour.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2014-song-for-black-sabbaths-second

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    11 mins