A Miniature World with Binnie Klein

Binnie Klein, WPKN
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My musical tastes swerve through Euro-pop, trip-hop, electronica, indie-rock, singer-songwriters. You might hear Icelandic rock, World music, Radiohead, Bjork, Tricky, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, The Books, Caroline Polachek, weird cover tunes, Milosh, Stevie Nicks, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Owen Pallett, Hot Chip, Dandy Warhols, Kae Tempest, In These Trees and Tartie, Perfume Genius, Brian Eno, Karsh Kale, War on Drugs, Moby, Patti Smith, Juana Molina, Peter Gabriel, to name a few. And poetry. And words. My interviews have included Chris Frantz, Jeff Pevar, Dick Cavett, David Denby, Harry Shearer, Katha Pollitt, Bert Randolph Sugar, Abigail Thomas, Carl Safina, Matthew Klam, Gretchen Rubin, Tig Notaro, Ophelia Eisenberg, and many more! Many will be available on my Interview podcast, coming soon.....

Episodes

  1. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein Feb 5, 2026 The Storms Are Stronger Now

    FEB 5

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein Feb 5, 2026 The Storms Are Stronger Now

    Heavy Storms (and the storms are stronger now).Heavy World (and Atlas can't shrug at all).We take Heavy Steps...Try to answer the call... In this episode I'm juggling amazing artists and hope I do them justice: Gabriel Yared, Wax Tailor, Kate Bush, Yin Yin, Third World, Flea w/Thom Yorke, Christine and the Queens, Daughter, Nation of Language, Asgeir, Manchester Orchestra, Amason, Xiu Xiu, Sister Irene O'Connor, Picky Picnic, They Might Be Giants, Lamb, The Cure, Lana Del Rey, GaiaGram (environmental news from Kevin Gallagher), Jherek Bischoff and Amanda Palmer, Ada Lea, Lo-Fang, Liam St. John, Snowpoet, Professor Girlfriend, Of The Trees, Grace and Rachel, Hazlett, Sufjian Stevens, Freur, Half Waif, Architecture in Helsinki, The Cavemen, The Last Dinner Party, FKA Twigs and Oklou, Arms....

    2h 55m
  2. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 15, 2026 On the Bus or Off the Bus

    JAN 15

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 15, 2026 On the Bus or Off the Bus

    I want what I can't handle/I want what I can't see/I want a second ending/where you envelope me.. A Miniature World - Shrinking it down and mixing it up for Gabriel Yared, Jeff Beck, Dot Allison, Monomome, Boards of Canada, Nightmares on Wax, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lucinda Williams, Ferron, David Bowie, Walter Verdin, Kula Shaker, V/Z, Alien Cowboy, Bill Callahan, Absent Music & Jan Van Den Broeke, Daniel Lanois, RIP Bob Weir, Robert Wyatt, Lana del Rey, Juana Molina, Stella Donnelly, GaiaGram (Environmental news from Kevin Gallagher), Winona Oak, Melody's Echo Chamber, Arnold Dreyblatt & Horse Lords, The Doors, MO, Juana Molina, Adan & Ilse, The French Pop Dream, Olek Yaro, Nalead, Burial-Four Tet & Thom Yorke, Rosa Anschutz, Four Tet, Thom Yorke, Laurie Anderson, Walter Verdin, Annabel Lamb....next show is February 5. Get in touch: binnie@wpkn.org

    2h 55m
  3. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 1 2026 What I Loved

    JAN 1

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 1 2026 What I Loved

    What is it about New Year's? Signaled by a day? I picture an enormous hourglass--a yearly one-- turned over by a giant force. Another next chance--your seemingly endless chunk of time will too soon dissolve like the grains of sand dripping through the glass. But we are pleased for more, always wanting more! We may or may not meet the resolves we set -- I say forgive yourself ahead of time! Here are some artists I've loved; some discovered in 2025. C'est le vent, Bettye/Gabriel Yared, Adrian Jodorowsky/Dancing to the Radio, Ben Sollee/A Change is Gonna Come, Mr. Pauer/Dare, Onra/Come Closer, Debruit & Alsarah/Alhalim, Sara Tavares/Ponto de Luz, Camper Van Beethoven/Come Down the Coast, Jane Weaver/Love in Constant Spectacle, Bill Ryder-Jones/This Can't Go On, Emily Wells/Passenger, Daniel Ash/Me and My Shadow, Fleetwood Mac/The Chain, Peter Gabriel/The Man Who Loved the Earth-The Hand That Sold Shadows/Ovo,  and Here are some pics from music critic Eric Danton, who edits the newsletter Freak Scene: Raeann Fetcho/Girl of the Year, Rosalia/Porcelana, Ciarra Fragate, iamamiwhoami/Fountain, Hannah Cohen/Summer Sweat. Los Macuanos/Mar Negro, Year's End Edition of GaiaGram, produced by WPKN's Kevin Gallagher, highlighting improvements in climate change, Adrian Belew/Peaceable Kingdom, Joanna Newsom/Sapokanikan, Daisy Rickman/Omlesa, Crosy, Stills & Nash/Long Time Gone, Casey Dienel/Seventeen, Iniko/The King's Return, Annahstasia/Be Kind, Sevdaliza/On My Own, Sudan Archives/Come and Find You, Caroline Polachek/'Tell me I never knew that", Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith/Urges, Dry Cleaning/Hit My Head all Day, and Let Me Grow and You'll see the Truth, Cate Le Bon/About Time, Ponybird/Fire & Stars, Hot Chip/Hand Me Down Your Love.....AND....Drum roll, please....my favorite song of 2025:  "I Will Wonder" by Christopher Mir....Have a peaceful and healthy New Year! You can reach me binnie@wpkn.org

    2h 55m
  4. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein, Dec 18, 2025 Offering Warmth

    12/18/2025

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein, Dec 18, 2025 Offering Warmth

    Are you shivering in your boots? Huddled around a fire? Ordering flannel sheets on sale? We love seasonal continuity and repetition, don't we? Cuz, as they say, what's the alternative? Well, here are 3 hours of seriously and carefully curated new and older music and some words; among them John Glacier, London Grammar, Thylacine, Christian Loffler, Jay Som, james K, Ula, Smerz, Lizzie Weber, Kate Bush, Milkweed, Rattle, Mei Semones, Kinski, Iniko, Half Japanese, Elijah Minnelli, Nalead, SEVN, So, The "Gaia-Gram," a short segment by Kevin Gallagher about threats to our environment, MONG, Robyn & Jamie xx, Hannes Bieger, Blue Man Group...Wanna hear a spooky cover of Abba's "SOS?" by Portishead...James and Brian Eno, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Ladybug Transistor, Throwing Shapes, The Notwist, Enji, The Weather Station, Thievery Corporation, Rosa Anschutz, Djrum, "We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves." (Patti Smith) Oklou, Ikonika.....Next Miniature World is broadcasting on New Year's Day, January 1, 26 and available HERE! Here's to a better year... You can reach me binniek(at)wpkn.org

    2h 55m
  5. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein December 4, 2025 Cold Moon, Warm Heart

    12/05/2025

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein December 4, 2025 Cold Moon, Warm Heart

    Cold Supermoon but Warm-hearted host, exploring interstitial spaces. Can be literal, like gaps between yr teeth, spaces between cells, or figurative; can be in-between states, identities. Exists in art--going outside the mainstream. Join me for 3 hours of curated goodness with a film recommendation. The gorgeousness of Elder Island, Nena, Art School Girlfriend, FJ McMahon, May Zoean, Sarah Fimm, Tony Levin, David Baron, Blood Orange, In These Trees and Tartie, Bob Dylan, Asgeir, and many more! RIP Jimmy Cliff. Questions/comments? binnie@wpkn.org.  Next show is December 18, 2025. Thanks to all the great musicians and attentive listeners!

    2h 55m
  6. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein November 20 2025 Authenticity

    11/20/2025

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein November 20 2025 Authenticity

    "Authenticity sweet spot: when the music resonates with you"                                 -- Susan Rogers, This is What it Sounds LikeHere on A Miniature World it's indie music, outie, inner, outer, sideways, byways, all the ways. Something old, something new, something blue, impressionistic, spoken words, shared emotions, happy/sad, glorious/remarkable...terrestrial...streaming...beaming...podcasting and dreaming...Sevadliza, Alec Benjamin, brux XTN, Yukimi, MILCK, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Quilt, Pyeng Threadgill, Yo La Tengo, Hauschka, Nits, Pumuky, The Pogues, Altered Images, Donovan, Makk, Brian Kelly, Camper Van Beethoven, The Cavemen, A Silent Film, Nation of Language, Will Swinton, Marisa Anderson, Julia Holter, Lael Neale, Hannah Cohen, Juana Molina, Lo-Fang AND MORE! Next episode December 4, 2025! Be happy to hear from you:  binnie(at)wpkn.org

    2h 55m
  7. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - November 6, 2025 - Indie Heaven

    11/06/2025

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - November 6, 2025 - Indie Heaven

    A Miniature World (words and music) expands today to 3 hours, with poems by Binnie Klein, Tristan Tzara (I always like to be paired with a surrealist!), and a tidbit from Paul Lisicky's memoir about Joni Mitchell. And the most exquisitely curated trip through the work of artists like Banks, Tame Impala, Lolli Wren, Future Islands, Blood Orange, David Bowie, Elbow, with some cool psychedelia, folk, and world music sprinkled throughout. If you'd like to reach Binnie for questions or comments: binnie@wpkn.org.Next episode premieres November 20, 2025! Binnie's songwriting project is In These Trees and Tartie.

    2h 55m
  8. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - September 18, 2025 - "Only Connect"

    10/19/2025

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - September 18, 2025 - "Only Connect"

    "Only connect" (E.M. Forster) For what else can be done in these times? I can reach you with this curated show of sound and words. Will you open your heart like a flower and be receptive? Music from Beach House, Ivy, Yellow House, Daphne's Demise, Hibou, Peter Gabriel, poem M.C. Escher by Binnie Klein, Basia Bulat, Futurebirds, etc.

    1h 55m
  9. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - October 2, 2025 - Autumn Field Recording from My Deck

    10/17/2025

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - October 2, 2025 - Autumn Field Recording from My Deck

    There is nothing more glorious than the sight and sound of a dog jumping into a pile of leaves. I recorded this episode out on my deck on one of the few remaining glorious autumn days. Amidst gorgeous music by, among others, MILCK, Bastille, New Order, Kae Tempest, Phish, Perfume Genius, Cold War Kids, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 1958 poem "I Am Waiting," (read by Abu B. Rafique), I water the plants and bug spray gives me a coughing fit.

    1h 55m
  10. October 16, 2025 - Walking in the Woods

    10/16/2025

    October 16, 2025 - Walking in the Woods

    I walk in the woods with my small dog. I talk about a new hybrid bird species. Music includes Ladytron, Not for Radio, Ponybird, Automatic, Antelope, SAULT, The Marias, Winona Oak, In These Trees and Tartie, Christopher Mir, Kate Bush, Lord Huron, etc...

    1h 55m
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About

My musical tastes swerve through Euro-pop, trip-hop, electronica, indie-rock, singer-songwriters. You might hear Icelandic rock, World music, Radiohead, Bjork, Tricky, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, The Books, Caroline Polachek, weird cover tunes, Milosh, Stevie Nicks, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Owen Pallett, Hot Chip, Dandy Warhols, Kae Tempest, In These Trees and Tartie, Perfume Genius, Brian Eno, Karsh Kale, War on Drugs, Moby, Patti Smith, Juana Molina, Peter Gabriel, to name a few. And poetry. And words. My interviews have included Chris Frantz, Jeff Pevar, Dick Cavett, David Denby, Harry Shearer, Katha Pollitt, Bert Randolph Sugar, Abigail Thomas, Carl Safina, Matthew Klam, Gretchen Rubin, Tig Notaro, Ophelia Eisenberg, and many more! Many will be available on my Interview podcast, coming soon.....

Information

  • Creator
    Binnie Klein, WPKN
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Binnie Klein, WPKN