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.....

  1. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein, May 21, 2026 - Fertilizing

    May 21

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein, May 21, 2026 - Fertilizing

    I go into this mid-Spring as if this is the year! Bountiful container plants on the deck! Peonies encased perfectly in ungainly hoops! The sight of a tulip I don't remember planting! But first you have to toss what didn't make it over the hill. Do you know? The birds won't come to the feeder that isn't clean? They have better sense than we do. Here's today's Miniature World fertilizing: Music and words from Gabriel Yared, Love and Rockets, Widowspeak, Pet Shop Boys, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Rahill, Spelling, Low, Lucrecia Dalt, Invisible Pyramids, Lykke Li, Black Country, New Road, Fink, Dumama, NEW SEGMENT: songs that always mesmerized and you just heard again - today is Tim Buckley from a 1968 appearance on The Monkees TV Show (yes, I'm that ancient!), Ofir J. Rock & Itzhak Ventura, Ruti, Mizmo, Hante, Dengue Fever, Lana del Rey, Gregory Alan Isakov, The National, Fever Ray, Wye Oak, Sudan Archives, Ljadu Sisters, Jai Paul, November Bird, Georgia, Cigarettes after Sex, PJ Harvey, GaiaGram (produced by Kevin Gallagher), Woods, Baths, Poem: Feeding the Worms/Danusha Lameris, Lhasa de Sela, Roy Harper, Dave Van Ronk, Bonobo.......next show is Thursday, June 4, 2026 9 am - Noon!!

    2h 55m
  2. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein May 7, 2026 Ruby, Blue & Green

    May 8

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein May 7, 2026 Ruby, Blue & Green

    There's a mug I lost that was totally me/with its jewel tones and thick crockery/and a handle that held my trembling hand/if i ever find another/i'll know it's mine/my cup for all time.Music from Gabriel Yared, Nicolas Jaar, Faithless, Jamie xx, Daft Punk, Costanza, Daft Punk, Odile Ohms, Kerala Dust, angel corpus christi, The Last Dinner Party, Maddie Ashman, Ofir Ganon, Damon Albarn, Bo Harwood & Bobbie Permanent, The Tragically Hip, Laurie Anderson, Paul Weller, Steven Wilson, Marnie Weber, Abigail Snail, alice does computer music, Ed O'Brien, Jefferson Airplane, The Veils, David Bowie, poem by BK, Ohama, Ane Brun, Gary Numan, Catherine Elms, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Sparks, Bell Orchestra, Girls in Trouble, GaiaGram by Kevin Gallagher, January, Boom Bip, Brothers Page, poem by BK, Steve Nieve, Sia....back with you May 21, 2026 I saw a small childWith unkempt hairAlonePlaying with a Yellow pool noodleOn dry land     -- Binnie Klein, May 2026

    2h 55m
  3. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 16, 2026 Assorted Charms

    Apr 17

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 16, 2026 Assorted Charms

    Daffodils spouting white and yellow like eggs/spikes of grass like garnishes. Dogs poised at open windows. Here I am with a curated mix of Assorted Musical Charms. Gabriel Yared, Aldous Harding, Seren.sarac, Bjork, Arima Ederra, Anonhi and the Johnsons, Aldous Harding, MEMORIALS, Samantha Crain, The Neighborhood, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the xx, Hans Reichel, more eaze, Walter Verdin, Duffy, Macy Gray, Irma, Bazlab,, Nabihah Iqbal, Talking about Sprechgesang and Sprechstimme, the Windmill Scene.....Dry Cleaning, The Orb, Marta Del Grandi, Meg Lui, Jeremy Weber, NEW YORK, Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick, Joanna Newsom, Flea, Tori Amos, Patti Smith, Nation of Language, Ane Brun, Kelsey Lu, GaiaGram (climate news produced by Kevin Gallagher, Fergus Jones, Last Train, swelt, Zoh Amba, Nena, Marta Del Grandi.......Next podcast episode coming in May!  love, I'm reachable at binnie@wpkn.org

    2h 55m
  4. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 2, 2026 A Good Scream

    Apr 3

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 2, 2026 A Good Scream

    Shake it up. Get out of the house. Live in the in-between. We could all use a good scream. Get underway with Gabriel Yared, Future Islands, swelt, Band of Horses, REM, Juana Molina, Lemoncello, Emma Ruth Rundle, Tori Amos, Five Green Moons, Camille Camille, Rosenau & Sanborn, Elisapie, Erika Angell, Tara Clerkin Trio, Snail Mail, Black Dog, Wu-Lu, Simon & Garfunkel, Gregory Alan Isakov, Wendy Eisenberg, Martha Skye Murphy, "Reservoir," by Tova Gannanna, The New Yorker, March 23, 2026, Steen Jorgensen, D'En Haut, the FVL, Liva Lumpe, Heilung, Lettie, Anna Calvi & Laurie Anderson, Hi! CAPABARAS, Elori Saxl, Yor, Devision Redux, GaiaGram from Kevin Gallagher, Chelsea Wolfe, Sarah Nixey, Black Box Recorder, Idus Abra, Tribute to Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, Birute Galdikas, Stevie Nicks. Back with you Thursday, April 16, 2026!!!!

    2h 55m
  5. A Miniature World with Binnie Klein March 19, 2026 What Was Under the Snow

    Mar 20

    A Miniature World with Binnie Klein March 19, 2026 What Was Under the Snow

    Snow has melted and we see what was under the snow. A world teetering with tension, and now we're out of the house, talking too fast, all jagged and breathing and laughing too loud. Here's 3 hours of the beauty and peace that I wish was underneath the snow. Gabriel Yared, Big Thief, Suzanne Vega, Aldous Harding, Idaho, The Reflection Box, Widowspeak, The Walker Brothers, Nelly Furtado, Ela Minus, Vicky Sometani, The Caretaker, Swelt, tuna tres belle, Diza, Cate Le Bon, Shabaka, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Nailah Hunter, Christian Loffler, Joanna Newsom, Crosby, Stills & Nash (RIP Stephan Stills), Jessi Robertson, Patrick Watson, Jeff Buckley, plainhead, Sway, Swelt, Isolee, The Beasts of Eden, Beck, Tortois & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Suphala, GaiaGram by Kevin Gallagher, Bonobo, James Figurine, My Brightest Diamond, Barbara Morgenstern & Robert Lippok....NEXT SHOW IS APRIL 2 and then blooming into an Apple Podcast!

    2h 55m
  6. Wild and Woolly

    Mar 5

    Wild and Woolly

    When I was starting to write poetry in earlier years, especially the 1970s, I had more conviction than I have now. Sounds strange, I know! I was convinced of how to shape images, tell small stories,  or at least there was passion and confidence guiding me.        Creativity hasn’t stopped, thank goodness – it’s a vital nutrient….but to be able to “sum anything” up about the wider world and what we’re going through in these times…..I know I don’t have to, but it’s a powerful impulse….to pull something together! BUT – what I’ve got is this: we are battered and exhausted, minds chock-full of contradictory meanings, disillusionment and fear…..Thank goodness for alternative radio! Hold musicians in high esteem…They often soothe, stimulate, embrace, provoke…Thank you, WPKN….        We these 3 hours together. I got a bit wild and woolly with this episode! Gabriel Yared, Voka Gentle, A Lot Like Birds, Charlie xcx, Lana Del Rey, Bjork, Cosmo Sheldrake, Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles, Bebe Stockwell, Puma Blue, Phosphorescent, Saint Sappho, Meg Go, Ganavya, Procol Harum, Isabel Pine, Mitski, Voice Coils, Alabaster deplume, Laurie Anderson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Cosmo Sheldrake, Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor, Yndling, Hazlett, Elliot Moss, Moonheart, young people, Jessi Robertson, Annahstasia, Celeste, Sam Phillips, GaiaGram, Donovan, Julia Holter, Tom Greenwood, Joanne Robertson & David Cunningham, Vashti Bunyan, Ott, Nightingale Floor, ugne&maria, Courtney Barnett..Back again March 19!

    2h 55m
  7. 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
  8. 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
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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.....

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  • Creator
    Binnie Klein, WPKN
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Binnie Klein, WPKN