LIVE FROM THE LOUNGE with Keythe Farley LIVE FROM THE LOUNGE with Keythe Farley

This month's podcast is about going home.
Keythe shares a Thanksgiving story by O. Henry about the unintended consequences of our generosity.
He also talks with Johnny and Mack from Double Batch Daddy about their new record Local Lemonade.
John Ballinger sings a September Song that actually works pretty well for November too.
In our final Seasons of Life segment, we hear from a quartet of folks in their 80s and 90s.
And Keythe talks about how the road that leads away from home often leads right back to the nest.

This show is all about The Harvest.We'll meet four fascinating folks in their "Harvest Years" (50 to 65).Double Batch Daddy has a new record on the way called Local Lemonade. It drops November 4, but we've got an advanced copy of the first single, and we're spinning it on this show.In honor of Halloween, Keythe reads Winston Churchill’s first published essay: a short horror story called Man Overboard.And Keythe talks about bringing in the harvest from his vegetable garden, and his life.If you like what you hear, DONATE HERE!

September is the month we head back to work, and this podcast is all about working. Double Batch Daddy sing a classic labor song.Ruby Farley and John Ballinger rock a little 9 to 5.In our Seasons of Life segment, we hear from four folks in their "early middle age" (mid 30s to early 50s).Keythe reads a story from "Working", Studs Turkel’s landmark oral history of laborers in the US.And Keythe shares what he learned about the labor movement from his childhood paper route.As always, it’s a collection of stories, songs and conversations all intuitively designed to help you groove with The Rhythm of the Seasons.If you like what you hear, DONATE HERE!

Welcome to August, the most august month of the year. So august, in fact, that we're presenting our annual Unapologetic and Unabashed Best of The Rhythm of the Seasons. We plucked a great scary story from our October episode, which is perfect to tell around a late-summer campfire.The amazing Rose Portillo joins us to discuss her connection to family traditions, and to the larger community of Los Angeles.In honor of going back to school, and high school and college football players reporting for duty, Keythe revisits some thoughts on being part of a Marching Band.And John Ballinger, Double Batch Daddy and Ann Closs-Farley contribute musically.If you like what you hear, DONATE HERE.

Welcome to July. This month's episode is an exhortation to camp. Back in 2021 we invited friends and family members to share their childhood experiences of summer camp and sing some rowdy camp songs. We’re replaying those stories and songs this month.Double Batch Daddy share with us a classic campfire song that gets a bad wrap, as well as a piece that goes well with our Independence Day celebrations.John Ballinger cools us off with a summer breeze.We revisit Matt and Carol Almoses' radio show about how a visit to summer camp really helps a small boy grow up... in some unexpected ways. Keythe talks about what he learned being a camper, counselor and leader-in-training at various summer camps.If you like what you hear, DONATE HERE.

In honor of Pride Month, We're going back through the archives and repodcasting some of our favorite interviews and radio sketches. To round out Pride Month, we're sharing Keythe's interview with his son Vice. VIce is a recent graduate (Magna Cum Laude) from UC Berkeley. He has a degree in Sociology and a minor in Spanish. This interview is from June 2021, and covers the history of Pride as well as his and his family's journey to acceptance of Vice's identity as a non-binary person. If you or someone you know has a transgender or non-binary child, you can reach out to Transforming Family for free counseling and guidance. www.transformingfamily.org.