670 episodes

Radio8Ball is a musical divination podcast hosted by ANDRAS JONES. We answer questions (and question answers) by picking songs at random, and interpreting them like musical tarot cards. The questions come from our celebrity guests and the answers are performed by our featured songwriter. Featured guests have included: Viggo Mortensen, Fred Armisen, Jon Auer, Tig Notaro, Mose Allison, Eleni Mandell, Inara George, Allen Toussaint, Susanna Hoffs, John Trudell, Michael Ian Black, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, Jimmy Webb and hundreds of others. Radio8Ball has been around since 1998. We started on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, Washington and presented a live theatrical version of the show in cities across America between 2005 and 2016. We've been a podcast since 2016. You can download our Radio8Ball app from the iTunes App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio8ball/id1326738822 It's filled with every song recorded in the history of the show and is your portal to the realm of The Pop Oracle.

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    • 4.0 • 22 Ratings

Radio8Ball is a musical divination podcast hosted by ANDRAS JONES. We answer questions (and question answers) by picking songs at random, and interpreting them like musical tarot cards. The questions come from our celebrity guests and the answers are performed by our featured songwriter. Featured guests have included: Viggo Mortensen, Fred Armisen, Jon Auer, Tig Notaro, Mose Allison, Eleni Mandell, Inara George, Allen Toussaint, Susanna Hoffs, John Trudell, Michael Ian Black, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, Jimmy Webb and hundreds of others. Radio8Ball has been around since 1998. We started on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, Washington and presented a live theatrical version of the show in cities across America between 2005 and 2016. We've been a podcast since 2016. You can download our Radio8Ball app from the iTunes App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio8ball/id1326738822 It's filled with every song recorded in the history of the show and is your portal to the realm of The Pop Oracle.

    Alan Abbadessa & Little Ghost

    Alan Abbadessa & Little Ghost

    It's a surprise bonus Radio8Ball episode in support of Alan Abbadessa’s Kickstarter campaign for his video game LITTLE GHOST.

    • 47 min
    R8B SEASON 3: THE APPening FINALE

    R8B SEASON 3: THE APPening FINALE

    This is the end of Season Three: The Appening. Host Andras Jones assays the remains of this cloistered season which began on February 4, 2020 when R. Walt Vincent asked if he was worrying too much about the “novel” flu he was reading about coming out of China. And now we're closing it out with this session recorded on July 8th, 2021 featuring Paul Williams (the director), Common Rotation (with Dan Bern & John C. Reilly), Jon Auer, Zak Nilsson & Don Heffington. .

    • 1 hr 39 min
    Chuck E. Weiss: An Extremely Cool Memorial

    Chuck E. Weiss: An Extremely Cool Memorial

    There's a season finale with an explanation of our absence coming on 8/8. In this special episode we celebrate the life of Chuck E. Weiss who left us on July 20, 2021.

    • 1 hr 29 min
    Will Morgan of Meta Egg & WandaVision

    Will Morgan of Meta Egg & WandaVision

    Our 666th podcast episode is an exploration of the archetype of the devil, and its relationship to the high priestess. When WILL MORGAN of the Meta-Egg YouTube channel invited host ANDRAS JONES to join his show to discuss Marvel's new WandaVision series it opened up a sync-whole of blackness, beauty and heroism that spanned across both shows.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Aaron J. Leonard: The Folk Singers & The Bureau (with Randy Kaplan)

    Aaron J. Leonard: The Folk Singers & The Bureau (with Randy Kaplan)

    In the first Pop Oracle divination of Gregorian 2021 ANDRAS JONES welcomes AARON J. LEONARD, the author of The Folk Singers & the Bureau to engage some synchronicity and discuss the history of American Communists during the week of Trump's attempted coup. Featuring music from STEVE POLTZ, RANDY KAPLAN, ALEX LILLY & ANDRAS JONES. Recorded on January 13th, 2021.

    • 2 hr
    Winter Solstice 2020 & Chris "Sandman" Sand (Season Three-The Appening-040-December 18, 2020)

    Winter Solstice 2020 & Chris "Sandman" Sand (Season Three-The Appening-040-December 18, 2020)

    Inspired by this week's episode of The World Is Wrong podcast, Andras Jones delves into Winter Solstice 2020 with an exploration of the value of generous conversations that takes us back in time with Mr. Jones & The Previous,  Chris "Sandman" Sand and The Radio8Band (featuring Scott Taylor, Skyler Blake & Chad Austinson), as well as Kira Lynn Cain and Jon Auer.

    • 1 hr 39 min

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22 Ratings

22 Ratings

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