The Volume Knob

Keith Serry
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The Volume Knob

The Volume Knob is the songs that saved your life. Every Monday, host Keith Serry asks his guests to tell the story of how music changed, inspired, soothed and moved them. The result is a music show that's less about chorus and verse and more about the ways that music makes us feel. The results are sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes side-splitting and always relatable.

  1. NOV 20

    Juanita: There is a Light that Never Goes Out

    It wasn't supposed to end this way, but Juanita is crying under the piss-stained high school bleachers rather than on stage with her twin sister, receiving her diploma. Left wondering what could have been, she spends a moment listening to the Smiths in her earphones, thinking hard about what it could become.

    18 min

  2. JUL 23

    Jesse: Waiting For You

    How do you define yourself? For a long time, Jesse was the guy who made himself happy by being helpful to others. He even had an award for it: The Most Helpful Boy, he won it in 8th grade. After an accident, Jesse has to ask himself who he is if he isn't the guy making others happy.

    14 min

  3. JUN 26

    Jonathan: Viva La Vida

    "Fuck you, Coldplay! You left ME!" Susan has left Jonathan and that's just the start of it. He's lost himself and his creativity and he has to find wisdom in, of all places, the bathroom of a Whole Foods in Venice. Jonathan's story is brilliantly weighted, deeply vulnerable and one of the best-performed pieces I've ever had on the show.

    20 min

  4. MAY 6

    Meg: Just Friends

    Meg's dad recorded with The Bird, but not according to the liner notes. They called him "oboe unknown." Her story is a lovely series of snapshots, a reminder that people stay with us, in many ways, long after they're gone.

    15 min

  5. APR 22

    Greg: Suddenly

    Greg's 15. The new kid at a new school. He's "got a girlfriend in Canada". Then he meets Joe and an 80s John Hughes story begins all to the sounds of Billy Ocean's Suddenly.

    13 min

  6. APR 8

    John: Let it Be

    Some moms think that their kids are destined for great things. John's mom was convinced he was the King of Kings. This week's episode is about mental illness. It's also about faith and belonging and the layers of meaning that can come through a song, and a parent's love.

    18 min

  7. 12/18/2023

    Aida: Last Day of our Acquaintance

    Sweaty palms. Forgetting the words. It's the nightmare of anyone who's ever been on stage, or anyone who's ever dreamed of it. Aida had a solution to her own stage fright. David. He was beside her when they performed. He showed her how easy it could be. But what would it be like on stage when David was gone?

    20 min

  8. 11/06/2023

    Frank: Mama, I'm Coming Home

    It's Christmas time, but Frank doesn't celebrate. There is still something to celebrate, though. Frank's wife is about to give birth to their first born child. A daughter named Mathilde. That said, it's not going to be an easy holiday season for Frank, his wife, and their daughter at the fancy celebrity hospital in Beverley Hills.

    26 min
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The Volume Knob is the songs that saved your life. Every Monday, host Keith Serry asks his guests to tell the story of how music changed, inspired, soothed and moved them. The result is a music show that's less about chorus and verse and more about the ways that music makes us feel. The results are sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes side-splitting and always relatable.

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  • Creator
    Keith Serry
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Volume Knob

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