There are stories we tell ourselves. There are stories we tell our friends. There are the stories we tell strangers. There are stories we never tell.
Somewhere, in the middle of all of this, is the Third Story. The intersection between the art and the craft, the living and the deceased, the personal and the professional…The place where all of these meet is the Third Story.
The Third Story podcast features long-form interviews with musicians and members of the creative class, hosted by Leo Sidran. Their stories of discovery, loss, ambition, identity, improvisation, risk, and reward are deeply moving and compelling for all of us as we embark on our own creative journeys.
Third Story Podcast is a 2024 Jazz Journalism Association Podcast of the Year Nominee.
Third Story Podcast is a 2023 and 2025 Signal Award Winner
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After nearly three decades of resisting fixed categories, Julieta is returning to the place where that sensibility began. This year she releases Norteña, an album that turns back toward the border city where all of that started. She describes it as a tribute to the feeling of growing up on the border. -
Dida Pelled talks to Leo Sidran about her latest album I Wish You Would, her approach to tradition, identity, finding a personal voice across genres, discovering the truth about her sexuality, her singing, and the six strings she loves so much. -
Leo Sidran in conversation with Emily Cavanaugh. Emily is the founder of Song For You, a nonprofit organization bringing personalized songs to patients, loved ones, and frontline workers during times of crisis. -
Part personal story, part philosophical inquiry, and part behind-the-scenes look at how creative work actually gets made, Leo Sidran chronicles the process of preparing a gig with his father. -
Phoebe Katis is Leo Sidran's latest guest on his The Third Story podcast -
Keren Ann is the latest guest on Leo Sidran's The Third Story -
"The Sporkful" podcast host Dan Pashman is the next guest on Leo Sidran's "The Third Story" -
On the latest episode of The Third Story, host Leo Sidran chats with Kurt Elling -
On this episode of The Third Story, host Leo Sidran has a story about Madrid’s Cafe Central -
