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 living, 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 Signal Award Winner
Check out the rest of our lineup at WBGO Studios.
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This week on The Third Story podcast, host Leo Sidran turns the tables on himself and shares the stories and the creative process behind his new record What’s Trending.
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Saxophonist Braxton Cook talks with Leo Sidran about his evolution from soloist to singer, sideman to leader, and child to parent.
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Leo Sidran talks with steel drum virtuoso Andy Narell about his own personal story and also the story of the steel pan itself and its roots in Trinidad.
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Leo Sidran talks with former Spotify executive Will Page about music, content and the internet.
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Leo Sidran talks with Rachael Price and Vilray about their mutual love of the Great American Songbook and their musical collaboration
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Leo Sidran revisits several of his favorite segments for The Art of the Story with WBGO News featuring select conversations and profiles
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Conversations with Bill McHenry, Didi Gutman, John Dryden, Dan Tepfer, Jamie Breiwick, and Randy Ingram with Aubrey Johnson, collected around the world this year.
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Larry Goldings talks with Leo Sidran about his early development and influences, his ongoing relationship with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart, working with John Scofield, James Taylor and others, telling jokes on the bandstand, and more.
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Leo Sidran talks with drummer Antonio Sanchez about the making of his Shift: Bad Hombre, Vol. 2 album
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Leo Sidran talks with trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf about his childhood in France, developing his sound and concept, and much more