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Harry Connick, Jr. joins Leo Sidran to discuss Babe: Elaboratio — A Tribute to My Mother, an ambitious new orchestral work and book devoted to his mother, Anita Livingston, who died when he was 13. Connick reflects on memory and loss, growing up as a musical prodigy in New Orleans, his formative relationships with Ellis Marsalis and James Booker, and the “dream state” of his remarkable early success. -
Grammy-winning singer, pianist and songwriter Nicole Zuraitis on The Devil I Knew, the boundaries of jazz, the long game of an independent career, and what it means to finally bake your own cake.
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On his 83rd birthday, Ben Sidran revisits a 1974 DownBeat profile and considers what has changed - and what hasn’t - over more than half a century of music and life. In his annual birthday conversation with his son Leo, he reflects on aging, ambition, practice, and the surprising persistence of a worldview formed long ago. -
Ben Wikler, author of This Is the Plan, talks to Leo Sidran about humor, organizing, civic life, and the Wisconsin values that shaped his approach to democracy. A thoughtful discussion of community, political communication, and why, as Wikler says, "democracy is exhausting until you discover solidarity." -
Before The Irish Goodbye became one of the most acclaimed debut novels of 2025, Heather Aimee O'Neill spent years quietly writing it while building a career helping other writers tell their stories. Here she discusses the vulnerability of ambition, the challenge of living an authentic life, and the strange transition from observer to protagonist. -
Saxophonist and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin has become one of the most dynamic voices in jazz. In this wide ranging conversation with Leo Sidran she recalls some of her early professional experiences, and how the mentors, heroes, setbacks and aspirations that shaped her journey continue to inform her new album, We Dream. -
To mark what would have been Miles Davis's 100th birthday, The Third Story with Leo Sidran revisits a rare 1986 conversation between Miles and Ben Sidran, recorded on the terrace of Miles’s Malibu home. -
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. -
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"
