Running Out Of Daylight (TOTR 514)

 -originally aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

-episode audio archive posted after the live show

-counting down my Best albums of 2025, from #25 to #1

-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university

25 - Geese - 100 Horses - from Getting Killed, released on 9-26-2025

24 - Friendship - Tree of Heaven - from Caveman Wakes Up, released on 5-16-2025

23 - John Francis O’Mara - Walking In Babylon - from Forbidden Hymns, released on 10-10-2025

22 - Lord Huron - Watch Me Go - from The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1, released on 7-18-2025

21 - Jordan Smart - Padlock - from Confessions of a CEO, released on 9-12-2025
20 - Dakota Ray Parker - Higher Ground - from his self-titled, released on 2-7-2025
19 - The Waterboys - Blues for Terry Southern - from Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, released on 4-4-2025
18 - Sharon Van Etten - Something Ain’t Right - from Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, released on 2-7-2025 

17 - Florry - Pretty Eyes Lorraine - from Sounds Like . . . ., released on 5-23-2025
16 - Jesse Welles - Change Is In The Air - from Pilgrim, released on 7-4-2025

15 - The Dog’s Body - Gravity Bong - from Deer of Wisdom, released on 7-4-2025

14 - Friends In Real Life - Failed Careers -  from their self-titled, released on 2-21-2025

13 - Mumford & Sons - Caroline - from RUSHMERE, released on 3-28-2025

12 - Nicholas Jamerson - Running Out Of Daylight - from The Narrow Way, released on 9-12-2025

11 - Jesse Welles - In The Morning - from Devil’s Den, released on 8-22-2025

10 - Garrett T. Capps - Time Ain’t Nuthin’ - from Life Is Strange, released on 3-25-2025

9 - Noah Cyrus - Apple Tree - from I WANT MY LOVED ONES TO GO WITH ME, released on 7-11-2025

8 - Palmyra - Restless - from Restless, released on 3-28-2025

7 - Jesse Welles - Fear is the Mind Killer - from Middle, released on 2-21-2025

6 - Willi Carlisle - Sound & Fury - from Winged Victory, released on 6-27-2025

5 - S.G. Goodman - Nature’s Child (with Bonnie Prince Billy) - from Planting By The Signs, released on 6-20-2025 

4 - Fust - Gatelag - from Big Ugly, released on 3-7-2025

3 - Jason Isbell - Ride to Robert’s - from Foxes in the Snow, released on 3-7-2025

2 - My Morning Jacket - Die For It - from is, released on 3-21-2025

1 - Tyler Childers - Poachers - from Snipe Hunter, released on 7-25-2025

Forever Never Ends (TOTR 513)

 

-originally aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Tuesday, December 9, 2025

-Listen to the audio archive here: Stream Forever Never Ends - TOTR 513 by Teacher On The Radio | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

-counting down my Best of 2025, from #50 to #26

-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university

Arthur Buck - Everywhere - from Arthur Buck 2, released on 10-3-2025

The Laughing Chimes - High Beams - from Whispers in the Speech Machine, released on 1-31-25

Charlie Crockett - Crucified Son - from Dollar A Day, released on 8-8-25

AVTT/PTTN - Received - from AVTT/PTTN, released on 11-14-25

Big Thief - All Night All Day - from Double Infinity, released on 9 -5-25

Matt Berninger - Bonnet of Pins - from Get Sunk, released on 5-30-25 

The Lumineers - Better Day - from Automatic, released on 2-14-25

James McMurtry - Sailing Away - from The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, released on 6-20-25 

Madi Diaz - Ambivalence - from Fatal Optimist, released on 10-10-25 

Sunny War - Rise - from Armageddon In A Summer Dress, released on 2-21-25

My Politic - From The Early Days - from Signs of Life, released on 5-23-25

Bonnie Prince Billy - from Turned To Dust (Rolling On), released on 1-31-25 

Valerie June - Endless Tree - from Owls, Omens, and Oracles, released on 4-11-25

The Devil Makes Three - Half as High - from Spirits, released on 2-28-25

Panda Bear - Praise - from Sinister Grift, released on 2-28-25
Home Is Where - shenandoah - from Hunting Season, released on 5-23-25 

Dan Spencer - There’s a Fountain - from Weave Your Web Liar Man, released on 11-7-25 

Florence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic, from Everybody Scream, released on 10-31-25

Jeff Tweedy - Forever Never Ends, from Twilight Override released on 9-26-25

The Head and the Heart - Cop Car, from Aperture released on 5-9-25 

Brown Horse - All The Right Weaknesses, from All The Right Weaknesses, released on 4-4-25

Joshua Quimby - Speeding Tickets, Hot Coffee, Good Donuts, & Dank Weed - from Something Like Country, released on 6-6-25
Crys Matthews - Waking Up The Dead - from Reclamation, released on 1-17-25 

Ken Pomeroy - Wolf in Sheep’s Clothes - from Cruel Joke, released on 5-16-25 

Tobacco City - Bougainvillea - from Tobacco City, released on 3-7-25

North Star Bound (TOTR 512)

 -originally aired on WTTU 88.5 FM The Nest on Tuesday, December 2, 2025

-our annual holiday show

-episode audio archive posted after the live show

-all views only represent the host, the guests, & the artists played, never the student managers or the Communication department or the university

Leon Bridges & Norah Jones - This Christmas I’m Coming Home
Tanner Usrey - Run Run Rudolph

Tim O’Brien & Ben Winship - Santa Ate A Gummy 

Florence Dore - Christmas

Murray Attaway - Old Christmas

Larry Fleet - That Spirit of Christmas

Joe Stamm - Christmas Spirits

Shane Pendergrast - Winter Grace

Madi Diaz - Kid On Christmas

Old Crow Medicine Show - Store Bought Christmas
Jesse Welles - Amazon Santa Claus
Cam Penner - Balsam Fir

Sofia Talvik - Let Peace Be The Song
Kate Rusby - Arrest These Merry Gentleman 

Windborne - Welcome in Another Year
Kristin Guthrie & Kyle Knapp - Canticle of the Turning

Janice Burns & Jon Doran - Down in yon Forest

Adam Ruzzo - Huron Carol

Bonny Light Horseman - Jane Jane

Angela Perley - North Star Bound
Jaimee Harris, Jared Tyler, & Amy Helm - Light of the Stable
Amy Speace - First United Methodist Day Care Christmas Show
Hannah White - Emmanuel
Brandi Carlile - O Holy Night
The McCrary Sisters - Go Tell It On The Mountain
The Golden Gate Quartet - Amen
Old Crow Medicine Show - Bethlehem PA
Tom Wuest - Burn This as a Light

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