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Podcast: LET IT OUT
Episode: Molting and Slow Growth with Andrew Bird [REAIR]
Description: ’Tis the season for a repeat episode. I chose this interview with musician Andrew Bird from the archive because he always reminds me of the holidays. Before I play my 2019 conversation with Bird, I speak about how an episode he recorded in 2020 with Maron impacted me, including his perspective on ‘molting’. Despite the discomfort I felt revisiting something recorded nearly 4 years ago and judging my past self, what Bird shared with me in our conversation feels as relevant today as it did then. We covered the slow growth he experienced coming up as a musician, discipline in buildin...