Two Good Ears Podcast
Two Good Ears Podcast
Podcast Description
Two Good Ears is a podcast that dives deep into the world of music, hosted by Rich Reardin. With a wealth of experience as a musician, producer, audio engineer, multi-media producer, radio producer, and studio owner, Rich brings a unique perspective to every conversation. He co-founded the radio show In Search of a Song in 2005 alongside legendary guitarist Jason Wilber (John Prine), which aired over 700 episodes on PRX (Public Radio Exchange). Two Good Ears takes the same approach as the radio show, but expands its scope to include archived interviews, current music trends, pro-audio insights, and lively discussions with guest hosts—many of whom are longtime friends of the show and respected music professionals themselves.
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The podcast explores a broad range of music-related topics, including artist journeys, songwriting techniques, and trends within various genres. Episodes highlight individual artists like Billy Coulter, Neale Eckstein, and 'Mean Mary' James, who share personal stories and discuss the influences that shape their music, covering themes such as resilience, creativity, and the evolution of sound.
Two Good Ears is what happens when one lifelong audiofile, musician, producer, audio engineer, and storyteller sits down with the people who make music worth listening to. Host Rich Reardin invites artists, producers, engineers, and fellow sound‑obsessives to talk shop, swap stories, and lend an ear on how music really gets made.
The show grew out of ‘In Search of a Song’ which morphed into ‘Beyond a Song’, a long‑running radio series Rich co-hosted and produced from 2005 with guitarist Jason Wilber (John Prine). Over 700 episodes aired on PRX, capturing candid moments with icons, innovators, and the unsung heroes of the music, in the recording studio and on stage performance.
Today, in podcast form, Two Good Ears carries that spirit forward. It blends fresh interviews, pro‑audio insight, music history, and the kind of relaxed, real conversations that only happen when musicians talk to musicians. Whether it’s a veteran producer, a touring songwriter, or a new artist finding their voice, every guest brings a story worth hearing — and Rich brings the curiosity, humor, and experience to draw it out.
If you love music, the craft behind it, and the people who make it matter, you’re in the right place.
In this episode host Rich Reardin talks with Grant Peeples. Grant is one of those rare songwriters whose life story hums underneath every line he sings. He’s got that sharp, clear eyed way of looking at the world, but it’s shaped by years far outside the usual music industry orbit—including more than a decade living on a tiny island off the coast of Nicaragua, where the pace of life and the people around him left a permanent mark on his voice and his worldview. His songs carry grit, humor, and a kind of unvarnished honesty that feels both grounded and restless at the same time. He calls himself a 'Leftneck', and so today we get to sit with the person behind that perspective and trace how those experiences—on the road, off the grid, and everywhere in between—found it's way into Grant's work, and that so many listeners connect with.
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