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Curious Goldfish is a podcast about independent music and the people who make it.The name comes from two Ted Lasso episodes. In one, Ted tells a struggling player that the happiest animal on earth is a goldfish, because it has a 10-second memory. The lesson: forget the mistake and move forward. In another, Ted quotes Walt Whitman before a dart match: "Be curious, not judgmental." Both stuck with me.I can't sing. I don't play an instrument. But I've spent years being genuinely curious about people who write something honest and then perform it for strangers. How they do it. Why they keep doing it. What it costs.The guests are Americana, folk, roots, rock, and country artists who aren't on the radio and probably won't be. Some have 500 monthly listeners. Some have 100,000. The common thread is that they chose the independent path and they're figuring it out in real time.We cover songwriting, the business of music, the touring life, and the moments that made an artist who they are.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCurious Goldfish is a podcast about independent music and the people who make it. The name comes from two Ted Lasso episodes. In one, Ted tells a struggling player that the happiest animal on earth is a goldfish, because it has a 10-second memory. The lesson: forget the mistake and move forward.
Curious Goldfish Podcast is hosted by Jason English. The show has published 144 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Nigel Wearne: Pocket Full of Empathy" (22 October 2026, 34 minutes), "Ryman: Driven Past the Ryman the Day He Was Born" (19 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "Michael Rudd: He's Facing Cancer Head-On with Music & Gratitude" (5 October 2026, 47 minutes).
Curious Goldfish Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 144 episodes.
Booking probability for Curious Goldfish Podcast is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Curious Goldfish Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Curious Goldfish Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jason English hosts Curious Goldfish Podcast, a music podcast with 144 episodes published.
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Episode #154
A pocket full of empathy: an Australian songwriter on understanding people you completely disagree with. Get the stories behind the episodes: https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup (...
Episode #153
He signed with a hip-hop label at 15. His debut was built on his dad's folk records. Get the stories behind the episodes: https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup )...
Michael Rudd went 30 years without writing a song. Then came four albums in three years. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup (...
Episode #150
Sub Pop dropped her. That loss is exactly what made her new album possible. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Shannon Lay says the...
What's in the Muscle Shoals water? A New York soul singer went to find out. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Days...
He can't hear the crowd, and he calls every song he writes a love song. Get the stories behind the episodes → https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Chris Pierce...
Episode #147
One of American roots music's most singular voices, caught in a season of not knowing. Get the stories behind the episodes → ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Abe Partridge has lived three lives to get...
He ran a Fortune 500 company and hid that he was a musician; He tells me why he returned to his first love. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity (...
Episode #145
She never sang a note in college. Now Shooter Jennings produces her. Get the stories behind the episodes -> Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Alicia Blue went to college...
A founding E Street Band bassist, fifty-five years in, still says he's no maestro. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup )...
Episode #143
She wrote her funniest song while crying in a grocery store. A songwriter with a PhD in breakups. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup )...
Episode #142
Seventeen records in, she is not sure the eighteenth is worth making. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Michelle Malone got signed...
Rhett Miller got the lifetime achievement award. He almost dreaded the speech. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Rhett Miller has...
He spent 38 years pitching Nashville's legends. Almost none of them knew he wrote songs too. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Lance...
They turned down the record deals their families begged them to sign. Twenty years later, still here. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup (...
Episode #138
He wrote a song about loss. Months later, his brother died. The song already knew. Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup )...
<p><b>A billion streams behind him, and it's the fan dinners that keep the tour out of the red.</b></p> <p>Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity</p> <p>Barns Courtney expected his North...
<p><b>A freight-train hopper and a Juilliard cellist on staying married by letting each other change.</b></p> <p>Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com</p> <p>Dave and Andrea of Cicada Rhythm met when...
<p><b>A guitarist's guitarist on chasing craft over fame, and writing a song a week to outrun his inner critic</b></p> <p>Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com</p> <p>David Ryan Harris is the kind of...
<p><b>A blue-collar cowboy who spent a decade and his own money to earn a debut called 15 Seconds of Fame</b></p> <p>Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com</p> <p>Matthias Lamparter took ten...
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