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Launching in 2024, the Curious Goldfish Brand is inspired by two episodes from the First Season of the Apple TV+ Series Ted Lasso. The “Goldfish” reference is about the importance of not dwelling on mistakes in life. In an early episode, Ted Lasso, the series’ namesake asks one of his players – after they were badly beaten in a play during training – what the happiest animal on earth is. The answer: A Goldfish, because it has a 10-second memory. Lasso encourages the player to forget the mistake and to not let it hinder his mindset. In other words, to “Be a Goldfish.” The “Curious” reference is born from another Season 1 episode where Ted finds himself in a dart match at a local Pub with a ruthless Football Club Owner. Lasso references a quote from Walt Whitman to “Be Curious, Not Judgmental.” So “Being a Goldfish” is a great start, but curiosity is an undervalued trait in today’s world. We don’t ask enough questions; we don’t inquire enough about each other and about life. So I want
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Signup to Generate a PitchLaunching in 2024, the Curious Goldfish Brand is inspired by two episodes from the First Season of the Apple TV+ Series Ted Lasso. The “Goldfish” reference is about the importance of not dwelling on mistakes in life.
Curious Goldfish is hosted by Jason English. The show has published 38 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 "Lyal Strickand: Missouri Farmer Trades Seeds for Songs" (10 October 2026, 45 minutes).
Curious Goldfish publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for Curious Goldfish is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Curious Goldfish requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Curious Goldfish's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jason English hosts Curious Goldfish, a music podcast with 38 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 )...
Lyal Strickland sold most of his cattle herd to make his first album in about ten years. 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 )...
A billion streams behind him, and it's the fan dinners that keep the tour out of the red. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Barns...
A freight-train hopper and a Juilliard cellist on staying married by letting each other change. Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Dave and Andrea...
Curious Goldfish
A guitarist's guitarist on chasing craft over fame, and writing a song a week to outrun his inner critic Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) David...
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