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From busking in the BART stations to playing big music festivals, The California Honeydrops have come a really long way. Meet the Honeydrops' drummer and co-founder, Ben Malament, and hear him talk about some of his...
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Select Five
Hosted by Oakland music enthusiast Pam · music · EN
About this Podcast:
Hosted by Oakland music enthusiast Pam Torno, every episode of Select Five features a special guest talking about five songs and why they matter. Subscribe to the podcast now and get to know artists, music makers, filmmakers, community builders and other creatives from the Bay Area and beyond through the music they love.
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What is Select Five about?
Hosted by Oakland music enthusiast Pam Torno, every episode of Select Five features a special guest talking about five songs and why they matter. Subscribe to the podcast now and get to know artists, music makers, filmmakers, community builders and other creatives from the Bay Area and beyond through the music they love.
What has Select Five covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Ep. 46: Five Songs With The California Honeydrops' Ben Malament" (22 April 2026, 56 minutes), "Ep. 45: Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, Shares His Writing Soundtrack" (25 February 2026, 50 minutes), and "Ep. 44: 2025 Year-Ender With The Select Five Crew" (28 December 2025, 53 minutes).
How often does Select Five publish?
Select Five publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 49 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Select Five?
Booking probability for Select Five is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Select Five requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Select Five's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Select Five?
The strongest fits for Select Five are Artists, Writers & Performers. Select Five has a music audience.
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Select Five is a music podcast with 49 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Feb 25, 202650 minS1What kind of music motivates Daniel Handler (otherwise known as children's book author Lemony Snicket) to write bestsellers? In our first episode of 2026, the novelist behind A Series of Unfortunate Events talks about...
Dec 28, 202553 minS1Our annual end-of-year post-mortem episode is here, and boy do we have feelings about this past year! Hear Kate, Pam, and Brian try to make sense of life in 2025 with their singular song selections. Plus, we talk about...
Nov 25, 202559 minS1Decadent menu + DJ booth = house dinner party vibes every night of the week at Side A, San Francisco's hottest hi-fi bistro. In our latest episode we talk to Side A co-owner Caroline Brown about her transformation from...
Oct 30, 202538 minS1The multi-talented MicahTron is a rapper, producer, writer and DJ who has performed around the globe. But she still stays grounded in the Bay Area LGBTQ+ community and uses her superpowers to amplify queer voices. In...
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Sep 30, 202549 minS1Meet Zully Adler, the Director of Further Triennial, the founder of Goaty Tapes, and a longtime curator and historian of modern art and music. A consummate digger, Zully is known for unearthing rare musical gems on...
Episode #40
Ep. 40: Five Books We Read This Summer
Aug 18, 20251h 10mS1This summer we took a little break from our normal routine to hit the music books! In this episode, Pam, Brian, and Kate reconvene to report back on their summer reading and whether these stories are worth your time...
May 23, 20251h 9mS1Jordan Kurland is a partner in Noise Pop Industries and the co-founder and partner of Brilliant Corners Artist Management. As a band manager, Jordan works with the likes of Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, Toro...
Apr 29, 20251h 3mS1Cats may dominate his life, but Adam Myatt -- aka The Catman of West Oakland -- is also a working audio engineer and a longtime musician who somehow makes time for it all. Meowzers, it's a lot! In this special episode...
Mar 27, 20251h 2mS1It’s not often that you get to meet your favorite musicians—unless you’re Walter Thompson. Walter is a San Francisco-based tech journalist, writer, and the host/creator of the Fund/Build/Scale podcast. He’s also had the...
Feb 18, 20251h 8mS1In our first offering of 2025, we’re honored to travel the proverbial spaceways with astrologer Isa Nakazawa, host of the podcast Stars and Stars with Isa . Every week Isa sits down with an interesting celebrity to read...
Dec 23, 20241h 36mS1From heavy hitter new releases to quirky under-the-radar selections, we humbly looks back at the music that left the biggest impression on us in 2024. In the final episode of this tumultuous year, Team Select Five waxes...
Nov 27, 202441 minS1November’s been a rough month! Fortunately Team Select Five was able to take a field trip to Sierra Meadows, a cool glamping resort near Yosemite National Park, where we found a little peace of mind. Pam, Kate, and...
Oct 14, 20241h 18mS1When your sense of home is divided between two countries, it can have a profound effect on how you relate to the world and everything you create. Such is the case with nic feliciano. nic is an...
Jul 18, 2024—Mike Cochran - aka Maitre D - is a Bay Area DJ and a prolific beatmaker who's been crafting hip-hop and R&B tracks for nearly two decades (producing credits include Jidenna, Sadat X, Wordsworth and Guilty Simpson). When...
Jun 18, 202446 minS1What does it take to make a living as a dancer? Just ask Paymaneh "Bibi" Khalili. A stalwart of the Bay Area hip-hop dance community, Bibi is the founder of DAM Events, a mixed arts showcase that gives up-and-coming...
May 8, 202451 minS1Celebrate the sounds of The Town with journalist Liam O’Donoghue, the host and producer of the popular local history podcast, East Bay Yesterday. Liam's show routinely covers the rich and underexplored tales of the East...
Episode #29
Ep. 29: Five Songs with Alexis Madrigal
Apr 16, 202458 minS1As the co-host of "Forum" on KQED Public Radio and a writer for the Atlantic, journalist Alexis Madrigal often reports on big ideas and urgent stories that affect the Bay Area and the world. But in his spare time, he...
Episode #28
Ep. 28: Bar Shiru's Five Year Anniversary
Feb 21, 202448 minS1February 2024 marks five whole years since Bar Shiru first opened to the public, and we are eternally grateful for the creative partnership of its owners, Dan Gahr and Shirin Raza Gahr. To mark this special occasion, we...
Jan 31, 202438 minS1We're honored to kick off 2024 with the esteemed Cheryl Dunye, a world-renowned filmmaker and director of episodic television. Cheryl's work includes the groundbreaking 1996 film The Watermelon Woman , which is part of...
Recent guests
Recent guests on Select Five. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
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Daniel Handler
Author, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
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Dr. Caroline Brown
Partner in AI for Infrastructure and Sustainability, This Crazy over 40s Life
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Isa Nakazawa
astrologer, writer, podcaster
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Mike Richardson
Director of Compensation and Human Resources Information Systems, First Baptist Church of Tequesta
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