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Earworm is the podcast that gets stuck in your head for all the right reasons. Hosted by Bryan Clark — artist, producer, engineer, music doctorate, and sonic architect to artists around the world — and Patrick Cloud, a New Orleans native whose career spans global music industry sales, directing sales for festival and event video production, podcast direction and production, and ownership of a creative management company, Earworm is where music industry knowledge meets genuine passion for the craft. Every episode, Bryan and Patrick dig into the trends shaping the modern music industry, celebrate the albums that matter, geek out over gear and guitars, and sit down with the producers, engineers, and artists who are actually doing the work. Bryan brings the academic chops and worldwide studio perspective. Patrick brings the New Orleans soul, the industry hustle, and the kind of energy that only comes from a city that treats music like oxygen.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEarworm is the podcast that gets stuck in your head for all the right reasons.
The Earworm Podcast is hosted by Patrick Cloud & Bryan Clark. The show has published 25 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Earworm Podcast - Episode ZERO" (6 October 2026, 3 minutes), "The Earworm Podcast - Episode 24 The Pop Superstar Industrial Complex [Season 1 Finale]" (29 September 2026, 70 minutes), and "The Earworm Podcast - Episode 23 MIDI or Not, Here I Come. MIDI MEEDEE MYDY" (22 September 2026, 48 minutes).
The Earworm Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for The Earworm Podcast is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Earworm Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Earworm Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
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Patrick Cloud & Bryan Clark hosts The Earworm Podcast, an arts podcast with 25 episodes published.
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Episode #24
After 24 straight weeks of chasing rabbit holes, arguing over gear, digging through music history, dissecting the business, and asking entirely too many questions about how records actually get made, Season One of The...
Episode #24
For the Season 1 finale of The Earworm Podcast , Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud pull back the curtain on one of the most complicated machines in entertainment: the business of being a pop star. Behind every artist you...
Episode #23
In Episode 23 of The Earworm Podcast , Patrick Cloud and Bryan Clark plug into one of the most important technologies in modern music: MIDI. Short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, MIDI arrived in 1983 with an...
Episode #22
Episode 22 of The Earworm Podcast takes Patrick Cloud and Bryan Clark back to a time when recording at home meant cassette multitracks, MIDI cables, bouncing tracks, and making some very questionable decisions in the...
Episode #20
In Episode 20 (holy crap), “The Liars of Ur,” The Earworm Podcast gets strung out on the surprisingly weird history of instrument strings. We start thousands of years ago with ancient lyres, plant fibers, animal sinew...
Episode #19
The Earworm Podcast returns to where it all began: artificial intelligence and music. Except this time, the technology has gotten better, the questions have gotten weirder, and Bryan and Patrick have plenty to say about...
Episode #18
In Episode 18 of The Earworm Podcast , Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud head to the movies to untangle the difference between a score, a soundtrack, and a musical; and why each can completely change the way we experience a...
Episode #17
Episode 17 of The Earworm Podcast goes straight to one of the most overlooked links in the entire audio chain: the cable. Bryan Clark and Patrick Cloud sit down with Dariush Rad, owner of Asterope , to explore why...
Episode #16
Episode 16 of The Earworm Podcast dives into the architecture of great songwriting, breaking down the building blocks that have shaped everything from folk ballads and Delta blues to Broadway standards and modern rock...
Episode #15
Episode 15 of The Earworm Podcast dives into the fascinating and often chaotic history of music copyright, tracing its roots from the 1710 Statute of Anne to the landmark court cases that shaped the modern music...
Episode #14
Episode 14 of The Earworm Podcast traces the fascinating evolution of sampling from the experimental tape manipulations of musique concrète and the Italian Futurists to the Mellotron, Fairlight CMI, and the legendary...
Episode #13
In Episode 13 of The Earworm Podcast , Patrick and Bryan sit down with Sony immersive audio engineer Doug Battle to explore his unconventional journey from podcasting to becoming one of the industry’s sought-after...
Episode #12
Patrick and Bryan take a journey through the complete history of recorded music—from the first known sound recording in 1860 to the cutting-edge plugin technology shaping modern productions. Along the way, they explore...
Episode #11
This week for episode 11, Patrick and Bryan take a field trip to the new recording studio inside the Franklin, Tennessee Walmart called Create-It Studio, where they ask the obvious question: just because you can track a...
Episode #10
John Capito joins Patrick and Bryan for a deep dive into the fascinating world of guitar amplifiers, tracing the lineage of iconic amp designs that shaped modern music. From the chime of the AC30 to the roar of the...
Episode #9
In Episode 9 of The Earworm Podcast, our hosts Patrick and Bryan explore Fender’s recent legal victory against a Chinese counterfeit manufacturer and use it as a springboard to examine one of the most influential...
Episode #8
In this episode of The Earworm Podcast , Patrick Cloud and Bryan Clark explore the fascinating history of sound design in film, from the era of silent movies and live theater musicians to the invention of Foley artistry...
Episode #7
On this episode of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan and Patrick trace the evolution of the synthesizer—from the room-sized Teleharmonium and Hammond B3 organ to the groundbreaking instruments that shaped modern music. Along...
Episode #6
On episode six of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan and Patrick sit down with Greg Walton, founder of XTS, to explore the art, science, and obsession behind guitar tone. Greg shares his journey from guitar enthusiast and...
Episode #5
On episode five of The Earworm Podcast, Bryan and Patrick dive into the strange world of rankings, lists, and “greatest of all time” debates—especially in music. From Billboard charts and Rolling Stone album lists to...
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