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Hosted by Lydia Lunch · society · EN · 100 episodes
A series of lively, deep and often hilarious interviews conducted by Lydia Lunch, one of the most vocal spoken word artists of this or any century and Tim Dahl, musician and general know it all.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA series of lively, deep and often hilarious interviews conducted by Lydia Lunch, one of the most vocal spoken word artists of this or any century and Tim Dahl, musician and general know it all.
The Lydian Spin is hosted by Lydia Lunch. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 360: Tim Stegall Returns to Discuss His New Book Anarchy in the Studio: Punk Music 1970-1979" (12 October 2026, 67 minutes), "Episode 359 Karen Fiorito" (26 September 2026, 70 minutes), and "Episode 358 Filmmaker Todd Stephens & Actor Birkett "Kett" Turton" (6 September 2026, 67 minutes).
The Lydian Spin publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for The Lydian Spin is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Lydian Spin requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Lydian Spin's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for The Lydian Spin are Artists, Writers & Performers and Performing Arts. The Lydian Spin has a society audience.
Lydia Lunch hosts The Lydian Spin, a society show with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #360
The veteran punk journalist and resident Austin chronicler Tim Stegall returns with a new book in tow. Anarchy in the Studio: Punk Music 1970-1979 (Ruffian Books) is a, five-hundred-page love letter to the genre's...
Episode #359
Karen Fiorito returns to The Lydian Spin. On this episode, Lydia and Tim talk with her about The Urgency of Now: ¡No Pasarán! , a new multi-disciplinary political art exhibition and "Get Out The Vote" activation...
Episode #358
Filmmaker Todd Stephens is best known for his semi-autobiographical "Ohio Trilogy" — Edge of Seventeen (1998), Gypsy 83 (2001) and Swan Song (2021) — all set in his home town of Sandusky. Gypsy 83, his directorial...
Episode #357
Photo: Sabrina Santiago Early in his career, photographer and former New York Times photo editor Jeffrey Henson Scales documented the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. These photographs were compiled in his 2022...
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In 1991, Larry Hardy founded the enduring Los Angeles-based label In the Red Records. Guided by Larry's personal taste for raw, "atonal garage music" and sonic extremes, the small operation has cultivated a catalog of...
Episode #355
It's been a busy summer for Lydia and Tim. Stay tuned for more guests joining in the coming weeks, but for now, we're catching you up on everything in this brand-new "minisode"—recorded all the way from Lydia's bed in...
Episode #354
During their June 2026 tour across New Zealand and Australia , Lydia turns the mic on her touring partner, Andrew Coates of Melbourne's Black Cab . Together, the duo brought a , live reimagining of Suicide and Alan Vega...
Episode #353
<p ></p> <p >Reg Bloor is a guitarist, instrument builder, and founder of the Systems Neutralizers record label. For 18-years she collaborated with composer Glenn Branca, serving as a guitarist, concertmaster, and...
Episode #352
Robert "Bobby" Swope belonged to a talented cadre of avant-garde visionaries—among them Arto Lindsay, Connie Burg, Mark Cunningham, and Gordon Stevenson—who first crossed paths as students at Florida's Eckerd College in...
Episode #351
<p></p> <p>Lydia and Tim are on a whirlwind tour right now, hitting stages in Brazil, Australia, Japan, and Europe! The heavy travel and intense performance schedule have made pinning them down for an interview tough...
Episode #350
<p></p> <p>In this episode returning to The Lydian Spin is writer and artist Zoe Hansen. Zoe is a writer, video artist, and longtime friend of the podcast. On this episode she is here to celebrate a big milestone. Her...
Episode #349
<p ></p> <p >Genre Is Death, a limitation-destroying noise band formed by Ty Varesi (guitar, vox) and Tayler Lee (bass, vox), release their debut album, Attractive People out May 1 2026 on In The Red Records. </p> <p...
Episode #348
<p></p> <p>Lorin Benedict is a California-based improvising vocalist (scat singer, essentially), who operates in the fields of jazz and jazz-adjacent music. In addition, he works as a theoretical and computational...
Episode #347
<p></p> <p>As the frontman for U.S. Maple, Al Johnson utilized his voice as a textural and percussive instrument rather than a melodic vehicle. His delivery consisted of rasps, sharply drawn breaths, and fragmented...
Episode #345
<p></p> <p>Part 2 of Larry Mullin's sit down with Lydia and Tim. </p>
Episode #345
<p></p> <p>Larry Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit, is a musician, record producer, and composer who plays drums, percussion, and keyboards. He performs as a member of the bands Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Swans...
Episode #344
<p ></p> <p >Ian Svenonius is a musician and author who began his career in the 1980s Washington D.C. punk scene. He has been the lead vocalist for several bands, including The Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, and Chain...
Episode #343
<p></p> <p>Norman Westberg is a guitarist known for anchoring the monolithic avant-rock of Swans. Away from the band's trademark volume, however, his solo work—like the Lawrence English-produced After Vacation—abandons...
Episode #342
<p>Nuha Ruby Ra is a London-based artist working across music, performance, and visual art. Blending industrial sound, art-pop, and spoken word, her work explores power, instinct, and transformation through raw...
Episode #341
<p></p> <p>In 1977, Gary Wilson finished recording You Think You Really Know Me in his parents' basement and released it himself. Through the 1980s, his work in experimental music that draws across styles including new...
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