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Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker

Deep talks and sharp performances with the best musicians and writers working today.

Deep talks, sharp performances and empowering revelations from musicians and writers, live from East Nashville. Unpretentiously hosted by Korbykorby korby.substack.com

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61:33

Yurina Yoshikawa: The Winner of the Southern Prize...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/10/31

Yurina Yoshikawa is a writer, educator and Director of Education at The Porch Literary Collective here in Nashville. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Lit Hub, The Japan Times, The New Inquiry and this autumn she won the inaugural $25,000 Southern Prize for Literary Arts.Yurina is also a gifted musician, playing viola for the Nashville Philharmonic and serving on the board.You might think a cap with that many feathers would be a comfortable fit for the head it covers. Not always. Even with

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62:29

Walker Burroughs behind the spotlight: American Idol...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/10/24

Walker Burroughs is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and piano player based in Nashville Tennessee. Best known as a top 8 finalist on American Idol, he toured nationally as the keyboard player in Bobby Bones’ band, and is presently playing shows with fellow Idol alum, season 8 winner Kris Allen. Walker is currently sponsored by Yomega Yo-Yos. Get full access to The Morse Code at korby.substack.com/subscribe

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62:28

Mason Mecartea: From Stranger Things to the #1 movie...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/10/17

Mason Mecartea is an actor and director based in Nashville, best known for his role as Dan Shelter in Stranger Things, and Cole in Damien Leone's Terrifier 3, which, as of this writing, is the #1 movie in the country. Get full access to The Morse Code at korby.substack.com/subscribe

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75:57

How Pam and Pawpaw went Viral and Took Instagram by...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/08/29

On the season finale of the Morse Code Podcast, I talk with actor, comedian, musician, and self-proclaimed recovering Pentecostal Andi Marie Tillman about… well a lot of things. When someone shows up for the taping with pointy ears dressed like she escaped from the Renaissance Faire, you know it’s going to be an interesting hour.If you haven’t caught Andi’s many viral improvs on Instagram and TikTok, I don’t know what your problem is. Her hilarious cast of characters — Pawpaw and Pam, Charlene and

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74:41

Comedy Gold: Turning Acting Improv into Stand-Up...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/08/22

I speak with a rising star in the comedy world, the hilarious and genuine Amber Autry. The before we taped I was in the audience at a sold-out set for Amber’s Summer/Fall residency at Zanie’s in Nashville. Her bits were so seamlessly interwoven with her improvised crowd work that the stitches were invisible — I couldn’t tell where the rehearsed part ended and the improv began. Randa and I laughed our asses off and I left with a feeling that I had just seen someone special. On this wide-ranging

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65:11

How to make and sell a multi-million dollar movie,...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/08/15

On the latest episode of the Morse Code Podcast I speak with Emmy-nominated filmmaker Derek Dienner on his wild journey producing the independently-funded feature film — “Brave the Dark” starring Jared Harris (Mad Men, Chernobyl) — surviving cancer in his 30s, and staying motivated in a highly unpredictable industry.Derek and I met at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. He’d recently finished his first feature film and was in the process of finding a distribution partner to help him release

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54:27

When the girl next door is suddenly playing the...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/08/08

Natalya Kay is a fiddler in the Irish tradition and a key member of Celtic super group Gaelic Storm. She and I met in the spring of 2020 when she moved into the house next door to mine in East Nashville. I think the first time we jammed was at a party in my front yard. I remember thinking two things about that encounter. One was, Man this girl can really play! The other was, being shocked to hear her say she had no interest in any kind of career as a professional musician. That seems like a long

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70:22

An artist I admire challenges me on the privilege of...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/08/01

I speak with Latin GRAMMY-nominated songwriter, producer, artist, activist, chef and friend Alex Wong about his lifelong evolution as an indie music maker and meaning seeker.Whether writing and performing his own award-winning songs or producing albums for such luminaries as Vienna Teng and Delta Rae, Alex has always pushed his work beyond conventional ideas of what it means to be an artist. I would even say Alex is one of the most authentically integrated creatives I know. Everything he does is

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51:25

Annie Williams: Jump your motorcycle through a ring...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/07/25

With some artists the creative spark doesn’t stop just because the guitar gets put down. That’s Annie Williams. Anyone who knows her would say the same. From her self-built straw bale house to her hand-sewn performance costumes to her deeply personal songs, the muse follows her everywhere she goes, and does its best to keep up. She just released her debut album, Visitor, seven years and one lifetime in the making. Produced with Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses, it’s at once playful and fresh and,

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61:11

Spencer Glover: A Disney Director’s advice to the...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/07/18

I speak with director Spencer Glover about his experience with Disney as a participant in their coveted Launchpad program. Selected from more than 2000 applicants, the longtime Nashville filmmaker spent a year in the incubator, honing his skills under the auspices of industry execs.The experience culminated in his Disney directorial debut BLACK BELTS, a coming of age Kung Fu story you can watch right now on Disney+. Black Belts went on to win a 2024 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding

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72:28

Michael Weintrob: The Importance of Relationships in...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/07/11

I speak with award-winning music photographer Michael Weintrob about his unusual path through the visual side of music, and how keeping his head down and his heart open has resulted in one of the most exciting careers in the business.Michael and I met around 2013. I was instantly struck by his combustible hustle, a kind of leaning forward in life. I was rocking bowties back then (call it my Willie Wonka phase) and… he grabbed me in my native habitat.I’ve been following him ever since — through his

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65:57

Liz Riggs: A Debut Novelist’s Journey from...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/07/03

I speak with author Liz Riggs about the impending publication of her debut novel, Lo Fi out on Riverhead Books June 9. Liz’s publisher was kind enough to send me an advance copy, and from paragraph one I recognized the reverb-drenched setting — a world of live bands, late nights, broken AC, unravelling yard parties, and half-remembered conversations over hand-rolled joints — as my own. I was a devoted participant of the world of Lo Fi, namely the post-flood Nashville of the 2010s. I went to the

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57:22

Ryan Culwell: A Brief History of Things that Haven’t...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/06/27

I caught Ryan Culwell — singer-songwriter, panhandle poet and father of four — on a recent pass through town, to talk about songwriting from a personal perspective, growing up in the Texas Panhandle, and what made him move back after a decade in the Nashville hopper. I’ve know the man for almost twenty years. I’ve been his fan and I’ve caught his shows. A few weeks ago I saw a post he wrote in white heat and flung against the wall like a dish in a fight. Anyone who has driven five hundred miles too

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56:18

Claire Gibson: Creating Space as a Prerequisite for...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/06/20

I speak with novelist Claire Gibson about her unusual journey toward publication, from roving the country as a young Army brat, to living at West Point as a faculty daughter, to the fateful day when a close friend made a galvanizing observation: she was in a unique position to capture the lives and experiences of the women of West Point in the 9/11 generation. The result was Beyond the Point, published by William Morrow in 2019.Claire and I met last year at Writerfest in Nashville — I found her

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84:13

Robert Ellis - In Conversation with a Triple Threat |...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/06/13

I speak with artist and multi-instrumentalist Robert Ellis, one of the best singer-songwriters of his generation. I'll tell you why: first, his songs do what great pop songs do - grab your attention with a hook as sticky as hot honey (check out “Bottle of Wine” for an example), but you get a sense there’s always something held in reserve, something that won’t be revealed until you come back for a second or third or fourth listen.That might have to do with Robert’s respect for the mutable laws of

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75:55

Studio Secrets from a Nashville Savant - Every Choice...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/06/06

On the latest episode of the Morse Code Podcast I speak with singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Anthony Da Costa about the unique trajectory of his musical path, already nosing into its third decade. At 33, Anthony has continued to forge a symbiotic balance between helping fellow artists realize their own visions and making songs that are uniquely his own. We discuss his early history as something of young folk prodigy, spending his teenage years opening for artists like Loretta Lynn and

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65:44

Jeremy Lister: Synch Songs, Sobriety and Ultra...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/05/30

On the new episode of The Morse Code Podcast I speak with singer-songwriter and ultramarathon runner Jeremy Lister about his unusual - and unusually successful - path in music, starting with his emergence in Nashville as a breakaway artist in the late 2000’s through his recent gigs singing with Eric Church at Coachella to his latest synch on Grey’s Anatomy a few weeks ago.You never know how these conversations will go - the second half is spent unpacking Jeremy’s addiction, before and after he got

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78:29

Kali Bailey: The Cavalry Isn’t Coming, You Are The...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/05/23

In episode #132 of the MCP, I speak with director Kali Bailey about her career in cinema thus far, starting with the wildly successful fan film Neville Longbottom and the Black Witch (over 8 million views on YouTube), a piece written and directed by Bailey based on a character known to Harry Potter fans everywhere. We talk about the act of faith required in seeing a large creative project through to conclusion, as well as the importance of fostering relationships with studios as a means for bringing

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68:08

Cody Duncum: Shooting Mumford & Sons and Following...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/05/16

Cody Duncum is a director and cinematographer working out of Nashville. His latest effort, a short film called Where the Bullets Go, has been busy on the film festival circuit, with official selections at the The Appalachian Film Festival, Filmfort, the Oxford Film Festival, IFF Boston, and more. An in-demand cinematographer, he’s worked behind the camera with countless artists including Mumford and Sons, Miranda Lambert, George Kittle, Julian Baker, Kevin Morby… we talk about the realities of being

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82:58

Abigail Rose: The Permissive Anonymity of Living in a...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2024/05/09

I speak with singer-songwriter Abigail Rose on the heels of her widely acclaimed debut EP Surprise Valley, about why she had to leave the comfort of her hometown in order to discover her artistic identity. We compare notes: I experienced a similar freedom of reinvention when I moved to Nashville almost twenty years ago. We discuss the perils and rewards of doing creative work with a life partner, and how making stuff together can deepen an already meaningful relationship. Finally I join her on

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