LIVE FROM THE LOUNGE with Keythe Farley

LIVE FROM THE LOUNGE with Keythe Farley

Live From the Lounge: The Rhythm of the Seasons is a variety show podcast hosted by Keythe Farley. It's a collection of stories, songs and conversations intuitively designed to help you groove with The Rhythm of the Seasons.

Episodes

November 19, 2023 73 mins

This month's podcast is about going home.

Keythe shares a Thanksgiving story by O. Henry about the unintended consequences of our generosity.

He also talks with Johnny and Mack from Double Batch Daddy about their new record Local Lemonade.

John Ballinger sings a September Song that actually works pretty well for November too.

In our final Seasons of Life segment, we hear from a quartet of folks in their 80s and 90s.

And Keythe talks abo...

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This show is all about The Harvest.We'll meet four fascinating folks in their "Harvest Years" (50 to 65).Double Batch Daddy has a new record on the way called Local Lemonade. It drops November 4, but we've got an advanced copy of the first single, and we're spinning it on this show.In honor of Halloween, Keythe reads Winston Churchill’s first published essay: a short horror story called Man Overboard.And Keythe talks about bringing...
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September 17, 2023 57 mins
September is the month we head back to work, and this podcast is all about working. Double Batch Daddy sing a classic labor song.Ruby Farley and John Ballinger rock a little 9 to 5.In our Seasons of Life segment, we hear from four folks in their "early middle age" (mid 30s to early 50s).Keythe reads a story from "Working", Studs Turkel’s landmark oral history of laborers in the US.And Keythe shares what he learned about the labor m...
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Welcome to August, the most august month of the year. So august, in fact, that we're presenting our annual Unapologetic and Unabashed Best of The Rhythm of the Seasons. We plucked a great scary story from our October episode, which is perfect to tell around a late-summer campfire.The amazing Rose Portillo joins us to discuss her connection to family traditions, and to the larger community of Los Angeles.In honor of going back to sc...
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July 16, 2023 61 mins
Welcome to July. This month's episode is an exhortation to camp. Back in 2021 we invited friends and family members to share their childhood experiences of summer camp and sing some rowdy camp songs. We’re replaying those stories and songs this month.Double Batch Daddy share with us a classic campfire song that gets a bad wrap, as well as a piece that goes well with our Independence Day celebrations.John Ballinger cools us off with...
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In honor of Pride Month, We're going back through the archives and repodcasting some of our favorite interviews and radio sketches. To round out Pride Month, we're sharing Keythe's interview with his son Vice. VIce is a recent graduate (Magna Cum Laude) from UC Berkeley. He has a degree in Sociology and a minor in Spanish. This interview is from June 2021, and covers the history of Pride as well as his and his family's journey to a...
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June 18, 2023 69 mins
Hey there! Welcome to June. We’re smack dab in the middle of the year. The sun is out, the days are long and we’ve got a collection of stories, songs and conversations all intuitively designed to help you groove with the rhythm of the seasons.This month's podcast is about Being Proud.John Ballinger and Double Batch Daddy are here to kick off the summer in song. Keythe reads a short story about the joys and pains of becoming a fathe...
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This Bonus Episode is part of our celebration of Pride Month. Look for our brand new podcast, BE PROUD! dropping Fathers' Day, June 18.If you don’t know JP Karliak by name, you’re certainly familiar with the characters he’s portrayed. He’s the voice of The Boss Baby on Netflix, Wile E. Coyote for Warner Bros, and The Tin Man in Dorothy’s Adventures in Oz. JP is also a committed social activist and a self-described snappy dresser. I...
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Our regular Rhythm of the Seasons podcast is coming your way this Fathers’ Day, June 18. In the meantime, we’re celebrating Pride with some of our favorite interviews and segments from the past three years that touch on the experience of being part of the LGBTQ+ community. First up, we’re re-presenting this sweet and funny modern fable from the LA based comedy collective The Burglars of Hamm. It’s called "The Gay Man Who Did Not Se...
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May 14, 2023 53 mins

The theme of today's show is GROWTH.

John Ballinger and Double Batch Daddy celebrate the Golden Afternoon.

In our new segment The Seasons of Life, we’ll hear from four high school juniors and seniors and find out what they’re thinking and feeling as the school year comes to a close.

Jenny Yokobori reads a lovely Japanese fable about passing the torch to a worthy successor.

And Keythe shares some thoughts on the incredible power mothers...

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April 16, 2023 54 mins

This month's episode is about The April Fool.John Ballinger and Double Batch Daddy celebrate the season cycle in song.

Ruby Farley and Keythe share a story in honor of Earth Day that explores some fascinating ways humans facing climate change might choose to change themselves.

We have three middle schoolers joining us to share their perspectives in our new segment called The Seasons of Life.

And later on, we’ll consider following the...

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March 12, 2023 55 mins

This month's show is all about Springing Forward.

Double Batch Daddy help us feel that hum as the world springs back to life.

Keythe performs a short story about the dangers of spring… especially if you happen to live in the city of love.

We check in with a collection of 9, 10 and 11 year-olds and hear what’s on their minds and in their hearts.

John Ballinger and Laura Martin help us put winter behind us as they sing us into a Sunshin...

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February 12, 2023 52 mins

This month we’re exploring How to Begin .

In honor of Valentine's Day, Keythe shares a Kurt Vonnegut short story of a love triangle where one of the lovers is not a human.

Double Batch Daddy honors the bleak mid-winter in song.

This month we begin a new feature called The Seasons of Life where we ask a collection of basic questions to a group of folks who are roughly the same age. This month we start with kindergarteners.

The Ukulele ...

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January 15, 2023 50 mins

Today’s show is all about Dreaming Up where you want to go this year!

Ruby Farley shares a story that’ll make you feel like you’re in a dream.

John Ballinger and Double Batch Daddy are California Dreamin’.

Keythe chats with Amateur Sleep Sleuth Tom Keegan about how he conquered insomnia.

Ann Closs-Farley sings you off to dreamland

And Keythe talks about rethinking your New Year’s Resolutions in a way that’ll give them every chance to su...

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December 11, 2022 49 mins

This month’s lounge is simply a celebration of the holidays because, let’s face it, you’ve earned it.

Ann Closs-Farley shares with us her story of what it was like to endure a “Spiritual Holiday".

Ray Chase and Julia Julia McIlvaine are back to perform in the holiday ode to Slackers called "Happy NO-lidays".

John Ballinger and Double Batch Daddy are here to kick out the holiday jams.

And Keythe shares the truly bizarre, and utterly ...

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November 13, 2022 59 mins

November's Lounge is all about Giving Thanks.

Double Batch Daddy bring us a new tune about coming through with gratitude.

Keythe talks with Dan Boul, co-creator of 65 Amps– a line of guitar amplifiers– about cultivating a thankful mindset even in the face of loss.

Keythe reads a sweet story by O. Henry that celebrates selfless giving and heavy eating in equal measure.

And we explore the theme of gratitude as a practice that can be cu...

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October 16, 2022 57 mins

This month’s lounge is all about Taking Stock.

Double Batch Daddy present a new song about writing a new song and finding connection in the process.

Rose Portillo from the animated movie ENCANTO stops by to share the healing magic that happens when we make time to honor those who have passed on.

Ruby Farley and John Ballinger think about Things We Used To Do.

In honor of Halloween, Keythe reads a very scary story about a very scary guy...

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September 11, 2022 51 mins

We’re back to school and back to work and the clock is ticking. There's lots of stuff to get done! Let’s get to it:

Matt and Carol Almos share with us a Human Resources interview like no other.

John Ballinger and Ruby Farley punch the clock, quite literally, with their rendition of a Dolly Parton classic.

Double Batch Daddy have been hard at work on a brand new song.

Keythe talks with Myriame Lachapelle about her experiences working as...

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August 7, 2022 59 mins

Welcome to The Lounge!

The theme of this month’s Lounge is Take a Break, and in the spirit of that sentiment, we’re taking a break ourselves and presenting you with an Unashamed and Unabashed Best of the Lounge Episode.

We’ll return to Thanksgiving for a musical story that Matt and Carol Almos wrote with Brendan Milburn.

Keythe revisits his time at Marching Band Camp to remind us that taking the first step is often the most difficult ...

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July 10, 2022 49 mins

This month’s Lounge is all about Camping.

Throughout the Lounge The Zehnder Family Singers perform campfire songs live.

Our radio show is about the surprisingly transformative power of a few weeks away at camp.

Keythe talks with his parents, his spouse and his kids about his family’s history as campers.

Keythe reflects on the utopia that is summer camp, and explores a much maligned campfire song that actually contains a rich history...

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