what would you even do with a brain if you had one?

September 3, 2020 2:12 PM

The Brain Radio is a long-running music podcast hosted by Eva and Pascal Lebrain and (probably) doesn't sound like much else you've heard...

Running since 1999, it deals in freaky electro, cheesy vintage, movie themes, dry rock, international sounds and general weirdness, interspersed with absurd aphorisms (in French). Their Amix series hosts guest mixes from their friends, collaborators and musician fans.

posted by deeker (7 comments total)

I've been meaning to post this for ages and just got round to it. I've been listening to it for about six or seven years. I discovered it at pretty much exactly the same time as In Our Time and, no exaggeration, listed to little but the archives of those two podcasts for about two months, which did odd things to my head. (I thought this biographical detail better belonged in a comment than the post proper.)
posted by deeker at 2:15 PM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]

SwaG! Radio vibes, for sure (previously).
posted by johnnydummkopf at 2:45 PM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]

It took me a few minutes to figure out how to add this to my podcatcher (Overcast), since it didn't come up when I searched. I was able to subscribe by adding it by their URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBrainRadioshow (Someone tell me if this is the wrong way to do this!)

Thanks for the tip, this is something I'd never heard of and seems like exactly what I need right now!
posted by modus_pwns at 3:07 PM on September 3, 2020 [2 favorites]

what would you even do with a brain if you had one?

I could while away the hours conferring with the flowers and consulting with the rain.
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:34 PM on September 3, 2020 [6 favorites]

Excited to check this out!
posted by Going To Maine at 8:05 PM on September 3, 2020

I just started listening to AMIX #16 (chosen at random). Raucous, energetic, more interesting short-term variation than a lot of other music. Thanks for the recommendation.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 11:48 PM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]

what would you even do with a brain if you had one?

I'll think of something.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 12:07 PM on September 4, 2020 [1 favorite]