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First ever.

The first ever podcast.

My name is Jeremy Bollm.

I am your host, and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today.

This is episode 274. And my guest this week

is Nate Newton of Converge, Old Man Gloom, Cavean, Doom, Doom, Dume, Jesuit, and more.

Converge just announced a new album called Love is Not Enough, which drops February 13th,

2026 on Epitaph Records, which, if you're paying attention, is cleverly the day before

Valentine's Day.

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