Bob Boilen's farewell show: Songs that say 'goodbye'

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🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Twenty three years after creating and hosting All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen is retiring. But before he goes, we've got a special send-off, featuring a surprise guest list of his favorite artists.

You'll hear from Brian Eno, Sharon Van Etten, Jeff Tweedy, Mitski and a whole lot more.

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0:00.0	This message comes from an PR sponsor, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation,
0:05.1	who believe high-risk, high-reward research is the best way to make breakthroughs against
0:09.3	cancer.
0:10.3	Learn more about Damon Runyon's brave and bold approach at DamonRunyon.org.
0:15.0	A quick note before the show, this podcast contains explicit language.
0:19.0	So you're not going to get a weepy on me, Bob, are you?
0:22.0	This on you.
0:23.0	Your final show.
0:24.0	I took a bunch of medication, I'll be all right.
0:27.4	Well, I know I won't because I am a gold star bottler, man.
0:33.1	It is.
0:34.1	I push it all down and I don't have anything to worry about.
0:39.3	I have something here, little.
0:41.9	Do you remember newspapers?
0:43.3	This is our final show.
0:44.3	I mean, I don't know that.
0:46.4	Hi, Robin Hilton.
0:47.2	Hi, Bob.
0:48.6	Yeah, our final show, because you have announced your retirement, a grateful nation breathes
0:55.3	a sigh of relief.
0:59.3	I was going to ask you if you remember newspapers, but I know you probably remembered
1:02.9	DeGara type.
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