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Jack Antonoff on surviving grief, regret and working out life's uncertainties

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The producer, singer and songwriter talks with Rachel Martin, host of NPR's new podcast Wild Card, about some of life's biggest questions.

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Hey there everybody it's all songs to from NPR music. I'm Robin Hilton and

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today I've got a conversation that I think you're gonna like it's an episode of a

0:29.6

new podcast from NPR called Wild Card hosted by my friend Rachel Martin.

0:35.0

The conversation that you're going to hear today is with a musician whose work you probably know something about,

0:41.0

Jack Antonoff. He may be the busiest most sought-after

0:44.7

collaborator in the music industry today. His own band, Bleachers, just put out a

0:49.7

self-titled album this spring.

0:51.8

I'm on my head and knees begging you to kiss me

0:57.0

when I'm not around do you even miss me. I'm so tired of having self-respect. Let's do something a regret.

1:17.8

So on Wild Card, Jack Antonoff

1:20.0

actually isn't going to talk about writing music

1:22.3

or what it's like to craft, you know, an

1:24.6

unforgettable pop hook or what kind of gear you need to perfectly recreate the sound of 80s pop.

1:29.8

Wild Card is an interview show where Rachel asks guests to play a game and the game is about life's biggest questions and I mean really big questions like you know what is proof that someone really knows you or does the idea of an infinite universe excite

1:46.4

you or scare you?

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You know, topics that can be a little intimidating, maybe even a little painful at times, but in a good way of course, which is why Rachel made

1:56.5

the show into a game. The questions on Wild Card come at random from a specially designed deck of cards.

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