PEL Presents NEM#246: Robert Deeble in His Talking Voice
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Folky singer/songwriter and psychotherapist Robert started in the '80s but considers 1994 his professional debut and has now released his seventh album since then, The Space Between Us.
We discuss "Attic of Desire" (and the intro is "The Forest From the Tree") from that album, plus "Uncertain" from Beloved (2017), the title track from Earthside Down (1998). End song: "Rock A Bye" feat. Victoria Williams from Days Like These (1994). More at robertdeeble.com.
Watch Robert's video for "The Forest From the Tree." The previous version of "Attic of Desire" was called "A Formal Apology" from Thirteen Stories (2003). Watch Robert and his band play "Earthside Down" live in 2002.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by GameTime, the most convenient place to get concert tickets. |
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| 0:19.1 | You're listening to Nakedly Examined Music, a podcast about songs and songwriters. |
| 0:23.2 | My name is Mark Linsenmeyer. |
| 0:24.9 | My guest for episode 246 is singer-songwriter Robert Debel, who says he is promoting his seventh album. |
| 0:32.1 | He actually had two albums before that, so starting way back in 1989. |
| 0:37.3 | You're right now hearing The Forest from the Tree from that new album, The Space Between Us, |
| 0:42.1 | and we'll soon be discussing the Attic of Desire from that album. |
| 0:45.5 | Then we'll look back to his 2017 album, Beloved, and talk about the song Uncertain. |
| 0:50.7 | Then we'll talk about the title track from his 1998 album, Earthside Down. |
| 0:55.7 | We will conclude by listening to Rockabai, featuring Victoria Williams, from 1994's Days Like |
| 1:02.0 | These, his professional debut. |
| 1:04.8 | For more information, please go to Robert Debel.com. |
| 1:08.2 | For more about this podcast, go to nakedly examined music.com or go to patreon.com |
| 1:13.3 | slash nakedly examined music to support the podcast, which will get you an ad-free feed and all my notes used for these discussions. |
| 1:25.0 | When you're trying near. |
| 1:27.9 | So I'll play it a little bit of the Forest from the Tree, your latest single, |
| 1:32.2 | released this last September from The Space Between Us, your new album. |
| 1:36.0 | And we're going to talk about a full song from that in a minute, |
| 1:39.1 | and we'll go back further in your catalog. |
| 1:41.6 | I will have already tried to sum up the arc of your career |
| 1:44.9 | since the 80s in my little intro that I'll record later, but you tell me, I see that you |
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