Questlove Reaches Into The Mailbag & Answers - February 1
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
On the latest “minisode” of The Questlove Show, Ahmir answers questions from the audience—ranging from his top five TV theme songs (pulled largely from 1970s and ’80s television, with plenty of context and backstory) to reflections on some of the show’s most challenging interviews. He talks about why asking personal questions matters, especially when guests struggle to elaborate, and how those moments can still unlock something human. Quest also shares anecdotes about the technical challenges of syncing music to film, his love of off-beat rhythms, and the lasting influence of J Dilla.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | The Questlove show is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 0:11.7 | What's up, good people? |
| 0:12.7 | This is Questlove. |
| 0:13.5 | In addition to our weekly interviews of the Questlove show, |
| 0:17.1 | I'm going to be doing some things periodically |
| 0:19.3 | where I'll tell you a little bit more about a guest or what's going on in my life. |
| 0:24.2 | I think they call this musings. |
| 0:26.3 | You know, another thing we want to do is take your feedback, take your questions, and I will answer them to the best of my ability. |
| 0:34.4 | So I'm giving you the listeners a chance to engage with me. |
| 0:38.1 | You can DM me to either the QLS account. |
| 0:41.2 | Matter of fact, only DM the QLS account. |
| 0:44.9 | Don't DM my account because I barely check my own account. |
| 0:47.8 | Okay. |
| 0:48.5 | Follow QLS on IG or go through QuestloveSupSup supreme.com. |
| 0:53.8 | And, you know, we'll be recording these a few times a month where I'll basically, uh, |
| 0:58.3 | you know, answer letters. |
| 1:05.7 | So we have a message from Executes on IG asks, What are my top five TV theme songs? |
| 1:13.0 | No particular order. |
| 1:16.3 | The theme to Barney Miller. |
| 1:19.1 | Funky baseline. |
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