On Bowl's eye, Peter Dinklage, Bird Whisper.

I started talking to the crows and befriending crows.

I fed them every morning, they're at my door.

I'll talk with the Game of Thrones star about his new movie with Shirley McClain and because this is NPR.

Birds.

That's on Bullsey for Maximum Fun.org and NPR.

This is fresh air.

I'm Terry Gross. Our guests, Carrie Brownstein and Corrin Tucker, formed

the band Sladeer Kenny 30 years ago during the height of the Riot Girl feminist

punk scene in Olympia Washington. the and Maria Boldenado. It's been almost 20 years since Rolling Stone

deemed Slater Kenny the best American punk rock band ever.

So we're lucky that the band, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are still making music and performing live.

Since they started playing together in the 90s, up until their latest album Little Rope,

their music continues to evolve, but still holds on to some signature tenets.

The interplay of explosive guitars,

Coron Tucker's distinctive whale, catharsis, vulnerability, guts and feminism, sour mixed with energetic joy.

During an eight-year hiatus, they both worked on solo music projects, while Carrie Brownstein also co-created the sketch comedy

show Portlandia with comedian and SNL alum Fred Armison.

Sleater Kinney reunited 10 years ago in 2014 and became a duo in 2019 after the departure

of longtime drummer Janet Weiss.

Little Rope is their 11th album.

While they were working on it,

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