The “Journey of a Thousand Miles” Runcast
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
The Runcast is back for its fifth season! To kick things off, DJ John Richards brings a fiery set of tracks to inspire and motivate you on your run. From the soulful sounds of Michelle David and the True-Tones through fresh jams from Lala Lala, Genesis Owusu, and more. John reminds you on this episode that 1) the first mile is a liar and 2) Lao Tzu’s maxim that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Michelle David and the True-Tones - “Running”
Anna Calvi and Iggy Pop - “God’s Lonely Man”
Genesis Owusu - “Stampede”
Makthaverskan - “Shatter”
Lala Lala - “Even Mountains Erode”
Mona et Toi - “Nothing Rhymes With Myself”
Liz Cooper - “Better Than Ever”
Ismay “- American Flag”
Hannah Lew - “Sunday”
Beatrice Deer - “Aukkauti”
Swapmeet - “I Know”
Girl Scout - “Uh-Huh”
Francis of Delirium - “It’s a Beautiful Life”
Ian Sweet - “Criminal Kissing”
Melanie Baker - “HAHA!”
Sunsick Daisy - “Waiting For”
Arlo Parks - “Get Go”
Host: John Richards
Produced and Mastered by: William Myers
Production support: Serafima Healy
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Richards and welcome to Season 5 of K-EXP's Runcast. |
| 0:06.0 | I am so excited for another season of music and community. |
| 0:12.0 | Few things before we get started. |
| 0:15.0 | The first is remember. |
| 0:17.0 | The first mile is always a liar. |
| 0:19.0 | You're out of shape. You have on the wrong shirt. Your shoes feel off. What are you doing right now? And you probably should just take a nap. Okay, all of those thoughts might be going through your head. I went on a run today. It's one of the reasons my voice is a little weak. Ironically, I ran a little too much in the heat and got a little dehydrated. |
| 0:38.8 | So I'd also remind you, please hydrate. When you're thinking of reasons you shouldn't be running, |
| 0:43.9 | don't make water one of them. All right, let's get started. The quote I want to start you with |
| 0:49.3 | is not just the first mile is always a liar, but Lao Tzuu said the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single |
| 0:55.4 | step and that journey begins right now with Michelle David and the True Tones. This is called running. |
| 1:02.0 | Running, running. Trying to get to something running Running |
| 1:12.6 | Running into nothing |
| 1:15.6 | I'm running |
| 1:17.6 | Running |
| 1:18.6 | Trying to get to something |
| 1:22.6 | Running |
| 1:23.6 | Running |
| 1:24.6 | Running |
| 1:26.6 | Running Running into nothing |
| 1:29.3 | So I'm fasting |
| 1:32.3 | Dreaming |
| 1:35.3 | praying |
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