The Leftovers with Jonathan Russell
Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
Rachel Belle
4.8 • 730 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Jonathan Russell, vocalist, guitarist and founding member of the band The Head and the Heart.
In this week’s lightning round, Jonathan talks about the joy of picking up the tab, what back-up dish he often brings to holiday meals (just in case he doesn’t like the version the hosts made!) and what he loves to cook when he returns home from tour.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | One of my favorite places in the Pacific Northwest, the most charming little seaside village, is Langley, Washington. |
| 0:05.9 | Langley is on the south end of Woodby Island, just a 20-minute ferry ride plus a 35-minute drive from Seattle. |
| 0:11.6 | And if you love mysteries, if you are a true crime or murder podcast junkie, you're going to want to spend the weekend in Langley, February 21st and 22nd for mystery weekend, where locals and visitors run around town, collecting clues, living in a |
| 0:26.0 | story that local writers have created, interacting with costume characters, trying to solve |
| 0:31.0 | the big mystery. |
| 0:32.0 | The clues are planted in local shops, like Greyhorse Mercantile, a dreamy specialty food |
| 0:37.3 | shop that sells cheeses, |
| 0:38.8 | my favorite brands of chocolate and tin fish, |
| 0:41.0 | the Star Store, a Langley classic, |
| 0:43.6 | and beer cutery for more cheese and chocolate and beverages. |
| 0:47.2 | Book a place to stay and spend the whole weekend |
| 0:49.5 | solving mysteries, eating great food, |
| 0:51.4 | and maybe even winning big prizes. |
| 0:53.8 | Plan your trip and learn more about mystery weekend at visit langley.com. |
| 0:58.3 | That's visit langley.com. |
| 1:04.6 | Welcome to The Leftovers. I'm Rachel Bell. The Leftovers is audio left on the cutting room floor from last week's your last meal interview. |
| 1:16.0 | And today, you'll hear never before heard cuts from Jonathan Russell, vocalist, guitar player and founding member of the band The Head and the Heart. |
| 1:25.9 | Last week, Jonathan talked about eating as an introvert and how his childhood dinner table |
| 1:31.2 | affected the way he enjoys meals today. |
| 1:34.2 | I'm still trying to come to terms with the community around eating. |
| 1:37.7 | I know that that's true. |
| 1:40.4 | I believe you when you're saying that. |
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