Your Summer Jams…One Last Time

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Host Kai Wright checks in with producer Regina de Heer about our summer playlist one last time. Hear the latest submissions from listeners and WNYC staff, about their songs of the summer and why they chose it. Stream the complete Summer Playlist on Spotify here. Plus, we end the playlist by unveiling our show's new name and theme music with our sound designer and engineer, Jared Paul.

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0:00.0	I'm Kai Wright and I'm joined by our producer Regina DeHir.
0:05.0	Hey Regina.
0:06.0	Hi Kai.
0:07.0	Okay, so the last time you joined us for a check-in, you gave us an update on this project
0:11.6	that you've been overseeing.
0:13.0	We've asked listeners to send us the song that they're really feeling this summer.
0:18.2	And tell us a story behind that summer jam, what it means to them.
0:22.0	You've been making a playlist, they're on Spotify, people have been loving it.
0:26.0	It's now the end of summer.
0:28.2	How did all this go?
0:29.4	Danielle Smith started us off with some really great selections, you know, Beyonce,
0:34.0	Queen Janet Jackson, really got us off strong.
0:37.7	We got emails here and there with people adding songs, but if you remember, we were missing
0:42.2	some of the stories behind it.
0:44.3	But after we asked again, things really picked up.
0:48.3	People started telling a story.
0:49.3	We got tons of different things, right?
0:51.1	Yes.
0:52.1	The playlist was indeed a big hit, you know.
0:54.5	I heard a lot of feedback from people even around WNYC, the offices over here, like my
1:00.5	friend Luke, who works on another WNYC show, all of it hosted by Allison Stewart.
1:05.6	They talk about music and culture all the time and he had a selection from Prince.
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