Japanese Breakfast joins host Talia Schlanger

Michelle Zauner has an incredibly rich creative life. She makes music as Japanese Breakfast with her collaborator Craig Hendrix, she directs music videos for people like Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst and she’s currently writing a 90-thousand-word book based on a New Yorker essay she wrote called Crying in H Mart. She joins host Talia Schlanger for a discussion about how the loss of her mom informed her own sense of identity as well as her music. Plus, we’ll hear music from the Japanese Breakfast catalog.

*R. E. M. “All The Way To Reno” Reveal
Japanese Breakfast “Essentially” Essentially
Japanese Breakfast “Road Head” Soft Sounds From Another Planet
Japanese Breakfast “Glider” Sable
Japanese Breakfast “Diving Woman” Soft Sounds From Another Planet
Japanese Breakfast “In Heaven” Psychopomp
Japanese Breakfast “Psychopomp” Psychopomp
Japanese Breakfast “Moon On The Bath” Psychompomp
Japanese Breakfast “Triple 7” Psychopomp
Japanese Breakfast “Everybody Wants To Love You” Psychopomp
Gorillaz “Feel Good Inc.” Demon Days
Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” Melophobia
Sir Woman “Highroad” Highroad (single)
Dr. Dog “Worst Trip” We All Belong
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real “Bad Case” Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)
Jeremy Ivey “Diamonds Back To Coal” The Dream and the Dreamer
Margo Price “Hurtin’ (On The Bottle)” Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
Meg Myers “Running up That Hill” Single
Spoon “I Turn My Camera On” Gimme Fiction
The Black Keys “Go” “Let’s Rock”

Hour Two
*Rodrigo Y Gabriela “Stairway To Heaven” Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Cigarettes After Sex “Heavenly” Cry
Talking Heads “Heaven” Fear Of Music
Patty Griffin “Heavenly Day” Children Running Through
Bob Dylan “Tryin’ To Get To Heaven” Time Out Of Mind
Warren Zevon “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” The Wind
Stevie Wonder “Heaven Is A Zillion Lightyears Away” Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Psychedelic Furs “Heaven” Mirror Moves
The Chills “Heavenly Pop Hit” Submarine Bells
Belinda Carlisle “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” Heaven On Earth
Donovan “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” A Gift From a Flower To A Garden
Traffic “Heaven Is In Your Mind” Mr. Fantasy
The Clash “Straight To Hell” Combat Rock

*Optional Song