Beyond the tape trading, the road trips, the lot vibe, the people you meet, the lights dropping, etc, the reason we all come back to Phish is for the music. Why do people throw everything they have into this band? Why are we podcasting about them in 2021? Why are we trying to decipher all of their inside jokes? Why are we debating and relisting to jams decades after they happened?
In this episode we explore these questions and more. Focusing on the world Phish has built through their music, we hear from die hard fans who break down the why behind their Phish fandom. Featuring interviews with Dave Calarco, Carla Ngo, Scott Bernstein, Pu Tzu and more, this episode looks at the extreme in-joke nature of the Phish fan experience and tries to better understand why we simple cannot get enough of this crazy band.
Undermine is brought to you by Osiris Media, the leading music storyteller. Executive Producers are Tom Marshall, RJ Bee, Brian Brinkman and Matt Dwyer. Written by Benjy Eisen. Produced and Edited by Brian Brinkman. Mixed and Mastered by Matt Dwyer. Produced by David Goldstein, Jonathan Hart, Brad TenBrook and Dawn Jenkins. Production assistance and writing by Noah Eckstein and Julia Shuster. Social media by Nick Cejas. Original music by Amar Sastry. Show art by Mark Dowd. Thank you to all of our interviewees.
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Bonus! 11/19/97 with Joel Cummins
S4E31: 11/21/97 — Craig Hillwig
S4E30: 11/19/97 — Andy Kahn
S4E29: 11/17/97 — Trey Anastasio
S4E28: 11/16/97 — Scott Galbraith
S4E27: 11/14/97 — Dom Deluca
S4E26: 11/13/97 — Drew Hitz + Charlie Dirksen
S4E25: 8/16/97 + 8/17/97 — Jim Pollock
S4E24: 8/10/97 — Rob Mitchum
S4E23: 7/1/97 +7/2/97 — Scott Marks
S4E22: 3/1/97 — Brad Sands
S4E21: 2/17/97 — Brian Brinkman
S4E20: 12/6/96 — Richard Gehr
S4E19: 10/31/96 — Gerald Gottesman
S4E18: 8/16-17/96 — Lars Fisk
S4E17: 12/31/95 — Drew Hitz
S4E16: 12/14/95 — David Steinberg
S4E15: 12/1/95 — Benjy Eisen
S4E14: 11/14/95 — Ari Fink
S4E13: 6/22/95 — Lenny Stubbe
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