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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S4E12: 12/29/94 — Jonathan Hart
S4E11: 10/31/94 - Aaron Stein
S4E10: 6/22/94 — Scott Gray
S4E9: 5/7/94 — Dean Budnick
S4E8: 12/31/93 — Benjy Eisen
S4E7: 8/13/93 - Charlie Dirksen and Brian Feller
S4E6: 5/8/93 — Brad Sands
S4E5: 2/20/93 — Josh Carver
S4E4: 7/25/92 — Shelly Culbertson
S4E3: 4/21/92 — Holly Bowling
S4E2: 8/3/91 — Amy Skelton
S4E1: 11/2/90 — John Paluska
S3E5: Hoist The Banner
S3E4: Jam Filled
S3E3: Setlists
S3E2: The Long Gig
S3E1: MSG
Introducing | Sugar Maple
S2E10: You're Already There
S2E9: Phish Without Borders
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