Two Good Ears Podcast
Two Good Ears is what happens when one lifelong audiofile, musician, producer, audio engineer, and storyteller sits down with the people who make music worth listening to. Host Rich Reardin invites artists, producers, engineers, and fellow sound‑obsessives to talk shop, swap stories, and lend an ear on how music really gets made.
The show grew out of 'In Search of a Song' which morphed into 'Beyond a Song', a long‑running radio series Rich co-hosted and produced from 2005 with guitarist Jason Wilber (John Prine). Over 700 episodes aired on PRX, capturing candid moments with icons, innovators, and the unsung heroes of the music, in the recording studio and on stage performance.
Today, in podcast form, Two Good Ears carries that spirit forward. It blends fresh interviews, pro‑audio insight, music history, and the kind of relaxed, real conversations that only happen when musicians talk to musicians. Whether it’s a veteran producer, a touring songwriter, or a new artist finding their voice, every guest brings a story worth hearing — and Rich brings the curiosity, humor, and experience to draw it out.
If you love music, the craft behind it, and the people who make it matter, you’re in the right place.
Two Good Ears Podcast
TGE Episode 333 - John Westhues
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This episode features a conversation with a longtime friend who spent the early 1970s living in Helsinki during the rise of Finland’s progressive rock movement. Known locally for his WFHB radio show (Bloomington, Indiana) on Finnish and Scandinavian music, he brings firsthand insight into the era that produced bands like Wigwam and other innovators of the Finnish music scene. We talk about his time in Finland, the music that defined it, and the cultural threads that connect Helsinki to Bloomington.
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST FOR SCANDINAVIAN AND FINNISH SONGS REFERENCED IN THIS PODCAST.
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