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Here's a perhaps interesting question: is a radio show about excitement itself exciting?  Self Help Radio put that to the test on this show! In addition to lots of songs about excitement - being excited - things that are exciting - we talked to four guests who told us what ... Read more

Many years ago, many miles away, I decided to start a radio series about the genre of indiepop.  This may not be what you think it is.  Using the band list at twee.net - but adding bands I thought they neglected, & also bands & musicians I thought were influential to the ge... Read more

Turquoise is a mineral which is used as a gem which gives its name to a color.  All three of these aspects of turquoise inform this radio program about turquoise.  There are quite a few songs here about turquoise & turquoise things. In addition to those songs, the show als... Read more

Waste time with a show that's quite a waste of time!  Lots of songs about wasting time (look at that playlist below!) plus conversations with: our resident cinephile, Chuck, who talks about time travel movies; a performace artist, Jay Arvis, who tours with an art show called ... Read more

A program about attics.  With discussions with: A person who cleans attics for a living. A "phrogger" who prefers attics. A promoter who puts on shows in attics. A friend who lives in an attic. & a realtor who sells attics. Plus three hours of music about attics (see below). S... Read more

The Middle Way, in Buddhism, is, according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the "complement of general & specific ethical practices & philosophical views that are said to facilitate enlightenment by avoiding the extremes of self-gratification on one hand & self-mortification... Read more

When I was a kid, I wanted a pony.  As an adult, I have to settle for a show about ponies. Luckily it's full of lots of songs about ponies.  You can't ride them, but still.  Also there are many conversations: with my friend Jarvis, who has a pony; with a fellow who wants t... Read more

In a previous show, six months ago - you can listen here! - Self Help Radio played lots of music from 1986.  Host Gary turned 18 that year, graduated high school, went off to college, & somewhere in-between got his first kiss.  & while many folks might be a bit perplexed wh... Read more

Please be warned: no one involved with this show, which purports to be, or rather, attempts to be, a fancy show, has any real experience with fanciness.  It may be not terribly fancy. What you'll find are many songs about fancy things (& fancy itself) plus interviews with ... Read more

Airing the night of the fourth of July, when grown-up children with their explody toys are deeply unkind to people with PTSD & to pets everywhere, this week's Self Help Radio sought to explore kindness with music & talk.  You can see the music played on the playlist below. ... Read more