Walter Martin Radio Hour: Selected Episodes

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Selected public episodes from Walter Martin Radio Hour. The full show — weekly episodes, handmade playlists, interviews, and the complete back catalog — lives at waltermartin.substack.com.So who is Walter Martin?I’m a songwriter and musician and I’ve been in the bands The Walkmen and Jonathan Fire*Eater in one form or another since I was 12. Literally. I also make a lot of music under my own name and write songs for film, TV and advertising. You can learn all about my work here.What’s the deal with your radio show?In May 2024, I started a weekly radio show (Walter Martin Radio Hour) on Sunday nights on my favorite radio station, WEXT in upstate New York and I post new episodes on my Substack every Friday. I play vinyl records from my record collection and talk about why I like them and why other people might like them.What’s the show like?It’s an informal hour-long show recorded live with my favorite scratchy records. I provide some deep and shallow commentary and some mostly acc