Ep. 58.5: Best of Music

Episode notes

Strike up the band! It’s another Best-Of edition of Go Fact Yourself!

We’ve gone all the way back to our very first episode to find some of the best segments with guests who chose something in the world of music as their area of expertise. Guests like Alonzo Bodden, Lennon Parham, Emily Heller and more will discuss their favorite artists and genres.

Plus, we’ve got a veritable chorus line of special experts that includes authors, songwriters and legendary musicians. Now that’s what we call music trivia!

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Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Jimmy Pardo from Episode 1

Alonzo Bodden from Episode 6

Kirsten Vangsness from Episode 7

Lennon Parham from Episode 8

Chelsey Crisp from Episode 12

Emily Heller from Episode 32

With Guest Experts:

Billy Vera, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, producer and historian

Marcus Miller, Two-time Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist jazz fusion artist

Lyndsey Parker, author of the book Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan.

Paulette McWilliams, Legendary vocalist who sings background.

Michael Jay, Best-selling songwriter.

Emily Saliers, Grammy-winning musician and one half of Indigo Girls.

Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. 

Theme Song and Incidental Music by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun’s Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

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