The Tonearm Podcast
New Episodes Weekly Since February 6, 2020 Host Lawrence Peryer explores the people and ideas moving culture forward. The podcast was f/k/a Spotlight On. The Tonearm Podcast Website
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Rotations
New Episodes Weekly Since April 14, 2026 Rotations is the latest expansion of The Tonearm’s creative universe. It is my radio show that, “surveys the world of creative music… Each hour brings listeners established artists and emerging voices, familiar works and deep cuts, contemporary releases and archival recordings…” Rotations airs on SPACE 101.1 FM in…
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Make Intimacy Safe by Eliminating Surprises
Bad news doesn’t get better with time, and good news shared late feels less good. Tell people what’s happening when it’s happening, especially when it’s not what they want to hear.
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The Buzz: The JJA Podcast
The Jazz Journalists Association is a membership organization founded in 1986 that promotes the creation and dissemination of accurate, ethical, informed journalism on all jazz’s genres, and encourage innovative use of media to spur the growth, development and education of audiences for jazz. Public programs include Seeing Jazz Photography Master Classes, The Buzz podcast, celebrations…
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The Form Outlasts the Instrument
Hazrat Inayat Khan spent his youth mastering an instrument at royal courts, then spent the rest of his life speaking in its grammar without ever picking it up again.
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Green Is Their Color
There is a cluster of features in human experience that recurs across cultures, millennia, and traditions that had no contact with each other. Once you start cataloguing the elements of that cluster, the consistency is oddly specific.
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Rabbit Radio
Guest set on Rabbit Radio, my son’s radio show on Psyched Radio SF This is an archive of a mix I made for the show and this is Psyched’s own archive of the entire show, which starts with my set and then moves into my son and I trading tracks.
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Spend Time with People You Want to Become
Most people let proximity decide who they become. But one question turns chance into intention.
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All About Jazz
by All About Jazz Staff, July 13, 2025 “As we reach the halfway point of 2026, All About Jazz once again borrows a page from Major League Baseball’s All-Star break, replacing home runs with jazz albums. This year, 76 staffers submitted their picks, surpassing 2025’s participation by 21 contributors—an incredible turnout.” The full article, with…
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Distinguish Between What People Show and Who They Are
No one is ever more perfect than when writing their resume. More than once in my professional life I found myself involved in hiring someone who seemed like the Platonic Ideal of a candidate for the role. The right jobs at the right companies and a clean run of gigs with plausible explanations for each…
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Principles for the 21st Century Human
For years, I’ve been collecting observations about what works and what doesn’t in navigating modern life. These insights and anecdotes came from watching patterns in my own decisions, in the behavior of people around me, in the gap between what we say we value and how we actually spend our time. The world has never…
