Show overview
35000 Watts: The Podcast has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 53 episodes. That works out to roughly 45 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 1988th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 35 min and 1h 1m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 10 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 32 episodes published. Published by 35000 Watts.
From the publisher
A spin-off of the feature documentary film 35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio, this podcast will dive even deeper into the music, history and culture of college radio in the United States and beyond.
Latest Episodes
View all 53 episodes120 Months - August 1988 - The Sparks, Hoodoo Gurus, Psychedelic Furs
120 Months - July 1988 - Living Colour, The Sugarcubes, Ramones
120 Months - June 1988 - Billy Bragg, Tracy Chapman, Ministry
S1988 Ep 17120 Months - May 1988 - Big Audio Dynamite, Let's Active, Love and Rockets
An eclectic mix of styles from our three choices this week, plus one of the most unlikely mystery bands of all-time just happens to be our mystery video for the month.
S1988 Ep 16120 Months - April 1988 - The Church, The Damned, Midnight Oil
Our regular picks are all solid songs, don't get us wrong. But we'd be lying if we said the mystery song wasn't the star of the show this time around. You are definitely going to want to check this one out!
S1988 Ep 15120 Months - March 1988 - Screaming Blue Messiahs, Balaam & The Angel, The Fall
In this episode, we look at some lesser-known artists played on 120 Minutes in March of 1988, including our first "repeat offender". Will Keith be able to bring Scott and Michael over to his side? Tune in to find out!
S1988 Ep 14120 Months - February 1988 - Jesus and Mary Chain, Sisters of Mercy, The Vapors
In this episode, we dip our toes into the playlists of February 1988, where we find one of the architects of "shoegaze", a goth powerhouse and an early '80s classic one-hit wonder.
S1988 Ep 13120 Months - January 1988 - The Replacements, Sinead O'Connor, Ultravox
In this episode, we kick off our tour through 120 Minute's 1988 playlists, starting in January with three amazing artists who each represent a completely different genre of music.
S1987 Ep 12120 Months - December 1987 - Violent Femmes, The Smiths, Wire
We finish off 1987 with a couple of big name artists in Violent Femmes and The Smiths, along with a track from the unexpected later stage of Wire's excellent catalog.
S1987 Ep 11120 Months - November 1987 - Fishbone, The Housemartins, Depeche Mode
This episode features a fun mix of styles, from the punk-meets-funk vibe of Fishbone, to the acapella stylings of The Housemartins and finally the lush electro-rock of Depeche Mode...plus a mystery song that you'll just have to hear for yourself.
S3 Ep 4Interview with Ray Fournier - WUNH-FM
Host Lisa chats with WUNH-FM alumni Ray Fournier about his time in college radio.
S1987 Ep 10120 Months - October 1987 - Icicle Works, Killing Joke & MARRS
In this episode, we lean away from the more iconic artists on the 120 Minutes playlist and instead land on a couple contenders for "one-hit wonder" status and an influential band who never hit the heights that some of those that borrowed from them did.
S3 Ep 3Interview with Charles Driebe - WTUL-FM
Our interview series continues with a conversation between our host, Lisa and Charles Driebe, an alumni of the venerable WTUL-FM 91.5 in New Orleans.
S1987 Ep 9120 Months - September 1987 - Concrete Blonde, New Order & Public Image Ltd.
A little something for everyone in this episode of 120 Months, as we talk about early Concrete Blonde, peak New Order and later-stage John Lydon (in the form of Public Image Ltd.).
S3 Ep 2Interview with Joe Lomonaco
In this episode of 35000 Watts: The Podcast, host Lisa is chatting with WGSU 89.3FM alumni Joe Lomonaco.
S1987 Ep 8120 Months - August 1987 - Yello, 10000 Maniacs and Echo & The Bunnymen
The summer of 1987 draws to a close with a couple of artists who were mainstays on college radio for years, plus a one-hit wonder that is beyond iconic almost forty years after its release.
S3 Ep 1Interview with Jonathan Lee - WKNS
The original 35000 Watts podcast returns for season 3, and we're coming back with a greater focus on the people who make college radio great. We're kicking off the season by featuring host Lisa Girard's interview with Jonathan Lee, an alumni of WKNS 90.3FM.
S1987 Ep 7120 Months - July 1987 - Black Flag, Nitzer Ebb & R.E.M.
For this episode, we're deep in the summer of 1987 and talking about an eclectic group of bands that were all at (or pretty close to) the height of their powers at the time: Black Flag, Nitzer Ebb and R.E.M.
S1987 Ep 6120 Months - June 1987 - The Mission UK, Faith No More, Throwing Muses
We're halfway through the year 1987 and in this episode, we dive in to the early years of bands that would go on to bigger and better things as the decade comes to a close.
S1987 Ep 5120 Months - May 1987 - The Cure, Erasure and XTC
This week brings us three heavy-hitters from the UK, all of which were massive successes on college radio and gained a fair amount of airplay on the US Pop charts during their career. Plus, we discover a mystery artist with a fairly mysterious sounding song.