Talkhouse Podcast

Nick Dawson, Craig Finn, Jody Avirgan

Publicly listed emails

social@thetalkhouse.com

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on musicians, filmmakers, and other established creative practitioners, with candid one-on-one conversations and occasional multi-host music debates featuring prominent external guests. Credible pitches include acclaimed recording artists, songwriters, film directors, actors, producers, and other recognized creators with distinctive bodies of work; booking difficulty is high because the show typically features respected, notable industry figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 639

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 136.0k subscribers

Instagram: 165.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

social@thetalkhouse.com

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Host

Nick Dawson - Writer, editor, and film-focused interviewer known for conversations with filmmakers and other creative figures.

Craig Finn - American musician and songwriter, best known as the frontman of The Hold Steady.

Jody Avirgan - Podcast host, producer, and journalist known for creating and presenting narrative and discussion-based audio programs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, directors, and other creative professionals with acclaimed work, distinctive artistic perspectives, or significant careers in their fields.
Required Achievements:  
Acclaimed albums or films, Leadership of prominent bands or creative projects, Long-standing professional careers, Recognition from major publications or the creative industry

Recent Guest Discussions

Abel Ferrara - Creative Work, Filmmaking, Writing, Influences, Personal Experiences, And Unconventional Artistic Ideas.

Hamilton Leithauser - Janes Addiction's Ritual De Lo Habitual And Its Seasonal Musical Classification.

Stephin Merritt - Songwriting, Creativity, Film, Biographical Portrayals, Music Influences, And Personal Creative Interests.

Recent Topics

Music, Film, Songwriting, Filmmaking, Art

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Talkhouse Podcast
:

Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: Avalon Fast

August 11, 2026

On the latest episode of Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That, Nick Dawson sits down with writer-director and actor Avalon Fast, a queer auteur whose excellent second feature, the lulling, fairytale-like Camp, hit theaters earlier this summer. In a fun and often surprising conversation, Fast opened up about ego death, musical imposter syndrome, exploring and mapping the dream world version of their childhood home of Vancouver Island, growing up in the shadow of an impending fatal mega-earthquake tsuna...

M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) with Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)

August 06, 2026

On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast, we’ve got a Talkhouse favorite in conversation with a guy who’s spent a lot of time behind the scenes on some incredible records. It’s M.C. Taylor and Josh Kaufman. Taylor has been making music under the curious name Hiss Golden Messenger for two decades now, and he’s amassed an incredible—and incredibly varied—catalog of music that’s never easy to pin down. There are elements of rock, folk, even elements of what was called alt-country for a while there. But...

Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: Nicolas Winding Refn

August 04, 2026

On the latest episode of Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That, Nick Dawson sits down with writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn, the cinematic iconoclast behind such movies as Drive and The Neon Demon, whose latest release, Her Private Hell, is in theaters now. In a fascinating and unique conversation, he touches on turning his dyslexia, color-blindness and other “untreated diagnoses” into creative advantages, his addiction to Legos, his fantasy of living in a world of only women, meeting Andy Warhol a...

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