Music That Matters Podcast: Runner Powered Podcast, Volume 2

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Music That Matters, Vol. 406 - Runner Powered Podcast, Volume 2KEXP's Resident Runner and host of the Morning Show, John Richards, presents Volume 2 of our new Runner Powered Podcast series. Hit your second wind with two hours (31 tracks!) of high energy KEXP favorites.

The feedback for the first running podcast has been over-the-top great. The stories of people running around the city and the country while listening to the music and mix of quotes has inspired a second podcast, this one double the length...and possibly a third in the near future? This podcast doesn't mean you HAVE to run two hours, but that's my goal for my half-marathon, and long enough that you can break it up over multiple runs. With two hours, I was also able to break up the vibe of the run. I don't know about you, but I can't just have pounding music in my head while I run a longer distance. I want changes of tone and energy as I go, without it dropping down too much. I also included more words of wisdom (a few my own, but mostly much smarter people) and was able to thank ALL of the Morning Show Runner's Club members. — John Richards

• Tracklist:
• 1. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky
• 2. Small Black (Feat. Aaron Rockers) - Free At Dawn
• 3. Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed
• 4. Maps - To The Sky
• 5. Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
• 6. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
• 7. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
• 8. Say Hi - November Was White, December Was Grey
• 9. Junip - Your Life Your Call
• 10. Elliott Brood - Write It All Down for You
• 11. Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today
• 12. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
• 13. St. Lucia - Elevate
• 14. Stars - Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It
• 15. Cayucas - Cayucos
• 16. Robbers on High Street - Hey Unbelievers
• 17. Little Dragon - Ritual Union
• 18. People Under the Stairs - Trippin' at the Disco
• 19. Architecture in Helsinki (Trizzy's Rusty Tin Can Remix) - Heart It Races
• 20. !!! - Slyd
• 21. Matt & Kim - Daylight
• 22. Turnpike Glow - 1986
• 23. Rogue Wave - College
• 24. Line & Circle - Roman Ruins
• 25. Eleanor Friedberger - Stare at the Sun
• 26. Shovels and Rope - Birmingham
• 27. Cloud Control - Scar
• 28. Big Deal - In Your Car
• 29. Plants and Animals - Lightshow
• 30. Reptar - Blastoff
• 31. Menahan Street Band - Montego Sunset
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