Best Soundstage Podcasts (2025)

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Bluerock's Liquid Death, Soundstage Flops and OZK Walks the Plank 30:13

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This week, we talk illiquid death – the Bluerock listing debacle says so much about the mark-to-magic happening in the nontraded REIT market. We then head to Hollywood where showbiz is turning into badbiz for Hackman Capital, HPP and others who went all-in on soundstages. And finally, we head to Charm City to check in on Kevin Plank & Goldman Sachs…

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Blues Radio International December 22, 2025 Podcast feat. Thornetta Davis Live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage 19:34

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Detroit's Queen of the Blues, multiple award winner Thornetta Davis, joins Jesse and Audrey on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Sound by Michael Wolf. Image courtesy of Thornetta Davis. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net…

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It’s T-Time: Inside Norway’s Vinyl Pressing Plant 31:53

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Host Jorden Guth travels to Stavanger, Norway, to visit T-Time Vinyl Plant, where he sits down with general manager Sigve Håland to discuss how the facility came to be, why it’s located where it is, and how modern vinyl records are actually made. The conversation then moves step by step through the pressing process—from lacquers and stampers to pre…

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Blues Radio International December 29, 2025 Podcast feat. John Primer Live 26:22

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Blues Hall of Fame member John Primer performs live at the Boca Blues Festival in November, 2025 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Sound by Michael Wolf. Photograph by Eric Kriesant. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Exotic Alts (w/ SomeraRoad's Ian Ross) & Taconic's Lab Leak 33:06

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This week, we’re talking exotic alts – the far-flung corners of CRE that are starting to catch serious institutional interest. Think car washes, aviation hangars and the like. We're joined by Ian Ross, managing partner of SomeraRoad, to talk through the fascinating niche of aviation infrastructure and how it's been supercharged by the Big Beautiful…

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Blues Radio International December 15, 2025 Podcast feat. Bruce Katz Live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage 10:59

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Award winning Blues pianist Bruce Katz plays live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Starchitects, Swedish Whales & an SF Hotel Heist 33:47

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This week, we look back at the skyline-shaping impact of 2 starchitects who’ve just left us – Robert A.M. Stern and Frank Gehry – and then jump into a broader discussion about the pros & cons of name-brand architects. We dive into the industrial deal of the year, EQT’s 9M sf sale to Aum gobbler Artemis. And we have an exclusive tick-tock of a hotel…

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Blues Radio International December 8, 2025 Podcast feat. Samantha Fish playing acoustic live at the Studios of Blues Radio International 19:04

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Award winning blues rock guitarist Samantha Fish is known for her electric performances. In 2016, Samantha joined us at the Studios of Blues Radio International to play acoustic, and to discuss the songwriting process. Photograph by Jay Skolnick. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Arendal Sound’s Big Leap: Innovation, Impact, and a Transformational Year 35:41

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This week on the 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦! 𝘈𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵, host Jorden Guth sits down on location with Arendal Sound founder and CEO Jan Ove Lassesen to look back at the company’s most pivotal year to date. Following the launch of the flagship 1528 series—its most ambitious engineering project yet—Arendal Sound has experienced rapid growth and major operatio…

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Mailbag: CRE Casting Couch, Return-Immune Investing & Best Dumb-Guy Sectors 20:06

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In our special mailbag episode, co-host Will Krasne tackles your most unhinged CRE questions: who'd be the dream cast of a CRE version of Million Dollar Listing, the best projects through which to launder funds, and which industry niches are IQ-optional. To advertise: Reach out to [email protected] For feedback: Write us at podcast@thepro…

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Sleepless in Seattle: The Martin Selig Story 29:45

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This week, we dive deep into the maverick career of Seattle skyscraper titan Martin Selig - a true man in full who at his pomp controlled more than a third of the city's downtown, but is now at risk of losing it all. As of this summer, Selig has lost 19 of his buildings to third-party managers or lenders. He’s been unable to make good on over $850 …

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Blues Radio International December 1, 2025 Podcast feat. Tinsley Ellis live at the 2016 Blues Music Awards 12:06

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Billboard Magazine wrote about Tinsley Ellis: "nobody has released more consistently excellent blues albums than Atlanta's Tinsley Ellis. He sings like a man possessed and wields a mean lead guitar." Hear Tinsley perform live at the 2016 Blues Music Awards on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Photograph by Jay Skolnick. Find mo…

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Blues Radio International November 24, 2025 Podcast feat. Keb Mo Live at the Blues Music Awards 6:32

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Multiple Grammy and Blues Music Award winner Keb Mo performs live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Photograph by Laura Carbone. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Inside VinnieRossi: From Red Wine Audio to the Brama Series 46:09

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This week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Vinnie Rossi, founder of VinnieRossi. They trace his path in audio—from the beginnings of Red Wine Audio (a name inspired by the Italian translation of “Vinnie Rossi”) to the creation of the VinnieRossi brand and its flagship Brama series. Vinnie also talks about where his prod…

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Sonder's Mercy Killing and the Mooch's OZ Misadventure 31:06

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This week, we explore why more multifamily REITs are offering themselves up at the altar - there just doesn’t seem to be a real path forward for many of these midsize players in this capital-markets environment. We then look at Marriott’s mercy killing of Sonder and the lessons to take away from yet another high-profile proptech implosion. And fina…

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Blues Radio International November 17, 2025 Podcast feat. Mud Morganfield Live 21:58

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Mud Morganfield, the eldest son of Blues legend Muddy Waters, performs live at the Boca Blues Festival in November 2024. Sound by Michael Wolf. Photograph courtesy of Mud Morganfield Blues. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Reston Peace, Senioritis & A Capstack Crisis 32:18

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This week, we chat about 2 big events in the senior housing space: Blackstone’s fire sale of a $1.8B portfolio and the Sonida-CNL merger. It’s a pretty gnarly business to operate, but there’s lots of room for creative structuring. Next, we look at the behind-the-scenes wrangling at one of Brooklyn’s buzziest projects: Jonathan Landau is attempting …

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Blues Radio International November 10, 2025 Podcast feat. International Blues Challenge Winner Matthias Lattin Live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage 18:10

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Matthias Lattin, winner of the 2023 International Blues Challenge, plays his music on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2023 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Sound by Michael Wolf Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Warsaw’s Audio Video Show 2025: What Made This Year Stand Out 48:44

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Host Jorden Guth talks with SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider and SoundStage! Ultra editor Jason Thorpe about Warsaw’s Audio Video Show 2025—what sets it apart from other hi-fi events, their favorite gear finds, and whether optical phono cartridges are the future or just a niche. Sources: Audio Video Show 2025 Coverage from Warsaw, Poland, on Soun…

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Blackstone Cubs, Secondaries Sizzle & Hines of Arabia 32:08

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In a world awash with capital, it’s the same names who are vacuuming up increasing shares of it: We dive into Blackstone alpha cub Chad Pike's take-private megadeal for industrial REIT Plymouth, his most significant deal since being shunted to the BX sidelines. We then discuss how major US players such as Hines and Brookfield are now heading to the…

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Blues Radio International November 3, 2025 Podcast feat. Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Live at the 2012 Blues Music Awards 6:01

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Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Grammy and Blues Music Awards Winners, play in a special acoustic performance at the 2012 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Photograph by Joe Dempsey Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Fugazi First Positions & Cracking Billionaires' Row 30:33

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This week, we look at explosive allegations of mortgage fraud that have caught up 2 prominent regional banks. Zions and Western Alliance woes stemming from shenanigans at a California CRE investor once again show how vital regional banks are to the industry’s capital markets – and how distress in that space can ruin the whole party. Next, we look a…

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Blues Radio International October 27, 2025 Podcast feat. Koko Taylor & The Mannish Boys Live 13:21

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Koko Taylor, the renowned Queen of the Blues, performs live with the Mannish Boys at the 2009 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Photograph courtesy of Alligator Records Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Carved from Sound: Diapason’s Alessandro Schiavi and the New Didascalìa 38:51

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Host Jorden Guth visits Diapason founder Alessandro Schiavi in Brescia, Italy, to talk about his lifelong pursuit of musical realism and the art of building speakers by hand. Schiavi traces his journey from teenage recording engineer to maker of some of Italy’s most beautiful loudspeakers, explains why every cabinet is still crafted locally from ag…

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The Skyscraper That Broke America 36:51

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This week, we have a special episode diving deep into the skyscraper that encapsulates our political and financial age: 666 Fifth Avenue. Now known as 660 Fifth Avenue, this tower brings together a dizzying array of characters – from Jared and Charlie Kushner to the former finance minister of Qatar and an imprisoned Chinese mogul – and elements suc…

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Blues Radio International October 20, 2025 Podcast feat. Samantha Fish Live 19:45

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Samantha Fish performs live at the Boca Blues Festival in November 2024 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Sound and Image by Michael Wolf. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Fathers, Sons & Fast Fashion Tax Shields 30:45

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This week, we asked the taboo question about New York office to residential conversions. Do the numbers work? There's been enough distress from some of the OGs, including Nathan Berman, that it warrants that question amid all the private-credit billions flowing into the space. We then look at how a single man, Zara founder Amancio Ortega, can drive…

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Blues Radio International October 13, 2025 Podcast feat. Sugaray Rayford Live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards 9:49

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Sugaray Rayford, a multiple Blues Music Awards winner, performs live with the Billy Price Band at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Inside Technics: Where Analog Warmth Meets Digital Precision 46:54

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This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Bill Voss, Business Development Manager (US) for Technics, to explore the brand’s long history within Panasonic and its continued dedication to reproducing music with accuracy and emotion. Voss discusses how Technics has carried its legacy of analog excellence into the digital era, why innovation remains cen…

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SF Apartment Therapy & the Short King of Data Centers 31:46

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This week, we discuss an intriguing deal in the data-center space – TeraWulf is raising $3B in debt to build data centers for Google, in an intertwined transaction that's becoming a prototype for getting these massive developments going. We dive into the maverick mogul behind Terawulf, Paul Prager, who's using his heft to turn Maryland's Eastern Sh…

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Blues Radio International October 6, 2025 Podcast feat. Cedric Burnside interview and performance 20:34

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Brookfield's $10B YES! & RXR's OPM Masterclass 33:51

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This week, we dive into Brookfield's $10B mega-acquisition of manufactured-home player YES! Communities, and how it's emblematic of the next frontier of institutional CRE investing – we chop it up on the liquid debt markets for affordable housing, putting money to work at scale and Stockbridge's FAT upcoming promote. We then examine RXR's OPM maste…

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Inside the Moon 371: Étienne Gautier on Simaudio’s New Compass Collection 34:26

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In this episode of the SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast, Étienne Gautier, product director at Simaudio, joins the conversation to discuss the launch of the Moon 371 integrated amplifier. He explains the thinking behind the new model, the company’s design and engineering philosophies, and why the 371 is the first step in Simaudio’s forthcoming Compass…

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Blues Radio International September 29, 2025 Podcast feat. Kenny Neal Live 46:08

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Louisiana born Blues Music Award winner Kenny Neal and his band perform live at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, Florida, in May, 2025. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Worth the Wait: Simaudio, September 30 0:33

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We all know the saying: “Good things come to those who wait.” And it’s true once again. While our current episode is finished, we must wait until September 30 to launch it because of an embargo from Simaudio. But come next Tuesday, we’ll be back with an episode that reveals all the details about a compelling new product from this well-established C…

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Sobrato's Silicon Sizzle & Macklowe Unfurled 32:21

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This week, we take a closer look at one of the biggest winners from Nvidia's Silicon Valley real estate rampage: The Sobrato Organization amassed a 12M sf portfolio through a combination of guts, vision and HEAVY leverage, and are now reaping the rewards as Nvidia goes shopping. We then look at how some big players, including Toll Brothers, are bow…

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Blues Radio International September 22, 2025 Podcast feat. Blues Hall of Fame Member Bob Stroger live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards 13:53

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Chicago bluesman Bob Stroger, a member of the Blues Hall of Fame and still playing for audiences at age 94, performs live at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis in May 2025, on the Blues Radio International Podcast. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Ross takes his talents to [West Palm] Beach & Barnett Prefs Up 31:36

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Like a lot of older guys, Steve Ross moved to Florida. Unlike them, however, the billionaire real estate developer didn't go there to retire, but instead to take on an even more audacious skyline-shaping challenge: West Palm Beach. This week, we trace Ross' whirlwind of big-ticket dealmaking down south that combines real estate, private equity, edu…

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Blues Radio International September 15, 2025 Podcast feat. The Fabulous Thunderbirds Live in South Florida 20:40

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The Fabulous Thunderbirds perform live at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, Florida, in February, 2025 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Photograph by Jay Skolnick. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Hi-Fi: Too Expensive, Too Exclusive, Too Many Speakers? 1:03:52

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This week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by SoundStage’s Doug Schneider and Dennis Burger to discuss three issues holding hi-fi back and how we’d fix them. Is there too much emphasis on astronomically priced products? Is the industry ignoring potential new customers? Are there just too darned many speaker companies? . So…

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Tupac vs Biggie, CRE Edition 38:02

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This week, it's Tupac vs Biggie, commercial real estate edition: We dive into a deal on each coast that brings together all the things that we think make CRE the greatest show on earth. Rapacious lenders, billion-dollar-dreams, broken capital stacks & creative financing. In New York, we look at the saga of 172 Madison Avenue, Yitzchak Tessler's moo…

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Blues Radio International September 8, 2025 Worldwide Broadcast feat. The Billy Price Band live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards, Roy Buchanan, Blind Boy Fuller, Johnny Young and Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band ... 29:29

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The Billy Price Band performs live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards on Edition 710 of Blues Radio International, with Blind Boy Fuller, Roy Buchanan, Johnny Young, and Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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Mormon Money & Cardone Waterfalls 26:47

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This week, we’re talking the Mormon real estate playbook – how the LDS church built a serious property portfolio and also run it like serious people. We then discuss syndicator Grant Cardone’s intricate plan to rescue a distressed Boca rental – with a Bitcoin twist. We also chop it up on how fund managers' courtship of retail money is leading to pu…

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Blues Radio International September 1, 2025 Worldwide Broadcast feat. John Nemeth & Terry Hanck live, JB Lenoir, Alvin Youngblood Hart, & Larry McCray with Joe Bonamassa 29:29

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John Nemeth and Terry Hanck perform live at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton in May, 2025, on Edition 709 of Blues Radio International, with JB Lenoir, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Larry McCray with Joe Bonamassa. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Photograph by Laura Carbone. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net…

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Rock-Solid Sound: Acora Acoustics’ Luxury Stone Speakers 34:31

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This week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Valerio Cora, founder and CEO of Acora Acoustics Corporation, to discuss the manufacturing of stone speakers (no, you read that correctly), how relying on exotic materials affects decisions about where and how to manufacturer, and what it means to deliver a luxury experience. S…

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Soho House Postgame And Billion-Dollar Capstacks 33:01

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We break down the puzzling $2.7B take-private of Soho House – what do Apollo, MCR, Ron Burkle and Ashton Kutcher think they can pull off by revitalizing the famed member's club? The discussion touches on everything from select-service hotels to Tyler Morse's start as "Barry's guy" to the perils of the hospitality business. We then break down the ca…

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Blues Radio International August 25, 2025 Worldwide Broadcast feat. Shemekia Copeland live, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Billy Boy Arnold 29:29

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Shemekia Copeland performs live at the Funky Biscuit in South Florida in February 2025 on Edition 708 of Blues Radio International, with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Billy Boy Arnold. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Photograph courtesy of Shemekia Copeland. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net…

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Shvo Business & Multifamily's Antitrust Agita 32:22

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We dive into the singular life and multiple dramas of real estate impresario Michael Shvo, the luxury resi broker turned developer who went on one of the most epic commercial real estate buying sprees in the 2020s. Backed by German pension money, Shvo snapped up icons such as the Transamerica Pyramid in SF, Big Red in Chicago, and the sites of bout…

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Blues Radio International August 18, 2025 Worldwide Broadcast feat. Johnny & Destini Rawls live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards, Albert Collins, Koko Taylor and John Primer 29:29

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Johnny and Destini Rawls perform live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on Edition 707 of Blues Radio International, with John Primer, Koko Taylor and Albert Collins. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.netBy Blues Radio International

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From Cars to Hi-Fi: Toyota Principles Drive the Paradigm Group's Premium Sound 46:59

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In this episode, host Jorden Guth talks with Badar Qureshi, president of PML Sound International—the company behind Paradigm, Anthem, MartinLogan, and GoldenEar Technology—about how his years at Toyota shaped his approach to building world-class audio gear. They discuss where and how each brand’s products are made, why lean manufacturing matters in…