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Audience Interest
- music theory and analysis
- songwriting techniques
Podcast Focus
- breaking down music pieces
- understanding musical structure
Publishing Consistency
- 173 episodes produced
- active for 7 years
Platform Reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- growing listener base
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 35 chart positions in 35 markets.
By chart position
- 🇦🇺AU · Music Commentary#31M to 3M
- 🇬🇧GB · Music Commentary#7300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Music Commentary#8300K to 1M
- 🇺🇸US · Music Commentary#20300K to 1M
- 🇩🇪DE · Music Commentary#29100K to 300K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
1.5M to 4.7M🎙 ~2x weekly·173 episodes·Last published 4w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
3.1M to 9.5M🇦🇺32%🇬🇧11%🇨🇦11%+32 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
1.2M to 3.8M
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Return to Kind of Blue
May 15, 2026
Unknown duration
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
Apr 17, 2026
59m 03s
"Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell
Mar 20, 2026
58m 02s
"Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie
Feb 20, 2026
1h 00m 39s
"Rosanna" by Toto
Jan 16, 2026
1h 00m 27s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/15/26 |  Return to Kind of Blue | A closer look at Miles Davis's 1959 jazz masterpiece. | — | ||||||
| 4/17/26 |  "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth✨ | music analysisMegadeth+3 | — | MegadethHoly Wars... The Punishment Due | — | MegadethHoly Wars+3 | — | 59m 03s | |
| 3/20/26 |  "Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell✨ | music analysisJoni Mitchell+3 | — | "Both Sides, Now" | — | Joni MitchellBoth Sides Now+3 | — | 58m 02s | |
| 2/20/26 |  "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie✨ | music analysiscollaboration+4 | — | — | — | Under PressureQueen+3 | — | 1h 00m 39s | |
| 1/16/26 |  "Rosanna" by Toto✨ | music analysissong structure+3 | — | TotoRosanna | — | RosannaToto+3 | — | 1h 00m 27s | |
| 1/2/26 | Season Eight Announcement!✨ | season announcementpodcast update+1 | — | — | — | Strong SongsKirk Hamilton+3 | — | 5m 16s | |
| 11/28/25 |  The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin✨ | jazzpiano+3 | Peter Martin | Open Studio | — | jazz pianoPeter Martin+3 | — | 1h 26m 21s | |
| 11/14/25 |  The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad✨ | Fela Kutipodcast series+3 | Jad Abumrad | Fela Kuti: Fear No Man | — | Fela KutiJad Abumrad+3 | — | 1h 56m 37s | |
| 10/31/25 | Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz]✨ | video game musicsound design+3 | — | Super Mario Bros | — | Super Mario BrosKoji Kondo+3 | — | 33m 03s | |
| 10/17/25 |  Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales✨ | TV themesmusic+3 | Leigh Sales | — | — | TV themesmusic+5 | — | 1h 18m 05s | |
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| 10/3/25 | ![Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast] episode artwork](https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/03da9556-cd68-463e-8e6c-c3a19270048a/f4c86fd6-4871-4ac6-a66f-a3ba75e8cbfc/3000x3000/hbo2.jpg?aid=rss_feed) Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast]✨ | TV songsHBO+3 | — | HBO | — | Strong SongsHBO+3 | — | 1h 08m 44s | |
| 9/19/25 |  A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell | Two lifelong Dylanologists take Kirk on a whirlwind tour of the man's many musical eras. | — | ||||||
| 9/5/25 |  Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys | Ruth Moody, Heather Masse, and Nicky Mehta join Kirk to talk about singing, songwriting, and the creative life. | — | ||||||
| 8/22/25 | ![Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It] episode artwork](https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/03da9556-cd68-463e-8e6c-c3a19270048a/5dc29ea1-0d40-494a-9ff5-2cfb214bd7f4/3000x3000/top-20still-201-202.jpg?aid=rss_feed) Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It] | Kirk talks Tower of Power with the hosts of the "You'll Hear It" podcast. | — | ||||||
| 8/8/25 |  A Song For My Father | Back in the 60s, my dad was in a band. | — | ||||||
| 7/11/25 |  "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers | If we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow. | — | ||||||
| 6/27/25 |  Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues | Also synth saxophone, lyric writing, "Frippertronics," and more. | — | ||||||
| 6/13/25 |  "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police | Do I have to tell the story of a thousand rainy days? | — | ||||||
| 5/30/25 |  "All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II | How a 1930s show tune became a ubiquitous jazz standard. | — | ||||||
| 5/16/25 |  "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler | ...now there's only love in the dark. | — | ||||||
| 5/2/25 |  Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo | Kirk tackles some listener questions at the Season Seven halfway point. | — | ||||||
| 4/18/25 |  The Music of the Muppets | Mah na mah na. | — | ||||||
| 4/4/25 |  "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars Volta | Exoskeletal judgement at the railroad, delayed. | — | ||||||
| 3/21/25 |  "Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple | Shaking and shifting with Fiona Apple's 1999 syncopated supersingle. | — | ||||||
| 3/7/25 |  "Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2 | Season seven kicks off with two of the most famous songs ever recorded. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
50 placements across 35 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 35 markets.