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Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers the Southern Brothas and Jo Gore
May 11, 2026
1h 04m 15s
Friends of the Rant podcast | Lee County's EMS Debate
Dec 5, 2025
27m 50s
Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Late Night Special & Ol' Joey Scrums
Sep 22, 2025
1h 10m 55s
Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Boom Unit Brass Band & the Corey Stevenson Band
Sep 15, 2025
1h 28m 00s
Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers the Pinkerton Raid & Pageant
Sep 8, 2025
1h 15m 03s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/11/26 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers the Southern Brothas and Jo Gore✨ | Carolina Indie Festmusic+3 | Jo GoreSouthern Brothas | Southern Brothas | DurhamRaleigh+1 | Carolina Indie FestSouthern Brothas+3 | — | 1h 04m 15s | |
| 12/5/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Lee County's EMS Debate✨ | EMS contractLee County+3 | — | Lee County | — | Lee CountyEMS+3 | — | 27m 50s | |
| 9/22/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Late Night Special & Ol' Joey Scrums✨ | musicindie festival+3 | Late Night SpecialOl' Joey Scrums | Late Night SpecialOl' Joey Scrums | CharlotteRaleigh+1 | Carolina Indie FestLate Night Special+3 | — | 1h 10m 55s | |
| 9/15/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Boom Unit Brass Band & the Corey Stevenson Band✨ | musicinterviews+3 | Boom Unit Brass BandCorey Stevenson Band | Boom Unit Brass BandCorey Stevenson Band | Raleigh, NCGreenville, SC+2 | Carolina Indie FestBoom Unit Brass Band+3 | — | 1h 28m 00s | |
| 9/8/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers the Pinkerton Raid & Pageant✨ | Carolina Indie Festmusic+3 | the Pinkerton RaidPageant | Carolina Indie Festthe Pinkerton Raid+1 | Durham, NCHigh Point, NC | Carolina Indie FestPinkerton Raid+3 | — | 1h 15m 03s | |
| 9/1/25 | Friends of The Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Pablo Atlas & the Dapper Conspiracy✨ | musicinterviews+4 | Pablo Atlasthe Dapper Conspiracy | Pablo Atlasthe Dapper Conspiracy | Greenville, S.C.Raleigh+2 | Pablo Atlasthe Dapper Conspiracy+5 | — | 44m 58s | |
| 8/25/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Sxvxnt & Jack the Radio✨ | musicinterviews+3 | SxvxntGeorge Hage | Jack the RadioHugger Mugger Brewing+1 | CharlestonRaleigh+1 | SxvxntJack the Radio+3 | — | 1h 01m 08s | |
| 5/20/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers the Great Indoors✨ | Carolina Indie Festmusic+3 | the Great Indoors | Carolina Indie Festthe Great Indoors | WilmingtonHugger Mugger Brewing+1 | Carolina Indie FestGreat Indoors+3 | — | 37m 05s | |
| 5/13/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers and the Cliff Wheeler Band✨ | musicinterviews+3 | Derrick DoveCliff Wheeler+1 | Carolina Indie Fest | Hugger Mugger BrewingSanford | Carolina Indie FestDerrick Dove+3 | — | 1h 22m 14s | |
| 5/5/25 | Friends of the Rant Podcast | Carolina Indie Fest performers Heavy Denim and Nor'Easter Tippers & Pypes✨ | Carolina Indie Festmusic+3 | Heavy DenimNor'Easter Tippers & Pypes | Heavy DenimNor'Easter Tippers & Pypes | Durham, NCCentral NC+2 | Carolina Indie FestHeavy Denim+3 | — | 1h 03m 42s | |
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| 4/28/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Indie Fest performers La Unica and Droze & the Drift | Gordon interviews Carolina Indie Fest performers La Unica (Washington, D.C.) and Droze & the Drift (Charleston, S.C.). Both will take the stage at the event, set for May 23 and 24 at Hugger Mugger Brewing at 229 Carthage St. in downtown Sanford. For more information, visit www.carolinaindiefest.net. | 57m 23s | ||||||
| 4/21/25 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Carolina Indie Fest artists Paper Rabbit & Lipbone Redding | Gordon talks with Syracuse, New York's Paper Rabbit and North Carolina's Lipbone Redding about their upcoming performances at Carolina Indie Fest, set for May 23 and 24 at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford. For more information visit www.carolinaindiefest.net. | 1h 07m 46s | ||||||
| 1/18/25 | Friends of the Rant Podcast - January 18, 2025 | Gordon, Billy and Richard talk Mexican restaurants, the public school funding debate, and snow days. Happy 2025! | 42m 55s | ||||||
| 9/11/24 | Friends of the Rant Podcast | Indie Fest veteran Cliff Wheeler | Gordon welcomes Cliff Wheeler back to the podcast to talk about what he's been up to over the past year, as well as the ways Carolina Indie Fest has evolved over the years. The Cliff Wheeler Band headlines night one of Indie Fest on Friday, September 20 at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford. | 30m 44s | ||||||
| 9/8/24 | Friends of The Rant Podcast | The month in local government: Library bonds, guns at the polls & more | Gordon and Richard review the month in local government for Sanford and Lee County. Topics include bond financing for a new library, guns at the polls, proposed housing and commercial developments, and the start of the new school year. | 34m 17s | ||||||
| 9/3/24 | Friends of the Rant Podcast | Indie Fest performers Bombadil | Gordon interviews Durham, North Carolina's Bombadil, a folk rock/Americana act who headline night two of Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on Saturday, September 21. | 24m 19s | ||||||
| 8/28/24 | Friends of the Rant Podcast | Indie Fest performers Suburban Key Party | We kick off our fall 2024 Carolina Indie Fest performer podcast series with Virginia's Suburban Key Party, who play on Saturday, September 21 at 6:45 p.m.Carolina Indie Fest will be held at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on September 20 and 21. The festival, which also includes food trucks and craft vendors, is free to the public. For more information visit www.carolinaindiefest.net. | 39m 15s | ||||||
| 8/22/24 | Friends of the Rant Podcast | Longtime CCCC Trustee Bobby Powell | We welcome Central Carolina Community College President Dr. Lisa Chapman as well as Bobby Powell, who was recently awarded an honorary degree from CCCC after completing 32 years of service on the college's Board of Trustees. | 56m 23s | ||||||
| 8/7/24 | Friends of the Rant | Lee County Athletic Park, teacher shortage, storm damage | The gang talks about the forthcoming Lee County Athletic Park, now less than a year away from completion, as well as our local teacher shortage, and some damage caused by recent storming. | 36m 49s | ||||||
| 7/19/24 | Friends of the Rant podcast | Sanford Spinners coach Jeremy Palme talks "the Web" | Jeremy Palme, coach of the Sanford Spinners, joins the podcast to discuss the new baseball/softball facility he and partners have opened in Jonesboro. | 43m 46s | ||||||
| 7/2/24 | Friends of the Rant Podcast | The gang is back! | The Friends of the Rant podcast returns to regularity with a new format. The first week of each month we'll discuss the cover story from The Rant Monthly and do a recap of the month in local government. The gang also discusses the truly frightening prospect of songs of any genre and topic, generated in a matter of seconds by artificial intelligence. The future is bleak! | 45m 50s | ||||||
| 5/3/24 | Friends of the Rant | Indie Fest performers Jive Talk & Tuatha Dea | Gordon talks with Carolina Indie Fest performers Jive Talk (Nashville synth-driven alt rock) and Tuatha Dea (progressive rock from Asheville mixing Celtic and Appalachian sounds), completing the Friends of the Rant podcast's Spring 2024 artist interview series. Tune in to get familiar with these bands, and come out on May 10 and 11 to Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford. | 1h 02m 58s | ||||||
| 4/26/24 | Friends of the Rant | Indie Fest bands Julia and Blue Cactus | On the Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Indie Fest performers Julia, an "intergalactic funk" band from Raleigh, and Chapel Hill's Blue Cactus, who play a strain of Americana that brings together country, psychedelia and 70s pop. Julia plays Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, and Blue Cactus plays at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 10. | 53m 25s | ||||||
| 4/19/24 | Friends of the Rant | Indie Fest performers Chris McGinnis and Paleface | On this week’s Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Asheville’s Chris McGinnis, whose music has been described as “Appalachian absurdity for the 21st Century,” as well as Paleface, whose career in the music industry goes back to the 1980s and who tours full time with his partner and drummer Mo. Both are slated to perform at Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on May 10 and 11. | 52m 08s | ||||||
| 4/13/24 | Friends of The Rant | Indie Fest bands Culper Ring and Gooseberry Jam | On the Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Indie Fest performers the Culper Ring, a self proclaimed “dad punk” band from Dallas, Texas with a knack for big hooks and shimmering production, as well as Greensboro’s the Gooseberry Jam, who present a “Southern fried taste of soul set to a backdrop of raw rock and roll.” The Culper Ring plays Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m., and the Gooseberry Jam headlines Friday night, May 10, at 8:45 p.m. | 1h 09m 49s | ||||||
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