Season 8 Ep. 20 (Season Finale) - Chris Ballew (The Presidents Of The United States Of America)
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February 20, 2026 · 60 min · Season 8 · Episode 20
About this episode
Chris Ballew discusses his prolific music career and the impact of his work as a solo artist and with The Presidents Of The United States Of America.
Both prolific, and poetic, Seattle, Washington-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and all-around spiritual splendor Chris Ballew has been writing and rapidly recording music for over thirty years like no one's business. As the frontman and bassist for the alternative rock band The Presidents Of The United States Of America, Ballew started his career busking in the busy streets of Boston in the late 1980s alongside Phil Franklin as the duo Egg, before relocating to LA, where he met and befriended a young Beck. Eventually moving back to the Emerald City, Ballew quickly formed the Presidents with Dave Dederer and Jason Finn, and by the time their iconic-self titled album was released in 1995, the group had become multi-platinum artists, and the rest is history! His disography is impeccable, intimate, full of laughter, and just what we need during these radically dark times. These days, you can find Ballew writing and recording music nonstop under his own name and the children's music project, Caspar Babypants, which has brought a great deal of peace and comfort into homes around the world for young parents and their bubbly babies. We need people like Ballew, and so do…
People in this episode
Guest: Chris Ballew
Topics covered
- music
- interviews
- songwriting
- alternative rock
- children's music
Keywords
- Chris Ballew
- The Presidents Of The United States Of America
- music career
- songwriting
- Caspar Babypants
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Books & works: Caspar Babypants
Places: Seattle, Washington, Boston, LA
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