The Runcast with John Richards

John Richards will be back with a brand new mix on Friday, August 26th. 

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This Runcast was recorded at the annual Ragnar race in Washington and stars The KEXP Radioheads (aka KEXP's John Richards, Kevin Cole, Morgan Chosnyk and Ken Tarleton, Sub Pop's Megan Jasper, and friends Danielle Henty and Terry Novak). Between legs of their 36-hour, 200-mile race, the runners share their favorite songs to motivate you to get moving and keep moving. 

1. Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine
2. The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead
3. James and the Cold Gun - The Long Way Home
4. Built to Spill - Gonna Lose
5. Kyle Craft - Pentecost
6. WOOZE - I'll Have What She's Having
7. Smokey Brights - Flash Your Lights (Rudy Willingham Remix)
8. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
9. Amyl and the Sniffers - I'm Not a Loser
10. The Go! Team - Everyone's A V.I.P. To Someone
11. Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh
12. Ginger Runner - Tall Trees, Tough Trails
13. Tacocat - I Love Seattle
14. Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive
15. TORRES - Dressing America
16. Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
17. Stef Chura - Method Man
18. Yellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner

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On this episode, John passes the mic to another KEXP DJ and long-time runner, Kevin Cole. He brings a mix of music to motivate, inspire, and awkwardly pump your fists in the air, featuring tracks from IDLES, Jungle, Ibibio Sound Machine, and The Vega Bodegas. 

1. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Time To Rebuild
2. Penelope Isles - Play It Cool (Alt Mix)

3. Oceanator - Beach Days (Alive Again)

4. Hazel English - Summer Nights

5. Supercrush - Perfect Smile

6. TORRES - Thirstier

7. Francis of Delirium - The Funhouse

8. Confidence Man - Holiday

9. Jungle - Keep Moving

10. Stars - Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It

11. Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil

12. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

13. Sleigh Bells - Locust Laced

14. The Vega Bodegas - Welcome to Slow Cooker

15. Body Type - Buoyancy

16. IDLES - The New Sensation

17. Camilla Munck - Blessed Be

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Musical notes, inspiring quotes, and songs that make you float from Sneaker Pimps, Automatic, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, and more.

1. S. Carey - Break Me Open
2. Zola Jesus - Lost
3. Automatic - Skyscraper
4. Working Men's Club - Widow
5. HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending
6. First Hate - Commercial
7. Good Looks - Vision Boards
8. The Reds Pinks and Purples - Let's Pretend We're Not In Love
9. Sneaker Pimps - So Far Gone (feat. Simonne Jones)
10. Tempers - Nightwalking
11. Seratones - Pleasure
12. Dylan Moon - Deep Time
13. The Haunted Youth - Shadows
14. Pom Pom Squad - Popular (feat. Matthew Caws of Nada Surf)
15. Rural Alberta Advantage - CANDU
16. Papercuts - Lodger

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KEXP's John Richards joins you on your journey to run with songs from KEXP favorites like Kevin Morby, Santigold, Warpaint, and more. On this mix, John shares how running helps him maintain both his physical and mental health, with the right music to keep motivated. As author and runner Christopher McDougall says, “We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.”

1. Kevin Morby - A Random Act of Kindness
2. Wild Pink - Q Degraw
3. Porridge Radio - The Rip
4. Matthew Dear - Talking Sleep
5. Dazy & Militarie Gun - Pressure Cooker
6. Santigold - High Priestess
7. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Blood in the Snow
8. Warpaint - Champion
9. Sudan Archives - Selfish Soul
10. Automatic - New Beginning
11. Fontaines DC - Roman Holiday
12. Bodega - Thrown
13. Yard Act - The Overload
14. Working Men's Club - Circumference
15. F!res - Into the Storm

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On the first episode of this season, John Richards talks about the joys of getting back into races and running with other people, but ultimately, the importance of running for yourself. Runners of all levels will feel welcome with the dynamic mix of high-energy, emotional and propulsive tracks designed to keep you running, featuring artists like Mitski, Toro y Moi and Dehd.

1. Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane
2. Aeon Station - Fade
3. Nation of Language - The Grey Commute
4. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
5. Hatchie - This Enchanted
6. Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker
7. Lucius - Next To Normal
8. Odesza - The Last Goodbye
9. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
10. Doss - Jumpin'
11. Toro y Moi - Magazine (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis)
12. Spiritualized - The Mainline Song
13. The Hunt - I Can't Stand
14. Dehd - Bad Love
15. Widowspeak - Everything is Simple

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We believe that everyone who runs should have a great soundtrack. Not one curated by an algorithm, but one that’s hand-picked by a DJ who runs too. The Runcast with John Richards brings you a dynamic mix of music and inspiration to keep you company and motivate you on your run, no matter what your level.

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In case you missed the announcement, The Runcast is returning, right here, on June 3rd!

Email us at [email protected] if you have questions, feedback, or guest suggestions for the new season, launching in just ONE WEEK. Today, John stops by for a few reminders before replaying Volume 25 of the Runcast from 2021:

In his final Runcast of the year – and KEXP's final episode of The Weekly Mix – John goes freeform to create a very personal Runcast just for you. Listen for advice, motivation, inspiration, and incredible music to power your run.

1. The Antlers - Solstice
2. Big Red Machine - Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell)
3. Big Red Machine - The Ghost of Cincinnati
4. Public Service Broadcasting - Blue Heaven (feat. Andreya Casablanca)
5. The Shivas - Undone
6. The Parrots - You Work All Day And Then You Die
7. Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard - Only Love
8. Fort Romeau - Control
9. Tycho - Pink & Blue
10. Bad Bad Hats - Walkman
11. Mac McCaughan - Dawn Bends
12. Dummy - Daffodils
13. The Violent Hearts - Everything and Nothing
14. Lord Huron - Time to Run

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In case you missed the announcement, The Runcast is returning, right here, on June 3rd!

Email us at [email protected] if you have questions, feedback, or guest suggestions for the new season, launching in just two weeks. Today, John shares details on the new season before replaying Volume 24 of the Runcast from 2021:

This edition of the Runcast is hosted by John Richards and powered by incredible music and quotes from the likes of Confucius, Danny Rojas from Ted Lasso, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As Emerson said, "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage."

1. Bartees Strange - Going Going
2. Dinosaur Jr - Garden
3. TORRES - Thirstier
4. The Joy Formidable - Chimes
5. Film School - Superperfection
6. Flyying Colours - Big Mess
7. Foxing - Where the Lightning Strikes Twice
8. Songhoy Blues - Worry
9. Kele - Between Me and My Maker 
10. Yves Tumor - Jackie
11. Binki - Clay Pigeon
12. Lala Lala - DIVER
13. Shamir - Running
14. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
15. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold as Weiss
16. Geowulf - Round and Round

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In case you missed the announcement, The Runcast is returning, right here, on June 3rd!

Email us at [email protected] if you have questions, feedback, or guest suggestions for the new season, launching in just two weeks. Today, John shares details on the new season before replaying Volume 24 of the Runcast from 2021:

This edition of the Runcast is hosted by John Richards and powered by incredible music and quotes from the likes of Confucius, Danny Rojas from Ted Lasso, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As Emerson said, "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage."

1. Bartees Strange - Going Going
2. Dinosaur Jr - Garden
3. TORRES - Thirstier
4. The Joy Formidable - Chimes
5. Film School - Superperfection
6. Flyying Colours - Big Mess
7. Foxing - Where the Lightning Strikes Twice
8. Songhoy Blues - Worry
9. Kele - Between Me and My Maker 
10. Yves Tumor - Jackie
11. Binki - Clay Pigeon
12. Lala Lala - DIVER
13. Shamir - Running
14. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
15. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold as Weiss
16. Geowulf - Round and Round

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