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The Popko Project is a podcast providing a platform for discussion and discovery of arts and entertainment featuring interviews with artists like Breaking Benjamin, The Verve Pipe, Everclear, COLD, Tigers Jaw, Bowling for Soup and more!
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The Harbinger Curse: From the Secret Service to Rock & Roll | Episode 278 (opens the original)
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Episode 278 of The Popko Project Podcast features The Harbinger Curse , a heavy rock band from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. Frontman Jason shares stories from his nearly 25-year career with the United States Secret Service—including working from the Clinton through Biden administrations, traveling the world, being at work on 9/11, and memorable encounters with Garth Brooks, Jon Bon Jovi, Bono, Journey, and Blackberry Smoke. We also dig into The Harbinger Curse’s formation, influences, songwriti
Ep 277: Five For Fighting on “Superman,” 9/11 & 25 Years of Music (opens the original)
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What an absolute honor it was to interview John Ondrasik, better known as Five For Fighting—an artist whose music played such a significant part of my life in the early 2000s. The album America Town arrived during my senior year of high school, and songs like “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” “Easy Tonight,” and the rest of that record became permanently attached to that time in my life. If you told 18-year-old me that 25 years later I’d have the opportunity to sit down with the man who wrote those so
Ep 276: Scarhaven - Bringing Grunge Back for a New Generation | The Popko Project Podcast (opens the original)
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In Episode 276 of The Popko Project Podcast , Popko sits down with New York-based rock band Scarhaven for a conversation about the band's beginnings, finding their identity, and carrying the spirit of ’90s alternative and grunge into a new generation. Scarhaven wears its influences proudly — drawing inspiration from bands like Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana — while working to create something that feels authentic to who they are rather than simply recreating the past. We get into h
Johnny Cochran: Why Streams Are a Vanity Metric & What Really Defines Success | Ep. 275 (opens the original)
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In Episode 275 of The Popko Project Podcast , Popko sits down with Nashville-based artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Johnny Cochran to talk about finding your own lane, staying authentic and why success in music can't always be measured by the numbers on a screen. Originally from Louisiana, Johnny grew up surrounded by music before eventually making the move to Nashville. After initially pursuing country music — including opening opportunities with artists like Brett Young, Walker Hay
Ep 274: Joyous Wolf’s Blake on Why Rock Isn’t Dead, Their New Album & the Power of Live Music (opens the original)
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On Episode 274 of The Popko Project Podcast, Popko sits down with Blake, guitarist for Southern California rock band Joyous Wolf, ahead of the release of their long-awaited debut full-length album, In Between, arriving August 21st. Blake takes us inside the evolution of Joyous Wolf—from their early days playing local shows in Orange County and hitting the road in a van, to signing record deals, navigating lineup changes, and welcoming new vocalist Pedro Cordeiro into the fold. We dig into the ma
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