What Am I Making Podcast

What Am I Making Podcast

Matty C & His ADHD

Episodes 168
Avg. Duration 1h 12m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (17)
Since Feb 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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81%
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About This Podcast

Hey there. I’m Matty C. For the formally inclined folks in the crowd, the official designation is Matt Carlson. I am a 50 year old musician, songwriter, and graphic designer that's spent the Covid era pondering deep and meaningful questions about music, film, literature and art in the 21st century. It seems as though we’re living in age where musicians have to give their music away, content is around every corner and we don’t seem to really value much of any of it the way we used to. What is it really like to make a living pursuing a life in the arts these days? Why are we seeing a lower percentage of artists in the workforce than at anytime in 100 years? Now, I’ve reached a point of massive change in my life and I am preparing to spend more of my time, and hopefully, generating a portion of my income from my creative endeavors. That’s a terrifying endeavor, but it’s also incredibly exciting. I’ll be discussing these ideas and a whole lot more of my own curiosity and creative endeavors on this platform using the written word, videos, podcasts, music and probably some other assets I learn along the way. I’ll be seeking out smart, and fascinating creatives as they build their own lives while fighting an ever-growing series of new challenges and opportunities. All of these journeys and detours are an effort to share my exploration of culture in the modern world, and to help shine a brighter light on the work I have been doing for years as a musician, designer and podcaster. This discussion is at the very center of our civilization, what it means to be human andhow to find a meaningful way to connect through that shared humanity in the form of artistic expression. Art is at the core of the relationship. Let’s explore it with that context, and that incalculable value, in mind. If you enjoy what you hear on the show, please subscribe to my Substack where I also I post this podcast as well as a variety of essays, video and recordings regularly in my search to find out what art really matters to people right here and right now, and they are willing to do to invest in our culture. Thank you so much for being here. It’s wonderful to have your support. https://whatamimaking.substack.com

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Recent Episodes

WAIM #155: Music Writers Josephine Matyas & Craig Jones

Jun 12, 2026 56m

Josephine Maytas and Craig Jones have forged a life together built around rock and roll and the open road. Maytas, a veteran travel writer, and Jones, who is a musician and political economist have…

WAIM #154: Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats

Jun 08, 2026 1h 2m

Eric Johnson describes himself as a midwestern mutt. During Johnson’s early years, his family moved around a lot throughout the midwest with stops in Wisconsin, central Illinois, and both of…

WAIM #153: Hunter Morris

Jun 05, 2026 1h 7m

Hunter Morris is the kind of musician that has held on to his day job. It is a tale as old as time; a singer/songwriter churns out good work that improves and evolves over time. Yet, he still cannot…

WAIM #152: Andrew Kenny of American Analog Set

Jun 01, 2026 1h 1m

Andrew Kenny and his bandmates have always been good scrapbookers. They kept tour flyers, set lists, photographs, press clippings, and loads of other ephemera from the earliest days of The American…

WAIM #151: Steve Wynn

May 29, 2026 1h 4m

Steve Wynn formed his first band, The Light Bulbs at age 9. His second outfit, Sudden Death Overtime got its start while Wynn was just beginning middle school. Eventually, after a series of youthful…

WAIM #150: Julia Steiner of Ratboys

May 25, 2026 1h 1m

Julia Steiner found her musical soulmate the moment she arrived on campus at Notre Dame University. Steiner, already an avid musician and budding songwriterby the time she graduated high school, had…

WAIM #149: Ken Shipley of Numero Group

May 22, 2026 1h 4m

You could think of Numero Group simply as a record label, but you’d be missing the point entirely. Sure, with its massive catalog of neary 1,000 releases, it is technically a label, but as their own…

WAIM #148: Morgan Nagler

May 18, 2026 1h 2m

Morgan Nagler began working as an actor at age 5. For more than two decades she starred in a variety of movies and TV series for a handful of networks. By the time she hit her mid-twenties, Nagler…

S3E147 WAIM #147: Marshall Crenshaw

May 15, 2026 1h 3m

You can hear the raw and unguarded version of today’s guest when you listen intently to The Bootleg Recordings Of Marshall Crenshaw. This new collection of Crenshaw originals, which was released on…

S3E146 WAIM #146: Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide)

May 11, 2026 1h

Eef Barzelay has seen the peaks and valleys of the music industry. In the course of a lifetime playing music, Barzelay has toured the world as a solo performer and in his longtime outfit, Clem Snide.…

S3E147 WAIM #145: Jason P. Woodbury

May 08, 2026 1h 17m

Every record is something like a sonic quilt; a pastiche of songs and sonic ideas laid out as a single product. That quilt might be stitched together with mechanical precision or it might have been…

WAIM #144: Jack Rabid of 'The Big Takeover' Magazine

May 04, 2026 1h 28m

Jack Rabid was bitten by the drug of rock and roll before he even hit adulthood. Before he was old enough to drive, Rabid was taking the train from Northern New Jersey into the city with friends to…

WAIM #143: MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger

May 01, 2026 57m

There is a rhythm to life in the south that appeals to MC Taylor, the mercurial mind and voice at the center of the band Hiss Golden Messenger. Taylor has come to treasure that slower cadence of life…

WAIM #142: Anna Canoni of Woody Guthrie Publications

Apr 27, 2026 1h 6m

Anna Canoni describes herself as a coalholder for the legacy of her grandfather, the late great Woody Guthrie. Anna is the third, and most recent steward in a line of women helping to keep Woody’s…

S3E41 WAIM #141: Bob Andrews & Jayne Ballantyne of Undertow Music

Apr 24, 2026 1h 11m

Bob Andrews fell ass backwards into becoming the touring manager for Uncle Tupelo and Wilco. He’d been working at a drum shop in Nashville and was good friends with Ken Coomer, Uncle Tupelo’s…

WAIM #140: Robin Hilton of NPR's 'All Songs Considered'

Apr 20, 2026 1h 5m

Growing up in rural Kansas, Robin Hilton took a job in radio as a teenager mostly because it sounded cool. At fifteen, a pair of friends helped him land a weekend slot at a local station, and a…

WAIM #139: Esther Rose

Apr 17, 2026 1h 5m

Singing came to Esther Rose almost as early as breathing did. She began by singing harmony with her sisters, often taking the highest portion of their three-part harmonies. As she grew into writing…

WAIM #138: Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding

Apr 13, 2026 48m

Wesley Stace grew up in a home where excellence seems to have been par for the course. Stace’s parents were both intelligent and talented educators that instilled a love of academia and the arts into…

WAIM 137: Warren Zanes

Apr 10, 2026 1h 14m

Warren Zanes never expected to be a writer. As a teenager, he began a band, The Del Fuegos, with his older brother Dan. Zanes didn’t possess much of a plan, but he rode the rock and roll dream for a…

WAIM #136: Tobin Sprout

Apr 06, 2026 1h 6m

Tobin Sprout is an artist in the truest sense of the word. Sprout is an esteemed fine arts painter with a vast collection of gorgeous works that often catalog the magic within the mundanity of…

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