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    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay

    Hey everybody! My name’s Greenberg and this is my podcast. It started as a radio show in 2003. In 2020, it phoenixed into a podcast, thanks to our friends at NRM Streamcast. If truth be told, the podcast is pretty much a glorified radio show. We play a lot of eclectic music (rest assured, we pay our yearly BMI/ASCAP fees), talk way too much about it, and sometimes invite other folks to talk with us about music & other things. We’re equally excited about music’s past, present and future, and we hope you are too.
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    Episodes (133)

    I'm Acting and I'm Wearing a Hat!

    I'm Acting and I'm Wearing a Hat!

    On this week's show, we...

    • welcome back our good friend & Charlotte Magazine columnist Jen Tota-McGivney 
    • celebrate the completion of her forthcoming book, Find Your Walden
    • share our 2024 Oscars picks

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Steel Cage Death Match: Stephen King vs. Nick Offerman

    Steel Cage Death Match: Stephen King vs. Nick Offerman

    On this week's show, we... 

    • spend quality time with superlative new records from Brittany Howard, The Last Dinner Party & Madi Diaz
    • spin new singles from Goat Girl, Old 97's & Beyonce 
    • pour one out for Dex Romweber & Wayne Kramer 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Don't Get Bored

    Don't Get Bored

    On this week's show, we...

    pour one out for the late, great Mojo Nixon, who left us this way too early on February 7, 2024, at the age of 66.

    All this & much, much less! 

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Lions Flying Too Close to the Sun

    Lions Flying Too Close to the Sun

    On this week's show, we...

    • spend quality time with new records from Sleater-Kinney & Scott H. Biram 
    • spin fresh new tracks from Chicano Batman, The Black Keys & Khruangbin 
    • lament the cold, harsh reality that the Detroit Lions are not going to the Super Bowl 

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Falling Between the Cracks

    Falling Between the Cracks

    On this week's show, we...

    • spin new singles from Waxahatchee, Madi Diaz & Superchunk 
    • catch up on 2023 albums we slept on from Soft Science & Lana Del Rey 
    • nerd out over Canadian arena rock bangers of the 80s & soul-jazz protest classics from the late 60s 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 4 - Best of the Rest

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 4 - Best of the Rest

    On this week's show, we wrap up the merry month of Debts-cember (and the year in general) with...

    • the most honorable of mentions
    • the runners-up that fill our cup
    • the best of the rest of 2023 

    All this & much, much less! 


    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 3 - Your Holiday Bonus

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 3 - Your Holiday Bonus

    Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember!

    Part 3 - Your Holiday Bonus  - In this, our first-ever Holiday Bonus episode, we proudly present our long-overdue appreciation of one of the most underappreciated British singer/songwriters of all time - the late, great Kirsty MacColl

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights IV

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights IV

    Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember!

    Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights IV - On this week's show, because I just didn't have it in me to pull off another extended show, we're dialing it back with one of our shortest episodes of the year! 8 songs (one for each night of Chanukah) plus a bonus track to represent the starter candle. 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of the Year

    Debts-cember 2023 Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of the Year

    Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember!

    Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of 2023 - On this week's show, we spend quality time with the records that sparked joy, inspired us to get out of bed, face the day & conquer the world while the world continued to rage on like an unholy dumpster fire.

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    Be Thankful for What You Got

    Be Thankful for What You Got

    On this week's show, we...

    • spend quality time with new records by Black Pumas & Damien Jurado 
    • unearth a great lost jangle-psych classic from Detroit's Under Water Rain 
    • feature a long-overdue Doppelbangers segment 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Entitled to be Untitled

    Entitled to be Untitled

    On this week's show, we...

    • spin fresh tracks by Sleater-Kinney & Hurray for the Riff Raff 
    • spend quality with new records from The Mountain Goats, The Gaslight Anthem, A. Savage & Mayer Hawthorne 
    • wish a very happy birthday to Andy Partridge & Neil Young 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Rocktober 2023 - Part 2: Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost

    Rocktober 2023 - Part 2: Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost

    On this week's show, we... 

    • spend quality time with the latest records from Wilco, Cable Ties & Bully 
    • spin fresh tracks from Brittany Howard, Bleachers & Kurt Vile 
    • celebrate 40 years of The The's Soul Mining 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Rocktober 2023 - Part 1: Night of the Living Tim

    Rocktober 2023 - Part 1: Night of the Living Tim

    On this week's show, we...

    • spin fresh tracks from Boy Golden, Cherry Glazerr & Superchunk
    • spend quality time with superlative new records from Low Cut Connie and Lydia Loveless 
    • bask in the revelation that is The Replacements' Tim Let It Bleed Edition box set

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Hopscotch Harvest 2023

    Hopscotch Harvest 2023

    On this week's show, we... 

    • spend quality time with the new Ghost of Vroom record 
    • spin fresh tracks from The Rolling Stones & A. Savage 
    • present our wrap-up of the 2023 Hopscotch Music Festival

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Kickin' It Old-School: Hip-Hop at 50

    Kickin' It Old-School: Hip-Hop at 50

    On this week's show, we...

    • celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with a fistful of our fave old-school cuts 
    • spend quality time with the first record in 38 years from Rain Parade and the solo debut from Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino 
    • spin fresh tracks from Black Pumas, Low Cut Connie & Rhiannon Giddens  

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Pour One Out for Robbie, Rodriguez & Sinead

    Pour One Out for Robbie, Rodriguez & Sinead

    On this week's show, we... 

    • honor the life & legacy of Sinead O'Connor, Rodriguez & Robbie Robertson 
    • nerd out over the news of yet another Replacements box set 
    • spin fresh new tracks from Wilco, Lydia Loveless & Big Thief

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    2023 Half-Time Mix Tape

    2023 Half-Time Mix Tape

    On this week's show, we...

    toss the Maxell UDXLII into the Debts cassette deck & hit play on our 2023 Half-Time Mix Tape - a random sampling of tracks from some of our favorite albums of the year so far.

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Short Blast, Vol. 1

    Short Blast, Vol. 1

    On this week's show, we present our first Short Blast episode - a fistful of new/newish tracks we're digging, bookended by a pair of ridiculously short songs.

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys

    Let's Get the Band Back Together

    Let's Get the Band Back Together

    On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from 

    • Lucinda Williams
    • PJ Harvey
    • Deer Tick
    • Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire

    All this and much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

    July Flame

    July Flame

    On this week's show, we... 

    • spend quality time with new records from Protomartyr, Bettye Lavette & Queens of the Stone Age 
    • spin fresh tracks from Lydia Loveless, Dawes & Wille Nelson 
    • celebrate Independence Day with even more musical fireworks from X & Laura Veirs 

    All this & much, much less!

    Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.