{"podcast":{"title":"Beginnings","slug":"beginnings-712871","podcast_index_feed_id":712871,"rss_url":"https://beginnings.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://beginningspod.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/7/a/9/77a9ce61a5a84663e55e3c100dce7605/Beginnings_Logo_Perfect_Square_for_Libsyn.jpg","author":"Andy Beckerman","episode_count":500,"summary":"We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and on-their-way-up comedians, musicians, writers, artists and thinkers about their earliest creative acts, their formative childhood experiences, and how they've developed both creatively and emotionally over the years. Beginnings is part therapy, part philosophy and almost all fascinating (95% according to FDA studies).","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T16:17:50.333758+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 703: Kassie Carlson of Guerilla Toss","slug":"episode-703-kassie-carlson-of-guerilla-toss","published_at":"2026-01-09T08:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871/episode-703-kassie-carlson-of-guerilla-toss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871","url":"https://beginnings.libsyn.com/episode-703-kassie-carlson-of-guerilla-toss","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beginnings/Beginnings_-_Kassie_Carlson.mp3?dest-id=73019","summary":"On today's episode, I talk to musician Kassie Carlson. Originally from Cape Cod, Kassie began performing in an early incarnation of Guerilla Toss after her hardcore band Western Syndrome played a show with them in 2012. They released their first EP Jeffrey Johnson later that year on Feeding Tube Records, and since then, they've released over a dozen more albums and EPs on labels like Tzadik, DFA and Sub Pop. Just last September, they released their sixth album, You're Weird Now, on Sub Pop, and folks, it's a delight! This is the website for Beginnings , subscribe on Apple Podcasts , follow me on Twitter . Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here ! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here ! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore ! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace ! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers ! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee !","meta_description":"On today's episode, I talk to musician Kassie Carlson. Originally from Cape Cod, Kassie began performing in an early incarnation of Guerilla Toss after he…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3839,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beginnings-712871/episodes/episode-703-kassie-carlson-of-guerilla-toss/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871/episode-703-kassie-carlson-of-guerilla-toss.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}