{"podcast":{"title":"Big Ears: Conversations About Music","slug":"big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990","podcast_index_feed_id":7211990,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/100f792ec/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://bigearsfestival.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43011923/43011923-1739284806363-a53ce50b9d31a.jpg","author":"Big Ears Festival","episode_count":25,"summary":"Big Ears: Conversations About Music is a podcast that brings together cutting-edge musicians, journalists, and community leaders in discussions about the creative process, collaboration, and the transformative power of music. The podcast features one-on-one talks and roundtable discussions hosted by expert music critics with the artists who make Big Ears unique, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the inspirations and connections that make Big Ears one of the world’s most unique music festivals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:18:28.409738+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990"},"episode":{"title":"ganavya, Carlos Niño, Alabaster DePlume with Ann Powers: Live at Big Ears 2025","slug":"ganavya-carlos-ni-o-alabaster-deplume-with-ann-powers-live-at-big-ears-2025","published_at":"2025-06-17T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990/ganavya-carlos-ni-o-alabaster-deplume-with-ann-powers-live-at-big-ears-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigearsfestival/episodes/ganavya--Carlos-Nio--Alabaster-DePlume-with-Ann-Powers-Live-at-Big-Ears-2025-e34b59n","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/100f792ec/podcast/play/104223479/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-5-16%2F402279189-44100-2-32e3bab132f1b.m4a","summary":"Hear a deep and searching live conversation from Big Ears 2025 between NPR Music critic and author Ann Powers and three remarkable artists whose practices reach far beyond the boundaries of genre — vocalist, double bassist and composer ganavya , multi-instrumentalist and scene-connector Carlos Niño, and British poet, saxophonist and troubadour Alabaster DePlume . In this wide-ranging interview, they explore themes of interdependence, the evolving meaning of “community,” and the porous line between art and everyday life. They challenge the language we use to describe music and the commodification of creative labor, while offering alternative frameworks grounded in love, joy, ancestry, and intuition.","meta_description":"Hear a deep and searching live conversation from Big Ears 2025 between NPR Music critic and author Ann Powers and three remarkable artists whose practices…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4005,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990/episodes/ganavya-carlos-ni-o-alabaster-deplume-with-ann-powers-live-at-big-ears-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990/ganavya-carlos-ni-o-alabaster-deplume-with-ann-powers-live-at-big-ears-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}