{"podcast":{"title":"Kreative Kontrol","slug":"kreative-kontrol-168418","podcast_index_feed_id":168418,"rss_url":"https://rss.acast.com/kreative-kontrol","website_url":"http://vishkhanna.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/620127d84925ed4ea3ec08aa/show-cover.jpg","author":"Vish Khanna","episode_count":1133,"summary":"Thoughtful, funny, heartfelt interviews and in-depth documentaries about musicians, authors, comedians, and other cultural creators. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T16:17:52.741677+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. #1084: Janel Leppin","slug":"ep-1084-janel-leppin","published_at":"2026-04-09T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418/ep-1084-janel-leppin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418","url":"http://vishkhanna.com/2026/04/09/ep-1084-janel-leppin/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/kreative-kontrol/e/69d72ba6e257f11e03b759ee/media.mp3","summary":"Janel Leppin returns to discuss her new solo album Slowly Melting and Pluto in Aquarius by Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, her ability to compartmentalize her visual art impulses from her musical ones, why she frequently releases more than one album on the same day, how Susan Alcorn and David Lynch remain constant inspirations, an eye-opening Mdou Moctar tour, making protest jazz music in a politically volatile time, her compelling and dynamic use of the cello as a lead instrument in jazz expressions, her tribute to Deerhoof, why she employs fuzz and distortion, loving pedals and naming songs after different ones, upcoming shows, another new record, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already,  please subscribe now on Patreon  so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to  the Bookshelf ,  Planet Bean Coffee , and  Grandad’s Donuts.   Support  Y.E.S.S. , Pride Centre of Edmonton , and Letters Charity . Follow  vish online . Related episodes/links: Win a Gord Downie Vinyl Bundle in April 2026! Ep. #1069: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis All Things Konsidered: The Beatles Anthology Ep. #1003: Marissa Nadler Ep. #975: Deerhoof Ep. #919: Oren Ambarchi Ep. #887: Janel and Anthony Ep. #874: Mdou Moctar Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Janel Leppin returns to discuss her new solo album Slowly Melting and Pluto in Aquarius by Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, her ability to compartmen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4093,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kreative-kontrol-168418/episodes/ep-1084-janel-leppin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418/ep-1084-janel-leppin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}