{"podcast":{"title":"Talkhouse Podcast","slug":"talkhouse-podcast-862006","podcast_index_feed_id":862006,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/THI1720663445","website_url":"https://www.talkhouse.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/67cf2bf0-01a0-11eb-bb55-774eb3875d8a/image/TH-Podcast-Art-2023.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Talkhouse","episode_count":631,"summary":"Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. Explore more illuminating shows on the Talkhouse Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T18:22:59.493138+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkhouse-podcast-862006"},"episode":{"title":"Aja Monet with Mick Jenkins","slug":"aja-monet-with-mick-jenkins","published_at":"2026-07-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkhouse-podcast-862006/aja-monet-with-mick-jenkins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkhouse-podcast-862006","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI2940266928.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI2940266928.mp3","summary":"On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast we’ve got a deep, enlightening conversation between two talented wordsmiths who also happen to be admirers of each other’s work: Mick Jenkins and Aja Monet. Mick Jenkins first found some notice a little over a decade ago with a mixtape called The Waters, a sophisticated, politically minded group of songs that sounded wiser than his years and got him tons of attention from his homebase of Chicago and beyond. Early collaborators include Chance the Rapper and and Vic Mensa, which should tell you a little bit about what to expect from Jenkins’ sound, but not the whole story: He’s since released a bunch of records that take plenty of left turns, including last year’s jazzy A Murder of Crows, made with producer EMIL. Check out “Worker’s Comp” from that album right here. Speaking of jazzy, the other half of today’s conversation is Aja Monet, who’s taken her poetry from the page and straight readings to a place bursting with music and rhythm on a pair of albums, including a brand new one called The Color of Rain. Jenkins and their mutual friend Vic Mensa join on one song, “Melting Clocks” but it’s most Monet’s show throughout, with her poetry set over zigzagging instruments and tempos. It never feels forced, but rather a natural extension of what she’s all about—complex, lyrical, and sometimes intense. Check out “Melting Clocks” right here. This conversation starts a little slowly—Jenkins is just waking up and has been having a rough few months. But these two draw inspiration and life from chatting with each other: They cover Jenkins’ early years, when he wasn’t sure if his religion would allow him to pursue secular music; and they get deep into how to deal with the crazy world we’re living in at the moment—specifically how to manage anger. It’…","meta_description":"On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast we’ve got a deep, enlightening conversation between two talented wordsmiths who also happen to be admirers of each other’…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3182,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talkhouse-podcast-862006/episodes/aja-monet-with-mick-jenkins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkhouse-podcast-862006/aja-monet-with-mick-jenkins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}