{"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":"James Graham (The Twilight Sad) with Rachel Goswell (Slowdive)","slug":"james-graham-the-twilight-sad-with-rachel-goswell-slowdive","published_at":"2026-04-16T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkhouse-podcast-862006/james-graham-the-twilight-sad-with-rachel-goswell-slowdive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkhouse-podcast-862006","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI1680307187.mp3?updated=1776295204","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI1680307187.mp3?updated=1776295204","summary":"On this week's Talkhouse Podcast, we've got an intense conversation between two friends about loss, mental health, and more: It's James Graham and Rachel Goswell. Graham is the singer and lyricist of the Scottish band the Twilight Sad, whose first full-length came out back in 2007, and who were part of a scene that included their friends in Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks—the common thread being intense, emotional, heart-on-the-sleeve rock songs. They chugged along for a while there, making great records, and were eventually kind of taken under the wing of the Cure's Robert Smith, who loved their music so much that the Twilight Sad has become the Cure's default opening band. But life hit Graham pretty hard over the past decade, with a seven-year stretch that included losing his mother to dementia and a bout of his own with mental illness. Graham eventually began writing songs about it, and the result is the first Twilight Sad record in seven years, called It's The Long Goodbye. It's not necessarily an easy listen, but it's worth it. Check out \"Chest Wound to the Chest\" right here. The other half of today's conversation is Rachel Goswell, best known as the singer of '90s shoegazers Slowdive. Slowdive had a pretty weird trajectory, coming up in the same scene that birthed My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and other big players, but never really getting their due back then. But history was justifiably kind to Slowdive, and they re-formed about 10 years ago, picking up a much younger fanbase in the process—theoretically thanks to TikTok and other social platforms. But Slowdive isn't just playing the nostalgia game: They've released vital new music in recent years, and their latest is 2023's Everything is Alive. In this immediately intense conversation, Graham and…","meta_description":"On this week's Talkhouse Podcast, we've got an intense conversation between two friends about loss, mental health, and more: It's James Graham and Rachel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2799,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talkhouse-podcast-862006/episodes/james-graham-the-twilight-sad-with-rachel-goswell-slowdive/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/james-graham-the-twilight-sad-with-rachel-goswell-slowdive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}