Brightest Young Things has been informing D.C. where to go and what to do for the last 11 years. BYT Radio will discuss big stories from our online magazine and give our Best Weekend Bets. Time is money. Spend it well. This show records and broadcasts LIVE on Full Service Radio from the lobby of t…
Brightest Young Things works out of a co-working space. What a time to put your hand in the candy dish. Powered and distributed by SImplecast.
The beloved film has been turned into a hopefully beloved musical. Jenn Tisdale just got back from the U.K. after seeing the inaugural run in Manchester. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Pitchfork Music Fest released their 2020 lineup. Coachella, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Lollapalooza and more are coming. Who are they for? Somewhat related, happy birthday Kurt Cobain and Rihanna! Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Creative Director of Beverage at The Imperial/Dram & Grain Andy Bixby talks about using a pressure cooker, miso, mirin and more in a cocktail you're never going to make at home. Powered and distributed by SImplecast.
The Super Bowl is this Sunday so we check in with BYT's biggest Kansas City Chiefs fan Joe McAdam. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Music's biggest night is this Sunday. But if no one is buying records and everyone is watching things on demand, who is this for? It's really not a negative show. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
It's AFC/NFC Championship weekend. The new Aaron Hernandez doc is the biggest thing on Netflix. The two are closely related. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
New year, not a new you. Eat jalapeno poppers and buy an old house. Powered and distributed by SImplecast
The documentarian joins to the show to discuss her new film, The Kingmaker, about the once disgraced, still powerful Imelda Marcos. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Of all the trends of the 10s that bothered some and soothed others, it was ASMR. A chat with BYT's Jenn Tisdale about her ASMR guide and some recommendations for people that dislike whispering and tapping. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
We're in the midst of our end of the decade series so we chat with BYT writer Matt Byrne about his three features that are currently available on the site and the three that are coming up. The 2010s was the decade of Conner O'Malley. Kind of. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The long awaited Imperial is finally open. And Thanksgiving is next week. So we spoke with The Imperial Wine Director Morgan Kirchner about what to pair with Thanksgiving turkey. And what wine pairs well with Taco Bell. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The von ammon co. contemporary art gallery curator Todd Von Ammon comes back on the show to discuss the soon-to-open show, Focus Group, "an exhibition of eighteen artists who use a range of approaches—including readymade, post-consumer objects, and media content—to investigate our highly networked, deterritorialized society of control." Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The new doc about the origin of the D.C. punk and hardcore scene screens this weekend at AFI Silver Spring. Filmmaker James June Schneider joins the show to discuss Punk the Capital. Powered and distributed by Simplecasr
The Hard Times started in 2014. Their first book, The Hard Times: The First 40 Years, was released this week. Founders Bill Conway and Matt Saincome join the show to chat about the most important punk journalism today. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
The 2019 edition of BYT's annual comedy fest begins tonight with two shows at The Lincoln Theatre. Funny people Jackie Kashian and Greta Titelman come on the show to talk funny. And not funny. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
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Variety is right, Conan is the reason podcasting exists.
There's a good man putting old TVs on people's doorsteps. Unrelated, the REACH is about the change The Kennedy Center.
The CQ Roll Call Deputy Editor and host of Political Theater comes on the show to discuss the new, buzzy Netflix doc The Great Hack. Related, an appreciation on the late, great documentarian D.A. Pennebaker.
Beverly Hills 90210 is returning for its third iteration. So is Death Becomes Us. Jenn Tisdale comes back on the show to discuss her excitement for both.
Washington Post writer Chris Kelly recently reviewed Blink 182 and Lil Wayne's co-headlining tour. Both acts, though still releasing new music, leaned in on the nostalgia and who exactly benefitted?
International Spy Museum Historian and Curator and author of Nuking the Moon and Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board Vince Houghton comes on the show to chat about spying kitties, exploding bats and melting icebergs.
The upstairs of Jack Rose is turning into a beach bar every Wednesday through summer. Baltimore's finest DDm celebrates the release of Beautiful Gowns this Saturday at BENT at 9:30 Club. A summery show full of cocktails and hip-hop.
A chat with Chef Gerardo Vázquez Lugo in the brand new Buena Vida Clarendon. Related, Full Service Radio's Jack Inslee and Brandon want to go back to Mexico City.
A chat with the AFI Festivals director about D.C.'s best film festival: AFI Docs.
Did The Sopranos, Mad Men and Breaking Bad lead to Fixer Upper, MasterChef Junior and My Lottery Dream Home?
Jenn Tisdale, festival director of BYT's Death Becomes Us fest, comes on the show to tease next week's DBU November 2019 announcements with some audio from the March 2019 DBU show with Damien Echols, Amanda Knox and John Douglas. Nina O'Neil, curator of the By The People + Monochrome Art Fair and founder and director of Monochrome Collective, chats about the new Georgetown pop up.
Curators Marta Staudinger and Helen Criales join the show to discuss Spiritual Wanderlust, the new show at Latela Curatorial.
From art in a gallery to art at a ball. New D.C. gallery owner Todd Von Ammon comes on the show to discuss the first exhibit at Von Ammon Co., a solo show by Tabor Robak. Founder of House of Sonique Chaz Sonique chats about this Sunday's Garden Ball at U Hall and COUNTDOWN! on Friday, May 31 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ammon joins the show as part of BYT's DC Art Census 2019.
Artist Eric Uhlir joins the show to discuss his new exhibit, Recalled in Human Memory, currently on display at the Hillyer. This episode is part of BYT’s DC Art Census 2019.
Edward Zwick joins the show to talk about his new film, "Trial By Fire" and artist Carni Klirs chats with us about his current art exhibit: "Action. Reaction. Action: Visualizing Fugazi."
The man behind Columbia Room comes on the show to talk about his new book, "Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World."
1/3rd of Republic Restoratives comes by to chat about their new Grappa collaboration with City Winery and Brandon gets drunk on one shot.
We’re celebrating Passover with Call Your Mother’s Andrew Dana and director of the new documentary Hail Satan?, Penny Lane.
A chat with Chefs Gerald Addison and Chris Morgan from Maydan and psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb. Eat grilled vegetables and see a therapist.
Scott Walker passed away this week at the age of 76. A chat with BYT writer and musician Johnny Fantastic on how Walker shaped his and others, like David Bowie's, Thom Yorke's and Jarvis Cocker's, music.
Artist Robin Bell currently has an exhibition at the Corcoran, OPEN, through March 31. Due to a newly enforced amendment to the traffic regulations for the United States Capitol Grounds, his equipment was recently confiscated.
Full Service Radio main dude Jack Inslee is currently recording episodes for this station at South By Southwest. A chat about how to make the most of the music conference/fest/experiential branding/presidential hopeful rally.
A chat about the fastest growing spirit in the U.S. with Oyamel Beverage Director Alan Grublauskas. Oyamel is in the midst of their excellent Tequila and Mezcal Festival.
Jeff Place is the Curator and Senior Archivist of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. They recently released the The Social Power of Music box set. A chat about building that box, the speed of Woody Guthrie records and how to get this dream job.
Jamie Benedi is a stand up comic. He's not a ventriloquist. He tried his hands, plural, both hands, at the art form and wrote about it for BYT.
Our annual Valentine's Day feature, Why We Love DC Right Now, was published yesterday featuring Al Goldberg and 13 others. A chat with the Mess Hall founder about Washington and the upcoming Ramen World.
BYT contributor Joe McAdam joins the show to chat about our recent Music Doc Guide, specifically Some Kind of Monster. See Butt on Saturday, February 9 at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles. See the You, Me, Them, Everybody Live 11 hour live show marathon Saturday, February 9 at The Wonderland Ballroom in Washington, D.C.