The Pod Piper: December 3, 2021
I've been listening to Sondheim all week; some of my favorite scores - the 2007 Company revival, the 2004 Assassins revival, the original Sunday In The Park With George - along with Sondheim Sings Volume I. And of course, as I'm wont to do with anything, I sought out Sondheim pods. None of them made The List, but this one and this one stood out. Sometimes you don't know what you've got until it's gone, and while that can hardly be said of Sondheim, widely recognized during his life as quite possibly the the musical theater GOAT, I'm not sure I fully appreciated his influence on my life until he passed. All that said, and with the impending END OF YEAR MUSIC LIST EXTRAVAGANZA I guess I've been in more of music listening mood lately. But don't worry, there are pods a plenty for which to give thanks (dang, that would have worked a bit better a week ago). THE LIST 1. How I Built This with Guy Raz - "Audible: Don Katz" Don Katz has led the