A Miniature World with Binnie Klein

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein June 4, 2026 Soft weather, sun

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:10:20 -0400

Soft weather, sun. A romp through indie and assorted genres with a spicy seasoned curator of alternative radio. Gabriel Yared, Dan Deacon, Blood Orange, Trills, Laurel Halo, The Beatles, Kayef, L'1consolable, Grand Prize, The Tulips, SYML, Keaton Henson, Allivm, Trills, Woods, Afro Celt Sound System & Peter Gabriel, Nymphlord, Ulali, Boards of Canada, Laurel Halo, Karsh Kale, The War on Drugs, Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam, Mimi & Richard Farina, Project Lo w/Happy Rhodes, Wayne Perry, Statik Sound System, Laura Veirs, A Man Called Adam, The Apes of God, Steve Nieve & Laurie Anderson, High Places, Wild Beasts, GaiaGram (produced by Kevin Gallagher), Donovan, Tipper, Single Gun Theory, Los Halos, Lhasa De Sela.....

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein, May 21, 2026 - Fertilizing

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 21 May 2026 17:19:32 -0400

I go into this mid-Spring as if this is the year! Bountiful container plants on the deck! Peonies encased perfectly in ungainly hoops! The sight of a tulip I don't remember planting! But first you have to toss what didn't make it over the hill. Do you know? The birds won't come to the feeder that isn't clean? They have better sense than we do. Here's today's Miniature World fertilizing: Music and words from Gabriel Yared, Love and Rockets, Widowspeak, Pet Shop Boys, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Rahill, Spelling, Low, Lucrecia Dalt, Invisible Pyramids, Lykke Li, Black Country, New Road, Fink, Dumama, NEW SEGMENT: songs that always mesmerized and you just heard again - today is Tim Buckley from a 1968 appearance on The Monkees TV Show (yes, I'm that ancient!), Ofir J. Rock & Itzhak Ventura, Ruti, Mizmo, Hante, Dengue Fever, Lana del Rey, Gregory Alan Isakov, The National, Fever Ray, Wye Oak, Sudan Archives, Ljadu Sisters, Jai Paul, November Bird, Georgia, Cigarettes after Sex, PJ Harvey, GaiaGram (produced by Kevin Gallagher), Woods, Baths, Poem: Feeding the Worms/Danusha Lameris, Lhasa de Sela, Roy Harper, Dave Van Ronk, Bonobo.......next show is Thursday, June 4, 2026 9 am - Noon!!

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein May 7, 2026 Ruby, Blue & Green

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Fri, 08 May 2026 02:39:57 -0400

There's a mug I lost that was totally me/with its jewel tones and thick crockery/and a handle that held my trembling hand/if i ever find another/i'll know it's mine/my cup for all time.
Music from Gabriel Yared, Nicolas Jaar, Faithless, Jamie xx, Daft Punk, Costanza, Daft Punk, Odile Ohms, Kerala Dust, angel corpus christi, The Last Dinner Party, Maddie Ashman, Ofir Ganon, Damon Albarn, Bo Harwood & Bobbie Permanent, The Tragically Hip, Laurie Anderson, Paul Weller, Steven Wilson, Marnie Weber, Abigail Snail, alice does computer music, Ed O'Brien, Jefferson Airplane, The Veils, David Bowie, poem by BK, Ohama, Ane Brun, Gary Numan, Catherine Elms, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Sparks, Bell Orchestra, Girls in Trouble, GaiaGram by Kevin Gallagher, January, Boom Bip, Brothers Page, poem by BK, Steve Nieve, Sia....back with you May 21, 2026

I saw a small child
With unkempt hair
Alone
Playing with a
Yellow pool noodle
On dry land
-- Binnie Klein, May 2026

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 16, 2026 Assorted Charms

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:24:03 -0400

Daffodils spouting white and yellow like eggs/spikes of grass like garnishes. Dogs poised at open windows. Here I am with a curated mix of Assorted Musical Charms. Gabriel Yared, Aldous Harding, Seren.sarac, Bjork, Arima Ederra, Anonhi and the Johnsons, Aldous Harding, MEMORIALS, Samantha Crain, The Neighborhood, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the xx, Hans Reichel, more eaze, Walter Verdin, Duffy, Macy Gray, Irma, Bazlab,, Nabihah Iqbal, Talking about Sprechgesang and Sprechstimme, the Windmill Scene.....Dry Cleaning, The Orb, Marta Del Grandi, Meg Lui, Jeremy Weber, NEW YORK, Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick, Joanna Newsom, Flea, Tori Amos, Patti Smith, Nation of Language, Ane Brun, Kelsey Lu, GaiaGram (climate news produced by Kevin Gallagher, Fergus Jones, Last Train, swelt, Zoh Amba, Nena, Marta Del Grandi.......Next podcast episode coming in May! love, I'm reachable at binnie@wpkn.org

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 2, 2026 A Good Scream

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:41:42 -0400

Shake it up. Get out of the house. Live in the in-between. We could all use a good scream. Get underway with Gabriel Yared, Future Islands, swelt, Band of Horses, REM, Juana Molina, Lemoncello, Emma Ruth Rundle, Tori Amos, Five Green Moons, Camille Camille, Rosenau & Sanborn, Elisapie, Erika Angell, Tara Clerkin Trio, Snail Mail, Black Dog, Wu-Lu, Simon & Garfunkel, Gregory Alan Isakov, Wendy Eisenberg, Martha Skye Murphy, "Reservoir," by Tova Gannanna, The New Yorker, March 23, 2026, Steen Jorgensen, D'En Haut, the FVL, Liva Lumpe, Heilung, Lettie, Anna Calvi & Laurie Anderson, Hi! CAPABARAS, Elori Saxl, Yor, Devision Redux, GaiaGram from Kevin Gallagher, Chelsea Wolfe, Sarah Nixey, Black Box Recorder, Idus Abra, Tribute to Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, Birute Galdikas, Stevie Nicks.
Back with you Thursday, April 16, 2026!!!!

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein March 19, 2026 What Was Under the Snow

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:56:56 -0400

Snow has melted and we see what was under the snow. A world teetering with tension, and now we're out of the house, talking too fast, all jagged and breathing and laughing too loud. Here's 3 hours of the beauty and peace that I wish was underneath the snow. Gabriel Yared, Big Thief, Suzanne Vega, Aldous Harding, Idaho, The Reflection Box, Widowspeak, The Walker Brothers, Nelly Furtado, Ela Minus, Vicky Sometani, The Caretaker, Swelt, tuna tres belle, Diza, Cate Le Bon, Shabaka, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Nailah Hunter, Christian Loffler, Joanna Newsom, Crosby, Stills & Nash (RIP Stephan Stills), Jessi Robertson, Patrick Watson, Jeff Buckley, plainhead, Sway, Swelt, Isolee, The Beasts of Eden, Beck, Tortois & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Suphala, GaiaGram by Kevin Gallagher, Bonobo, James Figurine, My Brightest Diamond, Barbara Morgenstern & Robert Lippok....
NEXT SHOW IS APRIL 2 and then blooming into an Apple Podcast!

Wild and Woolly

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:07:56 -0500

When I was starting to write poetry in earlier years, especially the 1970s, I had more conviction than I have now. Sounds strange, I know! I was convinced of how to shape images, tell small stories, or at least there was passion and confidence guiding me.

Creativity hasn’t stopped, thank goodness – it’s a vital nutrient….but to be able to “sum anything” up about the wider world and what we’re going through in these times…..I know I don’t have to, but it’s a powerful impulse….to pull something together! BUT – what I’ve got is this: we are battered and exhausted, minds chock-full of contradictory meanings, disillusionment and fear…..Thank goodness for alternative radio! Hold musicians in high esteem…They often soothe, stimulate, embrace, provoke…Thank you, WPKN….

We these 3 hours together. I got a bit wild and woolly with this episode! Gabriel Yared, Voka Gentle, A Lot Like Birds, Charlie xcx, Lana Del Rey, Bjork, Cosmo Sheldrake, Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles, Bebe Stockwell, Puma Blue, Phosphorescent, Saint Sappho, Meg Go, Ganavya, Procol Harum, Isabel Pine, Mitski, Voice Coils, Alabaster deplume, Laurie Anderson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Cosmo Sheldrake, Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor, Yndling, Hazlett, Elliot Moss, Moonheart, young people, Jessi Robertson, Annahstasia, Celeste, Sam Phillips, GaiaGram, Donovan, Julia Holter, Tom Greenwood, Joanne Robertson & David Cunningham, Vashti Bunyan, Ott, Nightingale Floor, ugne&maria, Courtney Barnett..Back again March 19!

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein Feb 5, 2026 The Storms Are Stronger Now

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:14:49 -0500

Heavy Storms (and the storms are stronger now).
Heavy World (and Atlas can't shrug at all).
We take Heavy Steps...
Try to answer the call...

In this episode I'm juggling amazing artists and hope I do them justice: Gabriel Yared, Wax Tailor, Kate Bush, Yin Yin, Third World, Flea w/Thom Yorke, Christine and the Queens, Daughter, Nation of Language, Asgeir, Manchester Orchestra, Amason, Xiu Xiu, Sister Irene O'Connor, Picky Picnic, They Might Be Giants, Lamb, The Cure, Lana Del Rey, GaiaGram (environmental news from Kevin Gallagher), Jherek Bischoff and Amanda Palmer, Ada Lea, Lo-Fang, Liam St. John, Snowpoet, Professor Girlfriend, Of The Trees, Grace and Rachel, Hazlett, Sufjian Stevens, Freur, Half Waif, Architecture in Helsinki, The Cavemen, The Last Dinner Party, FKA Twigs and Oklou, Arms....

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 15, 2026 On the Bus or Off the Bus

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:55:13 -0500

I want what I can't handle/I want what I can't see/I want a second ending/where you envelope me.. A Miniature World - Shrinking it down and mixing it up for Gabriel Yared, Jeff Beck, Dot Allison, Monomome, Boards of Canada, Nightmares on Wax, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lucinda Williams, Ferron, David Bowie, Walter Verdin, Kula Shaker, V/Z, Alien Cowboy, Bill Callahan, Absent Music & Jan Van Den Broeke, Daniel Lanois, RIP Bob Weir, Robert Wyatt, Lana del Rey, Juana Molina, Stella Donnelly, GaiaGram (Environmental news from Kevin Gallagher), Winona Oak, Melody's Echo Chamber, Arnold Dreyblatt & Horse Lords, The Doors, MO, Juana Molina, Adan & Ilse, The French Pop Dream, Olek Yaro, Nalead, Burial-Four Tet & Thom Yorke, Rosa Anschutz, Four Tet, Thom Yorke, Laurie Anderson, Walter Verdin, Annabel Lamb....next show is February 5. Get in touch: binnie@wpkn.org

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 1 2026 What I Loved

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:47:40 -0500

What is it about New Year's? Signaled by a day? I picture an enormous hourglass--a yearly one-- turned over by a giant force. Another next chance--your seemingly endless chunk of time will too soon dissolve like the grains of sand dripping through the glass. But we are pleased for more, always wanting more! We may or may not meet the resolves we set -- I say forgive yourself ahead of time! Here are some artists I've loved; some discovered in 2025. C'est le vent, Bettye/Gabriel Yared, Adrian Jodorowsky/Dancing to the Radio, Ben Sollee/A Change is Gonna Come, Mr. Pauer/Dare, Onra/Come Closer, Debruit & Alsarah/Alhalim, Sara Tavares/Ponto de Luz, Camper Van Beethoven/Come Down the Coast, Jane Weaver/Love in Constant Spectacle, Bill Ryder-Jones/This Can't Go On, Emily Wells/Passenger, Daniel Ash/Me and My Shadow, Fleetwood Mac/The Chain, Peter Gabriel/The Man Who Loved the Earth-The Hand That Sold Shadows/Ovo, and Here are some pics from music critic Eric Danton, who edits the newsletter Freak Scene: Raeann Fetcho/Girl of the Year, Rosalia/Porcelana, Ciarra Fragate, iamamiwhoami/Fountain, Hannah Cohen/Summer Sweat. Los Macuanos/Mar Negro, Year's End Edition of GaiaGram, produced by WPKN's Kevin Gallagher, highlighting improvements in climate change, Adrian Belew/Peaceable Kingdom, Joanna Newsom/Sapokanikan, Daisy Rickman/Omlesa, Crosy, Stills & Nash/Long Time Gone, Casey Dienel/Seventeen, Iniko/The King's Return, Annahstasia/Be Kind, Sevdaliza/On My Own, Sudan Archives/Come and Find You, Caroline Polachek/'Tell me I never knew that", Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith/Urges, Dry Cleaning/Hit My Head all Day, and Let Me Grow and You'll see the Truth, Cate Le Bon/About Time, Ponybird/Fire & Stars, Hot Chip/Hand Me Down Your Love.....AND....Drum roll, please....my favorite song of 2025: "I Will Wonder" by Christopher Mir....Have a peaceful and healthy New Year! You can reach me binnie@wpkn.org

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein, Dec 18, 2025 Offering Warmth

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:32:24 -0500

Are you shivering in your boots? Huddled around a fire? Ordering flannel sheets on sale? We love seasonal continuity and repetition, don't we? Cuz, as they say, what's the alternative? Well, here are 3 hours of seriously and carefully curated new and older music and some words; among them John Glacier, London Grammar, Thylacine, Christian Loffler, Jay Som, james K, Ula, Smerz, Lizzie Weber, Kate Bush, Milkweed, Rattle, Mei Semones, Kinski, Iniko, Half Japanese, Elijah Minnelli, Nalead, SEVN, So, The "Gaia-Gram," a short segment by Kevin Gallagher about threats to our environment, MONG, Robyn & Jamie xx, Hannes Bieger, Blue Man Group...Wanna hear a spooky cover of Abba's "SOS?" by Portishead...James and Brian Eno, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Ladybug Transistor, Throwing Shapes, The Notwist, Enji, The Weather Station, Thievery Corporation, Rosa Anschutz, Djrum, "We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves." (Patti Smith) Oklou, Ikonika.....Next Miniature World is broadcasting on New Year's Day, January 1, 26 and available HERE! Here's to a better year... You can reach me binniek(at)wpkn.org

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein December 4, 2025 Cold Moon, Warm Heart

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:07:58 -0500

Cold Supermoon but Warm-hearted host, exploring interstitial spaces. Can be literal, like gaps between yr teeth, spaces between cells, or figurative; can be in-between states, identities. Exists in art--going outside the mainstream. Join me for 3 hours of curated goodness with a film recommendation. The gorgeousness of Elder Island, Nena, Art School Girlfriend, FJ McMahon, May Zoean, Sarah Fimm, Tony Levin, David Baron, Blood Orange, In These Trees and Tartie, Bob Dylan, Asgeir, and many more! RIP Jimmy Cliff. Questions/comments? binnie@wpkn.org. Next show is December 18, 2025. Thanks to all the great musicians and attentive listeners!

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein November 20 2025 Authenticity

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:09:10 -0500

"Authenticity sweet spot: when the music resonates with you"
-- Susan Rogers, This is What it Sounds Like
Here on A Miniature World it's indie music, outie, inner, outer, sideways, byways, all the ways. Something old, something new, something blue, impressionistic, spoken words, shared emotions, happy/sad, glorious/remarkable...terrestrial...streaming...beaming...podcasting and dreaming...Sevadliza, Alec Benjamin, brux XTN, Yukimi, MILCK, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Quilt, Pyeng Threadgill, Yo La Tengo, Hauschka, Nits, Pumuky, The Pogues, Altered Images, Donovan, Makk, Brian Kelly, Camper Van Beethoven, The Cavemen, A Silent Film, Nation of Language, Will Swinton, Marisa Anderson, Julia Holter, Lael Neale, Hannah Cohen, Juana Molina, Lo-Fang AND MORE! Next episode December 4, 2025! Be happy to hear from you: binnie(at)wpkn.org

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - November 6, 2025 - Indie Heaven

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:03:00 -0500

A Miniature World (words and music) expands today to 3 hours, with poems by Binnie Klein, Tristan Tzara (I always like to be paired with a surrealist!), and a tidbit from Paul Lisicky's memoir about Joni Mitchell. And the most exquisitely curated trip through the work of artists like Banks, Tame Impala, Lolli Wren, Future Islands, Blood Orange, David Bowie, Elbow, with some cool psychedelia, folk, and world music sprinkled throughout. If you'd like to reach Binnie for questions or comments: binnie@wpkn.org.
Next episode premieres November 20, 2025! Binnie's songwriting project is In These Trees and Tartie.

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - September 18, 2025 - "Only Connect"

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:21:13 -0400

"Only connect" (E.M. Forster) For what else can be done in these times? I can reach you with this curated show of sound and words. Will you open your heart like a flower and be receptive? Music from Beach House, Ivy, Yellow House, Daphne's Demise, Hibou, Peter Gabriel, poem M.C. Escher by Binnie Klein, Basia Bulat, Futurebirds, etc.

A Miniature World with Binnie Klein - October 2, 2025 - Autumn Field Recording from My Deck

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:47:02 -0400

There is nothing more glorious than the sight and sound of a dog jumping into a pile of leaves. I recorded this episode out on my deck on one of the few remaining glorious autumn days. Amidst gorgeous music by, among others, MILCK, Bastille, New Order, Kae Tempest, Phish, Perfume Genius, Cold War Kids, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 1958 poem "I Am Waiting," (read by Abu B. Rafique), I water the plants and bug spray gives me a coughing fit.

October 16, 2025 - Walking in the Woods

Binnie Klein, WPKN — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:02:26 -0400

I walk in the woods with my small dog. I talk about a new hybrid bird species. Music includes Ladytron, Not for Radio, Ponybird, Automatic, Antelope, SAULT, The Marias, Winona Oak, In These Trees and Tartie, Christopher Mir, Kate Bush, Lord Huron, etc...