Grass Talk Radio

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Grass Talk Radio
Host Bradley Laird
Website Official site
RSS Feed
For people who play bluegrass music... or want to![unverified]

Mostly instructional monologues by Bradley Laird, with occasional interviews. That ratio is why the pattern block below ends in a catch-all skip: of the episodes the firehose sees, the large majority genuinely have no guest.[unverified]

Latest Episodes

GTR-204 Update
This is an update to let you know what's been happening in my world and to explain "wassup" with the podcast. In this episode I explain where I have been since the last episode in 2022, new things ...
2025-05-20 13:19:23
GTR-203 Curtis Jones Interview
<a href='http://www.grasstalkradio.com'>GrassTalkRadio.com</a> - Episode 203
 
Curtis Jones Interview
 
Curtis Jones is a supremely diverse musician and a world-class acoustic guitarist. Down to eart...
2022-02-17 14:43:33
GTR-202 - Jim ”Duck” Adkins Interview
<a href='http://www.grasstalkradio.com'>GrassTalkRadio.com</a> - Episode 202
 
Jim "Duck" Adkins Interview
 
Duck is many things: musician, banjo player, singer, band leader, teacher. He has been pla...
2022-02-10 22:29:02
GTR-201 Harps Jackson Interview
<a href='http://www.grasstalkradio.com'>GrassTalkRadio.com</a> - Episode 201
 
Harps Jackson Interview
 
Everything you ever wanted to know about the harmonica brought to you by a guy who truly can p...
2022-02-03 19:52:39
GTR-200 Merry Christmas
<a href='http://www.grasstalkradio.com'>GrassTalkRadio.com</a> - Episode 200
 
Merry Christmas
 
I just came in the from the yard throwing the baseball back and forth with Jackson and my wife is in t...
2021-12-24 22:42:43

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Guest name patterns

These are used by the Bluegrass Podcast Firehose to pull guest names out of episode titles. They are tried in order and the first match wins, so the specific ones belong above the general ones.[unverified]

  • A line starting with skip: marks episodes that have no guest.[unverified]
  • A line starting with # is a comment.[unverified]
  • Anything else is a Python regular expression with a named group (?P<guest>...) around the part to capture.[unverified]

Edit these freely. A pattern that does not compile is skipped and logged rather than breaking the feed.[unverified]

^GTR-\d+\s+(?P<guest>[A-Z][a-z]+(?: "[^"]+")?(?: [A-Z][a-z]+)+)\s+[Ii]nterview.*$
^GTR-\d+\s*[-–]\s*(?P<guest>[A-Z][a-z]+(?: [“”"]+[^“”"]+[“”"]+)?(?: [A-Z][a-z]+)+)\s+[Ii]nterview.*$
^GTR-\d+\s*[-–]\s*(?:"[^"]*"\s+)?(?:Author|Luthier)\s+(?P<guest>[A-Z][a-z]+(?: [A-Z][a-z]+)+).*$
# "Name of Organization" pattern
^GTR-\d+\s*[-–]?\s*(?P<guest>[A-Z][a-z]+(?: [A-Z][a-z]+)+) of .+$
# Monologue episodes, which are most of the show. MUST STAY LAST — the
# interview patterns above have to be tried first, or this swallows every guest
# the show has ever had.
skip: ^GTR-\d+

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