Lucy Richardson and Hermela Hailu sit down with OK Go’s Damian Kulash backstage at Indie 102.3’s INDIEVERSE Festival in fall 2025. This wide-ranging conversation moves from Beanie Babies to a shifting music industry, and lands on the challenge of centering creative joy once making art becomes your job.

You can find OK Go’s music wherever you stream your tunes, and on social media @okgo

Hosted by Lucy Richardson and Hermela Hailu

Engineered by Carlos Perez

Mixed and Mastered by Tongjai Lee

Edited by Lucy Richardson

Produced by David Ladon, Lucy Richardson, and Shawn Lucero

Executive Producers are Jami Duffy and David Ladon

Theme Music is “Hog” by Conrad Mata

Get Loud Radio Lounge is a production of Youth on Record in collaboration with Indie 102.3.

Learn more at www.youthonrecord.org/programs/media-arts.

Learn more about Indie 102.3 at https://www.cpr.org/indie/

Carlos Perez and Hermela Hailu sit down with Lulu Demitro and Will Trafas of Pink Fuzz backstage at Indie 102.3’s INDIEVERSE Festival in fall 2025. They talk about coming up in Denver’s evolving music scene and why patience and persistence matter when building a lasting creative career.

You can find Pink Fuzz’s music wherever you stream your tunes, and on social media @pinkfuzzband

Hosted by Carlos Perez and Hermela Hailu

Engineered by Lucy Richardson

Mixed and Mastered by Tongjai Lee

Edited by Lucy Richardson

Produced by David Ladon, Lucy Richardson, and Shawn Lucero

Executive Producers are Jami Duffy and David Ladon

Theme Music is “Hog” by Conrad Mata

Get Loud Radio Lounge is a production of Youth on Record in collaboration with Indie 102.3.

Learn more at www.youthonrecord.org/programs/media-arts.

Learn more about Indie 102.3 at https://www.cpr.org/indie/

Lucy Richardson and Carlos Perez catch up with Bartees Strange backstage at Indie 102.3’s INDIEVERSE Festival in fall 2025. In a candid conversation, Bartees reflects on growing up religious in Oklahoma, finding punk and Midwest emo as a teenager, and how bands like TV On The Radio and At The Drive-In offered a sense of belonging in a rock world that rarely looked like him.

You can find Bartees Strange’s music wherever you stream your tunes, and on social media @bartees_strange

Hosted by Lucy Richardson and Carlos Perez

Engineered by Hermela Hailu

Mixed and Mastered by Tongjai Lee

Edited by Lucy Richardson

Produced by David Ladon, Lucy Richardson, and Shawn Lucero

Executive Producers is David Ladon

Theme Music is “Hog” by Conrad Mata

Get Loud Radio Lounge is a production of Youth on Record in collaboration with Indie 102.3.

Learn more at www.youthonrecord.org/programs/media-arts.

Learn more about Indie 102.3 at https://www.cpr.org/indie/