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Nick Brunner

Former Modern Music Director

Andrew Nixon

Nick Brunner grew up in rural Illinois with his sister, parents and a vast expanse of corn. He discovered NPR in college when he was hired to work at WGLT-FM in Normal, Illinois (the real name of a real town). That’s where he came to appreciate the colors public radio painted amid a drab and predictable broadcast landscape.

Nick's delusions of sophistication often don't match his modest lifestyle and as a result, he spends time trying to find just the right wine to accompany Tuna Helper ... a Shiraz works well.

 

    Stories by Nick Brunner

  • Cody Drabble / Capital Public Radio

    Jolie Holland And Samantha Parton Reunite For 'Wildflower Blues'

    November 24, 2017

    Two car crashes, brain surgery and the challenges of toxic masculinity haven't slowed the founders of The Be Good Tanyas. Hey, Listen! host Nick Brunner talks with Jolie Holland and Samantha Parton.

  • Cody Drabble, Nick Brunner

    Live At CapRadio: Jolie Holland And Samantha Parton

    November 17, 2017

    Two car crashes, brain surgery and the challenges of toxic masculinity haven't slowed the founders of The Be Good Tanyas. Hey, Listen! host Nick Brunner talks with Jolie Holland and Samantha Parton.

  • Sound Advice: Hey Listen!

    October 5, 2017

    Hey Listen! host Nick Brunner shares Sound Advice picks from NorCal Noisefest, the late Tom Petty, Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett, Mount Kimbie with King Krule, and Dirty Projectors.

  • Sound Advice: Hey Listen!

    July 27, 2017

    A pioneering, Ohio indie rock celebrates its 25th album, a string based trio and two records that tell the story of an extraterrestrial view of life in America. Hey, Listen! host Nick Brunner brings us the best unheard pop for Sound Advice.

  • Courtesy of Hari Kondabolu

    Comedian Hari Kondabolu Brings His Sharp Political Commentary To Sacramento

    March 23, 2017

    Hari Kondabolu speaks out about the political climate in his latest album "Mainstream American Comic."

  • Nick Brunner / Capital Public Radio

    New Music From Foxtails Brigade

    April 19, 2016

    If Rube Goldberg designed a cuckoo clock, the music it would play each hour would be Foxtails Brigade. Intricate. Literate. Covered in Tweed.

  • Nick Brunner / Capital Public Radio

    New Music From Foxtails Brigade Band

    April 8, 2016

    We meet Sacramento band Foxtails Brigade and hear new music recorded live in our studios.

  • Chino Moreno Reflects On Nearly Three Decades Of Deftones

    October 23, 2015

    Chino Moreno has been the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Deftones since the Sacramento band's beginnings in the late 80s. After nearly three decades how has the band changed and what does the singer have planned for the future?

  • Deftones / Facebook

    Sound Advice: Blue Dog Jam

    October 22, 2015

    Insight has Nick Brunner's conversation with Chino Moreno from Deftones for this week's Sound Advice.

  • Interludes: Fall 2015

    October 9, 2015

    From Aphex Twin, to Earl Sweatshirt to Henry Mancini, here's the latest batch of music you hear between stories and programs on CapRadio.

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