Emil Amos' Drifter's Sympathy

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LONER LEGENDS V

This episode of Loner Legends is one of the most important casts in this series because we get to bring a true punk god back from the dead, honor his complexities and rai

Sep 22
57 min

MOVING TO PORTLAND III

The third installment of the MOVING TO PORTLAND Trilogy bares the accidental creation of the band GRAILS, their first show and first recording... but the task of it bring

Aug 24
56 min

LORDS OF SELFISH MUSIC

Drifter's Sympathy returns with the first episode of SEASON SEVEN called 'Lords of Selfish Music'! While this episode could've easily been called "Casualties of Selfish

Aug 10
1 h 10 min

*Q&A and 7th Season Announcement*

The SEVENTH SEASON of Drifter's Sympathy is coming on August 10th to all streaming platforms! The season will open with a new series called "LORDS of SELFISH MUSIC," and

Jul 13
30 min

BONUS EPISODE - 'Sun City Girls, Grails & The Turn Of The Century'

For a SEASON SIX bonus episode Drifter's Sympathy is highlighting a recent cast Emil did on a new Sun City Girls based podcast ('The Burning Nerve Ending Magic Podcast').

Oct 8 2025
52 min

LONER LEGENDS IV

LONER LEGENDS IV brings us to the end of SEASON SIX with a new installment of the central music pillar of the cast.⛲️ I'd been saving covering one of the greatest songw

Mar 12 2025
1 h 06 min

NICK DRAKE II

This will probably be the only sequel episode Drifter's will ever do on one artist... solely because Nick Drake has such a dense story that had never fully been told unti

Feb 27 2025
1 h 09 min

NICK DRAKE

If something has changed you irrevocably in the past, its a kind of betrayal of yourself to not re-visit it and try to understand why. For this one I wanted to pull in o

Feb 12 2025
1 h 03 min

THE TERRORISTS II

"The Terrorists II" arrives to balance out the Mellow Soldiers of Season Six with a bit of history on resistance music and the avant-garde. It appears to be a natural pa

Jan 29 2025
1 h 00 min

MOVING TO PORTLAND II

This cast ties together the 90's era of our story to the current ERA.💫 (if you want some XTRA background you can re-listen to the episodes 'Moving to LA' & 'Moving to Por

Jan 15 2025
1 h 00 min

MELLOW SOLDIERS

For the first episode of SEASON SIX, we have the LONGEST Drifter's episode of all time! ...this may have something to do with the fact that Emil gets drunk at the end in

Jan 1 2025
1 h 20 min

BONUS EPISODE - "STEPHEN MALKMUS"

Ever since he heard the Trigger Cut 7" in high school, Emil has been a big fan of Stephen Malkmus' contributions to the American underground. Emil stopped by Stephen's ho

Jul 6 2022
1 h 08 min

BONUS EPISODE - "RON GETS FAN MAIL!"

Ron & Emil recently began a ritual of Sunday brunching at the same family restaurant they worked at back in 1992. After a pleasant brunch Ron is granted his customary 'ha

Jun 14 2022
51 min

LONER LEGENDS III

"LONER LEGENDS III" is the final episode of Season Five & features:: *an overview of Eden Ahbez & the writing of Nature Boy* *a difficult dive into the dastardly world of

May 17 2022
1 h 13 min

FOUR WALLS

Emil has a mid-life crisis... and records it. This episode is a sequel to "The Outsider", the other purely philosophical episode that anchored Drifter's Sympathy into a h

May 3 2022
54 min

THE DAWN OF SELFISH MUSIC II

The sequel of "THE DAWN OF SELFISH MUSIC" goes a little darker into the consequences of gaining total freedom. On the other side of this new frontier, Dylan finds people

Apr 19 2022
1 h 13 min

THE LECTURER II

Duncan Trussell returns to Drifter's Sympathy for the continuation of "The Lecturer". Emil and Duncan get into the archaeology of their friendship, their early developmen

Apr 5 2022
1 h 06 min

THE DAWN OF SELFISH MUSIC

Tracing back to the beginnings of when music on the radio began to slowly fracture and morph in the late 50's, Emil returns to a small fleet of songwriters in the Teen He

Mar 22 2022
1 h 11 min

MOVING TO PORTLAND

The new season of Drifter's Sympathy picks back up at the end of the last episode. 'I Want to Live a Peaceful Life' was about the sudden malaise that can descend on you

Mar 8 2022
1 h 00 min

*Q&A and 5th Season Announcement*

Season Five of Drifter's Sympathy will be dropping on March 8th! - This is a special mini-episode meant to announce the new Season, but it includes a section of last seas

Feb 15 2022
26 min

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I feel Emil has definitely created something special here… I came for the story but soon was pulled into the music history, theory and obscure artist I’ve never herd, it’s a delight to say the least.

Miller9091 · Aug 2022

non "inspirational" comforting but candid companion for anyone digging their way out, you don't need to know music to feel this. listened while in recovery from a near-death accident that interrupted an internal crisis. this was home in the hospital and the weeks after. still my favorite

HazelNoon · Dec 2021

Emil has created an unparalleled audio experience that cuts deeper than other podcasts. It’s so personal that sometimes you think you’re reading someone’s diary, but the music woven throughout helps guide you to place where you end up looking back at yourself.

yan blagonson · Aug 2020

Perfect arc. Told brilliantly. Most of us know these characters. Emil guides us in such a patient way towards a finish in which we are greater, grown, good people. Speaking about music as an all around holistic means and the craft of music as a form of therapy. I have been entranced for all of these seasons. Not only entertaining but also therapeutic to someone that grew up with music and psychedelics as the only available means of escape from our American paradox. Thank you.

Teambelafonte · Jan 2020

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