Joshua Speers Archives | The Nerd Daily https://thenerddaily.com/tag/joshua-speers/ All Things Nerdy Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:48:12 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/thenerddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-Nerd-Daily-Logo-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Joshua Speers Archives | The Nerd Daily https://thenerddaily.com/tag/joshua-speers/ 32 32 122026701 Conversations With Unexpected Book Nerds: Joshua Speers https://thenerddaily.com/conversations-with-unexpected-book-nerds-joshua-speers/ https://thenerddaily.com/conversations-with-unexpected-book-nerds-joshua-speers/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:00:46 +0000 https://www.thenerddaily.com/?p=28596 If you love to read books, chances are you love to talk about them too. But have you ever wondered about whether your favourite celebrities or public figures love to read as well? If you might share a favourite book or preferred genre with them? Well, I sure have! So, I’m on a mission to find book lovers (book nerds, if you will!) in unexpected places. In this interview series, I’ll be talking with people you recognise but don’t necessarily […]

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]]> If you love to read books, chances are you love to talk about them too. But have you ever wondered about whether your favourite celebrities or public figures love to read as well? If you might share a favourite book or preferred genre with them? Well, I sure have! So, I’m on a mission to find book lovers (book nerds, if you will!) in unexpected places. In this interview series, I’ll be talking with people you recognise but don’t necessarily associate with books — musicians, actors and actresses, athletes, and more. We will be discussing all of their current projects you want to hear about, of course, but we will also be digging into their unique reading and writing lives!

In this interview, I chat with singer/songwriter Joshua Speers, who has released two amazing EPs this year with Warner Records: Human Now and Summerland. The son of two English teachers, he studied poetry in college and is extremely well-read. Listen below to hear us discuss Joshua’s EPs and musical influences, some favourite books from his childhood as well as now, and much, much more!

  • 1:01 – Joshua discusses his background & how he became a musician
  • 3:59 – How the pandemic has impacted the release of his music in 2020
  • 8:15 – Music & other avenues of fulfilment/inspiration in life
  • 10:48 – Joshua discusses writing his two EPs, Human Now and Summerland
  • 13:42 – How he believes songwriting & therapy are different
  • 17:45 – Joshua shares some of his musical influences
  • 26:36 – Shelf-Isolation, a book club he co-facilitates on Instagram
  • 36:16 – The influence of his parents & grandmothers being English teachers
  • 39:15 – Joshua shares some of his favourite books
  • 46:40 – Looking forward to a new album in 2020

You can listen through Spotify below or on any platform where podcasts are available!

Books/authors mentioned:

  • “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio” by W.H. Auden
  • King James Bible
  • Toni Morrison
  • George Saunders
  • Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes
  • Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny by Nile Rodgers
  • Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
  • Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
  • Me by Elton John
  • The Beautiful Ones by: Prince
  • 1971 – Never a Dull Moment: Rock’s Golden Year by David Hepworth
  • Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
  • Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 by David Hepworth
  • Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
  • Acid for the Children by Flea
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Stuart Little by E.B. White
  • My Side of the Mountain Trilogy by:Jean Craighead George
  • Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  • East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  • The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by John Krakauer
  • And Not to Yield by James Ramsey Ullman
  • John Updike
  • The Overstory by Richard Powers
  • Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  • Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
  • Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  • Deacon King Kong by James McBride
  • How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back by Jeff Tweedy

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