500 Gigabytes

Host(s): 
Jason Poole
Timeslot: 
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 5:00pm
Length: 
1 hour
Type of Show: 
Music

500 Gigabytes is a musical variety show that seeks thematic connections between songs from different genres throughout the 20th Century and beyond. 

 

Past Episodes

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 22JUN25 - NEW MUSIC E-K Aired: Sunday, June 22, 2025

    Apparently June is new music month! Check out some more tracks from 2025 (new releases through May 31)!
    Featuring songs by FKA Twigs, Jeremy Brauns, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, girlpuppy, Great Grandpa, Joy Oladokun, Explosions in the Sky, Horsegirl, Femi Kuti, J.Cole, Eddie Vedder, Jon Balke, Faded Paper Figures, Japanese Breakfast, I'm With Her, Kristan Toczko, Kate Rusby, and Kronos Quartet

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 15JUN15 - NEW NEW MUSIC Aired: Sunday, June 15, 2025

    More new music! This batch is all from early June 2025.
    Featuring songs by Otyken, Death in Vegas, Purity Ring, Simi, dodie, serpentwithfeet, Sleeping at Last, Ethel Cain, Iron & Wine (ft. I'm With Her), Hayden Pedigo, OneFour, M.I.A., googly eyes (ft. Joy Oladokun & Allison Ponthier), The Cat and the Owl, VNV Nation, and Efence
    (NOTICE: there are a few F bombs in the last song. I aired the edited version, but felt the editing detracted from it so got permission to put the original in the mixcloud version!)

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 1JUN25 - NEW MUSIC A-D Aired: Sunday, June 1, 2025

    New music from 2025 through May 31, 2025!
    Featuring songs by Arcade Fire, Dusting Wong, The Budos Band, Bad Bunny, Chappell Roan, Cat Burns, Billow Observatory, Alicia & Jasmina, Brandon Roberts, The Beaches, Bootsy Collins, The Cat and the Owl, Chuck D, Banks, Ashley Jackson, Benjamin Booker, Alexis Ffrench, and Adam Melchor

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 25MAY25 - CREATURES OF LEGEND Aired: Sunday, May 25, 2025

    Songs about creatures that don't exist...or DO THEY?
    Featuring tracks by Voivod, Four Tet, Santigold, Luna, Ani DiFranco, Darius Jones, Super Furry Animals, Penny & Sparrow, Smashig Pumpkins, Brandi Carlile, Unwed Sailor, Tafa Mi-Soleil, The Real McKenzies, Tori Amos, Thermal Atmos, The Dynamites, Lupe Fiasco, and Rodrigo y Gabriela

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 27APR25 - THE BIG 5-0 PART 6 (2000-2004) Aired: Sunday, April 27, 2025

    Continuing my musical autobiography! Out of college now, and trying to figure out what the hell to do with my life...
    Featuring songs by Eve 6, Radiohead, Jars of Clay, Michelle Tumes, Dar Williams, Safri Duo, Lord Comforters, Cake, Tori Amos, Mecca Bodega, Dido, Peter Gabriel, Nicole Kidman/Ewan MacGregor, Joe Hishiashi, and Billy Jonas

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 4APR25 - FREE ASSOCIATION "B" WORDS Aired: Sunday, April 6, 2025

    Pretty much what the title says. Plus I talk about why putting parameters on things is interesting and perhaps even important.
    Featuring songs by Mary J. Blige, Susan Alcorn, Storm Large, Miss Grit, Sabrina Carpenter, Jlin, Billie Eilish, Stereolab, Bridget Kearney, Saloli, Tyler, the Creator, Ela Minus, Mediaeval Baebes, Guts Club, Rhiannon Giddens, and Carly Rae Jepsen

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 23MAR25 - TRIBUTE TO JASON ROBERT Aired: Sunday, March 23, 2025

    My younger brother passed away suddenly on March 17, 2025. He was only 48. This show is for him.
    Featuring songs by Harry Chapin, Genesis, Billy Joel, Matt Nathanson, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Johnny Cash, Jason (me), Taylor Swift, Jimmy Buffet, Tom Petty, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and Rockabye Baby covers of Bob Marley, Dave Matthews, The Eagles, and Sublime.

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 16MAR25 - THE BIG 5-0 PART 5 (1995-1999) Aired: Sunday, March 16, 2025

    Part 5 of my musical autobiography includes the years 1995-1999, during which I finished Bible school, worked at home for 2 years, and began attending Houghton College.
    Includes songs by Jars of Clay, Phil Keaggy, DC Talk, Plankeye, Sixpence None the Richer, James Horner, Switchfoot, Dime Store Prophets, Indigo Girls, Shaun Davey, Fatboy Slim, Manau, Cry Cry Cry, Bela Fleck, and Michael Knott

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 9MAR25 - THE BIG 5-0 PART 4 (1990-1994) Aired: Sunday, March 9, 2025

    My musical autobiography continues! This show covers the years 1990-1994, when I was finishing high school and attending Elim Bible Institute.
    Featuring songs by Idle Cure, Alan Menken, Petra, R.E.M., Susan Ashton, Tom Howard, Twila Paris, Out of the Grey, David Meece, Julie Miller, Rich Mullins, The 77's, and They Might Be Giants

  • 500 GIGABYTES - 23FEB25 - TIME MACHINE 1965 Aired: Sunday, February 23, 2025

    On today's show we're playing the top hits from 1965!
    Featuring songs by The Byrds, Booker T & The MGs, Herman's Hermits, The Beatles, James Brown, The Four Tops, The Mamas and the Papas, John Coltrane, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs, Miles Davis, Sonny & Cher, Bob Dylan, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Jackie DeShannon, and The Ventures

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