A short-form podcast about a single song, with each episode lasting exactly as long as the track it explores. It tells a whole life story through music, with a new installment every Wednesday. The show is experienced, written, and recorded by Ivo Graham, and edited and produced by Alma Fournier-Carballo. Best enjoyed in a quiet moment with your phone out of reach, it invites you to sit with the song and then listen to it immediately afterward.
Episodes
Looking At Your Pager by KH / Four Tet, 5’50”
Looking At Your Pager by KH / Four Tet, released 20th May 2022. A story about great raves, great ravers, and getting jealous jealous.
Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 5 minutes 50 seconds, after all.
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Loudon Wainwright III, The Swimming Song, 2’27’’
The Swimming Song by Loudon Wainwright III, released in 1973. A story about jack-knives and swan dives and second lives.
Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 2 minutes 27 seconds, after all.
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Statue in the Square, Kae Tempest, 2’54”
Statue in the Square by Kae Tempest, released 19th March 2025. A story about CDs, DDs and GD.
Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 2 minutes 54 seconds, after all.
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Burning Down The House (Live), Talking Heads, 4’06”
Burning Down The House by Talking Heads, recorded live in 1984. A story about fathers and fanboys and fighting fire with fire.
Queue the song up for afterwards (make sure it’s the 1984 live version!), hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 4 minutes 6 seconds, after all.
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Hind’s Hall 2, Macklemore, 5’17”
Hind’s Hall 2 by Macklemore feat. anees, MC Abdul, & Amer Zahr, released 21st September 2024. A story about seeds, stadiums, and solidarity.
Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 5 minutes 17 seconds, after all.
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), ABBA, 4’49”
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA, released 12th October 1979. A story about church, change, and chasing shadows away.
Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 4 minutes 49 seconds, after all.
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Dog Dribble, Getdown Services, 4’15”
Dog Dribble, Getdown Services, released 1st November 2024. A story about being local, being alive, and being a little not loose. Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 4 minutes 15 seconds, after all.
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Gangman Style, Psy, 3’39”
Gangnam Style by Psy, released 15th July 2012. A story about daughters, dancing, and dressage. Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 3 minutes 39 seconds, after all.
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SOS, ABBA, 3’21”
SOS by Abba, released 3rd June 1975. A story about sons, Swedes, and standing near. Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 3 minutes 21 seconds, after all.
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Rein Me In, Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, 5'39"
Rein Me In, by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, released 20th June 2025. A story about sons, setlists, and hearts in chests. Queue the song up for afterwards, hit play, and put your phone down. It’s only 5 minutes 39 seconds, after all.
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Trailer!
As Long As The Song with Ivo Graham. Each episode, a story about a single song, lasting exactly as long as that song. Hence the name. A whole life processed through music: a new episode every Wednesday.
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