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Nabil Ayers
@nabilayers.bsky.social
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Host, Identified podcast / memoir, “My Life in the Sunshine” / Beggars Group / nabilayers.com
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Had a great time compiling my 100 best shows of all time.

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Bring on the arguments and Seinfeld jokes.
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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This Saturday is my 100th Substack post. To mark it, I’m working on a list of my 100 favorite shows of all time. What’s on your list?
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February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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I’m excited to announce an LA live taping of my podcast Identified with Matt Berninger of The National. Thurs Jan 29. Tix go on sale 1/23 3pm pacific.

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January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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James Brown on Italian TV in 1971
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Kate Bush appreciation post. Here she is on SNL in 1978 with Paul Shaffer on piano.
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Tim Heidecker is our final guest of 2025 on the Identified podcast. @timheidecker.bsky.social

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December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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One amazing minute of Isaac Hayes conducting “Theme From Shaft” 1971
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A year-end list of sorts. If it doesn’t come to mind now, it probably didn’t need to.

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A Year-end List I Didn’t Keep
If it doesn’t come to mind now, it probably didn’t need to.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Ramsey Lewis trio performing “Summer Breeze” in 1973
December 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Stevie Saturday: live on German TV 1974
December 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Wrote about these 2 guys

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The Music You Inherit vs. the Music You Choose
Two musicians died this year who lived on opposite sides of an important divide for me: Jimmy Cliff, whose music filled my childhood home, and Ace Frehley from Kiss, the first band I truly chose for m...
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December 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Curtis Mayfield “Move on Up” live on Beat Club / German TV 1972
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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love this new episode of Identified with my guest Yasi Salek

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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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How to start the show. Herbie Hancock on Danish TV in 1976.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Annual Thanksgiving repost of this 2018 piece I wrote for NPR’s Code Switch about discovering my family tree… and a lot more

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A Family Tree With Roots Deep In Slavery
At first, the results of Nabil Ayers' DNA test made him feel less black than ever. But months later, those results uncovered his ties to a unique and specific black experience.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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One of my favorite Identified episodes yet: Massima Bell on her journey growing up between rural Iowa and urban cities, discovering her gender identity, and navigating family relationships.

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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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1995
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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New Substack post about Hiro from Soundgarden’s incredible Rock Hall speech
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Did You Hear Hiro from Soundgarden’s Rock Hall Speech!?
When Soundgarden’s singer Chris Cornell passed away in May 2017, I was deep in my new habit of writing about everything that caught my attention—still in private, not quite yet ready to share.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Headed to Boston later this week for events at Berklee and Harvard…
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Thrilled to have Jad Abumrad as this week’s guest on Identified.

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November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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New Substack post about doing shit live

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The Risk and Reward of Doing Shit Live
I had no idea what I was doing when I started a podcast, but I figured that a) seemingly everyone has one, and b) I was lucky to be working with Kieron, an experienced executive producer.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The first ever Identified podcast live episodes were a blast!

Huge thanks to my guests Meshell Ndegeocello and Michelle Zauner, executive producer Kieron Banerji, and the wonderful (sold out) audience. More of these to come. 🎤

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October 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Live from Gowanus!
October 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Tomorrow’s event is sold out but we will hopefully have a pair of tix to give away today…

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October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM