Soundtrack Your Life
Twice a month, Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak take a look at a soundtrack. Whether it be a song, a band, or a connection to a specific scene, They discuss personal connections to the soundtrack, with a guest. Episodes are released on 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. Guest inquires can be made at: soun...
Recent Episodes
Chinese American Bear Discuss Their New Album and Explain Potato Euro…
Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten of the Seattle via Chicago vs New York band Chinese American Bear join Ryan Pak to discuss their new album, Dim Sum and Then Some , which was released back on May 8, 2026. They discuss Anne and Bry...
Only Murders in the Building (2021 - Current) - Award Winning Music E…
Award winning music editor and composer, Micha Liberman, joins Ryan Pak to explain the role of a music editor on a production on Soundtrack Your Life. They discuss the Emmy nominated episode "Sitzprobe" from Season 3 of Onl...
Jane Austen's Period Drama (2024) - The Soundtrack for the Oscar Nomi…
Actress Nicole Alyse Nelson, from the Oscar nominated short film, Jane Austen's Period Drama , joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about recently nominated film. The music for the soundtrack was composed by Alex Winkler ...
Drive (2011) - The Soundtrack That's Too Cool To Listen To with Pop C…
Pop Culture Writer Chris Deville (Stereogum) has just released his first book, Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion , back in August of 2025. He joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to dis...
Shrek 2 (2004) - The 2000s Blockbuster Pop Soundtrack Tries to Go Big…
Candice Lim, former host of Slate's ICYMI, former producer of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, and total pop colture savant, joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about the soundtrack to the 2004 Adamson, Asbury, and Vernon ...
Vicious (2025) - What Did Composer Tom Schraeder Learn From Scoring V…
This episode is part of the Pocasthon 2026! We're supporting the YWCA of Minneapolis. Please learn more about the YWCA of Minneapolis here Tom Schraeder is a songwriter and composer and he scored the 2025 Brian Bertino film, ...