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Funky Friday – Episode 63: Funk The Tax man
Mid-April brings pressure, deadlines, and systems that do not ask how you feel. Episode 63 moves through it with groove, turning money, motion, and momentum into something that carries.

Noah McDonough
5 days ago5 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 62: Tuxedo Jones
unky Friday Episode 62 will honor Tuxedo Jones, a black and white, curly-haired Lhasa Apso whose presence defined every room he entered. This set will move through groove, soul, and memory, closing with a signature that reminds us some energy never fades.

Noah McDonough
Apr 95 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 61: Funky Bunny
Funky Friday Episode 61: Funky Bunny starts with the bounce and stays there, blending smooth lounge grooves with deep, rhythm-driven funk.

Noah McDonough
Apr 25 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 60: Happy Birthday, Tarantino
Funky Friday Episode 60 will air on March 27th with a cinematic concept guiding the hour. This broadcast will move like a film, where each track builds a scene and every transition carries intention. Some of these songs were used in Quentin Tarantino films. Others simply feel like they belong. The difference will not always be obvious, and that is the point.

Noah McDonough
Mar 247 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 59: St. Paddy's Funk
Funky Friday Episode 59 explores how groove travels across genres and geography. From deep funk foundations to Irish soul and rhythm, the pocket remains the constant. St. Paddy’s Funk follows the groove from its roots to a final moment of celebration.

Noah McDonough
Mar 167 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 58: Deep Pocket Funk
Funky Friday Episode 58 explores the deep pocket of funk, where rhythm sections lock into grooves that move the room without ever rushing the beat. From James Brown’s disciplined funk architecture to the elastic fusion groove of Herbie Hancock, this episode traces the musicians who understand that the pocket is where the magic lives.

Noah McDonough
Mar 96 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 57: For Mom
A birthday dedication opens this week’s Funky Friday. Episode 57 moves from reflection to deep groove before landing in pure celebration.

Noah McDonough
Mar 56 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 56: Funk De Fuego II - Tribute to Willie Colón
Funk De Fuego II will honor Willie Colón through brass, rhythm, and lineage, tracing the connection between Afro-Caribbean salsa, boogaloo, and horn-driven funk before closing with warmth and range.

Noah McDonough
Feb 246 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 55: Club Pisces - Liquid Funk
Funky Friday Episode 55: Club Pisces Liquid Funk will air February 20, bringing a submerged, bass-forward listening session to KDOG at 9AM PT and KCSM HD2 at 9PM PT. This episode will move like tide instead of thunder, exploring jazz-funk foundations, neo-soul depth, and modern liquid groove built for intentional listening.

Noah McDonough
Feb 196 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 54: My Funky Valentine
Funky Friday Episode 54: My Funky Valentine will air on Friday the 13th, continuing a throughline that has existed since the earliest days of Funky Friday. This is not a Valentine’s Day episode built on novelty or sentiment. It is a set about confidence, connection, and timing, where funk does what it has always done best. Stay present. Hold the pocket. Let the groove speak.

Noah McDonough
Feb 96 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 53: Funk Is Black History
Funk did not emerge as a trend or a reaction. It developed from earlier Black musical traditions and carried them forward through rhythm, repetition, and collective performance. Episode 53 traces funk as living history, not nostalgia.

Noah McDonough
Feb 26 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 52: First Anniversary
Funky Friday Episode 52 marks the one-year anniversary with a set focused on endurance over nostalgia, resistance without posture, and funk as a signal that holds.

Noah McDonough
Jan 296 min read


Captain's Blog: Federal Agent Shootings in Minneapolis and the Breakdown of Accountability
Federal agent shootings in Minneapolis have exposed growing strain between federal enforcement, civil-rights oversight, and public trust. As incidents cluster and accountability mechanisms thin, questions of legitimacy, jurisdiction, and escalation move from theory into lived reality.

Noah McDonough
Jan 244 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 51: CinemaSonic
Episode 50 doesn’t look back — it locks in. From thin air to signal fire, this Funky Friday broadcast delivers a bangers-only funk set built on momentum, recognition, and discipline. No retrospectives. No reruns. Just the signal, fully lit and moving forward.

Noah McDonough
Jan 187 min read


Captain's Blog: The Arctic Power Play
Greenland is often framed as a strategic acquisition. But ownership solves no clear operational problem. What keeps the idea alive is not capability or geography, but a deeper question about how modern power is exercised-and whether trust in systems is being replaced by the impulse to possess.

Noah McDonough
Jan 154 min read


Captain's Blog: Google’s Mind, Apple’s Body - AI Sovereignty and Platform Control
Apple’s decision to integrate Google’s Gemini models into Siri is not a reversal of its AI strategy. It is a boundary being drawn. In the foundation model era, intelligence and control no longer live in the same layer, and even the most vertically integrated platforms are being forced to choose where sovereignty actually resides.

Noah McDonough
Jan 133 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 50: From Thin Air To Signal Fire
Episode 50 doesn’t look back — it locks in. From thin air to signal fire, this Funky Friday broadcast delivers a bangers-only funk set built on momentum, recognition, and discipline. No retrospectives. No reruns. Just the signal, fully lit and moving forward.

Noah McDonough
Jan 126 min read


Captain's Blog: Minn. ICE Shooting: Who Controls the Evidence?
The most consequential development in the Minneapolis ICE shooting may not be the moment force was used — but the decision about who gets to investigate it. As public attention focused on the incident itself, a quieter structural shift reshaped the process that will determine accountability. This Captain’s Blog examines why access, authority, and investigative structure matter as much as the facts they uncover.

Noah McDonough
Jan 113 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 49: CapriSonic
Episode 49: CapriSonic channels Capricorn season energy into deep, disciplined funk — momentum over noise, pressure over flash.

Noah McDonough
Jan 65 min read


Captain's Blog: Venezuela -Presidential Custody and State Custodianship
This essay is not about verification. It assumes custody is real and asks what follows once power moves before process. When control is declared first, institutions no longer decide whether authority has shifted, only how to formalize it. The question is no longer who governs, but who becomes the custodian when sovereignty lags behind custody.

Noah McDonough
Jan 34 min read
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