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Funky Friday – Episode 65: May Day!
Funky Friday Episode 65 will open in distress and stay inside the signal. What begins as impact and instability will push through tension, hold the groove under pressure, and find its way back to control without losing momentum. This set leans into the moment where everything starts to slip and the only option is to keep the transmission alive.

Noah McDonough
4 days ago5 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 64: The Funk Engine Room
Funky Friday Episode 64 moves beneath the surface of funk. Past the hooks and into the engine room, where rhythm is built through timing, space, and control.

Noah McDonough
Apr 245 min read


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
Apr 145 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


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


Funky Friday – Episode 48: Moving into 2026
Episode 48 marks a quiet transition into 2026 — no countdown, no confetti, just forward motion. This is Funky Friday staying the course: disciplined grooves, steady momentum, and funk that knows when not to flinch.

Noah McDonough
Dec 30, 20256 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 47: Funkin' Christmas
Santa’s bringing his bass — straight on the ONE. Funkin’ Christmas delivers holiday soul, deep funk, and winter-night groove without the novelty.

Noah McDonough
Dec 21, 20255 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 46: Winter Soulstice
The longest night of the year calls for a different kind of groove.
Winter Soulstice is a Funky Friday set built on effortless glide — warm standards, steady momentum, and soul and funk that move with the season instead of fighting it. No holiday noise. No cold shock. Just timeless records carving clean lines through the longest night.

Noah McDonough
Dec 16, 20255 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 44: Cold Funk
This week on Funky Friday, we step into the Winter Semester of the School of Funk — a frosty, razor-clean hour where the grooves get colder, the basslines get meaner, and the funk cuts like ice. From James Brown’s “Cold Sweat” to Curtis Mayfield’s chilling “Hard Times,” Episode 44 serves up cold-blooded classics, icy grooves, and sub-zero swagger straight from Signal Fire Studio. Bundle up… the funk just dropped below freezing.

Noah McDonough
Dec 3, 20254 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 43: Jive Turkey
🦃 Episode 43: JIVE TURKEY
Where the guest of honor has no idea he is the entrée.
This week, Funky Friday serves up a full Funksgiving feast — warm grooves, family-energy soul, kitchen-table disco, and a smooth-talking Tom Turkey presiding over the meal like he isn’t the main course. From New Orleans struts to late-night fusion glides, this set cooks low and slow: playful, funky, grateful, and golden-brown around the edges.
Grab a plate. Bring a friend.
And don’t tell the

Noah McDonough
Nov 23, 20256 min read


Funky Friday – Episode 41: ScorpioSonic
This week on Funky Friday, we turn up the heat for Scorpio season — a one-hour dive into funk that stings back. From Betty Davis to Morris Day, it’s a journey through attitude, transformation, and the magnetic pull of the groove. Hosted by Renegade Chronicles & KDOG Radio, where the rhythm gets deep and the funk gets dangerous.

Noah McDonough
Nov 12, 20255 min read
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