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The What Podcast took over Bonnaroo Radio in 2026! We present a two-hour special that aired during the festival, bringing together Noah Kahan, RÜFÜS DU SOL, String Cheese Incident's Kyle Hollingsworth, and the people who built and shaped Bonnaroo. Produced and packaged by Bryan Stone, and now collected here in full.
Spanning six years of interviews from 2019 through 2025, it's a cross-section of the show's history and how it's evolved - from Noah Kahan on songwriting to the origin story of how Bonnaroo launched, a conversation about sobriety at the festival, the wild backstory of Dancing Man Chris, and Kyle Hollingsworth on String Cheese Incident and his new solo record. Originally aired on Bonnaroo Radio, WFTZ 101.5 FM The Rooster.
Listen to this week's episode here or watch it on YouTube. As always, subscribe to The What Podcast wherever you get podcasts for weekly updates on Bonnaroo and festival news!
| 00:00 | Intro |
| 00:34 | Noah Kahan on songwriting as therapy |
| 11:14 | RÜFÜS DU SOL on how the pandemic rebuilt the band |
| 20:32 | Tim "Tuba" Smith on running the festival & the Squarch saga |
| 48:33 | Ken Weinstein tells Bonnaroo's origin story |
| 01:00:17 | Patrick Whelan on Soberoo and finding support |
| 01:20:18 | The surprising story behind Chris "The Dancing Man" |
| 01:39:45 | Kyle Hollingsworth on String Cheese Incident and wild artist collabs |
| 01:59:18 | Outro |
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