You Know What's Good? Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:35:35 -0400 https://jaspernighthawk.com en-us © 2026 You Know What's Good? yes 201d4442-bbda-512a-9069-48b386a243cd Jasper Nighthawk episodic false Consisting mainly of that which is (in the opinion of the writer Jasper Nighthawk) good.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) lightplay, writing, essay, jasper nighthawk, mendocino, cooking, the seed field, Jasper Nighthawk https://storage.buzzsprout.com/z2c2j4hj76upi32ad835j9n1m0vk?.jpg You Know What's Good? https://jaspernighthawk.com Jasper Nighthawk a teacher deflating high seriousness (in memory of Joe Smith) a teacher deflating high seriousness (in memory of Joe Smith) recorded 13 March 2026

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-18844844 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0700 1434 full false lisa on having showered lisa on having showered check out Lisa's novel Open Me and her newsletter Not Knowing How

this tape was recorded in early March 2026

]]> check out Lisa's novel Open Me and her newsletter Not Knowing How

this tape was recorded in early March 2026

]]> Buzzsprout-17862210 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:00:00 -0700 752 full false not being congested not being congested recorded 11 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16794643 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 264 full false finishing a piece of kit finishing a piece of kit recorded on 11 March 2025

Mentioned: Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

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Mentioned: Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16794639 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 621 full false catching your cat being a weirdo catching your cat being a weirdo recorded on 11 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16794628 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 313 full false blowing on a cup of tea blowing on a cup of tea recorded 8 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16794619 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 294 full false a squeaky cabinet door a squeaky cabinet door recorded 7 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16753760 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 88 full false LA in the rain LA in the rain recorded 5 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16753755 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 64 full false fresh bread crackling fresh bread crackling recorded 5 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16753772 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 170 full false making bread again making bread again recorded 4 March 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16753765 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 124 full false returning home to find all well returning home to find all well recorded 17 February 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16712530 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0800 62 full false a gibbous moon on a windy night a gibbous moon on a windy night recorded 8 February 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16712499 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0800 138 full false watching workers move sheet rock watching workers move sheet rock recorded 28 February 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16712535 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:00 -0800 135 full false eating hail eating hail recorded 6 February 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16582539 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 71 full false painting terms painting terms recorded 5 February 2025

Mentioned: Remedios Varo: Science Fictions

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Mentioned: Remedios Varo: Science Fictions

]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16582533 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 288 full false a mysterious voicemail a mysterious voicemail recorded 2 February 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16582508 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 263 full false a radio story that makes you cry a radio story that makes you cry recorded 2/2/25. 

Mentioned: "How Old Are Your Kids"

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Mentioned: "How Old Are Your Kids"

]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16556612 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 153 full false shower after rain shower after rain recorded 2/1/25

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16556606 Sat, 08 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 36 full false an unexpected music box an unexpected music box recorded 7 February 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16582543 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0800 130 full false little free libraries little free libraries recorded 1/30/25

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16556575 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 106 full false tic tacs tic tacs recorded 1/29/25

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16556567 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 184 full false a heightened sense of embarrassment a heightened sense of embarrassment recorded 1/30/25

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16556596 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 161 full false chocolate chip cookies chocolate chip cookies recorded 1/27/25

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16556562 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0800 154 full false noisy children's books noisy children's books recorded 26 January 2025

Mentioned: Songs of the Birds

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Mentioned: Songs of the Birds

]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16513700 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 101 9 full false sea lions sea lions recorded 25 January 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16513696 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0800 57 8 full false herbal cigarette herbal cigarette recorded 24 January 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16513695 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 276 7 full false electric typewriter electric typewriter recorded 23 January 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16513681 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 172 6 full false no raffi here no raffi here recorded 22 January 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16513672 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 174 5 full false mouse consciousness mouse consciousness recorded 21 January 2025

Mentioned: Little, Big

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Mentioned: Little, Big

]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16485309 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 261 4 full false socks in slippers socks in slippers recorded 20 January 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16485241 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 76 3 full false bath during nap bath during nap recorded 19 January 2025

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]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-16485262 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 57 2 full false cat under car cat under car recorded 19 january 2025

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]]> Buzzsprout-16485184 Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0800 138 1 full false 🌑 Lightplay 019 – We Need A National Gun Violence Memorial 🌑 Lightplay 019 – We Need A National Gun Violence Memorial In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk presents the essay, "We Need a National Gun Violence Memorial," which addresses the question, Could a space to mark our grief and gather for action alchemize a long-needed change?  Then the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk recommends Everything Under by Daisy Johnson. (28:11). Then Jasper shares three motes: The Birth and Bust of Phoenix Jones, Nothing But Respect for MY Dune, and Urban Driftwood (29:58). The show finishes with a Land Reminder (33:14) and a Benediction (34:24).

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Please take five minutes and fill out the Lightplay Reader Survey.

The post is available online in the Lightplay archive.

Learn more about the story of the Muwekma Ohlone from the Cafe Ohlone menu, in this Forum interview with co-founder Vincent Medina, or in this great KQED article.

Buy Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, as recommended by Lisa Locascio Nighthawk.

From the motes: Listen to “The Superhero Complex” by David Weinberg.  Watch Jodorowsky’s Dune.  And don’t miss Yasmin Williams’s Tiny Desk Concert 

]]> In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk presents the essay, "We Need a National Gun Violence Memorial," which addresses the question, Could a space to mark our grief and gather for action alchemize a long-needed change?  Then the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk recommends Everything Under by Daisy Johnson. (28:11). Then Jasper shares three motes: The Birth and Bust of Phoenix Jones, Nothing But Respect for MY Dune, and Urban Driftwood (29:58). The show finishes with a Land Reminder (33:14) and a Benediction (34:24).

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Please take five minutes and fill out the Lightplay Reader Survey.

The post is available online in the Lightplay archive.

Learn more about the story of the Muwekma Ohlone from the Cafe Ohlone menu, in this Forum interview with co-founder Vincent Medina, or in this great KQED article.

Buy Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, as recommended by Lisa Locascio Nighthawk.

From the motes: Listen to “The Superhero Complex” by David Weinberg.  Watch Jodorowsky’s Dune.  And don’t miss Yasmin Williams’s Tiny Desk Concert 

]]> Buzzsprout-10704108 Mon, 30 May 2022 10:00:00 -0700 2134 full false 🌑 Lightplay 018 – The Old, Weird Internet (Never Died) 🌑 Lightplay 018 – The Old, Weird Internet (Never Died) In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk presents the essay, "The Old Weird Internet (Never Died)," which addresses the question, Can a retro-looking blog platform help us express our feelings? Then the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk recommends Vladimir by Julia May Jonas (28:49). Then Jasper shares three motes: Get Out There, So Long Kinga Browser, and 7x7 Reading (30:59). The show finishes with a Land Reminder (33:32) and a Benediction (35:03).

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The post is available online, with pictures and a written recipe, in the Lightplay archive.

You can read my essay “Music and Power” in that archive as well.

Here are links to multiverse.plus, my page there, and my friend’s cool trippy post. You can also visit kickscondor.com and weiwei.place, the websites of the multiverse’s founders. Here is the evasive joking on a Hacker News thread and the cursed archive of Kicks Condors’ site. Here’s the link to the site that’s sort of like StumbleUpon.

If you’re interested in the 7x7 event at Beyond Baroque, here’s the event listing. I invite you also to read my collaboration with the artist Corinne Chaix and to watch the recording of the panel discussion I participated in at Beyond Baroque.

Buy Vladimirby Julia May Jonas andOut Thereby Kate Folkon Jasper's affiliate page at Bookshop.org.

]]> In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk presents the essay, "The Old Weird Internet (Never Died)," which addresses the question, Can a retro-looking blog platform help us express our feelings? Then the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk recommends Vladimir by Julia May Jonas (28:49). Then Jasper shares three motes: Get Out There, So Long Kinga Browser, and 7x7 Reading (30:59). The show finishes with a Land Reminder (33:32) and a Benediction (35:03).

******

The post is available online, with pictures and a written recipe, in the Lightplay archive.

You can read my essay “Music and Power” in that archive as well.

Here are links to multiverse.plus, my page there, and my friend’s cool trippy post. You can also visit kickscondor.com and weiwei.place, the websites of the multiverse’s founders. Here is the evasive joking on a Hacker News thread and the cursed archive of Kicks Condors’ site. Here’s the link to the site that’s sort of like StumbleUpon.

If you’re interested in the 7x7 event at Beyond Baroque, here’s the event listing. I invite you also to read my collaboration with the artist Corinne Chaix and to watch the recording of the panel discussion I participated in at Beyond Baroque.

Buy Vladimirby Julia May Jonas andOut Thereby Kate Folkon Jasper's affiliate page at Bookshop.org.

]]> Jasper Nighthawk Buzzsprout-10534941 Sun, 01 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700 2259 multiverse,nineties internet,vladimir,kate folk,lisa locascio,lisa locascio nighthawk,jasper nighthawk,7x7,contrachrome,the canticle of the birds full false 🌒 017 – Taco Story 🌒 017 – Taco Story In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk reads his essay, "Taco Story," which addresses the question, What drives us to cook the same foods over and over and over? Then, the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk gives a book recommendation. Motes include "Hope in the Forest," "Miyazaki in Los Angeles," "Miyazaki Swag," and "Sex-Positive Sex Ed?"

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The post is available online, with pictures and a written recipe, in the Lightplay archive.

You can read my “Lost Travelogue” and my thoughts about returning the National Parks and much more to the tribes in that archive as well.

Get involved in protecting Jackson Demonstration State Forest at savejackson.org.

Buy New Animal,  the Miyazaki show catalog, and Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art on Jasper's affiliate page at Bookshop.org.

Listen to my Seed Field Podcast interview with Dr. Theodore Burns.


]]> In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk reads his essay, "Taco Story," which addresses the question, What drives us to cook the same foods over and over and over? Then, the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk gives a book recommendation. Motes include "Hope in the Forest," "Miyazaki in Los Angeles," "Miyazaki Swag," and "Sex-Positive Sex Ed?"

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The post is available online, with pictures and a written recipe, in the Lightplay archive.

You can read my “Lost Travelogue” and my thoughts about returning the National Parks and much more to the tribes in that archive as well.

Get involved in protecting Jackson Demonstration State Forest at savejackson.org.

Buy New Animal,  the Miyazaki show catalog, and Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art on Jasper's affiliate page at Bookshop.org.

Listen to my Seed Field Podcast interview with Dr. Theodore Burns.


]]> Buzzsprout-10146355 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:00:00 -0800 2174 taco, new animals, jackson demonstration state forest, childhood full false 000 – Lightplay Trailer 000 – Lightplay Trailer A teaser of things to come, featuring a conversation with host Jasper Nighthawk's grandmother, the sound of his purring cat, and the very first Lightplay bendiction.

To subscribe to the email version of Lightplay, visit jaspernighthawk.com/writers-diary. You can also read back-issues of the newsletter there.

Find Jasper's other podcast, The Seed Field Podcast, at theseedfield.simplecast.com

]]> A teaser of things to come, featuring a conversation with host Jasper Nighthawk's grandmother, the sound of his purring cat, and the very first Lightplay bendiction.

To subscribe to the email version of Lightplay, visit jaspernighthawk.com/writers-diary. You can also read back-issues of the newsletter there.

Find Jasper's other podcast, The Seed Field Podcast, at theseedfield.simplecast.com

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