# Robert Ham

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It Says Here - Episode 020 w/ Peter Holsapple

This week, Robert Ham spends the full episode with Peter Holsapple, the renowned singer/songwriter who is a member of the groups the dBs, the Continental Drifters, and the Paranoid Style, and spent some time in the touring versions of R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish. He joins the show to talk abou…

It Says Here - Episode 021 w/ Kendall Jane Meade and Ingrid Laubrock

This week, Robert Ham speaks with singer-songwriter Kendall Jane Meade about her powerful new album Space, and jazz artist and composer Ingrid Laubrock joins the show to discuss her recently released magnum opus Purposing The Air.

It Says Here - Episode 022 w/ Samantha Crain & Sally Potter

This week, Robert Ham is joined by singer-songwriter Samantha Crain to discuss her new album Gumshoe, and multi-disciplinary artist Sally Potter to talk about her new album ANATOMY.

It Says Here - Episode 023 w/ Amanda Ekery & Swamp Dogg

This week, Robert Ham is joined by singer-songwriter Amanda Ekery whose new album Arabe is being released today, and the people behind the wild new documentary Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (including Swamp Dogg himself!) have a freewheeling conversation about the film and so much more.

It Says Here - Episode 024 w/ Peter Baumann (Tangerine Dream) and Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens)

This week, host Robert Ham speaks to Peter Baumann, a former member of Tangerine Dream who recently released a new solo album called Nightfall, and Robert Forster, co-founder of The Go-Betweens, about his ninth solo effort Strawberries.

Army Combat Cameraman Captures the Horrors of War (Still Haunts Him)

This week on Urban Valor, we hear the extraordinary story of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Ham—a combat videographer whose job was to document war through the lens. Serving from 2007 to 2017, Robert captured footage most Americans will never see—graphic, haunting, and real. But it wasn’t until he revi…

It Says Here - Episode 026 w/ Quinton Barnes & Salem 66

On this week's episode, multi-hyphenate Canadian artist Quinton Barnes joins host Robert Ham to talk about the development of their latest genre-bending album Black Noise, and Judy Grunwald and Beth Kaplan, founding members of Boston-based alt-rock group Salem 66, discuss their time in the band and…

It Says Here - Episode 027 w/ Salin and filmmaker Rex Miller

This week, Robert Ham is joined by Thai-born, Canada-based jazz drummer Salin to talk about her latest album Rammana, and Rex Miller, the director of Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos, a new documentary about the tortured life and powerful redemption of Cro-Mags founder Harley Flanagan. 

It Says Here - Episode 028 w/ Gelli Haha

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by the wonderful future pop artist Gelli Haha whose new album Switcheroo is out on June 27. 

Robert Ham

My guest today, director Robert Ham, has lived a life of service -- to his country, to art, to his family -- and it moved me deeply to host him for the podcast. We talk about his military service in the Army as a combat cameraman; losing his wife to cancer and making a documentary about her beautif…