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A Miniature World with Binnie Klein
My musical tastes swerve through Euro-pop, trip-hop, electronica, indie-rock, singer-songwriters. You might hear Icelandic rock, World music, Radiohead, Bjork, Tricky, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, The Books, Caroline Polachek, weird cover tunes, Milosh, Stevie Nicks, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Owen Pallett, Hot Chip, Dandy Warhols, Kae Tempest, In These Trees and Tartie, Perfume Genius, Brian Eno, Karsh Kale, War on Drugs, Moby, Patti Smith, Juana Molina, Peter Gabriel, to name a few. And poetry. And…
Episodes
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein, Nov 5, 2026 Sing to the Moon
Starting out gentle. Working our way towards love. Always. Then shimmering, warm and bright. A Miniature World is the oyster spilling out curated pearls. Hear…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein October 15, 2026 Fragile and Ferocious
Welcome to A Miniature World with Binnie Klein; this episode is the fragile and ferocious edition. My intro is by French composer Gabriel Yared, from the film…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein, October 1, 2026 Autumn Sweater
Autumn is here and the struggle is real. Leaves, chilly, darker. BUT on A Miniature World you will hear the poignant, the imaginative, the reliable, and the…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein September 17, 2026 Arms Outstretched
This episode is lovable pop songs and lyricists. Of A Miniature World, listeners write in: "It's the way she puts it together." "World weary but with hope for…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein September 3, 2026 Summer is Not Over
The Doors may have sung "...summer's almost gone..." and people are already mourning. But I say no! Let's flip that on its head! In his poem, Suddenly, Summer…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein, August 20, 2026 Walking & Running
"I'm in a love affair with music/and I think I am obsessed/I search for new and quirky sounds/and celebrate the rest.."My intro is by Gabriel Yared, from the…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein August 6, 2026 Rainbow Weather
Saw a double rainbow this week. What is that certainty of knowing you're going to see a rainbow? When you say "THIS is rainbow weather?" When you know just the…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein July 16, 2026 The Wonder of Birds
It's not an easy time. From the perils of violence to the perils of bacteria to the perils of the air to the misfits at the helm...it's as if a powerful…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World July 2, 2026 "Strong but steady, Subtle but Sublime"
I hope you are inside (heat wave). and that yr animals are inside. And that "inside" is significantly cooler than "outside" If you ARE outside, may you be…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein June 4, 2026 Soft weather, sun
Soft weather, sun. A romp through indie and assorted genres with a spicy seasoned curator of alternative radio. Gabriel Yared, Dan Deacon, Blood Orange…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein, May 21, 2026 - Fertilizing
I go into this mid-Spring as if this is the year! Bountiful container plants on the deck! Peonies encased perfectly in ungainly hoops! The sight of a tulip I…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein May 7, 2026 Ruby, Blue & Green
There's a mug I lost that was totally me/with its jewel tones and thick crockery/and a handle that held my trembling hand/if i ever find another/i'll know it's…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 16, 2026 Assorted Charms
Daffodils spouting white and yellow like eggs/spikes of grass like garnishes. Dogs poised at open windows. Here I am with a curated mix of Assorted Musical…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein April 2, 2026 A Good Scream
Shake it up. Get out of the house. Live in the in-between. We could all use a good scream. Get underway with Gabriel Yared, Future Islands, swelt, Band of…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein March 19, 2026 What Was Under the Snow
Snow has melted and we see what was under the snow. A world teetering with tension, and now we're out of the house, talking too fast, all jagged and breathing…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinWild and Woolly
When I was starting to write poetry in earlier years, especially the 1970s, I had more conviction than I have now. Sounds strange, I know! I was convinced of…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein Feb 5, 2026 The Storms Are Stronger Now
Heavy Storms (and the storms are stronger now). Heavy World (and Atlas can't shrug at all). We take Heavy Steps... Try to answer the call... In this episode…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 15, 2026 On the Bus or Off the Bus
I want what I can't handle/I want what I can't see/I want a second ending/where you envelope me.. A Miniature World - Shrinking it down and mixing it up for…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein January 1 2026 What I Loved
What is it about New Year's? Signaled by a day? I picture an enormous hourglass--a yearly one-- turned over by a giant force. Another next chance--your…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein, Dec 18, 2025 Offering Warmth
Are you shivering in your boots? Huddled around a fire? Ordering flannel sheets on sale? We love seasonal continuity and repetition, don't we? Cuz, as they…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein December 4, 2025 Cold Moon, Warm Heart
Cold Supermoon but Warm-hearted host, exploring interstitial spaces. Can be literal, like gaps between yr teeth, spaces between cells, or figurative; can be…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein November 20 2025 Authenticity
"Authenticity sweet spot: when the music resonates with you" -- Susan Rogers, This is What it Sounds Like Here on A Miniature World it's indie music, outie…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein - November 6, 2025 - Indie Heaven
A Miniature World (words and music) expands today to 3 hours, with poems by Binnie Klein, Tristan Tzara (I always like to be paired with a surrealist!), and a…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein - September 18, 2025 - "Only Connect"
"Only connect" (E.M. Forster) For what else can be done in these times? I can reach you with this curated show of sound and words. Will you open your heart…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinA Miniature World with Binnie Klein - October 2, 2025 - Autumn Field Recording from My Deck
There is nothing more glorious than the sight and sound of a dog jumping into a pile of leaves. I recorded this episode out on my deck on one of the few…
A Miniature World with Binnie KleinOctober 16, 2025 - Walking in the Woods
I walk in the woods with my small dog. I talk about a new hybrid bird species. Music includes Ladytron, Not for Radio, Ponybird, Automatic, Antelope, SAULT…