The Leftovers with Kevin Morby
Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
Rachel Belle
4.4 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from singer/songwriter Kevin Morby.
Kevin grew up in Kansas, and after 15 years of building a successful music career living in the coast’s largest cities, he has returned to his hometown. He tells host Rachel Belle why living in the Midwest can spark creativity, what Kansas City meal should be as famous as its legendary BBQ, and what he and his girlfriend (the musician, Waxahatchee) always eat when they return home from a long tour.
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| 0:00.0 | Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights. |
| 0:05.8 | Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show. |
| 0:19.7 | Welcome to The Leftovers. I'm Rachel Bell. The Leftovers. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm Rachel Bell. |
| 0:22.7 | The Leftovers is audio left on the cutting room floor from last week's Your Last Meal interview. |
| 0:27.3 | And today, you'll hear never-before-heard cuts from singer-songwriter Kevin Morby, |
| 0:33.5 | a man with so much to say about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that we dedicated an entire episode to the Great American Classic. |
| 0:41.5 | I'm working on my next record, and I have a song that's called Peanut Butter Jelly, |
| 0:46.2 | which I'm very excited about. |
| 0:48.0 | But it's funny because now that I've sort of cultivated this persona of peanut butter jelly guy on Instagram. |
| 0:55.0 | And I have that song. People are just going to assume what it's about. |
| 0:59.0 | Of course, you're going to think it's about a sandwich. |
| 1:01.0 | But it's not about that. A friend of mine a long time ago told me that when you have the windows down in the car and the air conditioning turn all the way up. That's called peanut butter jelly. |
| 1:15.4 | That is a song that I'm going to have to provide some context for somehow when people hear it. |
| 1:18.5 | I'm not referencing the same way to I'm referencing this thing that you can happen in the car. |
| 1:24.6 | If you missed last week's episode, I recommend going back and getting to know Kevin there first. |
| 1:28.2 | That's where you'll hear that he likes to add scrambled eggs and kimchi to his PB&Js. But if you're all caught up, let's get into the leftovers with Kevin |
| 1:34.3 | Morby. I'm going to do a little speed round with you before I let you go. Okay, love it. |
| 1:43.5 | What is your perfect birthday cake or perfect dessert for your birthday? |
| 1:48.5 | Perfect birthday cake would be like a white cake with chocolate frosting. |
| 1:51.7 | Classic. |
| 1:52.5 | Best barbecue in Kansas City when people are coming to town that you send people to this place. |
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