Personal Records: Tim Heidecker

We’re rolling out a new feature on World Cafe called Personal Records. We’re inviting non-musicians — or musicians working outside of the industry — to share the songs that define them.

The concept is simple: If someone were to assemble a mixtape that holds the key to who you are and what you do, what songs would be on it?

Tim Heidecker has been on the show a few times to talk about his own music, but he’s also an actor, director, writer and comedian, known for Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, On Cinema at the Cinema and his podcast Office Hours.

Today, Heidecker joins World Cafe to gush about Randy Newman, talk about the Joni Mitchell song that reminds him of his childhood and more.

This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod.  Our digital producer is Miguel Perez. World Cafe‘s engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.