World Cafe Playlist for 03/31/2026

Tim Heidecker joins host Raina Douris

If you were going to make a mixtape of songs that holds the key to unlocking who you are, what would be on it? That’s the question we ask interesting people on our feature Personal Records. Comedian Tim Heidecker shares his Personal Records playlist, featuring Randy Newman and Joni Mitchell, on the World Cafe.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

The Primitives “Crash” Lovely

The Black Keys “Go” “Let’s Rock”

Randy Newman “A Wedding In Cherokee County” Good Old Boys

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band “Racing In The Street” Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Bruce Springsteen “Rosalita” The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle

The Beatles “Any Time At All” A Hard Day’s Night

Pavement “Silence Kid” Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Joni Mitchell “Carey” Blue

David Bowie “Rebel Rebel” Diamond Dogs

Vampire Weekend “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” Vampire Weekend

Peter Tosh “Legalize It” Legalize It

Warren Zevon “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” The Wind

Bob Dylan “Make You Feel My Love” Time Out of Mind

Hour Two

Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues” Helplessness Blues

Kevin Morby “Javelin” Little Wide Open

Lucinda Williams “The World’s Gone Wrong” World’s Gone Wrong

Paula Cole “I Don’t Want To Wait” This Fire

Kathleen Edwards “Asking For Flowers” Asking For Flowers

Kathleen Edwards “Change The Sheets” WC Recording

Snail Mail “Pristine” Recorded Live for World Cafe

The Budos Band “Burnt Offering” World Cafe Recording

The New Pornographers “Votive” The Former Site Of

The War on Drugs “Holding On” A Deeper Understanding

The London Souls “Honey” WC Recording

Rostam “Like A Spark” American Stories

Luscious Jackson “Naked Eye” Fever In Fever Out

Arlo Parks “Get Go” Ambiguous Desire