Even Sundays @4pm
The Kitchen Sink isn’t a show; it’s an excavation. An elegant rummage through the dustbin of vinyl past, lovingly handled by a guy who makes nostalgia sound like a revolution, and has the culinary trauma to prove it. One of the last romantic DJs, Jean-Philippe, JP (yes, you may) equal parts flâneur, Londoner, and lapsed punk with a taste for torch songs and conversation. With regular guests, the tête-à-tête has no boundaries: like a good bouillabaisse: brooding, aromatic, and occasionally containing something still twitching. A bilingual raconteur with a palate for both the poetic and the putrid, he pilots his show like he once handled grinds in a forgotten London skate bowl and with the swagger of someone who’s spent his life learning to lean into the skid.
All instinct and improvisation, a symphony of scraped knees and glorious defiance. His musical tastes are the product of a childhood caught between the thin gravy of English restraint and the pinot-stained seduction of a French father whose idea of contraband was a found street sign claiming “Route du Beaujolais” smuggled under the back seat of his Peugeot.
This is radio as philosophy, broadcasting as a form of inquiry into what life can throw at you. In a world increasingly dominated by algorithmic recommendations and market-tested content, The Kitchen Sink offers something more valuable: the authentic voice of someone who has learned to pay attention, and is still seeking…
Tune in. Or don’t. But if you don’t, you’ll miss the moment the soufflé rises.
The Kitchen Sink
JP Defaut2025
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Host Info: JP's musical tastes are the product of a childhood caught between the thin gravy of English restraint and the pinot-stained seduction of a French father. Tune in. Or don’t. But if you don’t, you’ll miss the moment the soufflé rises.