John Prine: In Spite of Himself has made the rounds on radio shows this summer. This weekend you can catch me on satellite radio talking to music-biz veteran Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper), who did PR work in Canada for years for Prine’s label, Oh Boy Records. Alper interviewed me for his radio show out of Toronto, and it airs on SiriusXm (@SiriusXMCanada) Channel 167 on Saturday, August 1, at noon, 4 and 11 p.m., and Sunday, August 2, at 6 a.m., 11 a.m., and 7 p.m.

In July, Leigh Paterson of Wyoming Public Radio interviewed me about a lawsuit against Peabody Energy that quotes from the lyrics to “Paradise,” where Prine sings about “Mr. Peabody’s coal train” hauling away a beloved town in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. His parents were born and raised around Paradise, and Prine and his brothers spent summers there as children. Peabody has asked a judge to strike Prine’s lyrics from a lawsuit filed by protesters.