Radio Ethiopia
Studio album by Patti Smith GroupWikipedia
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Oct 14, 2026
Alan CrossHOST
Here was an extremely intense, unapologetic, outspoken woman doing things only a man had done before.
Alan CrossHOST
Her second album, released in October 1976, was entitled Radio Ethiopia.
Alan CrossHOST
This is one of the singles.
Alan CrossHOST
It's called Pumpin' My Heart.
Dylan HensleyHOST
Yeah.
Dylan HensleyHOST
Patti Smith group put out her second LP, Radio Ethiopia, which we covered on the show.
Justin HensleyHOST
Yes, way back in episode 37.
Justin HensleyHOST
And
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's probably, it's probably 1980.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Her and I are sitting in my bedroom, uh, listening to Patti Smith's Radio Ethiopia.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's this insane Patti Smith record where she's just cackling and speaking in tongues and, and, and shouting and, and being crazy.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Natalie turned to me and said, "You know, I could be in a band.
Nate PowellGUEST
So later in Diana, we sort of established like, well, early on, you'll see like in her room, We have those twin inspiration points here.
Nate PowellGUEST
We have like she did like a photo of like a Xerox blow up of one of the interior photos from Patti Smith's Radio Ethiopia album, which winds up being a self-defining, like mythologizing point within her life.
Nate PowellGUEST
And then, yes, we had the Inferno promo poster, which features Illyana magic and the dark child.
Nate PowellGUEST
And then later in the book, she kind of explicitly outlines being guided by twin saints in a cult of one.
Nate PowellGUEST
And so I'm, yes, I'm making religious connections here to explain how she's processing those inspiration points and, And for her, she owes her life.
Nate PowellGUEST
She owes her freedom.
Nate PowellGUEST
She owes every decision she has made since then to the impact that Radio Ethiopia had on her and the impact that magic had on her.
Nate PowellGUEST
And, you know, both like Patty and Ileana are both important to me.