The Confluence

2% of an Island School Semester

In two weeks, my daughter Zinnia will wrap up 100 days at the Island School on Eleuthera, a shoestring island in the Bahamas.

Nov 20 • Jake Schepps

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October 2025

A Cenote Diving Adventure

Yesterday morning, an unmarked and beat-up van picked me up at my hotel in Mérida, Mexico, right on time at 750am.

Oct 26 • Jake Schepps

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January 2025

Some of my favorite listening from 2024.

It's the golden age of podcasts, and I’ve listened a lot. Here are a few of my faves this year.

Jan 22 • Jake Schepps

October 2024

Noam Pikelny and Punch Brothers

Two Interviews from Banjo Newsletter in 2004 and 2008

Oct 15, 2024 • Jake Schepps

Interview With Béla Fleck

As published in Banjo Newsletter, February, 2014

Oct 2, 2024 • Jake Schepps

September 2024

Umami Bomb Noodle Recipe

The current incarnation of Umami Bomb Noodles is a riff on some ideas I gleaned from Instagram and TikTok, though now mostly my own.

Sep 15, 2024 • Jake Schepps

Burning Man 2024

Trip Report from Black Rock City, Nevada

Sep 8, 2024 • Jake Schepps

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July 2024

Trip Report: Bath and London, England

Journey: Bath and London, nine days, door-to-door.

Jul 19, 2024 • Jake Schepps

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RockyGrass — my favorite time of year.

I first learned of the legendary RockyGrass festival in 1992, when I was just a year into playing banjo, and fresh off the heels of my 2nd ever…

Jul 13, 2024 • Jake Schepps

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April 2024

Trip Report: first time to Turkey and Uzbekistan

I posted this on Reddit, and thought I would elaborate on it here.

Apr 27, 2024 • Jake Schepps

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March 2023

The great Earl Scruggs

What we owe to the true lion of bluegrass banjo

Mar 30, 2023 • Jake Schepps

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January 2023

Phish is a damn good band

Bear with me and give a listen to their 11/2/90 version of "David Bowie"

Jan 12, 2023 • Jake Schepps

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