U2 X-Radio: Elevation with John Kelly Episode Guides: 2021

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"Celebrating news and ideas from the worlds of science, medicine, faith, and the arts. Hosted by Irish broadcaster/writer John Kelly, this show features music and poetry; interviews with artists, activists, and thinkers; plus the occasional member of U2."

John Kelly, an Irish broadcaster and writer, hosts a weekly show on the channel, where he interviews a variety of guest, including the occasional member of U2. The show started with the launch of the station, and the first episode was July 5, 2020.

Below you will find the latest information about episodes of this program on U2 X-Radio on SiriusXM. Our full U2 X-Radio discography page is available if you are looking for news, scheduling information, and other information. Additional episode guides are available to the right.

  • Weekly Show
  • Airs initially on Sunday at 10:00 ET
  • Shows available on demand.
  • Repeats twice on Sunday, and throughout the week.

Elevation With John Kelly:

Episode: 79 Roosevelt Montás
Initially Aired: 2022-01-02 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Roosevelt Montás - Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University - Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation."

Episode: 80 Aifric Campbell
Initially Aired: 2022-01-09 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is the writer Aifric Campbell. We’ll be talking about her book The Love Makers - part novel, part essays by scientists. AI, Robotics and the future of love."

Episode: 81 Jeffrey C. Stewart
Initially Aired: 2022-01-16 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is the Pulitzer Prize winning author Jeffrey C. Stewart. We’ll be talking all things Alain Locke and The Harlem Renaissance."

Episode: 82 Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
Initially Aired: 2022-01-23 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On this morning’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is the one and only Darryl “DMC” McDaniels." The show opens with "Never on Sunday" by Lena Horne.

Episode: 83 Harry Freedman
Initially Aired: 2022-01-31 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Harry Freedman. We’ll be discussing the complex religious sources of the songs of Leonard Cohen." The opening song is "Sunday Kind of Love" by The Marcels.

Episode: 84 Katharine Hayhoe
Initially Aired: 2022-02-06 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is leading climate scientist, Katharine Hayhoe - Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, UN Champion of the Earth - and evangelical Christian." The show opens with "Everyday is Like Sunday" by the Pretenders.

Episode: 85 Marc Ribot
Initially Aired: 2022-02-13 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is one of my absolute favourite musicians - Marc Ribot. We’ll be taking about his book Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist." The show opens with "Sunday Morning" by Michael Stipe.

Episode: 86 Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Initially Aired: 2022-02-13 10:00
John Kelly Tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou. We’ll be taking about her extraordinary book God: An Anatomy". The opening music is "Sunday Sun" by Beck.

Episode: 87 Sasha Geffen
Initially Aired: 2022-02-27 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Sasha Geffen. We’ll be talking about their book Glitter Up The Dark: How Pop Music Broke The Binary. Plus plenty of fine tunes". The opening song is "Sunday Morning" (Live Version) by Lou Reed.

Episode: 88 Lenny Kaye
Initially Aired: 2022-03-06 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is the great Lenny Kaye - longtime guitarist with Patti Smith, record producer, cultural historian, author and fellow SiriusXM host." Opening music is "Sunday Morning" by Margo Guryan.

Episode: 88
Initially Aired: 2022-03-11 21:30
Elevation - U2 / With or Without You (Teemid Dance Remix) - U2 / Night and Day (Steel String Remix) - U2 / Respect (One Rascal Mix) - Aretha Franklin / Faster Kill Pussycat (Club Mix) - Oakenfold and Brittany Murphy / I'm Into It (Illyus and Barrientos Extended Remix) - Oakenfold, Zhu and Velvet Cash / Deeper and Deeper - Madonna / Upside Down (Michael Voight Remix) - Diana Ross / I'm Coming Out (Remix) - Diana Ross / You and I - Rick James / I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Autograf Remix) - Marvin Gaye / Control - Janet Jackson / Love Come Down - Evelyn / Low - Lenny Kravitz / Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren

Episode: 89 Dan Mulhall
Initially Aired: 2022-03-13 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Dan Mulhall, Ireland’s Ambassador to The United States. In advance of St. Patrick’s Day we’ll be talking all things Joyce and Ulysses. Yes." The opening song is "Sunday Walker" by Villagers.

Episode: 90 Christiana Figueres
Initially Aired: 2022-03-20 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Christiana Figueres - former Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change, and the woman behind the Paris Agreement. The Edge will also be joining us with some climate questions of his own." Opening music for the episode is "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" by Nick Palmer.

Episode: 91 Helena De Bres
Initially Aired: 2022-03-27 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US and Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Helena De Bres. We’ll be talking about her book Artful Truths - The Philosophy of Memoir. Plus plenty of fine tunes." Opening music is "Sunday Morning" by Ani DiFranco.

Episode: 92 David George Haskell
Initially Aired: 2022-04-03 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is David George Haskell. His book Sounds Wild and Broken is a plea for more attentive listening to many sounds the planet. Music from insects, birds and humans". Opening music is "Never on Sunday" by The Chordettes.

Episode: 93 Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Initially Aired: 2022-04-10 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Kay Kaufman Shelemay. We’ll be talking about the extraordinary role of the “sentinel” musicians of the Ethiopian diaspora in North America." The opening song is "Why do I Cry" by Margo Guryan, which opens, "Why do I cry? On Sunday morning, after Saturday night was such a wonderful night."

Episode: 94 Luma Mufleh
Initially Aired: 2022-04-17 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is visionary educator Luma Mufleh. Plus plenty of fine tunes." Opening song is "A Sunday Morning Love" by The Chariots.

Episode: 95 Ryan North
Initially Aired: 2022-04-24 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is best-selling author and Eisner Award Winner, Ryan North. Plus plenty of fine tunes." Opening song is "Ugly Sunday" by Mark Lanegan.

Episode: 96 Matt Richtel
Initially Aired: 2022-05-01 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporter Matt Richtel. Plus plenty of fine tunes." The opening song today is "Sunday in New York" by Mel Torme.

Episode: 97 Dr. Aria S. Halliday
Initially Aired: 2022-05-08 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Dr. Aria S. Halliday. We’ll be talking about her book Buy Black. How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture." The opening music is "A Sunday Kind of Love" by Ella Fitzgerald.

Episode: 98 Patrick McCabe
Initially Aired: 2022-05-15 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is one of the great voices of modern Irish literature - Patrick McCabe - plus plenty of fine tunes."

Episode: 99 Sean Scully
Initially Aired: 2022-05-22 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is one of the leading visual artists of his generation - the painter Sean Scully - plus plenty of fine tunes."

Episode: 100 Perla Batalla
Initially Aired: 2022-05-29 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Perla Batalla - songwriter, singer, activist and for many years backing vocalist with Leonard Cohen."

Episode: 101 Samantha Rose Hill
Initially Aired: 2022-06-05 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is Samantha Rose Hill and we’ll be talking all things Hannah Arendt."

Episode: 102 Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan
Initially Aired: 2022-06-12 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guests are Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan plus plenty of fine tunes."

Episode: 103 Michael Stewart Foley
Initially Aired: 2022-06-19 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is historian of American political culture, Michael Stewart Foley. We’ll be talking all things politics and The Man in Black."

Episode: 104 Professor Michael Slepian
Initially Aired: 2022-06-26 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest Professor Michael Slepian. We’ll be talking the psychology of secrets but don’t tell anyone."

Episode: 105 Laura J. Martin
Initially Aired: 2022-07-03 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is historian and ecologist Laura J. Martin. Wild By Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration"

Episode: 106 Chris Blackwell
Initially Aired: 2022-07-10 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is the founder of Island Records - and the man who signed U2 - Chris Blackwell"

Episode: 107 Music
Initially Aired: 2022-07-17 10:00
Instead of a normal show, John Kelly will be playing songs for three weeks. Today's play list includes:
Sunday - Kay Starr / The Edge - David McCallum / Parce que Tu Crois - Charles Aznavour / I Got The... - Labi Siffre / The Boss - James Brown / Tiden Flyver - Boom Clap Bachelors / Maybe Tomorrow - Grant Green / The Human Abstract - David Axelrod / Tears - Giorgio Moroder / Three is the Magic Number - Bob Dorough / Make This Young Lady Mine - The Mad Lads / You Showed Me - The Turtles / Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) - Detroit Emeralds / Love On A Two Way Street - The Moments / Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) - Chi-Lites / My Woman - Al Bowlly & Lew Stone

Episode: 108 Music
Initially Aired: 2022-07-24 10:00
Instead of a normal show, John Kelly will be playing songs for three weeks. Today's play list includes:
Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning) - Jimmy Wakely / Sunday Morning - Margo Guryan / Sunday Best - Bobbie Gentry / Suzanne on a Sunday Morning - Ricky Nelson / I Want Sunday Back Again - Bettye Swann / Struttin' on Sunday - Aaron Neville / Hello Sunday! Hello Road! - Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson / Sunday Coming - Alton Ellis / Remember That Sunday - Phyllis Dillon / Sunday in New York - Shirley Horn / Sunday Afternoon - Blossom Dearie / Never on Sunday - Ann-Margret / A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James / On Sunday Afternoon - The Harptones / No Twistin' on Sunday - Zircons / Heaven on a Sunday - Paul McCartney / Sunday Morning - Michael Stipe / Sunday Sun - Beck / Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Episode: 109 Music
Initially Aired: 2022-07-31 10:00
Instead of a normal show, John Kelly will be playing songs for three weeks. Today's play list includes: Sunday Bloody Sunday - Lisa Bresnan / One - Johnny Cash / She's A Mystery to Me - Roy Orbison / Dancing Barefoot - U2 / Satellite of Love - U2 / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Cheikh Lô / Bullet the Blue Sky - Vieux Farka Toure / Night and Day - U2 / Running to Stand Still - Elbow / 40 - The Frames / October - The Divine Comedy / Love is Blindness - Cassandra Wilson / All I Want is You - Glen Campbell / Everlasting Love - U2

Episode: 110 Sabine Hossenfelder
Initially Aired: 2022-08-07 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder. We’ll be talking about all the big stuff - the really big stuff." The show opens with "Every Day Seems Like Sunday" by The Swan Silvertones.

Episode: 111 Robert A. Gross
Initially Aired: 2022-08-14 10:00
John Kelly tweets, "Friends in the US & Canada. On Sunday’s ELEVATION on U2X-Radio my guest is the historian Robert A. Gross. We’ll be talking about The Transcendentalists & Their World. Emerson, Thoreau and Walden Pond." The show opens with "Heaven On A Sunday" by Paul McCartney.