Brian Carpenter is the host of Free Association, a free-form radio show with occasional special guests. Carpenter is the lead singer of The Confessions and Beat Circus in Boston, and the founder of Brooklyn's Ghost Train Orchestra. Carpenter has also produced several radio special programs, including "Rivers and Rhythms: A Sam Rivers Retrospective" (aired on WZBC 2012) and "The Sound of Horror: Sound Design in Science-Fiction and Horror Films" (aired on WZBC 2010).