Season 21 Episode 19

SPECIAL "2024 ELECTION" EPISODE!

1. Love Me, I'm a Liberal - Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon
2. Undecided Voters - Kiwi jr.
3. Election Day - Cheekface feat. Sidney Gish
4. Forecast Fascist Future - Of Montreal
5. The American War - Simone White
6. Freedom - Jenny Hval
7. Future - Cut Copy
8. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - Francis Blume
9. Do Your Duty - Bobby Lounge
10. Baby, It's Time to Vote - Mad Tea Party
11. America - ØZWALD

This episode features several clips: Pete Buttigieg on the NYT Ezra Klein Show talking about people’s trust in government. Kamala Harris’ campaign debut ad: Freedom. Bill Maher talking about the young people who founded America and contrasting the US to her enemies who young people today seem to think are preferable. The AI-generated song “Fucking My Couch” by AI Larry Bob.

Season 21 Episode 18

EXTREMELY SPECIAL "PARENTHOOD" EPISODE!

1. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon
2. Baby's Baby's - Little Fevers
3. Before You Were Born - Bo and the Locomotive
4. The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds - Irving
5. Море дерев (A Sea of ​​Trees) - SMURNO
6. Daddy - Haley
7. Father & Son - Dappled Cities
8. And Mom and Kid - They Might Be Giants
9. Reading Rainbow Theme Song - The Octopus Project feat. The Flaming Lips
10. Still Fighting It - Ben Folds
11. You Are My Baby - Kimya Dawson
12. Do You Realize?? - Sharon Van Etten
13. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) - Billy Joel
14. White Lilacs - The Womenfolk

This episode features a clip from The Local's podcast Sweden in Focus where Richard Orange talks about the country's generous paternity leave and the effect it has on families. There's also a clip from Bill Maher's not-so-great podcast Club Random where Penn Jillette talks about evolutionary love for one's children. Nick Cave also reads a response he wrote to a fan who was concerned about bringing a child into the world in its current state on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. There are also birthday greetings to September babies from Tiktoker Soupy Garbage Juice (he’s released the full song but I didn’t realize it until too late to include the whole song on the show). And while not mentioned in the episode, I highly recommend Ric Burns' documentary about Ansel Adams.

SPECIAL “ALL WOMEN” EPISODE!

1. There She Goes - Hazel English
2. Fast Lane - Genevva
3. Crazy Horse - Genevva
4. Instinct That I Wanna Know - Jade Imagine
5. Back and Forth - Jade Imagine
6. Principia - En Attendant Ana
7. The Cut Off - En Attendant Ana
8. The Drinking Song - Nellie Mckay
9. Make a Wish - Nellie Mckay
10. Le Temple Volant - Crumb & Melody's Echo Chamber
11. Apathy - White Poppy
12. Happy - White Poppy
13. Til We Run Out of Air - Hatchie

This episode features a clip of Julia Steinberg's testimony in front of Congress on November 9, where she talks about the rise of antisemitism on college campuses and its modern roots in the conflict theory of the oppressor vs. oppressed.

Season 20 Episode 10

1. Life Waits for Nothing - Phantom Youth
2. Don't Fade Away - Beach Fossils
3. Tough Love - Beach Fossils
4. I Wish - Dayaway
5. A Brief Dream of Sun - Dayaway
6. Milanesa al Pan - Juan Wauters feat. Zoe Gotusso
7. Modus Operandi - Juan Wauters feat. Frankie Cosmos
8. Big Black Void - TV Girl
9. All the Way Through - TV Girl
10. Shame - TV Girl
11. What the Echoes Say - Jeanines
12. Tilt in Your Eye - Jeanines
13. Riding Into the Sunset in a Busted Car - Free Cake for Every Creature
14. In Your Car - Free Cake for Every Creature
15. Trepanation Party - Voxtrot

This episode features an edited-down “41 Lessons from My 41 Years” list presented by Nate B. Jones on TikTok. It was too long to include the whole thing, but I really don’t disagree with any of his list. This kinda thing easily veers too far into trite, but there can be a lot of truth in well-composed bumper stickers, and I think Nate hits them all well.

Season 20 Episode 9

1. Good Friday - Ham Sandwich
2. Newfound Oxygen - Steady Holiday
3. The Balance - Steady Holiday
4. Coma Culture - Coma Culture
5. Bad Habits - Coma Culture
6. Virtual Dancer - Group Rhoda
7. Din För Evigt - Kanot
8. Bottenmannen - Kanot
9. Dee Dee - Nimrawd
10. Quicksilver (single version) - Nimrawd
11. Aquamarine - Hand Habits

This episode features a clip of a CNN Town Hall where former NJ governor and Trump lackey Chris Christie recounts how Trump gave him COVID, which very nearly killed him, then lied about it, naturally.

Season 20 Episode 8

1. Hot Blue Summer - Dayaway
2. Shooting Star - Sylvie
3. Further Down the Road (Maston Remix) - Sylvie
4. Waiting for the Band - Nicky Hopkins
5. You Have Something Special - Joanna Sternberg
6. This Is Not Who I Want To Be - Joanna Sternberg
7. I Never Get Lonesome - Arthur Russell
8. Iowa Dream - Arthur Russell
9. Wan Ka Helaa - Dur-Dur Band Int.
10. Riyo - Dur-Dur Band Int.
11. Love Missive - Courrier Sud
12. Fool Moon - Courrier Sud
13. Trapdoor - Los Bitchos

This episode features a clip from a recent episode of Sam Harris’ podcast Making Sense, where he talks about the incomprehensible waste of collective attention the human race has wasted on about the least important human to ever be born. I didn’t include much of it, when he gets into a media analysis and so on, but I’m 100% with him on all of it.

Season 20 Episode 7: Special “Music from Soundtracks” Episode!

Asteroid City

1. Last Train to San Fernando - Johnny Duncan

2. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group

Poker Face

3. Charlie's Theme - Pellea

4. Six Foot Down - Gene Ski

5. Blues Run the Game - Jackson C. Frank

John Denver: Country Boy

6. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

The Worst Person in the World

7. Waters of March - Art Garfunkel

One More Time

8. Yours to Keep (acoustic version) - Myie

Rogue Agent

9. Just Like Heaven - Hannah Peel

Cold Feet

10. Just Like Honey - Hannah Peel

Fleishman is in Trouble

11. Wise Up - Aimee Mann

Little America

12. Come On Home - The Lijadu Sisters

Lord of War

13. Mama Africa - Young Bakuba Band

Masters of Sex

14. You Don’t Know Me - Lizzy Caplan

This episode features a clip from NPR’s Fresh Air where film critic Justin Chang reviews Asteroid City, and also a brief clip where Taffy Nivert talks about the origin of Take Me Home, Country Roads from John Denver: Country Boy.

Season 20 Episode 4 - SPECIAL “MUSIC IN FRENCH!” EPISODE!

1. Soulevant - Cléa Vincent
2. Contact - Jarvis Cocker
3. Le cannibale - Juniore
4. Je me suis fait tout petit - Juniore
5. B1 - Ce soir - Kumisolo
6. Kabuki femme fatale - Kumisolo
7. La Femme aux Faux Cils - We are Enfant Terrible
8. La poudre aux yeux - Lisa LeBlanc
9. Tite gêne - Lisa LeBlanc
10. Apprenti - Dumas
11. Fille Sauvage - Richard Anthony
12. Bohemian Rhapsody - French - Freedom Fry
13. Les idées roses - Louïse Papier
14. Sur le pavé - Holden

This episode features a clip from Jim Gaffigan’s album Quality Time about eating French Cheese, as well as a very old Louis CK bit about being approached in NYC by a French guy who needs directions. Light, but relatively topical fare for this episode. heh.

Season 20 Episode 3

1. Organic Tea - Jacob King
2. We, Us the Pharaohs - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard
3. I Had It All - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard
4. Always on the Telephone - The Ladybug Transistor
5. Stranger - Tiny Microphone feat. Gary Olson
6. Mine Forever - Lord Huron
7. At Sea - Lord Huron
8. Blameless - Zach Schimpf
9. Mind Like a Sitting Duck - Zach Schimpf
10. Time Bomb - Jacklen Ro
11. Side by Side - Jacklen Ro
12. More Than Chemical - Homephone

This episode features a brief clip from FOX’s The Family Guy which made me LOL, and a TikTok by @philjamesson about his incredibly successful social media empire.

Season 20 Episode 2

1. Apologizing - Celler Dwellers
2. Or Else - Marina Allen
3. Superreality - Marina Allen
4. If You Love Her - Tokyo Tea Room
5. Feel Your Heart - Tokyo Tea Room
6. Poor Devil - Fruit Junior
7. Saddle Up -Fruit Junior
8. The Promise (feat. Jelani Aryeh) - Samia
9. As You Are - Samia
10. Edge of the Edge - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
11. Everything’s Been Leading To This - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
12. Sleeper Agent - Smaller Hearts
13. Vento a Favor - Sessa

This episode features a clip from the new podcast The Urbanist Agenda from Jason of the great Not Just Bikes. His co-host for the inaugural episode was Adam Something who shows off his pitch-perfect Slavoj Žižek impression as they talk about living in human-friendly cities.

Season 20 Episode 1

1. Rebels Without Applause - Morrissey
2. Always on My Mind - Roller Derby
3. Friday I'm in Love - Roller Derby
4. Afterworld - Phantom Youth
5. Dear October - Phantom Youth
6. Places - Holy Now
7. Silk - Holy Now
8. Nerves - Freeds
9. Fuzzy - Freeds
10. If I Could Ride a Bike - Chevy & Park Bird
11. Never My Love - The Association and The Courettes

This episode features a clip from Marc Maron’s latest HBO comedy special, From Bleak to Dark, where he outlines a strategy to win over Christians by rebranding abortion clinics as “angel factories”. It may be a joke, but I think the plan could be just crazy enough to work. Mental note: From now on, always refer to Planned Parenthood and their ilk as angel factories.