Episode 360: Aggressively Fine
Since it’s almost Victoria Day (or as Canadians call it, “May Long Eh”), we’re talking British Christmas music again — specificially a few popular tunes that never crossed the threshold… Read more »
Category Archives: Episodes
Episode 359: Wage Against the Machine
To celebrate the upcoming International Workers’ Day on May 1st, we’ve got two Christmas songs about: who else? WORKERS, BABY! Well, technically, they’re also about landlords and bosses, but only… Read more »
Episode 358: I Have a Little Weed Day
Our annual 4/20 episode is back, and this year? Good songs only!!! You may be surprised to hear that we were still able to find two good weed-themed winter holiday… Read more »
Episode 357: Holidays Doth Rule
As per tradition (at least from days of yore when we did episodes weekly), we’re using the week of Easter to add some more traditional Christmas music to our list…. Read more »
Episode 356: Lots in Translation
By request, we’re tackling two holiday songs that expand the number of languages and dialects represented in our list. “Jingle Bells” as performed by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones featuring… Read more »
Episode 355: Ten Lords a Leap Year
To celebrate the Leap Year, we’re leaping into two versions of The 12 Days of Christmas! Kind of!!! Neither “12 Days of Christmas” by Gucci Mane or “The Twelve Days… Read more »
Episode 354: A Special Kind of Horny
It’s Valentine’s Day, one of the horniest holidays on the calendar, and we’re celebrating with two songs from the 1950s that illustrate an uncomfortable truth: people have always been nasty… Read more »
Episode 353: The Super Bowl Sneak
Gosh, the Super Bowl seems to come earlier and earlier every year, doesn’t it? Football music starts getting played the radio, kids start lining up at the mall to sit… Read more »
Episode 352: Upstanding Podcast Citizens
It’s podcasts all the way down! By listener request, we’re discussing “Don’t Wait For Me Beneath the Mistletoe” by The Allusionettes. The band — comprised of Jenny Owen Youngs, Martin… Read more »
Episode 351: Grinch Rap Granuary
To kick off our tenth year of HARK, we’re writing the first page of what will surely be many chapters exploring the question of our time: why are there so many… Read more »