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 »
Category Archives: Episodes
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 »
Episode 350: Lawrence the Network Technician
It’s finally here: our 2023 milestone episode! When looking for a candidate for all-time greatest Christmas songs, Jam attempted to laser-focus their pick to Ian’s taste. When looking for the… Read more »
Episode 349: Fresh Cut Holiday Songs
The 2023 holiday season has arrived! We’re celebrating with some brand new holiday songs. Since Hanukkah begins this week, we begin with the delightfully catchy “Just A Little Hanukkah” by… Read more »
Episode 348: Edgy Pants
Season’s Eatings! This very food-centric episode kicks off with a listener request. While he’s perhaps best known to Christmas nerds for his work in White Christmas, we totally ignore that while… Read more »
Episode 347: There’s Nothing Funny About Weezer
Jam’s birthday is here again, and that means it’s BIRTHDAY BOI’S CHOICE TIME!! And this year, they’ve chosen chaos. Covering two Weezer songs (“The Christmas Song” and “The Deep and… Read more »