Episode 131: Greensleeves the Reindeer
This week we get to some more requests from the Southern Hemisphere! Our listeners from Australia have tasked us with listening to two songs about Santa’s less popular animal companions,… Read more »
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Episode 129: A Very Special Birthday
This week, we’re celebrating a very special birthday for a very special podcast boy. Ian is turning three decades old this week! And so is A Very Special Christmas, the… Read more »
Episode 128: Tap-Dancing Blaggard
This week, a listener request asks us to consider updated versions of two much-beloved Christmas tunes with well-documented problems – “Fairytale of New York” as performed by KT Tunstall and… Read more »
Episode 127: Bluesplaining
This week we cover a listener request that lets us treat ourselves to some delightful jazz and captivating blues – and reveals, perhaps, how little we know about jazz and… Read more »
Episode 126: Tooth Horror (Google Hippo Skull)
Ian and RJ are back, and they are melting! This week we struggle through two novelty songs in which children make outlandish, and perhaps disturbing, demands – “I Want a… Read more »
Episode 125: Love and Marriage and Hatred and Puppets
This week, our list grows to 250 songs, and we partake in our tradition of surprising each other with songs aimed at the top and the bottom of the list…. Read more »
Episode 124: Only Six Months Til Christmas
We did it, y’all. We made it half-way through 2017. Next Christmas is only 200 days away! To celebrate, we’re looking back at the best and worst holiday albums of… Read more »
Episode 122: Belle and/or Sebastian
We cover two Christmas duets with two different takes on love. An anonymous request introduces us to “Christmas TV” by Slow Club, a guileless song full of yearning and affirmation… Read more »
Episode 121: Snoopy vs. HARK Podcast
This week, we made the ill-advised decision to theme an episode around Armed Forces Day! The strangeness of “Snoopy’s Christmas” by The Royal Guardsmen is somewhat overwhelmed by nostalgia, but… Read more »
Episode 120: 1.25x-mas
This week, we’re going back to basics. No gimmicks, no conspiracy theories, just straight-up rock ‘n roll. An anonymous request leaves RJ and Ian pondering a pair of somewhat sleepy… Read more »