S21,E18: 10/07/24 (PARENTHOOD! John Lennon, Little Fevers, Bo and the Locomotive, Irving, SMURNO, Haley, Dappled Cities, They Might Be Giants, Octopus Project, Ben Folds, Kimya Dawson, Sharon Van Etten, Billy Joel, Womenfolk)

Season 21 Episode 18 EXTREMELY SPECIAL "PARENTHOOD" EPISODE! Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon Baby's Baby's - Little Fevers Before You Were Born - Bo and the Locomotive The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds - Irving Море дерев (A Sea of ​​Trees) - SMURNO Daddy - Haley Father & Son - Dappled Cities And Mom and Kid - They Might Be Giants Reading Rainbow Theme Song - The Octopus Project feat. The Flaming Lips Still Fighting It - Ben Folds You Are My Baby - Kimya Dawson Do You Realize?? - Sharon Van Etten Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) - Billy Joel 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.

Season 21 Episode 17 SPECIAL “ALL COVERS” EPISODE! Strange Overtones - Whitney You've Got a Woman - Natalie Bergman & Beck Take Me Home, Country Roads - Lana Del Rey Lovefool - Babeheaven The Boys are Back in Town - The Cardigans Best of My Love - Skeleten Good Vibrations - The Black Angels Sloop John B - Night Beats All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Raveonettes Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Raveonettes A Shot in the Dark - Combustible Edison Such Great Heights - Ronobir Lahiri This episode features a couple of clips from recent VP candidate Tim Walz contrasting his modest lifestyle to other political figures and talking about the Trump agenda vs. his and Kamala Harris’.

Season 21 Episode 16 Exercise Class - Rodney Cromwell Havana Bay - Magon Our Love is Real - Magon Hard Erase - Worn-Tin Joe & Ruth - Worn-Tin Pendulum - Sports Coach Infinity - Sports Coach Dead Stars in your Eyes - The Reds, Pinks & Purples Public Art - The Reds, Pinks & Purples I-90 Bridge - Chastity Belt Clock Keeps Ticking -Bonny Doon This episode features a couple of clips from a really fun episode of Tyler Cowan’s podcast Conversations with Tyler. The guest is a favorite of mine, Paul Bloom, a psychologist who specializes in moral psychology, particularly in children. I pulled clips of them discussing at what age a child can truly believe in God, and another where they discuss the relative value of dogs, cats, pigs, and humans. The whole hour is great.

SPECIAL “ALL WOMEN” EPISODE! There She Goes - Hazel English Fast Lane - Genevva Crazy Horse - Genevva Instinct That I Wanna Know - Jade Imagine Back and Forth - Jade Imagine Principia - En Attendant Ana The Cut Off - En Attendant Ana The Drinking Song - Nellie Mckay Make a Wish - Nellie Mckay Le Temple Volant - Crumb & Melody's Echo Chamber Apathy - White Poppy Happy - White Poppy 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 Life Waits for Nothing - Phantom Youth Don't Fade Away - Beach Fossils Tough Love - Beach Fossils I Wish - Dayaway A Brief Dream of Sun - Dayaway Milanesa al Pan - Juan Wauters feat. Zoe Gotusso Modus Operandi - Juan Wauters feat. Frankie Cosmos Big Black Void - TV Girl All the Way Through - TV Girl Shame - TV Girl What the Echoes Say - Jeanines Tilt in Your Eye - Jeanines Riding Into the Sunset in a Busted Car - Free Cake for Every Creature In Your Car - Free Cake for Every Creature 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 Good Friday - Ham Sandwich Newfound Oxygen - Steady Holiday The Balance - Steady Holiday Coma Culture - Coma Culture Bad Habits - Coma Culture Virtual Dancer - Group Rhoda Din För Evigt - Kanot Bottenmannen - Kanot Dee Dee - Nimrawd Quicksilver (single version) - Nimrawd 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 Hot Blue Summer - Dayaway Shooting Star - Sylvie Further Down the Road (Maston Remix) - Sylvie Waiting for the Band - Nicky Hopkins You Have Something Special - Joanna Sternberg This Is Not Who I Want To Be - Joanna Sternberg I Never Get Lonesome - Arthur Russell Iowa Dream - Arthur Russell Wan Ka Helaa - Dur-Dur Band Int. Riyo - Dur-Dur Band Int. Love Missive - Courrier Sud Fool Moon - Courrier Sud 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! Soulevant - Cléa Vincent Contact - Jarvis Cocker Le cannibale - Juniore Je me suis fait tout petit - Juniore B1 - Ce soir - Kumisolo Kabuki femme fatale - Kumisolo La Femme aux Faux Cils - We are Enfant Terrible La poudre aux yeux - Lisa LeBlanc Tite gêne - Lisa LeBlanc Apprenti - Dumas Fille Sauvage - Richard Anthony Bohemian Rhapsody - French - Freedom Fry Les idées roses - Louïse Papier 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 Organic Tea - Jacob King We, Us the Pharaohs - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard I Had It All - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard Always on the Telephone - The Ladybug Transistor Stranger - Tiny Microphone feat. Gary Olson Mine Forever - Lord Huron At Sea - Lord Huron Blameless - Zach Schimpf Mind Like a Sitting Duck - Zach Schimpf Time Bomb - Jacklen Ro Side by Side - Jacklen Ro 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.