This Year (Feat. Cassi Jerkins & Bryan Rainstein)

In this season finale, Yaki is joined by Lauren Holt (Saturday Night Live, Barbie, Curb Your Enthusiasm), to discuss the very sad, but beautiful Mountain Goats song, "Matthew 25:21." And Lauren brings in a musical classic. They discuss acceptance, hope, more therapy, being witnessed, getting your dreams, and then losing your dreams. What a roller coaster of an episode!

Writer, actor, and comedian, Molly Kiernan (The Connors, Lopez Vs. Lopez), joins Yaki to discuss the lo-fi masterpiece, The Mess Inside. Topics include crying in front of others, love songs, dads, treatment and therapy, and friends with cool music taste.

Writer and comedian, May Darmon (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Solar Opposites), joins Yaki to discuss the Mountain Goats song, "Outer Scorpion Squadron," and brings in a song of her own. Other topics in this episode include dancing, dead artists, iPods, sharing songs you love with people to see their reaction, and more crying in the car.

Ann Maddox (Vanderpump Rules, The Office, 2 Broke Girls) joins Yaki to discuss The Mountain Goats song, "Cotton," as well as an upbeat song that always makes Ann cry. Find out what song that is! Other conversation topics this episode include: CPTSD, kicking John Darnielle off your couch, Florida again, and finding your inner strength.

The very funny Justin Sherman and Joey Bergren (hosts of the podcast, Everything Reviewed) join Yaki to discuss the song, Get Lonely. And they each bring in a mystery song of their own. Other topics include Florida, mental health walks, teenage heartbreak, science camp, and meeting one of the Mountain Goats!(@yakimargulies, @shermancomedy, @joeybergren)

Yaki chats with stand-up comedian and actor, Alyssa Limperis (What We Do In The Shadows, Dexter: Original Sin), about the Mountain Goats song, "Possum By Night," an unassuming composition that maybe also reveals the secret of life? Alyssa shares a song, too, and talks about loss, coming to terms with mortality, our chosen families, and the feeling of home.

On this episode, Yaki talks about The Mountain Goats song, "The Last Place I Saw You Alive," with guest Angela Giarratana (Smosh, StarKid), and she brings in a couple songs of her own. Other topics of conversation include shutting down your feelings, crying in the car, family and mortality, scarcity mindset, and more! How does one live a life??

In this very first episode, Yaki chats with Cassi Jerkins (Office Ladies podcast) and Bryan Rainstein (Bryan's Faces) about the Mountain Goats song, "This Year," which Yaki cried to a few years back, as well as an assortment of topics including parents, Americana towns, the pandemic, and more. Cassi and Bryan each bring in a song of their own that they've cried to for more discussion and added fun! (@yakimargulies, @cassijerkins, @bryansfaces)