S22,E06: 08/11/25 (NOSTALGIA! Ben Folds Five, Billy Joel, Ween, Geoff Muldaur, The Housemartins, Fatboy Slim, Frankie Cosmos, Babe Rainbow)

SEASON 22 FINALE! Season 22 Episode 11: December 15th, 2025 Again and Again - Reverend Baron Flies - Cheekface Content Baby - Cheekface Exorcise - Charlie Hilton Illusion of a Door - Charlie Hilton In Another Life - Nation of Language Inept Apollo - Nation of Language Crown - Billie Marten Swing - Billie Marten My Old Ways - Tame Impala Dracula - Tame Impala Think-It-Yourself Kit - Chinless Wonder Cradle the Pain - Morgan Nagler This episode features a couple of things that made me laugh recently. First, a quick one-liner from Joanna Coles on the Daily Beast podcast Inside Trump's Head, plus a story from comedian Mohanad Elshieky as heard on a recent episode of This American Life about a mysterious experience he had riding in an Uber.

SPECIAL "CHRISTMAS MUSIC 2025" EPISODE! Season 22 Episode 10 Christmas Everywhere - Fran Alexandre All Love Must Die - Marissa Nadler The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - The Hidden Cameras A Folksy Christmas Song - Remington Super 60 Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call - Bleachers Merry Christmas from North California - Pelts I Just Wanna Hold Your Hand (On Christmas Day) - The Yearning When the River Meets the Sea - Daniel Zott My Evergreen - Freedom Fry Snow - Dean & Britta Blue Moon - Holly Macve My Favorite Things - Sy Mann What Child Is This - Sy Mann Deck the Halls - The Trapp Family Singers The Little Drummer Boy - The Trapp Family Singers Just Like Christmas - Gabrielle Aplin This episode features a clip from Sam Harris' Making Sense podcast where he addresses the Christmas tradition of Santa Claus in the context of his stated position that you should never lie.

Season 22 Episode 9 If I Could See You Now - Holy Hive Jumpy - ANIMA! Rest In Peace - ANIMA! Best Friend - Freedom Fry A Farewell - Freedom Fry Fuselage - Tom Lark Busy Living - Tom Lark Aua Atu Rā - Marlon Williams Kōrero Māori - Marlon Williams Open - World Brain Minute papillon - World Brain You Can Call Me Al - Dwayne Gretzky This episode features a clip from an interview Sam Harris gave to "how is this guy still a public figure?" Vice co-founder Shane Smith about how society should treat the current crop of billionaires.

SEASON 22 EPISODE 8: OCTOBER 20TH, 2025 The Creeps - Still Corners Black Box - Automatic mq9 - Automatic Eidolon - Hibou Aix - Hibou In the Garden - Beauty Queen & Henry Nowhere Tied to You - Beauty Queen Danger in Fives - Wombo Common Things - Wombo Hi! - Los Bitchos La Bomba - Los Bitchos Red - Jesse Welles This episode features a clip from Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast where he talks about Trump's outrageous golf cheating. Something I've never paid any attention to, and found utterly unsurprising and kind of funny in that it's among the least consequential of the literally thousands of terrible things about this most-offensive public figure.

Season 22 Episode 7 Amsterdam via Rotterdam - Cornershop feat. Eden Gray Poor Girl - Tchotchke Playin' Dumb - Tchotchke The Dream - Still Corners Faded Love - Still Corners Let Me Cry - Moontype Four Hands ii - Moontype Just a Dream - Cool Sounds Pretty Often - Cool Sounds Anniversary - Camp Saint Helene Racing - Camp Saint Helene Quartet Studio Live - Open Reel Ensemble This episode features a clip of comedian Todd Berry talking about some expert level money-saving tips from his Super Crazy special. It made me LOL, so I wanted to share it. All the current events are too miserable to even find humor in, so I didn't include anything about that.

AUGUST 11TH, 2025 SPECIAL "HASTILY ASSEMBLED NOSTALIGIA" EPISODE! Philosophy - Ben Folds Five All You Wanna Do Is Dance - Billy Joel Everybody Has a Dream (Cold Spring Harbor Sessions) - Billy Joel December Theme (December Song) - Billy Joel The Prime of Your Life (unreleased demo) - Billy Joel The Longest Time - Billy Joel Travelin' Prayer (Columbia Records Signing Day - June 26, 1973) - Billy Joel What Deaner was Talkin' About - Ween Freedom of '76 - Ween Brazil - Geoff Muldaur I Can't Put My Finger On It - The Housemartins The Weekend Starts Here - Fatboy Slim One of Each - Frankie Cosmos Pressed Flower - Frankie Cosmos One! Grey! Hair! - Frankie Cosmos Thank You - Babe Rainbow In a Sentimental Mood - Billy Joel This episode features considerably more talking than usual. Sorry! Also, “The Stranger Promotional Montage” from the Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary on HBO.

SEASON 22 EPISODE 5: JULY 7TH, 2025 Chlorine - Dayaway Heaven on Earth - Pressyes Blue Crystal Water - Pressyes Stranglers - Miynt Low-key - Miynt Bones and All - Love Spells I Can't Let You Go in This Life - Love Spells Sleeping - Foxwarren Say It - Foxwarren Speed Freak - Youth Lagoon Lucy Takes a Picture - Youth Lagoon Look Up - The New Runes This episode features a remembrance of legendary journalist and one of my personal favorites, Bill Moyers, who passed away at 91 earlier this month, by David Bianculli on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Publication of this episode was delayed by a couple of weeks due to a mishap. Better late than never!

SEASON 22 EPISODE 4 A Clean House - Dash Hammerstein Athena - Born Ruffians Can We Go Now - Born Ruffians Aerial Troubles - Stereolab Vermona F Transistor - Stereolab Left Behind - Club 8 Sucker - Club 8 Closer to You - Club 8 Godzilla Rises - Being Dead Big Bovine - Being Dead Sally Go Round the Sun - Elephant Stone Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin - Elephant Stone Anhedonia - Mamalarky This episode features a clip of Steven Bonnell (aka Destiny) addressing the reliable pattern of Trump defense “I haven’t heard about that” → “he’s joking” → “of course.”

SEASON 22 EPISODE 3 SPECIAL "COMEDY MUSIC" EPISODE! The Check's in the Mail - "Weird Al" Yankovic Foux Du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords Carol Brown - Flight of the Conchords You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute - Flight of the Conchords Pregnant Women are Smug - Garfunkel and Oates 29 / 31 - Garfunkel and Oates In My Country - The Lemon Sisters Natalie's Rap - The Lonely Island feat. Natalie Portman and Chris Parnell The Scrotum Song - Asylum Street Spankers Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song) - Monty Python Sit on My Face - Monty Python Keep on Churnin' - Wynonie Harris feat. Todd Rhodes Orchestra I'm My Own Grandpa - The Muppets Train to Morrow - The Country Trio Problematic - Bo Burnham Thank You God - Tim Minchin One More Minute - "Weird Al" Yankovic This episode features a couple of bonus songs, including “Goth Kid on Vacation” from a recent episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Jack Black, and one written by Louis CK for his show Louie called “The Diarrhea Song” performed by SweetPro and Giselle Bellas. Statler and Waldorf also make an appearance.

Season 22 Episode 2 Edibles - Foamboy Washington DC - Zack Keim Better Days - Zack Keim Praise - Panda Bear Ends Meet - Panda Bear Midwinter Swimmers - The Innocence Mission John Williams - The Innocence Mission Pray to Me - Dyan What Fiction Is For - Dyan You Were the Ones I Had to Betray - Dean Wareham The Cloud is Coming - Dean Wareham Fine Day - cagedancr. This episode features a clip from Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update in which Emil Wakim talks about American Patriotism in these trying times.