S23,E05: 04/20/26 (Jonathan Richman, Fascinations Grand Chorus, Mattiel, Jim Jarmusch and Anika, GUM, They Might Be Giants, and Freak Slug)

Season 23 Episode 7 Jet Stream Heart - Temples Time is Wasting Me - Crocodiles Still Kids - Crocodiles Scene of the Crime - Ultra Lights People on the Planet - Ultra Lights Gods in Heat - Ista Megawatt - Ista Bootleg Charm - Tossing Seed Invisible Ink - King Tuff Oil Change - King Tuff Chest Wound to the Chest - The Twilight Sad Designed to Lose - The Twilight Sad Starting Again - The Cry

SPECIAL "ALL SWEDISH MUSIC" EPISODE! Season 23 Episode 6 Big Flood - Les Big Byrd A Perfect Storm - José González Pajarito - José González Hack i häl - Dina Ögon A Tuxedo Sewn for Two - Jens Lekman Darkest Shade of Dark - Annika Norlin Alien - Annika Norlin Creep - Azure Blue Where to Put the Pain - Alice Boman Legalize Living - The Hives A World Like No Other - YAST The Bluest Eyes in Texas - Nina Persson & Nathan Larson Better Off - Johanna Linnea Jakobsson This episode contains clips from an interview Jens Lekman and David Levithan did with Mallory Rochester from Barnes & Noble about their collaboration on Songs for Other People's Weddings, as well as an interview with Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist with tips on aging in rock and Sweden's trick to fostering musical talent.

Season 23 Episode 5 Springtime in New York - Jonathan Richman Summer Love - Fascinations Grand Chorus Static Heartbreaks - Fascinations Grand Chorus Chroma Eyes - Fascinations Grand Chorus Keep the Change - Mattiel Food for Thought - Mattiel These Days (Berlin Version) - Jim Jarmusch & Anika Spooky - Jim Jarmusch & Anika Dud - GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith Phosphene Scream - GUM Outside Brain - They Might Be Giants Slow - They Might Be Giants Friday - Freak Slug This episode contains a clip Sean Illing's The Gray Area podcast where his guest is Musa al-Gharbi, author of We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. It originally aired right after the 2024 election, but I missed it back then. It was re-released recently and I found the critique leveled by Musa to be spot on.

Season 23 Episode 4 Until the Sun Goes Down (feat. TOLEDO) - Monster Rally People Settle Down - Way Dynamic Miffed It - Way Dynamic Little Green Apples - Cleveland Francis Hey Jude - Cleveland Francis Wild World - Fine Food Market Sometimes - Fine Food Market Stunts - twen Godlike - twen Rachel's Song - Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore Temple of the Winds - Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore Strange (Dan The Automator Remix) - Foxwarren This episode contains a segment of The Onion News Network called Neighbors Always Knew Teen Gunman Was Evil And Did Nothing Because They Are Evil Too.

Season 23 Episode 3 Destroyer - Spirit Ghost Sleep Through the Long Night - Lael Neale Wild Waters - Lael Neale Come On - Lael Neale Never Go Away - John Andrews and The Yawns Walking Under My Loves Ladders - John Andrews and The Yawns This Is Gonna Hurt - Dirty Nice If I was Abducted By Aliens - Dirty Nice Coco Leche - Dirty Nice In Search of Yang - YĪN YĪN Yata Yata - YĪN YĪN Raga Lalit - Charanjit Singh Catapult - Cape Francis Also on this episode: a clip from Sam Harris' Making Sense podcast where he talks about Louis Theroux's new, must-see Netflix documentary: Inside the Manosphere.

SPECIAL EARLY-90'S-STYLE JANGLY GUITARS WITH WOMEN SINGERS EPISODE! Season 23 Episode 2 Be Mad, Get Ill, Be Still - Club 8 Nothing - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Mesopotamia - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Salty - North Highlands Quitter - North Highlands Love - The Sundays Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays Suspended from Class - Camera Obscura Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura Bright as Yellow - The Innocence Mission Go - The Innocence Mission Look Up to the Sky (Edit) - The Indians Also on this episode: a clip from the podcast Blocked & Reported with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal, where Katie did as good a job as I've heard breaking down what's going on with Iran through the vantage point of a beauty influencer. In the clip, she talks about the Iranian diaspora who fled their country.

Season 23 Episode 1 Not Broken Video - Tōth Tamat - Nusantara Beat Kalangkang - Nusantara Beat Sixteen Candles - Rita Chao 往日的舊夢 - Gonna Be Alright - Rita Chao Skin of Our Teeth - Tristen Let Go - Tristen Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi - Lou-Adriane Cassidy Cours, Cora, cours - Lou-Adriane Cassidy Subaru Nights - Insecure Men Teenage Toy - Insecure Men Cleaning Bricks - Insecure Men Alien - Insecure Men L'Ultima Corsa - Melting Resonance and Tati Falco This episode features a clip of Destiny talking about how annoying it is to debate marginal tax rates with conservatives. And also one of Paul Krugman talking about how crypto is just a cult from the Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know podcast. 

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.