Fiona Apple's new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, is getting us all through quarantine. So, we decided to gather and discuss our favorite Fiona songs from her 25 year career of making exceptional and provocatively candid music. #NihilisticFeminismGuests: Jason (The Binge Movie Podcast) Lucy (Wine & Crime) Reid (Irrationally Exuberant)Featured Songs:Criminal (Lucy) Oh Well (Jason) I Want You To Love Me (Reid) Ladies (Josh) Left Alone (Jason) Sleep To Dream (Lucy) I Know (Reid & Josh)
We're breaking up the monotony of quarantine by bringing you new bingeable content. And The Quarantine Series kicks off with a curated list of our favorite podcast episodes.Guests: Javier (Pretend / Criminal Conduct) Kim (researcher for The Fall Line) Lindsay (Corpus Delicti / Mugshot) Featured Episodes: The Living Room (Love + Radio) #446 (Comedy Bang Bang) The Farewell (Binge Mode: Harry Potter) Gregor (Heavyweight) Entanglement (Invisibilia) Hitler: YA Fiction Fan Girl (Behind the Bastards) The Death of Kurt Cobain (Trace Evidence) The Case of the Missing Hit (Reply All)
In honor of LGBTQ month and National Coming Out Day, Erica Kelley (Southern Fried True Crime), Tawny Platis (The Dirty Bits), Tommy Estlund (The Curiosity Hour), and I discuss our favorite songs from LGBTQ artists. We laugh, we cry, we discuss puppy love, coming out, and trans anthems. Music Featured:• 1950 by King Princess (Tommy) • Animal by Troye Sivan (Josh) • Breathe Me by Sia (Tawny) • Cloud On My Tongue by Tori Amos (Erica) • Don't Run Away, Emilie by Torres (Josh) • Call It Off by Tegan + Sara (Tawny) • I Am Her by Shea Diamond (Tommy) •Freedom 90 by George Michael (Erica)
Gerald Morris (Two Peas on a Podcast), Haley Gray (Podcast Writer & Researcher), and Lanie Hobbs (True Crime Fan Club / Crimes of Passion) join Josh to discuss their favorite pop songs from the 2010s. Lizzo's reign continues. Josh faces a musical Sophie's Choice. Lanie makes a strange and surprising admission. Josh and Haley face off over Gossip Girl. Gerald comes out as a Swiftie. And lots of talk about... poop.Music Featured:• Blank Space by Taylor Swift (Gerald)• 2Shy by Shura (Josh)• Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars (Haley)• Like a G6 by Far East Movement (Lanie)• What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction (Gerald)• Alaska by Maggie Rogers (Josh)• Soulmate by Lizzo (Haley) • OMG by Usher (Lanie)
Katie Ward (The Enthusiasm Enthusiast), Matt Shields (Lords of Death), Jason Leroy (The Binge), and Hannah (Boozy Movies) join Josh to discuss their favorite songs released in 2019 (so far). We discuss gay country, songs for the #MeToo movement, Marianne Williamson, Madonna's attempts at being a provocateur, and Lizzo's triumphant return.Music Featured:• True Blue by Mark Ronson ft. Angel Olsen (Matt) • Old Man by Stella Donnelly (Jason) • Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten (Josh) • Give A Little by Maggie Rogers (Hannah) • God Control by Madonna (Katie) • Dead of Night by Orville Peck (Matt) • Haunted House by Sir Babygirl (Jason) • Segment & The Line by KARYYN (Josh) • Truth Hurts by Lizzo (Katie & Hannah)Stay tuned for the promo for Ear Floss: A music history podcast
Featuring: Carrie (Vocal Fries), Chris (Is This Adulting?), Matt (Lords of Death)Tonight we're talking about mental health and casually dropping bombs. Plus, we've got 3 PLAYLIST virgins, and 6 artists making their PLAYLIST debuts!This week's playlist:How To Disappear Completely by Radiohead (Carrie)When You Die by MGMT (Matt)The Listener by The Collection (Chris)Appointments by Julien Baker (Josh)Hurt by Johnny Cash (Carrie)Desert Horse by Melody's Echo Chamber (Matt)Coconut Oil by Lizzo (Chris)Magnolia by Odette (Josh)Listen to the playlist atour-americana.com/playlist
Featuring: Megan (Oh No! Lit Class), Reid (Reid Messerschmidt Gets Metal), Sue (The Karen & Ellen Letters), and Rick.Tonight we're headed to the bar to play our favorite jukebox songs.It's Rick's bar, and we're all just drinking in it.This week's playlist:I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston (Megan)Tired of Being Alone by Al Green (Reid)Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield (Sue)Patches by Clarence Carter (Josh)Wicked Game by Chris Isaak (Megan)Fishin' in the Dark by The Nitty Gritty Band (Reid)Rocket Queen by Guns 'n Roses (Sue)Benny and the Jets by Elton John (Josh)Listen to the playlist atour-americana.com/playlist
Featuring: Hannah (Boozy Movies), Jason (The Binge Movie Podcast), Tricia (Two Girls on a Bench)In this episode, we take a look at musical families. And... things gets problematic fast.This week's playlist:Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson / The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson (Hannah)Buckets of Rain by Bob Dylan / Closer to You by The Wallflowers (Josh)I Think I Love You by The Partridge Family / C'mon Get Happy by The Partridge Family (Tricia)Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus by Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin / Rest by Charlotte Gainsbourg (Jason)How Will I Know by Whitney Houston / That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick (Hannah)Colours of the Night by Peter Broderick / Where I Lay by Heather Woods Broderick (Josh)Cross Oceans by First Aid Kit / Tiger Mountain Peasant Song by First Aid Kit (Tricia)Your Lies by Shelby Lynn / Ain't Giving Up On You by Allison Moorer (Jason)Listen to the playlist atour-americana.com/playlist
Featuring: Emily (The Story Behind), Issa (Fears & Desires), Javier (Pretend Radio)We share our favorite protest songs.This week's playlist:Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Emily)Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley (Issa)Slip Away by Perfume Genius (Josh)Hurricane by Bob Dylan (Javier)What's Going On by Marvin Gaye (Emily)Small Axe by Bob Marley (Issa)Quiet by Milck (Josh)To The Teeth by Ani Difranco (Javier)Listen to the playlist atour-americana.com/playlist
Featuring: Donna (Varmints), Kate (Strange Animals Podcast), Maggie (Drunk Safari), Paul (Varmints)In which a bunch of animal podcasters share their favorite animal songs. //This episode (recorded over a year ago) was almost forever lost, because it was fraught with audio issues. But, we powered through (most of them), because the episode is just so lovely.This week's playlist:Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals by Gilda Radner (Donna)Barracuda by Heart (Paul)People Got a Lotta Nerve by Neko Case (Josh)Anaconda by Nicki Minaj (Maggie)Raised by Bats by Voltaire (Kate)Caterpillar Girl by The Cure (Donna)Dog Bite by Dead Kennedys (Paul)Big Bad Wolf by In This Moment (Kate)The Moth by Aimee Mann (Josh)Puppy Song by Harry Nilsson (Maggie)Listen to the playlist atour-americana.com/playlist