Non-Interview Episodes
Oct. 4, 2019
Jeremy (Pearl Jam) - Episode 412
::Trigger Warning::
This week's episode covers and references true events that touch at the heart of current American tragedies, and specifically school shootings.
Pearl Jam's 1992 hit "Jeremy" is about an awful reality, bu…
Sept. 6, 2019
The Joker (Steve Miller Band) - Episode 408
He's no Joaquin Phoenix, but he'll do. Steve Miller, the chillest rock legend maybe ever, graces the show for the first time with his classic, "The Joker." We'll learn about his love for '50s doo-wop and maybe some lyrical a…
Aug. 30, 2019
Forever Young (Rod Stewart) - Episode 407
That instantly recognizable voice. That beautifully leathery face. That mole nobody really talks about. It’s Rod Stewart, blessing the show and the world with his classic hit “Forever Young.” Also in this episode:
- How does…
Aug. 9, 2019
When Doves Cry (Prince & the Revolution) - Episode 404
The greatest song in pop history? The transitive property suggests *maybe.* Regardless, this song and its iconic album are in the upper echelon of pop (or funk-rock) history. Jam along with us and the late, very great Prince…
Aug. 2, 2019
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) - Episode 401
The boys are back in town! …is not the song we’re kicking off Season Four with. No no, we’ve gone VERY big for the premiere of this new season, with a trilogy of episodes we’re calling the Genesis Family Tree! Starting here …
Aug. 2, 2019
Invisible Touch (Genesis) Album Listen - Episode 402
Part 2 of the Genesis Family Tree is a full-album listen through the album that changed the game for Genesis and catapulted them into the pop music spotlight. Sit back and enjoy all the incredible yumminess that is “Invisibl…
Aug. 2, 2019
The Living Years (Mike + The Mechanics) - Episode 403
The Genesis Family Tree closes out the first week of Season Four with one of the greatest songs of the 1980s, courtesty of Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford’s side project, Mike + the Mechanics!
In this episode:
- All the fe…
May 17, 2019
November Rain (Guns N' Roses) - Episode 320, Season 3 Finale
For the Season 3 finale, we talk the epic masterpiece that is “November Rain.” Guns N’ Roses brings all the feels and mood swings and breakups and makeups and maybe getting hit by a freakishly huge hail nugget to the show to…
May 10, 2019
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) - Episode 319
Two episodes left in Season 3, and we have no quit! Going hard right up to the end, this week with the super-fun, walking around downtown with your hands in your pockets, not a care in the world pop ditty "You Can Call Me Al…
May 3, 2019
I Wish (Skee-Lo) - Episode 318
The debut smash from Skee-Lo will instantly take you back to the playground, and we've got the scoop on the song this week! Grab a basketball and meet us at the court (so you can keep us company on the bench), and let's talk…
April 25, 2019
Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas) - Episode 317
FINALLY we answer all of you SCREAMING for prog. We have heard your cries, and we have answered with the McDonald's cheeseburger of progressive rock: Kansas' "Carry On Wayward Son," the classic that has served billions and b…
April 19, 2019
Easy (The Commodores) - Episode 316
It's Easter week, and with a wink and a nod to that most holy day we celebrate one of the great lines in pop history: "I'm easy like Sunday morning." Roll your windows down and feel the breeze as you cruise through Tuskeegee…
April 12, 2019
Money for Nothing (Dire Straits) - Episode 315
An instant classic episode about one of the biggest, most enduring rock hits of the 1980's. Remember that weird old homophobe who used to hang out at Sears? Well Mark Knopfler does, and he wrote a song about him! In this epi…
April 5, 2019
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper) - Episode 314
The Unusual One herself, standout pop legend Cyndi Lauper is the topic this week, and we will celebrate her beautiful weirdness with a song that is unclassifiable except to say that it’s stinking awesome. In this episode: - …
March 29, 2019
Centerfield (John Fogerty) - Episode 313
Baseball season is here, and we feel like celebrating! We're ready to put on the cleats and the eye-black, hit the turf and, well, probably pop up to the shortstop, but still. Baseball is back! Get the season started right w…