Mary and Patrick bring together friends of the podcast to discuss 15 favorite songs to cap off 2016.

On this week's episode from the archives of USA TODAY's Dad Rock podcast, hosts Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan pick their favorite holiday songs, along with a few listener suggestions.

Happy Tuesday! Christmas is this Sunday, so Patrick and Mary are sharing four Indie songs to add to the top of your Noel-inspired playlists.

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Three (semi)wise-men get a visit from the Tom Petty vinyl angel. They are left with the massive, impressive and (literally) heavy box sets that encompass pretty much every important Tom Petty record ever released. Listen to see if the guys figure out how to have a happy holiday.

Yes, listener, Mary has returned. And you can call her Al(ice).

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Singer, songwriter, producer, trendsetter and now the subject of an exhaustive (you have no idea) examination by Patrick and special guest Dave Bishop (The Bish), this Tuesday is all about Todd Rundgren. From Nazz to The Band to Runt to XTC, hit play for a rambling look at this icon who just wants to bang the drum all day.

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It's been 25 year since the release of R.E.M.'s "Out of Time.". In November, a deluxe edition of breakthrough album hit shelves — making it a perfect time to dig out this episode from the Dad Rock archives.

Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan look back at the band's second period, when Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe moved up to a major label.

This episode was a follow-up to Dad Rock Ep. 7, which focused on R.E.M.'s I.R.S. years. It features fan and GFOP (good friend of the pod) Justin Gay.

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As a follow-up to a previous Tuesdays episode about the music of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes (https://soundcloud.com/dadrockshow/tuesdays-with-mary-wye-oak-and-jenn-wasner), Patrick Foster and GFOP (Good Friend of the Pod) Tug Baker talk with Jenn Wasner about her many musical guises, her creative process and chopping firewood.

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50 and 25 years ago, our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that every human has a right to Dad Rock.

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At the end of very long week (and election cycle), let's take some time to relax, throw a K-Tel album on the turntable and dig some "explosive musical explosions."

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