Extended Play

Season 2 starts here! Hosts E and Tank are starting off their second season with the first of two episodes on country music. Spoiler alert: they're not crazy about it. But why? What's the connection between "classic" and "modern" country? What role does politics (or, more specifically, lack of empathy) play in its fanbase? And if country music is so great, how did Tank write and record his own song in a matter of minutes? Hear the discussion and the debut of Tank, country music recording artist, in this first episode of Season 2 of The Extended Play Podcast.

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Country mashup video mentioned in the episode: https://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o.

Listen to Untitled Country Masterpiece by Tank

It's the Season 1 finale! In this episode, hosts E and Tank get angry about a three-year-old list of the best albums of all time. ANGRY. They take a somewhat scientific approach to their discussion, each suggesting three albums that should have been on the list and where they might be placed, and in doing so, fix the list. Well, maybe not, but at least they certainly feel a whole hell of a lot better now.

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In the penultimate episode of Season 1, hosts E and Tank prove that they are card-carrying members of the MTV generation. They look back at some of their favorite music videos, discuss the role video plays in discovering and appreciating music, and try to figure out whether or not E's ever heard a particular Red Hot Chili Peppers song. Plus, this season's final edition of the Playlist Challenge. This episode's topic? Songs with four letters or less in the title.

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In their fourth episode, hosts E and Tank discuss the album format. What albums do they always listen to all the way through? Where does the album format fit in the age of streaming? Whatever happened to b-sides? Remember concept albums? That, and the third edition of the Playlist Challenge. This episode's topic? Songs about places.

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In their third episode, hosts E and Tank explore their feelings around responsibility for being loyal to their favorite artists. When does loyalty to an artist cloud your judgment of the quality of the music? There's also a discussion about problematic artists (we're looking at you, Kanye and Morrissey), and the second edition of our Playlist Challenge. This challenge's theme? Songs with commas in the title.

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In their second episode, hosts E and Tank have very different takes on the value of song lyrics. How much of a song's emotional workload do lyrics carry? Do listeners need to evolve with their favorite artists in order to appreciate their lyrics? Who is the current Bob Dylan of lyricists? (Spoiler alert: it's not Kid Rock.)

Plus, it's the debut of the Playlist Challenge! Listen as E and Tank create thematic playlists for one another, rank the songs (completely arbitrarily), and then defend their rankings.

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In their debut episode, E and Tank try to figure out why it's so hard to talk about music. Why does deep interest in music fall off after a certain point? How do you share your passion with people who just aren't into it anymore? And what it is, anyway, that E and Tank find so vital about the music they love?

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