Mix CD

This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty puts together a playlist of some of the greatest women's groups that music has to offer

🎵 This Episode:

• The best of female vocal groups (no fictional groups so no Huntrix on this list)

🎧 Listen along with the Girl Groups Mix on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

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🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty puts together a special playlist for baby number three's arrival while his wife was resting before labor starts

🎵 This Episode:

• A Special DOUBLE CD of push and labor songs, most of which his wife was not pleased about

🎧 Listen along with the Double Push Mix on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

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🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty celebrates the arrival of baby number three with the most fitting playlist possible — the best songs with "Baby" in the title! From classic rock to pop to R&B, Mike curates the ultimate baby songs playlist to welcome his newest little one to the world.

🎵 This Episode:

• A special celebration playlist in honor of Mike's third baby
• The best songs with "Baby" in the title across every genre and era
• From classic baby songs to modern bangers — every track has one thing in common

🎧 Listen along with the Baby Mine Mix CD playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

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🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty returns for another round of the ultimate music debate — listening to two different versions of famous songs and deciding once and for all which one is better!

Whether it's an original vs. a cover, a live version vs. a studio recording, or two iconic takes on the same classic, Mix CD is the podcast for music lovers who love a good argument.

🎵 What is Mix CD? Each episode, Mike Hilty compares multiple versions of well-known songs — originals, covers, live recordings, remixes, and reimaginings — and picks his favorite.

🎧 Listen along with the Who Did It Better Volume 2 Mix CD playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty is a TV, film, and music enthusiast and fellow SPDM Crew podcaster. Find him here:

• 📸 Instagram
• 📺 Serializd
• 🎥 Letterboxd

Mike also hosts and co-hosts several podcasts in the SPDM Crew family — Family Movie Night, Sportsball, and SPDM TV — plus the pop culture podcast Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email us at [email protected]

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🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty is joined by writer and SPDM collaborator Patrice Downing for the ultimate road trip playlist episode — swapping their favorite road trip songs and debating which tracks absolutely have to make the cut for the perfect driving playlist!

🎵 This Episode:

• The ultimate road trip playlist — Mike and Patrice's picks for the best driving songs of all timeplaylist

Patrice Downing — film & TV writer and SPDM collaborator:

• ✍️ SiftPop } 🐦 X | 🎥 Letterboxd | 📺 Serializd

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

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🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, hosts Mike Hilty and Shane Conto (The Wasteland Reviewer) make Mix CD history with the podcast's very first band-specific playlist episode — and they're kicking it off with Nickelback!

🎧 Listen along with the joint Nickelback playlist on Apple Music

Shane Conto — film critic, writer, YouTuber: 🌐 Website | ▶️ YouTube | 📸 Instagram | 🎥 Letterboxd

Also hosts Wasteland Retrospective, Wasteland Watchlist, Cinematic Wasteland, and Wasteland Spotlight

Mike Hilty — TV & film enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster: 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty marks Independence Day in the US with a look at the complicated feelings about what it's like to live in America right now.

🎵 This Episode:

• Why living in America today is so complicated
• Going through the stages of grief
• Processing anger and loss
• Where do we go from here

🎧 List to the This is America Part 1 Mix CD playlist

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster: 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty is joined by Heath Lynch of the Franchise Paradiso podcast to finish their series on the best Academy Award Best Original Song nominees that never won — the snubbed songs that didn't win the Oscar but won their hearts!

Yes, I understand that I released this at a weird time.....

📖 Check out Heath's ongoing SiftPop series: Oscars What If

Heath Lynch — film fan, writer, and podcaster:

• 🎙️ Franchise Paradiso Podcast | 🎥 Letterboxd

Mike Hilty — TV, film, and music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd
• 🎙️ Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

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🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty marks Father's Day with a personal and heartfelt episode — exploring his complicated feelings about the holiday through music, with songs about being a dad, messages from him to his kids, and a special theme around the number three.

🎵 This Episode:

• Father's Day music — songs that capture the complicated, emotional, and joyful sides of fatherhood
• Songs about being a dad — the playlist every father needs
• Messages to kids through music — tunes that say what words sometimes can't
• The significance of the number three

🎧 Listen along with the Father's Day & Three playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster: 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty celebrates his youngest daughter Mimi's birthday with a very special episode — a heartfelt playlist of her all-time favorite songs! A perfect listen for anyone who loves kid-approved music, family playlist ideas, or just a feel-good episode full of great tunes.

🎵 This Episode:

• A birthday playlist curated by Mike's daughter Mimi — her favorite songs, her way
• The sweetest family music playlist episode in Mix CD history
• Perfect inspiration for your own kids' birthday playlist or family-friendly music picks

🎧 Listen along with the Happy Birthday Mimi Mix CD playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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