The boys drag 2018 over the line FINALLY, tossing up their best hits from the year that was! 

The boys discuss holiday traditions, nipple removal, Steven Pinker, English puddin', "uplifting news", and the changing American South!  WAS IT A WAVE? Beastie Boys forever! Music from Desperate Journalist, and Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians (wtf).  Happy Holidays folks! 

Henry reports back from Shakori Hills Grassroots Music Festival, and the boys discuss festival, festival culture all over and over time. SXSW stories! Chris loses a shoe at a show. Henry pukes at one.  The boys realize Daydream Nation has been out for 30 years! New Steve Perry's new album wrestled to the ground.  Fleetwood Mac's new song on Ellen! Steven Pinker! New music from Echo and the Bunnymen! Active Measures! 

The boys dodge Hurricane Florence to go Boston to see The The and see the city!  And boats! And a Weed Festival! And Fenway!  And History! 

Producer Greg visits to help the boys reckon with the realities of accusations and investigations regarding something that happened in Henry's neighborhood as well as wrestle with its context and implications. 

Video arcades smelled a certain way. Plastic, human beings, and electronics and darkness were a doorway to the future?   Which games did you like?  The boys weigh in on their favorites and why! 

Henry has brush with nutty liars, Chris gets famous, and new music from Tierra Whack! 

The boys grab what's left on the fridge, talk about their favorites from the year thusfar of culture (and whiskeys) and introduce their NEWEST pod project! 

The boys are back from vacation in Folly Beach - and catch up on the glamorous world of TV production with a man who has traveled the world (Olympics, etc!) putting it all on tape for us to see - NBC Producer Greg Levin - Also:  we taste the most divisive whiskey ever - Laphroaig.  Henry says it tastes like asphalt and Barbicide. And: New Father John Misty!  

Chris and Henry interview The Eyebrows at the listening party for their upcoming album VOLUME!  Why does popular culture/media keep revisiting the 80s? Was it the last forward thinking time?  When did apathy become cool?  Are we doomed to keep eating other time periods with no new ideas to be had? 

The Bands Vs. The Solo Record(s) - Which would you rather take with you to the desert island? Also:  Childish Gambino hits us with serious art, Carlton Pearson's Gospel of Inclusion, Cannonball Run and Dr Finger, and new great music from Lowtide.