PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY

Andy pays too much for a falafel wrap, thinks Chappell Roan's album is better than Charli XCX's latest, and plays a couple TikTok clips. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines looks at the fictional band Deathtöngue from Bloom County. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy forgives Morrissey and plays clips of Jeff Goldblum quoting George Bernard Shaw and a professor who sings emo songs in sleeping students' faces. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines looks at the '40s pop culture references in the book Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Our guest is the writer Gwen E. Kirby! Andy speaks with Gwen about her hilarious story collection, Shit Cassandra Saw. You can find a link to all things Gwen E. Kirby at her website here. Purchase Shit Cassandra Saw wherever you get your books or via Bookshop.org here. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines wraps up her discussion on the Rush albums Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Our guest is Jason Lambeth from the band Red Pants! Andy speaks with Jason about his band's new EP, Pale Shadows. You can stream Pale Shadows and all of Red Pants' music on your favorite platform, or listen to and buy Red Pants' tunes in digital and physical formats at their Bandcamp site here. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines explores Rush's 1981 album, Moving Pictures. You can find a playlist for the Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy talks about buying costumes at Spirit Halloween, Viva Hinds, seeing Todd Rundgren in concert, and the Apprentice biopic. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines explores Rush's 1980 album, Permanent Waves. You can find a playlist for the Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Geordie Greep breaks into Andy's brain, Vocal Fry Cops gets a live promo, and French erotic monster movie The Beast (1975) is embarrassingly bad. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines reads selections from Platforms: A Microwaved Cultural Chronicle of the 1970s by Pagan Kennedy. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy's latest novel, Zero Percent Juice, is out! Buy it in paperback and ebook formats, worldwide, via Amazon here. On the show, Andy doesn't understand why companies can never get artificially flavored apple and banana right., then he introduces his new impression: Vocal Fry Cops. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines takes a look at Mothership Connection by Parliament. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy believes the free toothbrush the denist gives out is intentionally cheap. Also, we listen to a clip of young Brits defining "dad rock". On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines reads chapter 22 of Dellio & Woods' I Wanne Be Sedated. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy eats candy and talks about street bagels, Cormac McCarthy and movies with no film scores. Then he manages to connect Ingmar Bergman to Philip K. Dick and Richard Linklater. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines covers The Cars' debut album from 1978. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy talks about going viral on TikTok, styptic pencils, 90s rockers acting badly, and Cigarettes After Sex being The National if they were horny. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines concludes her look at Led Zeppelin's US singles. You can find a playlist for Rachel's Chart Chat here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.