This week we talk to pop-folk singer/songwriter Regina Spektor. She tells us about her latest album, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, and what it was like growing up in Russia. Author Jonathan Merritt also joins us to talk about “10 Things That Defined the Last Decade” (which he wrote about in the current issue of RELEVANT). Plus, a pastor encounters a ninja, Jesse tries to wrap his head around modern art, and we discover a real-life mermaid.

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Cold War Kids, “Miracle Mile”

Playdough, “Cold N Play”

Hoyle, “Prodigal”

The Boxer Rebellion, “Diamonds”

Fol Chen, “The False Alarms”

Noah & The Whale, “There Will Come a Time”

Gliss, “The Sea Tonight”

Listen to the full interview with Jonathan Merritt

If you were to leave your 9-5 job, what unique job would you create for yourself?

This week we were captivated by the story of the lady who left the corporate world, bought some prosthetics and created for herself a job as a real-life mermaid. So if you were to leave it all behind and walk away from the 9-5 grind, what job would you create for yourself that only you could do (and that would pay you enough to live)?