Hey, all you able-bodied creatures! This week James & Connor learn all the rules behind Mentors, the new album by singer, songwriter, Poet, and folk renaissance multi-instrumentalist Fish In A Birdcage. Connor discovered his music on a trip and has deemed it a "no skips" discography. After sharing a Fish List with James he decided to bring a brand new album to the podcast full of plucky instruments, ballads, and lyrics that are just so good! The Mixtaper will enlighten us about wedding crashers, espresso splashers, and song stashers in Fact Or Spin. If there's a Badger clinging to your back and you're a Long Way From Home, be Brave and tell your Elders to tune in for another Connor's Pick!

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0:00 Intro

6:40 About Fish In A Birdcage & The Fish List

9:00 To The Future!

10:39 Fish List Debrief

18:10 About Mentors

21:27 Fact Or Spin

22:34 He Created A Vinyl Record That Wasn't His Album

25:49 He Has A Secret Song: Rule #6

30:20 He Had An Unexpected Wedding Crasher

33:54 He's A Big Espresso Guy

38:54 Album Art

41:12 Rule #35 - Microphone

44:56 Rule #36 - Long Way From Home

49:27 Rule #37 - Mentors

51:41 Rule #38 - Elders

53:23 Rule #39 - Lore

56:33 Rule #40 - Brave

1:00:27 Rule #41 - C'est La Vie

1:01:49 Rule #42 - Fever Pitch

1:03:03 Rule #43 - Chosen

1:05:14 Rule #44 - Badger

1:07:36 Rule #45 - Rooftop Jam

1:09:25 Rule #46 - Poet

1:10:46 Final Spin

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Jump into the heat of a Technicolour Beat with the 2015 debut record from the indie-pop duo Oh Wonder! This collection of bedroom-produced tracks was rolled out as a series of singles over the course of a full year before launching the couple into stardom! Get ready to Lose It in a warm, cozy blanket of soft emotions, sparked by a Livewire of electronic ambience. We'll discover how quickly and naturally Anthony and Josephine write their music as the Mixtaper takes us on a lavender-scented tour full of toys and a van named Wendy. See how well this record's aged a decade on.. they've given all their love to you!

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0:00 Intro

1:50 About Oh Wonder (The Band)

4:24 About Oh Wonder (The Album)

10:25 Fact Or Spin

11:38 Their First Single Was Written In Five Minutes

14:57 They Sold A Vinyl That Smelled Like Lavender

21:01 They Wrote A Song With Toy Instruments

23:52 Their first tour van was nicknamed Wendy

27:57 Album Art

29:59 Livewire

33:03 Body Gold

36:03 Technicolour Beat

37:45 Drive

41:04 Lose It

43:41 Landslide

46:20 White Blood

48:07 Without You

50:27 The Rain

53:00 Dazzle

54:58 All We Do

56:58 Midnight Moon

58:44 Shark

1:00:19 Heart Hope

1:01:49 Plans

1:03:15 Final Spin

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Get ready for a run-in with The Police and their farewell record Synchronicity! We're having Tea In The Sahara with Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, and Sting... and you know he'll be watching you! From the chaotic Mother to the dinosaur-filled Walking In Your Footsteps, this new wave record truly has a little bit of everything. We'll trace the band's story and learn what Sting can do during a headstand. The Mixtaper's also teaching us how he got his iconic stage name, making fake jazz, and spoiling TV shows! How does it feel to fight yourself? Is there a little black spot on the sun today? Why is the Loch Ness Monster here?! All your biggest Police questions and more will be answered right here, right now. 

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0:00 Intro

About The Police 4:54

About Synchronicity 13:27

Awards & Accolades 23:31

Fact Or Spin 24:24

How Sting Got His Nickname 25:35

The Police Once Pretended To Be A Jazz Band 28:44

Sting Wrote A Song While Standing On His Head 32:17

Sting Was Accused Of Murder 35:26

Sting Once Fought Himself 38:13

Album Art 42:33

Synchronicity I 44:11

Walking In Your Footsteps 47:52

O My God 49:31

Mother 52:23

Miss Gradenko 53:41

Synchronicity II 56:25

Every Breath You Take 58:45

King Of Pain 1:03:59

Wrapped Around Your Finger 1:07:20

Tea In The Sahara 1:10:31

Murder By Numbers 1:13:57

Final Spin 1:16:38

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What's our age again? 182 Episodes? That sounds like the perfect time to get into All The Small Things with Blink-182's genre-altering skate punk record Enema Of The State! We'll learn the moving stories behind Adam's Song and Going Away To College and the un-moving stories behind The Party Song and Mutt. The Mixtaper will teach us about Mark Hoppus' comedic flamingos, Tom DeLonge's extraterrestrial achievements, and an old friend will make an unexpected yet logical return. Don't be a Dysentery Gary... spend a couple hundred of your blinks listening to this week's episode and let the music turn the lights off, carry you home.

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0:00 Intro

2:56 About Blink-182

9:51 About Enema Of The State

19:28 Awards & Accolades

21:01 Fact Or Spin

23:02 Mark Hoppus Knows A Thing Or Two About Funny Birds

28:05 Tom DeLonge Performed Suspended From A Helicopter

34:31 Tom DeLonge Is An Alien Afficionado

38:21 Blink-182 Recorded In A Haunted House

52:07 Album Art

55:17 Dumpweed

56:53 Don't Leave Me

58:59 Aliens Exist

1:02:22 Going Away To College

1:04:08 What's My Age Again?

1:07:24 Dysentery Gary

1:09:37 Adam's Song

1:12:54 All The Small Things

1:18:27 The Party Song

1:20:02 Mutt

1:21:01 Wendy Clear

1:22:06 Anthem

1:23:23 Final Spin

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We're Back Again just in time for The New Year, and we're taking the leap with Parachute's very 2009 debut record Losing Sleep! It features their biggest hit She Is Love, alongside pop-rockers like Under Control and piano ballads like The Mess I Made. The Mixtaper's gone a bit mad and is teaching us about Parade Chutes, laundromats, and the Taste Of Love as we tackle another round of Fact Or Spin. Will this record's songwriting and hooky melodies overcome production that leaves it stuck in its time? When Words Meet Heartbeats you'll know!

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0:00 Intro

4:05 About Parachute

5:02 About Losing Sleep

9:28 Fact Or Spin

10:32 Their Name Is A Misheard Lyric

14:38 Parachute Wrote A Song For A Fast Food Commercial

20:05 Parachute Played A Surprise Concert

23:54 Their Drummer Once Designed Their Merch

31:10 Album Art

33:19 All That I Am

34:50 Back Again

36:26 She (For Liz)

38:10 The Mess I Made

39:13 She Is Love

43:02 Ghost

46:26 Under Control

48:48 Blame It On Me

50:47 Words Meet Heartbeats

52:26 The New Year

56:32 Final Spin

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Three years of competition all comes down to this... It's our annual Naughty Or Nice Holiday Special! We'll put the best seasonal songs by podcast artists head-to-head and see who comes out on top with live voting, and the stakes have never been higher. Not only is this a rubber match between James & Connor, NoN 2024 will also determine the fate of two-time champion Last Christmas by Wham! Will they rise to the challenge and earn the triple crown, or will this truly be their last Christmas? Only the chat knows... See who stays nice and who ends up naughty as we compare our personal brackets to the fan-favorite results in Naughty Or Nice 3: The Wham-Off!

Listen to all of this year's competitors on our Naughty Or Nice Playlist!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sdsOPIGUklfgYBOJlvK6J?si=e45f6409bf164037

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYumnChiw_I97kvJc8Aj3bW9QC7Jpf3f1

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0:00 Intro

5:24 The Challengers

10:26 Mariah Carey vs. Queen

18:19 Simon & Garfunkel vs. The Wellermen

23:54 Tom Petty vs. Bruce Springsteen

30:34 Fall Out Boy vs. Lana Del Rey & Kacey Musgraves

37:14 Motley Crue vs. George Gershwin

43:41 Lainey Wilson vs. Daryl Hall & John Oates

53:21 The Quarterfinals

53:47 Round 2.1

55:26 Round 2.2

57:39 Round 2.3

59:35 The Semifinals

1:00:07 Round 3.1

1:03:39 Round 3.2 - Introducing WHAM! (Again!)

1:07:55 THE FINALS

1:14:15 Final Spin

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We don't want a lot for Christmas, we just want to listen to Mariah Carey's first holiday album, Merry Christmas! It features seven impressive covers of the tried-and-true classics alongside brand new songs for the season like Miss You Most (At Christmas Time) and the incomparable All I Want For Christmas Is You! We'll talk about the annual staple's broken records-- it's a LOT. We also get into the centuries of history behind carols like Silent Night, Joy To The World, and more. The Mixtaper has crafted a Twelve Spins Of Spinmas parody song complete with pampered puppies, milk baths, and all you need to know to win the beauty school popularity contest! Get into the Spinter Wonderland spirit as we prep for next week's Naughty Or Nice!

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0:00 Intro

5:08 About Mariah Carey

10:09 About Merry Christmas

15:10 Awards & Accolades

16:43 Fact Or Spin

18:29 Nine Humidifiers Humidifying

22:03 Eight Lavish Dogs

27:53 3 Things She Was Known For In Beauty School

32:03 One Jug Of Milk... For Bathing

39:31 Album Art

40:27 Silent Night

45:13 All I Want For Christmas Is You

51:54 O Holy Night

54:06 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

57:12 Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)

57:58 Joy To The World

59:43 Jesus Born On This Day

1:01:13 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

1:04:23 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)

1:07:01 Jesus Oh What A Wonderful Child

1:07:54 Final Spin

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There's a little bit of something Rob Thomas in everything in you.. We're entering a Mad Season with the sophomore album from the new millennium's hottest pop-rock band, Matchbox Twenty! We'll learn the true stories that inspired songs like Rest Stop and Last Beautiful Girl, and ponder the softball jersey that gave the band their name. The Mixtaperoo will teach us how to Tour The Rainbow and give us a quote for a standard barber shop expansion. We'll get Angry, get defensive, and sleep in this Bed Of Lies... but one thing we'll NEVER do is talk about Santana's Smooth (or the shrine to it that Rob Thomas may or may not have in his spare bedroom).

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0:00 Intro

4:19 About Matchbox Twenty

7:43 About Mad Season

10:48 Awards & Accolades

11:20 Fact Or Spin

12:50 Rob Thomas Has Cowritten With A Famous Artist

18:20 Rob Thomas Has An Entire Room Dedicated To Smooth

21:49 Matchbox Twenty Funded A Barbershop Expansion

28:49 MB20 Was Sponsored By A Popular Candy Brand

38:49 Album Art

40:13 Angry

42:54 Black & White People

44:38 Crutch

46:53 Last Beautiful Girl

49:01 If You're Gone

53:31 Mad Season

56:49 Rest Stop

59:22 The Burn

1:00:56 Bent

1:03:59 Bed Of Lies

1:05:25 Leave

1:06:21 Stop

1:07:52 You Won't Be Mine

1:09:15 Final Spin

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Up on the hill, James & Connor are talking about Aja by Steely Dan! The group gave up on touring to pursue perfection in the studio and this 7-track yacht rock staple was the result. With the help of more than 40 session players who learned to work the saxophone, Don Fagen and Walter Becker's complicated chord work and "obscure" lyricism will take us Home At Last. The Mixtaper whisks us through space and time as we learn about arcade soundtracks and hunt down the Title Track Bandit! From the harmonious seediness of Peg to the rockin' Josie, get ready to drink your big Black Cow and get outta here this week!

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0:00 Intro

4:50 About Steely Dan

12:07 About Aja

20:17 Awards & Accolades

20:47 Fact Or Spin

21:39 They Once Tried To Write An Opera

25:48 They Were The Victims Of An Unsolved Crime

31:38 They Wrote A Song For A Video Game

36:52 They Had A Secret Song

42:36 Album Art

44:51 Black Cow

50:05 Aja

53:40 Deacon Blues

58:08 Peg

1:00:43 Home At Last

1:02:36 I Got The News

1:04:05 Josie

1:06:10 Final Spin

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Country Roads, Take Me Home! We're heading to almost-heaven this week with John Denver's commercial breakthrough record Poems, Prayers & Promises! It features his first and biggest hits like the title track and Sunshine On My Shoulders, as well as several well-chosen covers from musicians he loves. We'll talk about his Deutschendorf days, his ill-fated aviation aspirations, his Muppet specials, and more. The Mixtaper teaches us about his extensive conservation efforts and a shocking decapitation as we get ready to celebrate another Thanksgiving! Get ready for a wave of nostalgia like only John Denver can provide.. the radio reminds me of my home far away!

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0:00 Intro

3:57 About John Denver

8:36 About Poems, Prayers & Promises

12:50 John Denver's Plane Crash

14:14 Awards & Accolades

18:12 Fact Or Spin

20:08 A Trip To The Denver Family Forest

24:21 Somebody Stole John Denver's Head

28:35 John Denver Tried To Write A Song Entirely With Bird Calls

35:18 He Performed A Concert For Dolphins

45:09 Album Art

46:17 Poems, Prayers & Promises

48:42 Let It Be

50:01 My Sweet Lady

51:36 Wooden Indian

52:49 Junk

55:20 Gospel Changes

56:19 Take Me Home, Country Roads

1:01:42 I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado

1:02:47 Sunshine On My Shoulders

1:05:17 Around And Around

1:06:24 Fire And Rain

1:07:43 The Box

1:10:49 Final Spin

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