There's nothing like the sound of Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, and there's no voice that can sing it like the froggy croak of Kris Kristofferson, perhaps the smartest man in music! His eponymous debut album is full of character work and hit after hit of excellent storytelling. We'll discover how he abandoned his Rhodes scholar days and exploited his military pilot training to harass a superstar and break into the music biz! After churning out hits like Me And Bobby McGee and To Beat The Devil he even launched a lucrative acting career... The man doesn't Stop Stopperson! The Mixtaper delivers during his Kris-themed round of Fact Or Spin where we learn about wrestling refs, brutish rugby, and Kristory in the making. Even if you don't love his music, you'll want to listen to this episode just For The Good Times! 

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0:00 Intro

3:07 About Kris Kristofferson

13:00 About Kristofferson (The Album)

17:51 Awards & Accolades

18:19 Fact Or Spin

22:22 A Rugby Krisis

26:02 Kristastrophe At The Grand Ol' Opry

30:23 Kris-Krossing In The Ring

35:41 Kristory In The Making

41:06 Album Art

42:44 Blame It On The Stones

47:04 To Beat The Devil

49:34 Me And Bobby McGee

52:45 Best Of All Possible Worlds

54:46 Help Me Make It Through The Night

57:11 The Law Is For Protection Of The People

59:35 Casey's Last Ride

1:01:08 Just The Other Side Of Nowhere

1:02:31 Darby's Castle

1:05:07 For The Good Times

1:06:47 Duvalier's Dream

1:08:37 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

1:11:20 Final Spin

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Maybe it's the loving in her eyes, but we're ready to Dive right into Olivia Dean's debut album Messy to celebrate Valentine's Day! She's one of the UK's biggest up-and-coming songwriters, and her vibrant lyrics and neo-soul style effortlessly dance through new love and heartbreak alike. We'll discuss her childhood stage fright, crack down on UFOs and UAPs, and learn about our own limited high-dive and Ladies Room experience. The Hardest Part might just be Fact Or Spin as the Mixtaper prepares for his date night with floating festivals, picnic parties, and blooming bushes. It's an album that's Dangerously Easy to enjoy (on Valentine's Day or any day at all)!

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0:00 Intro

4:36 About Olivia Dean

10:31 About Messy

13:20 Fact Or Spin

14:48 Olivia Dean Was Discovered In An Interesting Way

17:40 She Once Performed On A Floating Stage

21:16 She Hosted A Songwriters' Picnic In Hyde Park

24:05 Olivia Dean Has A Bit Of A Red Thumb

31:57 Album Art

33:39 UFO

39:00 Dive

43:39 Ladies Room

45:29 No Man

47:24 Dangerously Easy

48:52 Getting There - Interlude

50:06 Danger

51:43 The Hardest Part

54:24 I Could Be A Florist

55:41 Messy

57:56 Everybody's Crazy

58:49 Carmen

1:01:16 Final Spin

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This ain't Texas, ain't no Hold 'Em... But there sure is an Album Of The Year Grammy! Beyoncé took home top honors at the 67th Grammy Awards this week and we're celebrating with our traditional special dedicated to Cowboy Carter! This genre-fluid country crossover record defied expectations and shed new light on country's history and trajectory. James & Connor will debrief about our favorite moments and award predictions (with VERY different results than last year) and stampede our way through this 27-track record with cameos from Willie, Dolly, Posty, Miley, Linda Martell, and more! We'll talk about Jolene, spaghetti westerns, Oreos, and shotgun riders, while the Mixtaper has his own set of awards to hand out. If you like the sound of frogs, toes, or 80,000 bees this episode is for you! Do a Riiverdance, raise II Hands II Heaven, and get Buckiin', buckin', buckin' like a mechanical bull for this year's one and only SPIN IT GRAMMY SPECIAL! 

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0:00 Intro

0:50 67th Grammy Awards Recap & Predictions

17:24 A Second Beyonce Episode

19:23 About Cowboy Carter

21:37 Genre?

23:45 Recording & Release

26:36 Streaming Stats & Chart Positions

28:16 Awards & Accolades

29:15 Fact Or Spin

31:18 The Bee-yonce Award

36:16 The Disney Princess Award

39:39 The Four Award

41:51 The Broken Toe Award

47:30 Album Art

51:41 Ameriican Requiem

54:26 Blackbiird

57:01 16 Carriages

59:01 Protector, My Rose

59:54 Smoke Hour * Willie Nelson

1:01:09 Texas Hold 'Em

1:04:13 Bodyguard

1:05:56 Dolly P

1:06:41 Jolene

1:09:49 Daughter

1:10:44 Spaghettii

1:12:55 Alliigator Tears, Smoke Hour II, Just For Fun

1:15:39 II Most Wanted

1:18:16 Levii's Jeans

1:22:55 Flamenco, The Linda Martell Show

1:23:47 Ya Ya

1:26:01 Oh Louisiana, Desert Eagle

1:26:37 Riiverdance

1:27:37 II Hands II Heaven

1:28:15 Tyrant

1:29:30 Sweet * Honey * Buckiin'

1:30:34 Amen

1:31:38 Final Spin

1:34:03 Connor's Turn

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Happy Gopher Day! We finally caught 'em all-- all the members of Boygenius, that is-- and now it's time to be Cool About It as we learn about their debut record, The Record! You've listened to their episodes separately; now hear Lucy, Julien, and Phoebe's powers combined in a supergroup! From the sick riffs of $20 to the Grammy-winning Not Strong Enough, find out if We're In Love with this album! The Mixtaper has a Pokemon-inspired round of Fact Or Spin queued up where we'll learn about the Forest Gym, a shiny album, and tattooths! It's a special conclusion to an 81-episode arc, so choose your favorite starter and get ready to battle! 

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0:00 Intro

4:45 About Boygenius

8:12 About The Record

10:52 The End?

12:02 Fact Or Spin

14:52 Earning The Friendship Badge

20:36 They Recorded At The Forest Gym

24:12 A Rare Shiny Album

28:01 A Wild Song Appears!

33:08 Album Art

35:00 Without You Without Them

37:42 $20

40:11 Emily I'm Sorry

41:54 True Blue

44:09 Cool About It

46:21 Not Strong Enough

48:40 Revolution 0

50:43 Leonard Cohen

53:23 Satanist

54:48 We're In Love

59:23 Anti-Curse

1:02:06 Letter To An Old Poet

1:04:50 Final Spin

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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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