We spoke with John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, whose new record, Jenny From Thebes, is out now on Merge. We chat about Troye Allen White flower shopping with Rosalia, being constantly sick if you have kids, he makes a case for 4/4 drumming, the new Beatles song being unnecessary, the Krishna Kitchen, I make John teach Chris how to play Magic: The Gathering,  mystery authors and baseball pitchers, buying water at the airport, his stage footwear through the years, and John explains why he made himself get into The Grateful Dead.
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565. - The Mountain Goats

How Long Gone is a bi-coastal elite podcast from old friends and podcast professionals, Chris Black and Jason Stewart. CB and TJ deliver their takes on pop culture, fashion, music, and more. With three new episodes a week, you've got more than enough content to soak up.

Comedy

Our dear friend and previous guest, Raven Smith, joins us live and uncut from our hotel room in Tbilisi, Georgia. We chat about playing the hits, how Harry Styles looks, a visit to the local sulfur baths, we're all very tall, when your grinder overheats, Miele appliances, smeg vs. shmeg, uncircumcised, Raven's night routine, our dreams and nightmares, feta cheese and cigarettes, and we try to get Raven to talk like an American for a bit.
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651. - Live in Tbilisi with Raven Smith

Amen Dunes is a musician currently living in New York. His newest record, Death Jokes, is out now on Sub Pop. We chat about our trip to Tbilisi, drinking tea is low T, when you gotta kick it with your kid's friends, sleeping temperatures, nail-biting remedies, he doesn't love touring, he uses zero products, liberal arts college, Kid A comparisons, TJ tries to remix the record, and his first job in New York was making sandwiches at a bodega.
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650. - Amen Dunes

One-on-one pod today: Chris is in Jamaica, and Jason is home in Glendale. We discuss how Chris is staying hydrated on the Island, Patriots > Patreon, traveling light, TJ went to Orange County, GRWM Skims underwear, Galliano's pique, low ticket sales across the board for movies and concerts, we're off to Tbilisi this week, potato pizza, being sweaty at the airport, and fellas is it gay to travel with wheeled luggage? 
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649. - Chris & Jason

Alex Chapman is a songwriter, DJ, and friend of ours. We chat about Like a G6 at Pilates, Diplo's Architectural Digest home in Jamaica, how Alex landed in West Hollywood, how Pride month hit different if you're a gay DJ, Normani, an Italian sex cave, we explain the essence of "trade," zoology, how to please the olds and youngs, his childhood basketball career, Scotty Pippen is likely hung, NYU dorm life, opening for Kim Petras on tour, divas who've been dealt a more difficult hand, and his dream producers to work with.
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648. - Alex Chapman

Ray Cappo is the singer of Youth Of Today and Shelter, two hardcore bands we grew up listening to. He's now a yoga teacher to the teachers and our new personal guru. His new book, From Punk To Monk, is out now. We chat about Marc Antony, which emails to respond to, moving upstate in 08, never having a real job, celibacy, pulling over on the side of the road to cook rice and lentils, the power of ghee, this missing ingredient in health food, removing low frequencies, how he felt on a raw diet, why is jiu-jitsu a sober man's sport? If he came up with his book's title himself, and we compare colored vinyl to non gold standard currency.
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565. - The Mountain Goats

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