English & Canadian pop songs are getting more depressing and the Herp is (not) waking up in the Siberian permafrost. Also, Carly Rae Jepson is fettered by her happy songs. And for some reason, we didn't curse the entire time.

Links:

https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Jeff's BBC article

Rob's Royal Society of Open Science article and the Jezebel hit piece

Toilet flush from Polytest at Freesound.org