Season 23 Episode 7

1. Jet Stream Heart - Temples
2. Time is Wasting Me - Crocodiles
3. Still Kids - Crocodiles
4. Scene of the Crime - Ultra Lights
5. People on the Planet - Ultra Lights
6. Gods in Heat - Ista
7. Megawatt - Ista
8. Bootleg Charm - Tossing Seed
9. Invisible Ink - King Tuff
10. Oil Change - King Tuff
11. Chest Wound to the Chest - The Twilight Sad
12. Designed to Lose - The Twilight Sad
13. Starting Again - The Cry

SPECIAL "ALL SWEDISH MUSIC" EPISODE!

Season 23 Episode 6

1. Big Flood - Les Big Byrd
2. A Perfect Storm - José González
3. Pajarito - José González
4. Hack i häl - Dina Ögon
5. A Tuxedo Sewn for Two - Jens Lekman
6. Darkest Shade of Dark - Annika Norlin
7. Alien - Annika Norlin
8. Creep - Azure Blue
9. Where to Put the Pain - Alice Boman
10. Legalize Living - The Hives
11. A World Like No Other - YAST
12. The Bluest Eyes in Texas - Nina Persson & Nathan Larson
13. Better Off - Johanna Linnea Jakobsson

This episode contains clips from an interview Jens Lekman and David Levithan did with Mallory Rochester from Barnes & Noble about their collaboration on Songs for Other People's Weddings, as well as an interview with Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist with tips on aging in rock and Sweden's trick to fostering musical talent.

Season 23 Episode 5

1. Springtime in New York - Jonathan Richman
2. Summer Love - Fascinations Grand Chorus
3. Static Heartbreaks - Fascinations Grand Chorus
4. Chroma Eyes - Fascinations Grand Chorus
5. Keep the Change - Mattiel
6. Food for Thought - Mattiel
7. These Days (Berlin Version) - Jim Jarmusch & Anika
8. Spooky - Jim Jarmusch & Anika
9. Dud - GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith
10. Phosphene Scream - GUM
11. Outside Brain - They Might Be Giants
12. Slow - They Might Be Giants
13. Friday - Freak Slug

This episode contains a clip Sean Illing's The Gray Area podcast where his guest is Musa al-Gharbi, author of We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. It originally aired right after the 2024 election, but I missed it back then. It was re-released recently and I found the critique leveled by Musa to be spot on.

Season 23 Episode 4

1. Until the Sun Goes Down (feat. TOLEDO) - Monster Rally
2. People Settle Down - Way Dynamic
3. Miffed It - Way Dynamic
4. Little Green Apples - Cleveland Francis
5. Hey Jude - Cleveland Francis
6. Wild World - Fine Food Market
7. Sometimes - Fine Food Market
8. Stunts - twen
9. Godlike - twen
10. Rachel's Song - Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore
11. Temple of the Winds - Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore
12. Strange (Dan The Automator Remix) - Foxwarren

This episode contains a segment of The Onion News Network called Neighbors Always Knew Teen Gunman Was Evil And Did Nothing Because They Are Evil Too.

Season 23 Episode 3

1. Destroyer - Spirit Ghost
2. Sleep Through the Long Night - Lael Neale
3. Wild Waters - Lael Neale
4. Come On - Lael Neale
5. Never Go Away - John Andrews and The Yawns
6. Walking Under My Loves Ladders - John Andrews and The Yawns
7. This Is Gonna Hurt - Dirty Nice
8. If I was Abducted By Aliens - Dirty Nice
9. Coco Leche - Dirty Nice
10. In Search of Yang - YĪN YĪN
11. Yata Yata - YĪN YĪN
12. Raga Lalit - Charanjit Singh
13. Catapult - Cape Francis

Also on this episode: a clip from Sam Harris' Making Sense podcast where he talks about Louis Theroux's new, must-see Netflix documentary: Inside the Manosphere.

SPECIAL EARLY-90'S-STYLE JANGLY GUITARS WITH WOMEN SINGERS EPISODE!

Season 23 Episode 2

1. Be Mad, Get Ill, Be Still - Club 8
2. Nothing - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
3. Mesopotamia - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
4. Salty - North Highlands
5. Quitter - North Highlands
6. Love - The Sundays
7. Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
8. Suspended from Class - Camera Obscura
9. Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura
10. Bright as Yellow - The Innocence Mission
11. Go - The Innocence Mission
12. Look Up to the Sky (Edit) - The Indians

Also on this episode: a clip from the podcast Blocked & Reported with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal, where Katie did as good a job as I've heard breaking down what's going on with Iran through the vantage point of a beauty influencer. In the clip, she talks about the Iranian diaspora who fled their country.

Season 23 Episode 1

1. Not Broken Video - Tōth
2. Tamat - Nusantara Beat
3. Kalangkang - Nusantara Beat
4. Sixteen Candles - Rita Chao
5. 往日的舊夢 - Gonna Be Alright - Rita Chao
6. Skin of Our Teeth - Tristen
7. Let Go - Tristen
8. Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi - Lou-Adriane Cassidy
9. Cours, Cora, cours - Lou-Adriane Cassidy
10. Subaru Nights - Insecure Men
11. Teenage Toy - Insecure Men
12. Cleaning Bricks - Insecure Men
13. Alien - Insecure Men
14. L'Ultima Corsa - Melting Resonance and Tati Falco

This episode features a clip of Destiny talking about how annoying it is to debate marginal tax rates with conservatives. And also one of Paul Krugman talking about how crypto is just a cult from the Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know podcast.

SEASON 22 FINALE!

Season 22 Episode 11: December 15th, 2025

1. Again and Again - Reverend Baron
2. Flies - Cheekface
3. Content Baby - Cheekface
4. Exorcise - Charlie Hilton
5. Illusion of a Door - Charlie Hilton
6. In Another Life - Nation of Language
7. Inept Apollo - Nation of Language
8. Crown - Billie Marten
9. Swing - Billie Marten
10. My Old Ways - Tame Impala
11. Dracula - Tame Impala
12. Think-It-Yourself Kit - Chinless Wonder
13. Cradle the Pain - Morgan Nagler

This episode features a couple of things that made me laugh recently. First, a quick one-liner from Joanna Coles on the Daily Beast podcast Inside Trump's Head, plus a story from comedian Mohanad Elshieky as heard on a recent episode of This American Life about a mysterious experience he had riding in an Uber.

SPECIAL "CHRISTMAS MUSIC 2025" EPISODE!

Season 22 Episode 10

1. Christmas Everywhere - Fran Alexandre
2. All Love Must Die - Marissa Nadler
3. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - The Hidden Cameras
4. A Folksy Christmas Song - Remington Super 60
5. Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call - Bleachers
6. Merry Christmas from North California - Pelts
7. I Just Wanna Hold Your Hand (On Christmas Day) - The Yearning
8. When the River Meets the Sea - Daniel Zott
9. My Evergreen - Freedom Fry
10. Snow - Dean & Britta
11. Blue Moon - Holly Macve
12. My Favorite Things - Sy Mann
13. What Child Is This - Sy Mann
14. Deck the Halls - The Trapp Family Singers
15. The Little Drummer Boy - The Trapp Family Singers
16. Just Like Christmas - Gabrielle Aplin

This episode features a clip from Sam Harris' Making Sense podcast where he addresses the Christmas tradition of Santa Claus in the context of his stated position that you should never lie.

Season 22 Episode 9

1. If I Could See You Now - Holy Hive
2. Jumpy - ANIMA!
3. Rest In Peace - ANIMA!
4. Best Friend - Freedom Fry
5. A Farewell - Freedom Fry
6. Fuselage - Tom Lark
7. Busy Living - Tom Lark
8. Aua Atu Rā - Marlon Williams
9. Kōrero Māori - Marlon Williams
10. Open - World Brain
11. Minute papillon - World Brain
12. You Can Call Me Al - Dwayne Gretzky

This episode features a clip from an interview Sam Harris gave to "how is this guy still a public figure?" Vice co-founder Shane Smith about how society should treat the current crop of billionaires.