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.

SEASON 22 EPISODE 8: OCTOBER 20TH, 2025

1. The Creeps - Still Corners
2. Black Box - Automatic
3. mq9 - Automatic
4. Eidolon - Hibou
5. Aix - Hibou
6. In the Garden - Beauty Queen & Henry Nowhere
7. Tied to You - Beauty Queen
8. Danger in Fives - Wombo
9. Common Things - Wombo
10. Hi! - Los Bitchos
11. La Bomba - Los Bitchos
12. Red - Jesse Welles

This episode features a clip from Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast where he talks about Trump's outrageous golf cheating. Something I've never paid any attention to, and found utterly unsurprising and kind of funny in that it's among the least consequential of the literally thousands of terrible things about this most-offensive public figure.

Season 22 Episode 7

1. Amsterdam via Rotterdam - Cornershop feat. Eden Gray
2. Poor Girl - Tchotchke
3. Playin' Dumb - Tchotchke
4. The Dream - Still Corners
5. Faded Love - Still Corners
6. Let Me Cry - Moontype
7. Four Hands ii - Moontype
8. Just a Dream - Cool Sounds
9. Pretty Often - Cool Sounds
10. Anniversary - Camp Saint Helene
11. Racing - Camp Saint Helene
12. Quartet Studio Live - Open Reel Ensemble

This episode features a clip of comedian Todd Berry talking about some expert level money-saving tips from his Super Crazy special. It made me LOL, so I wanted to share it. All the current events are too miserable to even find humor in, so I didn't include anything about that.

AUGUST 11TH, 2025

SPECIAL "HASTILY ASSEMBLED NOSTALIGIA" EPISODE!

1. Philosophy - Ben Folds Five
2. All You Wanna Do Is Dance - Billy Joel
3. Everybody Has a Dream (Cold Spring Harbor Sessions) - Billy Joel
4. December Theme (December Song) - Billy Joel
5. The Prime of Your Life (unreleased demo) - Billy Joel
6. The Longest Time - Billy Joel
7. Travelin' Prayer (Columbia Records Signing Day - June 26, 1973) - Billy Joel
8. What Deaner was Talkin' About - Ween
9. Freedom of '76 - Ween
10. Brazil - Geoff Muldaur
11. I Can't Put My Finger On It - The Housemartins
12. The Weekend Starts Here - Fatboy Slim
13. One of Each - Frankie Cosmos
14. Pressed Flower - Frankie Cosmos
15. One! Grey! Hair! - Frankie Cosmos
16. Thank You - Babe Rainbow
17. In a Sentimental Mood - Billy Joel

This episode features considerably more talking than usual. Sorry! Also, “The Stranger Promotional Montage” from the Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary on HBO.

SEASON 22 EPISODE 5: JULY 7TH, 2025

1. Chlorine - Dayaway
2. Heaven on Earth - Pressyes
3. Blue Crystal Water - Pressyes
4. Stranglers - Miynt
5. Low-key - Miynt
6. Bones and All - Love Spells
7. I Can't Let You Go in This Life - Love Spells
8. Sleeping - Foxwarren
9. Say It - Foxwarren
10. Speed Freak - Youth Lagoon
11. Lucy Takes a Picture - Youth Lagoon
12. Look Up - The New Runes

This episode features a remembrance of legendary journalist and one of my personal favorites, Bill Moyers, who passed away at 91 earlier this month, by David Bianculli on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Publication of this episode was delayed by a couple of weeks due to a mishap. Better late than never!

SEASON 22 EPISODE 4

1. A Clean House - Dash Hammerstein
2. Athena - Born Ruffians
3. Can We Go Now - Born Ruffians
4. Aerial Troubles - Stereolab
5. Vermona F Transistor - Stereolab
6. Left Behind - Club 8
7. Sucker - Club 8
8. Closer to You - Club 8
9. Godzilla Rises - Being Dead
10. Big Bovine - Being Dead
11. Sally Go Round the Sun - Elephant Stone
12. Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin - Elephant Stone
13. Anhedonia - Mamalarky

This episode features a clip of Steven Bonnell (aka Destiny) addressing the reliable pattern of Trump defense “I haven’t heard about that” → “he’s joking” → “of course.”

SEASON 22 EPISODE 3

SPECIAL "COMEDY MUSIC" EPISODE!

1. The Check's in the Mail - "Weird Al" Yankovic
2. Foux Du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords
3. Carol Brown - Flight of the Conchords
4. You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute - Flight of the Conchords
5. Pregnant Women are Smug - Garfunkel and Oates
6. 29 / 31 - Garfunkel and Oates
7. In My Country - The Lemon Sisters
8. Natalie's Rap - The Lonely Island feat. Natalie Portman and Chris Parnell
9. The Scrotum Song - Asylum Street Spankers
10. Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song) - Monty Python
11. Sit on My Face - Monty Python
12. Keep on Churnin' - Wynonie Harris feat. Todd Rhodes Orchestra
13. I'm My Own Grandpa - The Muppets
14. Train to Morrow - The Country Trio
15. Problematic - Bo Burnham
16. Thank You God - Tim Minchin
17. One More Minute - "Weird Al" Yankovic

This episode features a couple of bonus songs, including “Goth Kid on Vacation” from a recent episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Jack Black, and one written by Louis CK for his show Louie called “The Diarrhea Song” performed by SweetPro and Giselle Bellas. Statler and Waldorf also make an appearance.

Season 22 Episode 2

1. Edibles - Foamboy
2. Washington DC - Zack Keim
3. Better Days - Zack Keim
4. Praise - Panda Bear
5. Ends Meet - Panda Bear
6. Midwinter Swimmers - The Innocence Mission
7. John Williams - The Innocence Mission
8. Pray to Me - Dyan
9. What Fiction Is For - Dyan
10. You Were the Ones I Had to Betray - Dean Wareham
11. The Cloud is Coming - Dean Wareham
12. Fine Day - cagedancr.

This episode features a clip from Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update in which Emil Wakim talks about American Patriotism in these trying times.