The Sounds in My Head

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.

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!