1. Extra Mile - Alexandria
2. The Sound of Music - Kiwi jr.
3. Unspeakable Things - Kiwi jr.
4. Hello Sunshine - Foreign Air
5. Why Don't You Feel the Way I Do? - Foreign Air
6. Je n'veux pas rester sage - Requin Chagrin
7. Crush - Requin Chagrin feat. Anaïs Demoustier
8. Highschool Steady - Eli Smart
9. No Destination - Eli Smart
10. All My Blood - Ham Sandwich
11. Small Talk - Greta Morgan

This episode features a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher where Bill predicts how the traditionally unifying event of an alien invasion would go down in present-day America.

1. Extra Mile - Alexandria
2. The Sound of Music - Kiwi jr.
3. Unspeakable Things - Kiwi jr.
4. Hello Sunshine - Foreign Air
5. Why Don't You Feel the Way I Do? - Foreign Air
6. Je n'veux pas rester sage - Requin Chagrin
7. Crush - Requin Chagrin feat. Anaïs Demoustier
8. Highschool Steady - Eli Smart
9. No Destination - Eli Smart
10. All My Blood - Ham Sandwich
11. Small Talk - Greta Morgan

This episode features a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher where Bill predicts how the traditionally unifying event of an alien invasion would go down in present-day America.

1. Summer's End - Dayaway
2. Don't Hang up on Me - Tchotchke
3. Dizzy - Tchotchke
4. Pixie Gf - Powerplant
5. So Far Away - Down Time
6. Marie Kondo - Breakup Haircut
7. Why Can't I Be Cool Enough to Move to Berlin? - Breakup Haircut
8. Election Day - Cheekface feat. Sidney Gish
9. You Always Want to Bomb the Middle East - Cheekface
10. The Tunnel - Cones
11. Summer Is Gone - Kid Francescoli

This episode features a clip from Sam Harris' Making Sense podcast where he explains why Donald Trump is a worse person than Osama bin Laden. His description here mirrors much of my own take and was a big part of why I felt so compelled to escape from post-Trump America.

1. Somedays - VHS Sports
2. Love Bus - Chinese American Bear
3. Love Is - Chinese American Bear
4. Whiskey & Water - Voxtrot
5. Kindergarten - Voxtrot
6. Wouldn't It Be Nice - She & Him
7. Melt Away - She & Him
8. True to Ourselves - Freedom Fry
9. As Far Away as Possible - Shout Out Louds
10. Sky and I (Heaven) - Shout Out Louds
11. Our Trash - Evripidis and His Tragedies

This episode features a clip from a recent Al Franken Podcast wherein he interviews journalist and Russia expert Julia Ioffe who explains why negotiating with Putin about Ukraine is ill-advised.

SPECIAL "CLASSIC EXOTICA MUSIC" EPISODE!

1. Vertigogo (Opening Theme) - Combustible Edison
2. Misirlou - Martin Denny
3. Coronation - Martin Denny
4. La Pampa Y La Puna - Martin Denny
5. Poinciana - Arthur Lyman
6. Anna - Arthur Lyman
7. Quiet Village - Les Baxter
8. Jungalero - Les Baxter
9. Disappeared (2021 Mix) - Haruomi Hosono and Miharu Koshi
10. Miniskirt - Combustible Edison feat. Juan García Esquivel
11. 20th Century - Combustible Edison
12. Carnival of Souls - Combustible Edison

This episode features a clip of Coleman Hughes from his podcast Conversations with Coleman where in his discussion with Jonathan Haidt he discusses the pros and cons of the social fragmentation allowed by the internet. Seems like most people I know focus only on the benefits or the downsides, but to me it seems worth observing both.

SPECIAL "NEW FRONTIERS IN EXOTICA MUSIC" EPISODE!

1. The Key Club, 1976 - Kolumbo
2. Manna - Ìxtahuele feat. Kadhja Bonet and Orange Crate Art
3. Exotique Mecanique - L'exotighost
4. Mai Tai Break - L'exotighost
5. Quiet Village - The Manakooras
6. Maple Leaf - The Hilo Hi-Flyers
7. Mountain King - The Hilo Hi-Flyers
8. Bora! - Mocky
9. In Cucina - Vanishing Twin
10. Dusty - Monster Rally
11. La Carrera Gourmet - Louie Zong
12. El Bosque - Louie Zong
13. Mysterious Planet - The Natural Yogurt Band

This episode features a clip from The Local's Sweden In Focus podcast where they interviewed Carlos Velasco from Honduras about what led him to a life in Sweden. The thing I've been most surprised by living in Sweden is how few of my fellow ex-pats came here not for work or love, but for the same kinds of reasons I did: that by the numbers it's among the best places in the world you can live. Carlos knows what's up!

SPECIAL "LET'S HEAR FROM THE LADIES" EPISODE!

1. Out of My Way (I'm Not Getting on the Night Bus) - Breakup Haircut
2. Creator - Ora the Molecule
3. Die to Be a Butterfly - Ora the Molecule
4. Who Put You Up To This? - Sunflower Bean
5. Baby Don't Cry - Sunflower Bean
6. Obvious to You - Le Pain
7. Is That How You Want Me to Feel? - Le Pain
8. Indigo Highway - Dana Gavanski
9. Letting Go - Dana Gavanski
10. Burning Castle - Renata Zeiguer
11. Alone With Someone Else - Renata Zeiguer
12. Eraser - Sea Lemon

This episode features a clip from The Ezra Klein Show where Ezra is setting up the context for his interview with legal expert Dahlia Lithwick about just how extremist and anti-democratic the SCOTUS is at the moment. As well as a clip from NYT's The Daily where Sabrina Tavernise interviews abortion-rights lawyer Nancy Stearns about whether or not her stronger, pre-Roe legal case could have changed the course of history for women's rights.

1. Hang on Sloopy - Golden
2. Dayaway - Dayaway
3. Cool Water - Dayaway
4. Cant Celebrate - Yot Club
5. U Dont Kno Me - Yot Club
6. Strange - Yot Club
7. Partner Look - Partner Look
8. Endless Plains - Partner Look
9. Bombay - Sleep Good
10. New World - Sleep Good
11. Detox - Bored at My Grandmas House

This episode features a montage of clips assembled to sound like one thought by Ezra Klein from a recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show where he talks about “The End of ‘The Everything Bubble’” with Financial Times journalist Rana Foroohar. She was fine, but I thought the questions Ezra asked throughout the course of the interview told the story better than she did.

SPECIAL “MOSTLY OLDER STUFF RECENTLY” EPISODE!

1. L'appuntamento - Ornella Vanoni
2. Un Bel Posto (I Know a Place) - Gigliola Cinquetti
3. Vuoi - Gigliola Cinquetti
4. Eureka - Jens Lekman
5. Black Cab - Jens Lekman
6. A Postcard to Nina - Jens Lekman
7. The Linden Trees are Still in Blossom - Jens Lekman
8. Jiggle Jiggle - Louis Theroux + Duke & Jones
9. Confetti - The Lemonheads
10. Hannah & Gabi - The Lemonheads
11. A Chicken with its Head Cut Off - The Magnetic Fields
12. 100,000 Fireflies - The Magnetic Fields
13. Andrew in Drag - The Magnetic Fields
14. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Jerry Lee Lewis

This episode features a clip of Todd Barry talking about a visit to Sweden and apartment hunting in NYC. The clip is old, but I saw him perform here recently and as one of very few Americans in the room, I think I was probably the only one to thoroughly understand the nuances of every joke.

1. Shoes - Layzi
2. That's Okay - Jeanines
3. Any Day Now - Jeanines
4. Told My Baby - Holiday Ghosts
5. Glue - Holiday Ghosts
6. Surfer's Slide - The Surfrajettes
7. Heart of Glass - The Surfrajettes
8. Morning Song - The Babe Rainbow
9. Zeitgeist - The Babe Rainbow
10. There's Nothing That I Can Do for You - Pete Dello and Friends
11. Do I Still Figure In Your Life - Pete Dello and Friends
12. Solid Gold - Red Sleeping Beauty feat. Amelia Fletcher
13. Hold Me / Know Me - Holy Now

This episode features a clip from The Kids in the Hall Brain Candy, in anticipation of the new TKITH series on Amazon Prime! Also a funny sketch from The Harris Alterman about the debut of a truly free speech social media platform.