This Is The Greatest Song I’ve Ever Heard In My Entire Life

GQ--or Girls Quartet--are the first all-female vocal quartet to win the Barbershop Harmony Society International Championship after coming in first place this summer at the competition in St. Louis. Samantha Tramack, Katie Gillis, Ali Hauger, and Amanda Sandroni join us to talk about their incredible win, how they got into Barbershopping, and the greatest songs they've ever heard in their entire lives, including "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess as performed by Ella Fitzgerald, "Companion Of My Voice" composed by Randall D. Standridge, "I Hear A Symphony" by Cody Fry, and "Godspeed" as performed by James Blake.

You can find out more about GQ at their website, or follow them on instagram @gqladies and be sure to check out performances from the win this summer like "Mothers And Daughters" by Maddie Zahm, "Coffee" by Chappell Roan, and "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" by Pandora's Box

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

Writer, editor, and founder of The Second Disc Mike Duquette joins us to talk about working on archival and reissue music releases, writing copy for Dolly Parton, and the greatest song he's ever heard in his entire life, "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals

You can follow Mike on bluesky @mikeduquette.bsky.social and The Second Disc at theseconddisc.com

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

Multi-hyphenate Allegra Rosenberg joins us to talk about co-creating, directing, and starring in The Fans The Show (a tribute webseries to Nirvanna The Band The Show), her upcoming book on the history of fandom, and the greatest song she's ever heard in her entire life, "The Ghost At Number One" by Jellyfish!

You can follow Allegra on twitter (@llegrarosenberg) or instagram (@allegrarosenberg) and on YouTube (@stopitsgingertime) where you can watch full episodes of The Fans The Show and more 

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

On this special episode of This Is The Greatests Song I've Ever Heard In My Entire Life, Katherine and Scott are joined by Katherine's friend and Charli XCX fan Marissa Schuh to talk about the artist's new album Music, Fashion, Film and the accompanying visual album.

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

Rock star and podcaster Conan Neutron joins us to talk about working at a record store in the '90s, touring his most recent album, and the greatest song he's ever heard in his entire life, "Life On Mars?" by David Bowie!

Check out Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends and their latest album The Way Of The Neutron on bandcamp or wherever you get your music. Conan also hosts Protonic Reversal where he interviews musicians and is a co-host of Movie Night Extravaganza

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

Filmmakers Rebecca Rutledge and Alexandra LoCascio of Cinema Girl Productions join us to talk about One Direction fandom, discovering music on Tumblr, and the greatest songs they've ever heard in their entire lives: "Fine Line" by Harry Styles" and "Mariners Apartment Complex" by Lana Del Rey

You can follow Cinema Girl Productions on instagram @cinemagirlprod and watch their short films "March 25th, 2015" and "Lana Del Slayer" on Youtube 

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

Singer/Songwriter Maya J'an joins to talk about her new EP 'blindfaith county,' getting inspired by jazz ensembles and Nickleback, and the greatest song she's ever heard in her entire life, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" written by Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf, as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald.

Check out blindfaith county wherever you get your music and follow Maya J'an on instagram @mayajan, tiktok @mayajannn, or substack @mayajan

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

To kick off the summer, Katherine and Scott are trying to decide on the ultimate Song Of Summer! They each bring 5 contenders, and put them against each other head-to-head using an online sorter tool to come up with the definitive top 10 Summer Songs!

Plus, we talk about contenders for the 2026 Song Of Summer as well!

Featuring music by Carly Rae Jepsen, Demi Lovato, Zara Larsson, Kim Petras, Sugar Ray, Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry, MUNA, Slayyyter, Naomi Scott and so much more.

You can always watch this episode as a video on our YouTube Channel!

Be sure to let us know what your ultimate song of summer is!

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

Singer/Guitarist of Canadian indie rock band Born Ruffians Luke Lalonde joins us to talk about the band's new album--and short film--Beauty's Pride, appearing in Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, and the greatest song he's ever heard in his entire life, "Try A Little Tenderness" by Otis Redding.

Check out the Beauty's Pride short film here, and find the album wherever you get your music.

Follow Luke on instagram @lukelalonde and Born Ruffians @bornruffiansmusic

You can rent Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie from the letterboxd video store or wherever you rent your movies.

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence

We're celebrating for the 100th episode of the podcast! In this special episode, we're joined by returning guests Phoebe Ryan, Tristan J Miller, Rob Lowry, Jose Valle, Evening Crickets, and Candice Lim to catch up, talk about new music, and see if they'll change their pick for The Greatest Song They've Ever Heard In Their Entire Lives. Plus, we take a look back at all of the songs picked and notice some trends, and get some voice messages from a few special friends! 

Featuring music from Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day, Alanis Morrisette, Gatlin, Harry Styles, Eli, Mother Mary, Sombr, and more

Thank you to everyone who has listened to the podcast at any point over these past four years! We hope you'll stick with us through another 100 episodes.

You can find the original conversations from our guests here:

Mitski - Episode 2 on "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey

Phoebe Ryan - Episode 10 on "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion

Tristan J Miller - Episode 1 on "Short People" by Randy Newman

Rob Lowry - Episode 27 on "A Case Of You" by Joni Mitchell 

Jose Valle - Episode 47 on "How Do You Sleep At Night"/"Be Your Home" by Gatlin

Ruth aka Evening Crickets - Episode 14 on "Night Shift" by Lucy Dacus

Candice Lim - on "Stars Are Blind" by Paris Hilton

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Theme music: "Kratos In Love" by Skylar Spence