Why CAN'T We Talk About That? by Ryan Hester

December 10, 2025 S3E47 - I'm Not Gonna Be Too Much Of A Hypocrite On That One: A Conversation With Tim Faes

Items Discussed In This Episode Include: Panic Attacks, Grunge, Punk Rock, Belle & Sebastian, The Grateful Dead, Songwriting, Bands Changing Members Yet Keeping The Same Name, Immigration, ICE, Assimilation, Social Services, Public Funding, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Unruly Kids, Twenty Somethings, The Living Wage, Gravity Falls, Growing Up In The Church, Agnostic Atheism, Intelligent Design Theory, Where Does Morality Come From?, Slavery, & Psychological Egoism.

PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE:

Against Me! – Baby, I'm An Anarchist! (2002)

Against Me! – Don't Lose Touch (2005)

Against Me! – Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong (2002)

Against Me! – Turn Those Clapping Hands In Angry Balled Fists (2003)

Against Me! – Walking Is Still Honest (2002)

Alice In Chains – Man In The Box (1990)

Alice In Chains – No Excuses (1994)

Alice In Chains – Would? (1992)

The Aquabats – Magic Chicken! (1997)

The Aquabats – Martian Girl (1995)

The Aquabats – Playdough (1995)

Bad Religion – Against The Grain (1990)

Bad Religion – Generator (1992)

Bad Religion – I Want To Conquer The World (1989)

Bad Religion – Television (1994)

Bad Religion – We're Only Gonna Die (1982)

The Beatles – A Day In The Life (1967)

The Beatles – Happiness Is A Warm Gun (1968)

The Beatles – Let It Be (1970)

The Beatles – Mean Mr. Mustard (1969)

The Beatles – Penny Lane (1967)

Bell Biv Devoe – Do Me! (1990)

Bell Biv Devoe – Poison (1990)

Belle & Sebastian – Dress Up In You (2006)

Belle & Sebastian – Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (1996)

Belle & Sebastian – Sleep The Clock Around (1998)

Bob Dylan – Don't Think Twice It's All Right (1963)

Bob Dylan – The Man In Me (1970)

Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)

Bobby Brown – Don't Be Cruel (1988)

Bobby Brown – Every Little Step (1988)

Bobby Brown – My Prerogative (1988)

Boyz II Men – End Of The Road (1992)

Boyz II Men – I'll Make Love To You (1994)

Boyz II Men – Motownphilly (1991)

Cigar – Gone Wrong (2022)

Cigar – No More Waiting (1999)

Cigar – Two Kevins (1999)

Crimpshrine – Butterflies (1989)

Crimpshrine – Inspiration (1989)

Crimpshrine – Pretty Mess (1989)

Crimpshrine – Safely Wasting Away (1989)

Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles (1980)

Dead Kennedys – Holiday In Cambodia (1980)

Dead Kennedys – Kill The Poor (1980)

The Doors – L.A. Woman (1971)

The Doors – Peace Frog (1970)

The Doors – Roadhouse Blues (1970)

Elliott Smith – Angeles (1997)

Elliott Smith – Needle In The Hay (1995)

Elliott Smith – Tomorrow Tomorrow (1998)

Fifteen – The End Of The Summer (1992)

Fifteen – Land Mine (1996)

Fifteen – Petroleum Distillation (1992)

Fifteen – Violation (1994)

Good Riddance – A Credit To His Gender (1996)

Good Riddance – Stand (1997)

Good Riddance – Weight Of The World (1996)

The Grateful Dead – Brokedown Palace (1970)

The Grateful Dead – Franklin's Tower (1975)

The Grateful Dead – Ramble On Rose (1972)

The Grateful Dead – Scarlet Begonias (1974)

Ignite – A Place Called Home (2000)

Ignite – Run (2000)

Ignite – Veteran (2000)

Janet Jackson – Escapade (1989)

Janet Jackson – If (1993)

Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation (1989)

Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)

Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (1994)

Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye (1994)

Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower (1968)

Joan Osborne – One Of Us (1995)

John Prine – Fish And Whistle (1978)

John Prine – In Spite Of Ourselves (1999)

John Prine – Paradise (1971)

John Prine – When I Get To Heaven (2018)

Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue (1969)

Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (1968)

Johnny Cash – Hurt (2002)

Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line (1956)

Led Zeppelin – Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (1970)

Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times (1969)

Led Zeppelin – Since I've Been Loving You (1970)

Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven (1971)

Mad Caddies – The Gentleman (1998)

Mad Caddies – Mum's The Word (1997)

Mad Caddies – Road Rash (1998)

Merle Haggard – I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink (1980)

Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (1968)

Merle Haggard – Workin' Man Blues (1969)

Minor Threat – Betray (1983)

Minor Threat – Filler (1981)

Minor Threat – Minor Threat (1981)

The Misfits – Bullet (1980)

The Misfits – Last Caress (1980)

The Misfits – Skulls (1982)

The Mountain Goats – The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton (2002)

The Mountain Goats – Foreign Object (2015)

The Mountain Goats – No Children (2002)

The Mountain Goats – Palmcorder Yajna (2004)

The Mountain Goats – This Year (2005)

Neil Young – Cortez The Killer (1975)

Neil Young – Down By The River (1969)

Neil Young – Thrasher (1979)

Nirvana – In Bloom (1991)

Nirvana – Lithium (1991)

Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged) (1993)

No Use For A Name – Justified Black Eye (1995)

No Use For A Name – On The Outside (1997)

No Use For A Name – Soulmate (1995)

NOFX – Bob (1992)

NOFX – The Brews (1994)

NOFX – It's My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite (1997)

NOFX – Linoleum (1994)

Operation Ivy – Knowledge (1989)

Operation Ivy – Sound System (1989)

Operation Ivy – Take Warning (1989)

Pearl Jam – Even Flow (1991)

Pearl Jam – Indifference (1993)

Pearl Jam – Off He Goes (1996)

Pennywise – Alien (1999)

Pennywise – Bro Hymn (1991)

Pennywise – Just For You (1999)

Pink Floyd – Echoes (1971)

Pink Floyd – Mother (1979)

Pink Floyd – Us And Them (1973)

Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn (1988)

Poison – Talk Dirty To Me (1986)

Poison – Unskinny Bop (1990)

Propagandhi – Anchorless (1996)

Propagandhi – And We Thought Nations States Were A Bad Idea (1996)

Propagandhi – Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik Un (2001)

Pulley – Cashed In (1996)

Pulley – If (1997)

Pulley – Second Best (1999)

Radiohead – Just (1995)

Radiohead – Karma Police (1997)

Radiohead – 2 + 2 = 5 (2003)

Rage Against The Machine – Bullet In The Head (1992)

Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade (1996)

Rage Against The Machine – The Ghost Of Tom Joad (2000)

Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name (1992)

Rage Against The Machine – People Of The Sun (1996)

Rancid – Journey To The End Of The East Bay (1995)

Rancid – Radio (1994)

Rancid – Time Bomb (1995)

Skankin' Pickle – Gas In My Car (1996)

Skankin' Pickle – I Missed The Bus (1992)

Skankin' Pickle – My Hair (1996)

Smash Mouth – I'm A Believer (2001)

Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock (1993)

Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm (1993)

Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise (1993)

Soundgarden – Burden In My Hand (1996)

Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days (1994)

Soundgarden – Pretty Noose (1996)

Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster (1979)

Stiff Little Fingers – Here We Are Nowhere (1979)

Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device (1979)

Stone Temple Pilots – Big Empty (1994)

Stone Temple Pilots – Creep (1992)

Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song (1994)

Strung Out – Firecracker (1996)

Strung Out – Mind Of My Own (1998)

Strung Out – Solitaire (1996)

Swingin' Utters – As You Start Leaving (1998)

Swingin' Utters – The Next In Line (1996)

Swingin' Utters – No Time To Play (1996)

Swingin' Utters – Pills And Smoke (2000)

The Talking Heads – Life During Wartime (1979)

The Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime (1980)

The Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) (1983)

Taylor Swift – The Fate Of Ophelia (2025)

Ten Foot Pole – A.D.D. (1997)

Ten Foot Pole – The Getaway (1998)

Ten Foot Pole – Old Man (1994)

Warrant – Cherry Pie (1990)

The Weakerthans – Aside (2000)

The Weakerthans – Benediction (2003)

The Weakerthans – Our Retired Explorer (2003)

Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (1975)

Willie Nelson – On The Road Again (1980)

Zero Down – Bite The Hand That Feeds (2001)

Zero Down – Down This Road (2001)

Zero Down – Empty Promised Land (2001)

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