Summer Break 2026

We’re taking a little break to do some birding, cloud spotting, and maybe even some trippin’! In the meantime, we hope you enjoy today’s re-release of our “Genre Bending” with some bonus giddiness at the top.

Futuristic

The future is now, or maybe a second from now. THE FUTURE is also a vibe, and we’ve got music to match it or maybe set the stage for it. No transhumanistic fantasies here, just some transcendent tunes to cope with the downfall of humanity perpetrated by tech billionaires.

Unexpected Jams

Have you ever been on hold and all of a sudden you find yourself dancing to the sweet, sweet hold music? Or maybe a friend sends you a song saying, “Hey, I think you might like this!” And even though you don’t think you will… you do? Well, welcome to the unexpected jams episode! We’re going to dive into some weird places where the music is unexpected and yet still hits.

Kids

They’re not all creepy! And sometimes they actually make a great song greater, or a bad song better. Biases aside, in this episode we celebrate the contributions of children to music history. Christine chose this theme with a song that transcended praise music and made its way to the club scene: “Stand on the Word,” […]

Pity Party!

What started as another theme turned into a real life pity party when Christine and Christina recorded in person for the first time EVER. And we had a rich conversation about one of music’s most self-pitying artists—Harry Nilsson. We hope you join our pity party this week!

Cover in Another Language

Ever hear a song and say, “Yeah, this is nice. But what would it sound like in French/Spanish/Greek/Swahili/Urdu?” Well, then, friends, you’re in the right place. This week we take songs that are already good in English and some how get even better in a foreign language. And the best news? No one picked “Yesterday”!

Pride!

Happy Pride Month! Queer and LGBTQ music is incredible for ALL audiences, every day of the year (not just Pride month, of course!). This week we share some under the radar gay anthems and celebrate the queer musicians who made them.

Shorties

Shortest songs don’t always yield the shortest episodes, but they do pack a punch! And while this isn’t technically our shortest episode, it packs a punch with zero hint of a Napoleon complex.

Grunge

The Seattle sound. Flannel shirts. Rejecting conformity. Embracing dirty hair. What is “grunge”? Join us this week as we dive into a couple of grunge songs (and make some interesting connections to musical influence on the grunge scene).

Introductions

Forget “please allow me to introduce myself” or “my name is….” What if your introduction were a song, or a mesmerizing opening credit sequence, or maybe even a reference you can’t stop thinking about? This episode is about the art of introduction through music, because before a single word is spoken, music can tell us exactly who we’re meeting and what kind of world we’re about to enter.