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  • January 6, 2023 The Best Songs of 2022, Obits & Greg’s Annual Mixtape
    • Apple Podcasts / Overcast / Spotify / tunein / Stitcher / RSS
    • 2022 Obituaries
    • Best Songs of 2022
    • Greg’s Annual Mixtape
    • Featured Songs:
  • January 13, 2023 Cameron Crowe on Almost Famous the Musical, His Movies & More
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    • Cameron Crowe
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  • January 20, 2023 Dry Cleaning, Reviews of Margo Price and SZA, and RIP Jeff Beck
    • SOS SZA
    • Strays Margo Price
    • Dry Cleaning
    • Jeff Beck
    • Featured Songs
  • January 27, 2023 Songs About Photography, Marty Perez & RIP David Crosby
    • Obituary: David Crosby
    • Songs About Photography
    • Photographer Marty Perez
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  • February 3, 2023 Kranky Records, Opinions on Iggy Pop & Ladytron
    • Every Loser Iggy Pop
    • Time's Arrow Ladytron
    • Kranky Records
    • Featured Songs:
  • February 10, 2023 Buried Treasures & RIP Tom Verlaine of Television
    • Obituary: Tom Verlaine
    • Buried Treasures
    • Featured Songs:
  • February 17, 2023 Sinéad O’Connor & Opinions on Lil Yachty
    • Let's Start Here Lil Yachty
    • Sinéad O’Connor
    • Featured Songs:
  • February 24, 2023 Chris Connelly on Nico & RIP Burt Bacharach
    • Obituary: Burt Bacharach
    • Chris Connelly on Nico
    • Listener Segment
    • Featured Songs:
  • March 3, 2023 Ticketmaster/Live Nation w/ Ben Sisario & Opinions on Caroline Polachek
    • Desire I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek
    • Ticketmaster/Live Nation
    • Featured Songs:
  • March 10, 2023 Latino Fans of British Bands, Opinions on Kelela & Yo La Tengo
    • Raven Kelela
    • This Stupid World Yo La Tengo
    • Latino Fans of British Bands
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  • March 17, 2023 John Cale, Spy Songs & RIP Wayne Shorter
    • John Cale
    • Spy Songs
    • Obituary: Wayne Shorter
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  • March 24, 2023 Poster Children, Opinions on Screaming Females & Iris DeMent
    • Workin' On A World Iris DeMent
    • Desire Pathway Screaming Females
    • Rose Marshack & Rick Valentin
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  • March 31, 2023 De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising
    • Obituary: Trugoy the Dove
    • De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising
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  • April 7, 2023 Boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus & Julien Baker) Plus Supergroups
    • Boygenius
    • Supergroups
    • Featured Songs:
  • April 14, 2023 Buried Treasures & RIP Seymour Stein
    • Buried Treasures
    • Obituary: Seymour Stein
    • Listener Calls
    • Featured Songs:
  • April 19, 2023 Eleventh Dream Day, Opinions on Wednesday & Lankum
    • Rat Saw God Wednesday
    • False Lankum Lankum
    • Eleventh Dream Day
    • Featured Songs:
  • April 27, 2023 Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, Hanif Abdurraqib & Opinions on Everything but the Girl
    • Fuse Everything but the Girl
    • Jimmy Carter, Rock & Roll President
    • Hanif Abdurraqib
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  • May 3, 2023 Director Mary Harron (American Psycho, Charlie Says) on Music in Her Films, Opinions on The National
    • First Two Pages of Frankenstein The National
    • Director Mary Harron
    • Featured Songs:
  • May 10, 2023 Songs About the End of the World
    • End of the World Songs
    • Listener Segment
    • Featured Songs:
  • May 17, 2023 20 Years of Numero Group: From Syl Johnson to Blondie
    • Numero Group
    • Favorite Numero Tracks
    • Featured Songs:
  • May 25, 2023 Shemekia Copeland Live, RIP Gordon Lightfoot, Opinions on billy woods & Kenny Segal
    • Maps Billy Woods
    • Obit: Gordon Lightfoot
    • Shemekia Copeland
    • Featured Songs:
  • June 1, 2023 Buried Treasures & RIP Andy Rourke (The Smiths)
    • Buried Treasures
    • Obit: Andy Rourke
    • Featured Songs:
  • June 8, 2023 Chuck Berry’s Legacy & RIP Tina Turner
    • Obit: Tina Turner
    • Chuck Berry
    • Featured Songs:
  • June 13, 2023 Jason Isbell & Opinions on Protomartyr
    • Formal Growth In The Desert Protomartyr
    • Jason Isbell
    • Featured Songs:
  • June 22, 2023 Little Richard, Plus Why We Stop Listening to New Music As We Age
    • Little Richard
    • Music as we age
    • Featured Songs:
  • June 28, 2023 War's "The World Is a Ghetto" Plus Opinions on Janelle Monáe & Jenny Lewis
    • The Age of Pleasure Janelle Monáe
    • Joy'All Jenny Lewis
    • War’s The World Is a Ghetto
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  • July 5, 2023 Songwriting with Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Ryan Tedder & Opinions on Killer Mike
    • MICHAEL Killer Mike
    • Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
    • Ryan Tedder
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  • July 10, 2023 The Best Albums of 2023 So Far!
    • The Best Albums of 2023 So Far
    • Featured Songs:
  • July 18, 2023 Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall, Opinions on Anohni and the Johnsons
    • My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
    • Classic Album Dissection: Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall
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  • July 26, 2023 Chicago’s Country Music w/ Mark Guarino, Opinions on PJ Harvey
    • I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey
    • Chicago Country
    • Featured Songs:
  • August 1, 2023 RIP Sinéad O’Connor
    • Sinéad O’Connor
    • Featured Songs:
  • August 10, 2023 Living Colour, Opinions on Blur & Claud
    • The Ballad of Darren Blur
    • Supermodels Claud
    • Living Colour Time’s Up
    • Featured Songs:
  • August 17, 2023 Buried Treasures & RIP Robbie Robertson
    • Obituary: Robbie Robertson
    • Buried Treasures
    • Featured Songs:
  • August 23, 2023 South African Music
    • South African Music
    • Featured Songs:
  • August 31, 2023 Songs About Work, Opinions on Big Freedia & Lou Reed's "Perfect Day"
    • Central City Big Freedia
    • Songs About Work
    • Greg: Lou Reed, "Perfect Day"
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  • September 6, 2023 The Paisley Underground (The Bangles, Rain Parade), the Shangri-Las & Opinions on The Hives
    • The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons The Hives
    • The Paisley Underground
    • "Leader of the Pack"
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  • September 14, 2023 Songs About the Morning, Opinions on Noname & Ratboys
    • The Window Ratboys
    • Sundial Noname
    • Songs About Morning
    • Featured Songs:
  • September 21, 2023 Billions’ Brian Koppelman, Opinions on Mitski, Low Cut Connie & Jaimie Branch
    • The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Mitski
    • Art Dealers Low Cut Connie
    • Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
    • Brian Koppelman
    • Featured Songs:
  • September 28, 2023 A Fall Batch of Buried Treasures
    • Buried Treasures
    • Featured Songs:
  • October 6, 2023 Our Favorite Recording Sessions in Memory of Engineer Mary Gaffney
    • RIP Mary Gaffney
    • Featured Songs:
  • October 13, 2023 Songs About Night, Opinions on The Handsome Family & Lydia Loveless
    • Hollow The Handsome Family
    • Nothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again Lydia Loveless
    • Songs About Night
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  • October 20, 2023 Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, Opinions on CMAT & Listener Calls
    • Crazymad, For Me CMAT
    • Karly Hartzman
    • Listener Calls
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  • October 27, 2023 Halloween: Songs About Monsters!
    • Monster Songs
    • Featured Songs:
  • November 3, 2023 Biz Markie, Opinions on boygenius, Cherry Glazerr & Cleo Sol
    • 00:00:43 Review: Cleo Sol
    • The Rest Boygenius
    • I Don't Want You Anymore Cherry Glazerr
    • Sacha Jenkins on Biz Markie
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  • November 10, 2023 Vic Mensa, Women in Music Journalism with Althea Legaspi
    • Althea Legaspi on Women in Music Journalism
    • Vic Mensa
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  • November 17, 2023 Songs About Giving Thanks
    • Songs About Giving Thanks
    • Featured Songs:
  • November 24, 2023 Sly & the Family Stone, Opinions on The Feelies & Robert Finley
    • Black Bayou Robert Finley
    • Some Kinda Love The Feelies
    • Sly and the Family Stone
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  • December 1, 2023 The Legend and Legacy of Lou Reed
    • Lou Reed
    • Featured Songs:
  • December 8, 2023 John Prine’s Debut Album Plus Listener Calls
    • John Prine’s Self-Titled Debut
    • Featured Songs:
  • December 15, 2023 The Best Albums of 2023
    • The Best Albums of 2023
    • Featured Songs:
  • December 22, 2023 Andy Cirzan’s Annual Holiday Spectacular
    • Andy Cirzan’s 2023 Holiday Spectacular
    • Featured Songs:
  • December 29, 2023 boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus & Julien Baker) Plus Supergroups
    • boygenius
    • Best Female Supergroups
    • Featured Songs:
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