Episode 134: The Friendly Beasts and Where to Find Them
This week we tackle two songs about animal friends – but for once, none of them are pulling a sleigh. By request, we listen to the cheerful Nativity song “El… Read more »
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Episode 133: Silver & Gold & Blackmail
This week in the Yukon is Discovery Day, which celebrates(?) the Klondike Gold Rush – so we listen to two Christmas songs that have that gold fever! “Silver & Gold”… Read more »
Episode 132: All the King Baby’s Horses
Inspired by an anonymous request, we listen to two songs featuring the UK edition of Santa Claus: Father Christmas. While paired for their shared nomenclature, these tracks (“I Believe in… Read more »
Episode 131: Greensleeves the Reindeer
This week we get to some more requests from the Southern Hemisphere! Our listeners from Australia have tasked us with listening to two songs about Santa’s less popular animal companions,… Read more »
Episode 129: A Very Special Birthday
This week, we’re celebrating a very special birthday for a very special podcast boy. Ian is turning three decades old this week! And so is A Very Special Christmas, the… Read more »
Episode 128: Tap-Dancing Blaggard
This week, a listener request asks us to consider updated versions of two much-beloved Christmas tunes with well-documented problems – “Fairytale of New York” as performed by KT Tunstall and… Read more »
Episode 127: Bluesplaining
This week we cover a listener request that lets us treat ourselves to some delightful jazz and captivating blues – and reveals, perhaps, how little we know about jazz and… Read more »
Episode 126: Tooth Horror (Google Hippo Skull)
Ian and RJ are back, and they are melting! This week we struggle through two novelty songs in which children make outlandish, and perhaps disturbing, demands – “I Want a… Read more »
Episode 125: Love and Marriage and Hatred and Puppets
This week, our list grows to 250 songs, and we partake in our tradition of surprising each other with songs aimed at the top and the bottom of the list…. Read more »
Episode 124: Only Six Months Til Christmas
We did it, y’all. We made it half-way through 2017. Next Christmas is only 200 days away! To celebrate, we’re looking back at the best and worst holiday albums of… Read more »