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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 56 MIN

Episode 53 - Song #262: "American Tune" by Paul Simon

from UMM: The Unifying Medium of Music

In this second, and admittedly sloppier, episode with Rob in studio, we again demonstrate our rudimentary understanding of American politics in the 1960s and 70s, and we very clumsily attempt to articulate the subsequent impact of that era in today's culture. And we fixate on the song's opening word and suggest that the use of another word in the song is not used in any other songs on the Rolling Stone list or the entirety of whatever music platform you have on this lovely phone/tablet/laptop of yours.

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