No Bigger than a Nickel

The lads once again get lost in music. Eliot shares wellness tips, Nate yells at the dogs, and everyone busts some more moves.

The lads learn about heartbreak. Eliot wins a trophy, Zach gets confessional, and Nate loses the EV wars.

The lads lay in the sun, unpack critical theory, discuss ramen protocol, and shout out their favorite video store impresario.

The lads tend to the Century Flower, uncork the history of minstrelsy, and revisit Friends, the Golden Girls, and MASH.

The lads go mental with a French prog cult, take the political temperature in Maine, and trash talk Steve Albini.

The lads take a sweet trip back to Eliot's San Francisco daze. Plus they consider whether this is a wellness podcast, tell Rolling Stones stories, and offer more thoughts on Peter Relic and Simon Reynolds.

The lads touch roses, celebrate their friend Relic's new book, and take out the trash.

The lads join the Beehive (and theorize about the identity of Becky with the good hair). Also, they gripe about the decline in air travel etiquette and recommend new books by Simon Reynolds and Mark Oppenheimer.

The lads unleash their inner jam band fandom. Plus malapropisms that grind our gears, book recommendations, and Nate's take on dining in Portland.

The lads cast a glassy eye on liquid days, mourn an old friend, and marvel over Scandinavian innovations in vice.

The lads fall hard for a Glaswegian spring, Nate goes to work, and Brian mourns Rob Base.

The lads revisit the innocence of early 80s Downtown NY, Zach meets a fan IRL, and Eliot and Nate share lawncare stories.

The lads travel uptown to King Tubby, take a dangerous bike ride through the mean city streets, and share a lot of love for Gab Caroti.

The lads enjoy a cuppa at the Rocket Cottage, consider the optimal soundtrack for yoga, and get up to speed on Maine politics.

The lads scan the infotainment landscape, debate the merits of road sushi, and take a trip to the local dump.

The lads take an epic journey through a spiritual monsoon, consider cult life, and explore the evolution of music marketing from Payola to street teams to Geese.

The lads get discombobulated, share their elitist views on racquet sports, and open up a treasure trove of 1990s cartoon memories.

The lads contemplate the electric sound of summer, read some fan mail from an old friend, and design the perfect shelves.

The lads welcome a new day coming, envision an AI Brian-bot, and fight with a wrist-watch.

The lads tread close to the edge and say Yes!, Nate gets injured in the Utah wilderness, and Eliot and Zach discuss mensur scars.

The lads pay tribute to Miles Davis and Jack Johnson, reminisce about the New York City Opera, stress about overwhelming physical media collections, and parse Hunter S. Thompson.

The lads try to get digits from the Roche sisters, trash talk a Canadian television show they've never seen, and reminisce about the East Village of Other Music and Mondo Kim's.

The lads explore the world of Cecil Taylor, uncover the etymology of “hippie’s problem” and “hey man,” and manage to offend Stanley Crouch and Travis Kelce.

The lads get schooled by Eliot on a rump-shaking deep cut by the Fall, learn about yoga, and continue to question at which point do you cancel a once-beloved artist.

The lads enjoy a track-by-track dub reggae cover of Ziggy Stardust, and wade into the culture wars surrounding the Kennedy Center and the Super Bowl.

The lads talk Kanye's mea culpa, dissect a John Cale masterpiece, debate the best way to organize records, and ask Brian if he still listens to the Smiths.