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The Magnetic Love Songs
by Ben and Sarah
A weekly podcast discussing and ranking each song on The Magnetic Fields' album '69 Love Songs' and their merits as love songs.Hosted by Ben Kassman and Sarah SampouwEdited by Kaitlin Backus
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Underwear
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-seventh song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Underwear Topics Include: Ben and Sarah are the only people who listen to Experimental Music Love, Bilingual Puns, Le Petit Mort Exterminators Editing by Kaitlin Backus
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I Shatter
In our season 2 finale, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-sixth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", I Shatter. Topics Include: DeviantArt Deep Dives, Sarah and Ben listen to Experimental Music Love, Everyone's Favorite Game: Big Bang or Bird? Edited by Kaitlin Backus
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Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-fifth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
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The Way You Say Goodnight
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-four song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", The Way You Say Goodnight Topics Include: Bursting into Nothing, "Night Bird" sounds, How weirdly can you say good night?
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The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-third song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing Topics Include: Stephen Merritt's Continuing War on Astronomy, Bonkers in Yonkers, Shining AU Fanfic
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Asleep and Dreaming
We're back at it again at Krispy Kreme, folks. This was recorded in December, but due to *gestures broadly* hadn't been edited until this week. Enjoy! This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-second song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Asleep And Dreaming Topics Include: One Good Thing In December, Most Valuable Pete, Sarah wants a cool voice
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Epitaph for My Heart
We're finally back folks! November was a wild month. We recorded this almost a month ago, but Editor Ben was swamped and didn't have a chance to edit until now :). This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the forty-first song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Epitaph for My Heart Topics Include: Facebook Memories, What if Heaven was a Department Store, and Catgirl Sarah v. Ben who loves the Smiths
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Papa Was a Rodeo
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the fortieth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Papa Was a Rodeo Topics Include: Secret Mike, The Most Stephin Merritt Thing to have ever been Stephin Merritted, G.O.A.T.mance
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Kiss Me Like You Mean It
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-ninth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Kiss Me Like You Mean It Topics Include: Making out with the SON OF MAN, Blasphemy, and Give me Kiss
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Long-Forgotten Fairytale
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-eighth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Long-Forgotten Fairytale Topics Include: Stephin Merritt doing mundane things, the Ultimate Indie movie, and Ben & Sarah read their Notes
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Washington D.C.
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-seventh song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Washington D.C. Topics Include: Reinventing Boss Baby, Hoobastank, and KEXP 6969
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World Love
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-sixth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", World Love Topics Include: Beef with Hippies, A Paul Simon anti-fancast, and BASS
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Promises of Eternity
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-fifth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Promises of Eternity Topics Include: God Tier Joker Memez, the Guilt-Manipulation Spectrum, and The Gathering of the Juggalos
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My Only Friend
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-fourth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", My Only Friend Topics Include: Eyelash v. Holiday and The Best Way to Be Dumped
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(Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-third song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", (Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy Topics Include: An Adults-only Ice Cream Truck, Three Different Versions of God, and Clowns??
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You're My Only Home
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-second song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", You're My Only Home Topics Include: House Wife Wife House & The Merritts of a Good Sitcom
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If You Don't Cry
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirty-first song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", No One Will Ever Love You Topics Include: Tiny Weather Witch, Pay-tear-on, and Doesn't What??
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No One Will Ever Love You
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirtieth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", No One Will Ever Love You Topics Include: A Case for Stephin Merritt, Breakup Albums, and Devastating Truths
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Grand Canyon
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-ninth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Grand Canyon Topics Include: Your Secret Rising Sign, Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, and Paul's Corn
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Very Funny
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-eighth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Very Funny Topics Include: A Bucket of Springs, Creative Writing Class, and Claudia Gonson
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Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-seventh song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old. Topics Include: That Deep Voice Double Chin, Sarah and Ben's Trip to a Parallel Universe, and The 1st Patry Lullaby.
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When My Boy Walks Down the Street
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-sixth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", When My Boy Walks Down the Street. Topics Include: Hot Rain, The Secret History of Ocean Boy, and Girl Girl!
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Love Is Like Jazz
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the twenty-fifth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Love is Like Jazz. Topics include: Retrospective Music Douchebaggery, Himbo's Delivery Service, and Doubling Down on Mistakes
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Roses and the Best of Season One
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-fourth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Roses. But that song is only 20 seconds long, so we also included a clip show, featuring the best of Season 1 of the Magnetic Love Songs Podcast!
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The Things We Did and Didn't Do
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-third song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", The Things We Did and Didn't Do Welcome to the end of Season 1! Predictably, we ended on a sad song, but don't worry, those goofs keep on a-comin'.
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Sweet Lovin' Man
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-second song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", Sweet Lovin' Man. Thanos, Jesus, and Waldo from Where's Waldo walk into a bar...out walks a Sweet Lovin' Man!
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Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twenty-first song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", Nothing Matters When We're Dancing. Topics Include: Relative Dancing Skills, The Importance of Old Friends, and Hon-ay vs. Hone-a
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My Sentimental Melody
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the twentieth song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", My Sentimental Melody. Topics Include: Half a 69, Early Youtube, and Describing Songs with Grunts
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A Pretty Girl Is Like
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the nineteenth song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", A Pretty Girl Is Like. Topics Include: Content warnings for this episode - spoiler alert it's most of them, This is Not a Good Song, and "We had to talk about it because it was next".
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Boa Constrictor
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the eighteenth song on the Magnetic Fields' album "69 Love Songs", Boa Constrictor. Topics Include: The Fastest Twist, The Shadiest Snake Dealer, and...Wait, How Many Bands Has Jenny Lewis Been In??
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Parades Go By
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the seventeenth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Parades Go By. Topics Include: Old Gods, The Straightest Boy Alive, and Middle School Sarah vs. College Ben.
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Punk Love
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the sixteenth song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", Punk Love Topics include: Punk, Rock, Love
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The One You Really Love
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the fifteenth song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", The One You Really Love. Topics Include: Tired Ramblings, Forgetful Ghosts, and the new Samsung Greg.
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How Fucking Romantic
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the fourteenth song from the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", How Fucking Romantic. Topics include: Three Word Phrases, the Tumblr Goldfish, and Stephen Sondheim's 2nd best Musical
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Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the thirteenth song from the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long. Topics include: Rubble Trouble, Thunder McQuack, and Surprise Puppy Songs
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The Book of Love
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss "The Book of Love", the most famous song from the Magnetic Fields' album 69 Love Songs. Topics Include: A Lack of Frogs, French Onion Soup, and Far Too Many Song Recommendations
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I Think I Need a New Heart
This week Sarah and Ben discuss the eleventh song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs", I Think I Need a New Heart. Topics Include: A New Jim Carrey Movie, Space Slice of Life stories and A Magnetic Love Songs soundboard
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The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the tenth song on the Magnetic Fields album, "69 Love Songs", The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be. Topics include: Sneaky Googling, Assholes in Floral Print and The Perils of Recording on a Friday Night.
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Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the ninth song on the Magnetic Fields' Album, "69 Love Songs", Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits. Topics Include: Vocal Strain, Pegusackalope, and Garbage Baby Sarah
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The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the eighth song on the Magnetic Field's album, "69 Love Songs", "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" Topics include: Bad Lips, Bouncy Bus, and Dunkle Ben
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Come Back from San Francisco
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the seventh song on the Magnetic Fields' album, "69 Love Songs". Topics include: Ben still doesn't know how poetry works, Smart words that have the word ASS in them, and Vocables
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I Don't Want to Get Over You
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the sixth song off the Magnetic Field's album, '69 Love Songs'. Topics include: Sad Booty Calls, Lindt Sponsorship, and Snuff Launchers
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Reno Dakota
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the song Reno Dakota from the Magnetic Fields album "69 Love Songs" Topics include: What Color is Sad, Spelling Facts, and the GREATEST REBUTTAL IN HUMAN HISTORY
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A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the fourth song of the Magnetic Fields' album '69 Love Songs'. A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off. Topics include: Dummy Cute Cornbread Love, Unreasonably Good Bridges, and...Whoa Nellie
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All My Little Words
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the third song on 69 Love Songs, All My Little Words Topics Include: Baby Got Back but for Butterflies, That Good Cackalacky Sauce, Early 2000s Youtube Music Videos.
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I Don't Believe in the Sun
This week, Sarah and Ben talk about the second song on 69 Love Songs, I Don't Believe in the Sun Topics Include: High School Poetry, One Extra Line, Let's Destroy Astronomy Together
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Absolutely Cuckoo
This week, Sarah and Ben discuss the first song on the album, '69 Love Songs', Absolutely Cuckoo. Topics Include: 4AM Ideas, Creepy Anime Con Guys, and Forbidden Werewolf Love
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A weekly podcast discussing and ranking each song on The Magnetic Fields' album '69 Love Songs' and their merits as love songs.Hosted by Ben Kassman and Sarah SampouwEdited by Kaitlin Backus
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