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Music Raygun — 404 episodes

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202: VH1’s First 10 Music Videos

2

Miniepisode: Cheryl & Sonny

3

201: Chicago (The City, Not the Band) 2

4

Miniepisode: Possibly Paul’s Suspicions Were Right

5

200: Grab Bag 20

6

Miniepisode: Paisley Park Pilgrimage

7

199: Music Raygun's Greatest Hits Vol. 2

8

Miniepisode: 5 Dogs and a Cat in the Spice Girls

9

198: Music Videos 1992–94

10

Miniepisode: Thug Life on My Stomach

11

197: Bass Guitar 2

12

Miniepisode: A Huge Whale of a Mariachi Bass

13

196: Billboard Top 10 Singles of 1986

14

Miniepisode: I Remember Candlebox

15

195: B-Sides 15 (w/ Tony and Connie Ciampanelli)

16

Miniepisode: Music Streaming Service Year-End Recap 2025

17

194: Kool & the Gang

18

Miniepisode: Boomers in the House (w/ Connie and Tony Ciampanelli)

19

193: Sob Rock

20

Miniepisode: Kill the 5-String Bass

21

192: Tamra Davis

22

Miniepisode: Michael Bivens, Altruist

23

191: Halloween 3

24

Miniepisode: Hayden feat. Take 6

25

190: Grab Bag 19

26

Miniepisode: Suckin' on Chilly Dog

27

189: Johnny Cougar, aka John Cougar, aka John Cougar Mellencamp, aka John Mellencamp

28

Miniepisode: Beatles by Zemeckis

29

188: Stiff Records

30

Miniepisode: Junior Masters at Finding Intelligent Attitudes

31

187: Jock Jams

32

Miniepisode: Martika's Martika's Kitchen's Martika's Kitchen

33

186: Praise God!

34

Miniepisode: With Horns

35

185: Daryl Hall & John Oates

36

Miniepisode: Going to See Guy

37

184: New Jersey

38

Miniepisode: The Bones of a Great Pop Song

39

183: Roland TR-808

40

Miniepisode: 'Upset Stomach' Gave Me One

41

182: B-Sides 14

42

Miniepisode: The Roundabout Crate Dig

43

181: Martha Wash

44

Miniepisode: Aces Wylde

45

180: Grab Bag 18

46

Miniepisode: A Lot of Squeak-Squonk

47

179: Motown

48

Miniepisode: Music for the Weather Channel

49

178: Billboard Top 10 Singles of 1985

50

Miniepisode: The Vengabus Is Coming

51

177: Dominic Sena

52

Miniepisode: Nakutaka Pia

53

176: Clavinet

54

Miniepisode: A Pure Alliance With Susanna Hoffs

55

175: TV Theme Music 2

56

Miniepisode: Santa Cruz Viking Metal

57

174: Memphis

58

Miniepisode: The 1-2-3 Punch of Susanna Hoffs, Cake and Pretenders

59

173: Great Songs With Bad Videos

60

Miniepisode: Spice World Isn't Trash

61

172: Paul McCartney Covers

62

Miniepisode: Who Bought Singles in the CD Era

63

171: Mid-'90s Harmless Rock

64

Miniepisode: Another Bad Cat Stevens Creation

65

170: Grab Bag 17

66

Miniepisode: Otherkin 1960s Psychedelic Sunshine Pop

67

169: B-Sides 13

68

Miniepisode: A Book About Fleetwood Mac

69

168: Paul Hunter

70

Miniepisode: You Didn't Dance to 'Angie'

71

167: Billboard Top 10 Singles of 1990

72

Miniepisode: Taxman or Batman?

73

166: Saxophone 3

74

Miniepisode: Whiny Beatles (w/ Sarah From Austin)

75

165: Michel Gondry

76

Miniepisode: Music Knowledge Beamed Directly Into Your Ears

77

164: Divas

78

Miniepisode: A Deliberate Attempt to Shed Extraneous Fans

79

163: Back to School

80

Miniepisode: Spotify Crazy

81

162: Massachusetts

82

Miniepisode: First-Name Bassist

83

161: House

84

Miniepisode: Literally Corporate Rock

85

160: Grab Bag 16

86

Miniepisode: The 10 Musical Pauls

87

159: Music Videos 1984

88

Miniepisode: Harriet Wheeler's Ramekin of Ranch

89

158: MTV's 1st 10 Music Videos

90

Miniepisode: The Wives of Richard Marx

91

157: Pro Set Superstars MusiCards

92

Miniepisode: Smoothed Out on the R&B Tip

93

156: B-Sides 12

94

Miniepisode: Big Ups to Garth Hudson

95

155: Germany

96

Miniepisode: Jammin' With Dimebag

97

154: Beastie Boys

98

Miniepisode: BBD or TLC?

99

153: Mark Romanek

100

Miniepisode: Someone's Watching MTV

101

152: Hail Satan!

102

Miniepisode: Goths Waiting on Cement

103

151: Michael Bay

104

Miniepisode: Return of the Waterboiz

105

150: Grab Bag 15

106

Miniepisode: A Personal Musical Mystery

107

149: Paisley Park and the Paisley Underground

108

Miniepisode: Michael Jackson's Thirst for Vengeance

109

148: Animation

110

Miniepisode: A Great Impression of Al Jarreau

111

147: Duos

112

Miniepisode: A Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roll Machine

113

146: MTV News Year in Rock '94

114

Miniepisode: Later Who

115

145: The Bo Diddley Beat

116

Miniepisode: Taylor Swift Guava Sao Paulo

117

144: Native Tongues

118

Miniepisode: Spotify Wrapped 2023

119

143: B-Sides 11

120

Miniepisode: Miles of Smiles

121

142: Music of 1977

122

Miniepisode: Best New Artist Is Always Jive

123

141: Bad Songs With Great Videos

124

Miniepisode: The Most Perfect Song

125

140: Grab Bag 14

126

Miniepisode: Dough, Bro

127

139: Piano 2

128

Miniepisode: Get Off My Lawn

129

138: David Fincher

130

Miniepisode: Me Still Right

131

137: Trios

132

Miniepisode: A Ton of Scandinavian Friends

133

136: Australia

134

Miniepisode: To Retire With Dignity

135

135: Goth

136

Miniepisode: Don Henley Is a Smug Worm

137

134: Snoop Dogg

138

Miniepisode: Bands of the Multiverse

139

133: Percussion

140

Miniepisode: Swat Me and I Die

141

132: Tommy Boy Records

142

Miniepisode: That Will Feel Terrible, but I'm Going to Do It

143

131: Grab Bag 13

144

MIniepisode: Vendice Partners

145

130: B-Sides 10

146

Miniepisode: Every Song Is Like Low-Grade Jackson Browne

147

129: Dance 8

148

Miniepisode: She's So Unusual

149

128: Texas

150

Miniepisode: Ham Baby

151

127: Music Videos 2001–05

152

Miniepisode: Flat or With Gas?

153

126: MTV News Year in Rock '93

154

Miniepisode: Mark Wilde Checks In

155

125: Grunge

156

Miniepisode: What Did They All Crack Up?

157

124: Prince 2

158

Miniepisode: Canned Heat or Hot Tuna?

159

123: Guitar 2

160

Miniepisode: Cold Gold

161

122: Soul

162

Miniepisode: Where Dey From?

163

121: Grab Bag 12

164

Miniepisode: Capitalism Is Poison and Brand Loyalty Is Nothing

165

120: Atlanta

166

Miniepisode: You Know What Supersonic Is

167

119: Happy Holidays 3

168

Miniepisode: Target Music

169

118: B-Sides 9

170

Miniepisode: It's Nonsense, but It's Real

171

117: David Bowie

172

Miniepisode: Flip a Table

173

116: Spike Jonze

174

Miniepisode: Respect the Glue

175

115: Music Videos 2000

176

Miniepisode: Release It in the Fall

177

114: Old People, Cover Yourselves

178

Miniepisode: 2 Dogs Barking at a Bone

179

113: Arrow Through Me

180

Miniepisode: We Walk the Night

181

112: Dance 7 — Bob Fosse (w/ Isabel Nelson)

182

Miniepisode: Dreaming Ice (w/ Isabel Nelson)

183

111: Punk 2

184

Miniepisode: Beige

185

110: Grab Bag 11

186

Miniepisode: Can You Fix This, Please?

187

109: Disco 2

188

Miniepisode: I Know That Your Favorite Is Terry

189

108: Seattle (No Grunge)

190

Miniepisode: A Whistler's Resonating Chamber

191

107: Lionel C. Martin

192

Miniepisode: Cracking Some Greenboys

193

106: George Michael

194

Miniepisode: Taking the W

195

105: Chicago (The City, Not the Band)

196

Miniepisode: Good Fizz

197

104: B-Sides 8

198

Miniepisode: Barb, Stacy and Luana

199

103: Commercials 2

200

Miniepisode: A Lagniappe of Folderol and Miscellany

201

102: James Brown

202

Miniepisode: A Love Affair With Peach-Pear

203

101: Herb Ritts — The Complete Music Video Collection

204

Miniepisode: Very Determined to Determine the Lyrics

205

100: Grab Bag 10

206

Miniepisode: A Nerdy Amount of Knowledge About a Thing

207

99: Country and Western

208

Miniepisode: You Went Apricot

209

98: Music Raygun's Greatest Hits

210

Miniepisode: Slaves to the Flaves

211

97: Hype Williams

212

Miniepisode: Maybe Dread Zeppelin Has a Wonderful Christmas Song (w/ Isabel Nelson)

213

96: Dance 6 (w/ Isabel Nelson)

214

Miniepisode: Very Snitty Toward Each Other

215

95: Synthesizer

216

Miniepisode: Give Me Something That You Want or Don’t Want

217

94: Rough Trade Records

218

Miniepisode: A Worse-Than-Being-Dead Timeline

219

93: New Romantic

220

Miniepisode: Living That Jog Life

221

92: Scotland

222

Miniepisode: Keeping It A Solid 80

223

91: B-Sides 7

224

Miniepisode: As Cool as It Gets

225

90: Grab Bag 9

226

Miniepisode : Lady Gaga and Leaders of the New School

227

89: Neo Soul

228

Miniepisode: Get Out of My Room

229

88: Rebel Girls 3

230

Miniepisode: Brunch With Diamond and Pearl

231

87: Julien Temple

232

Miniepisode: Kick 'Em in the Grill, Pete (w/ Katie Willert)

233

86: Funk 2 (w/ Katie Willert)

234

Miniepisode: Coming in at a Hot 9.5

235

85: Child Stars

236

Miniepisode: A Different Belinda

237

84: Off-Brand Picks 2

238

Miniepisode: Exquisite Penmanship

239

83: Saxophone 2

240

Miniepisode: Anita Baker Pitched Down Equals Michael McDonald

241

82: Music Videos 1979–81

242

Miniepisode: Now More Than Ever, Trivial Pursuit

243

81: College Rock

244

Pandemisode: A Fascinating Sliding Doors

245

Pandemisode: A Party Jam Built on an F-Jam

246

Pandemisode: I Can't Feel My Face Value

247

Pandemisode: Start Getting Real

248

Pandemisode: Could You Get the Phone?

249

Pandemisode: Stop Being Polite

250

Pandemisode: Return to the Purple One

251

Pandemisode: With Glowing Hearts We See Thee Rise

252

Pandemisode: So Dumb, Yet I Sing Along

253

Pandemisode: I'm Going to Hire You to Be My Majordomo

254

Pandemisode: Every Girl's Name Was Stacy

255

Pandemisode: When Eric Clapton Invites You to Miami

256

Pandemisode: That Ain't Zydeco

257

Pandemisode: Thanksgiving

258

Pandemisode: If I Ever Went Solo, My Favorite MC Would Be Me

259

Pandemisode: Right Here Greater Than Human Nature

260

Pandemisode: The Pumpkin Spice Latte Show

261

Pandemisode: The Mellow, Ethereal, Rainy-Down Part

262

Pandemisode: This Is My Funk Album; This Is for the Children

263

Pandemisode: Living in a Truck

264

Pandemisode: The Rolling Stones, Macklemore

265

Pandemisode: James Taylor, Alice in Chains vs. Stone Temple Pilots

266

Pandemisode: Sugar Ray, Ukuleles vs. Banjos

267

Pandemisode: Stand-Up Piano Players, Madonna

268

Pandemisode: Backstreet Boys vs. 'N Sync, Huey Lewis and the News

269

Pandemisode: R.E.M., Berlin vs. Missing Persons

270

Pandemisode: The Black Eyed Peas, Deer Tick vs. Deerhoof vs. Deerhunter (w/ Tony Ciampanelli)

271

Pandemisode: Beyoncé vs. Mariah Carey, Falco vs. Taco (w/ Tony Ciampanelli)

272

Pandemisode: The Rembrandts, Foreign Lyrics (w/ Tony Ciampanelli)

273

80: Grab Bag 8

274

Miniepisode: The Chainsmokers vs. Gotye vs. the Human League, and USA for Africa vs. Northern Lights

275

79: Dance 5 (w/ Isabel Nelson)

276

Miniepisode: Danity Kane, the Pussycat Dolls, Noodly White Boys and the Police (w/ Isabel Nelson)

277

78: B-Sides 6

278

Miniepisode: Double Albums and Mariah Carey

279

77: Godley and Creme

280

Miniepisode: MC Hammer and Selena Gomez

281

76: Cover Songs

282

Miniepisode: The Boyboy West Coast and Heart

283

75: Best New Music 2019

284

Miniepisode: Spandau Ballet, Wham! and Songs 'Considered the Worst'

285

74: Music Movies

286

Miniepisode: Cheap Trick and Billie Eilish

287

73: Stevie Wonder

288

Miniepisode: Prince and the Fugees

289

72: Drums

290

Miniepisode: John Mayer and Prince

291

71: Music Videos 1989–91

292

Miniepisode: Atlantic Starr vs. Five Star vs. Midnight Star, and Halloween

293

70: Grab Bag 7

294

Miniepisode: Lil Nas X and the Charlie Daniels Band

295

69: Florida

296

Miniepisode: The Pips and R.E.M.

297

68: Asylum Records

298

Miniepisode: Lana Del Rey and Paula Abdul

299

67: Your Grandmother Should Know

300

Miniepisode: Baby Band T-Shirts and Sophie B. Hawkins

301

66: Heavy Metal Parking Lot

302

Miniepisode: Brandy, Monica and the Clash

303

65: B-Sides 5

304

Miniepisode: Gene Van Buren and Roxy Music (w/ Katie Willert)

305

64: Guitar

306

Miniepisode: Marvin Gaye and a Singing Water Cooler

307

63: Dance 4 (w/ Isabel Nelson)

308

Miniepisode: The Cure, Phil Collins and Vanilla Ice (w/ Isabel Nelson)

309

62: Duets and Collaborations

310

Miniepisode: The Beatles and 4 Non Blondes

311

61: San Francisco

312

Miniepisode: Extreme and Song Lyrics

313

60: Summer Grab Bag

314

Miniepisode: Best New Music

315

59: Def Jam Recordings

316

Miniepisode: Paula Abdul and Vampire Weekend

317

58: Smooth Jazz (w/ Katie Willert)

318

Miniepisode: Natasha Bedingfield, the Doors and Queen (w/ Katie Willert)

319

57: Todd Rundgren

320

Miniepisode: Beyoncé and Motörhead

321

56: Piano

322

Miniepisode: Midnight Oil and Beethoven

323

55: Philadelphia

324

Miniepisode: Vinyl Collectors and Jefferson Airplane

325

54: Girl Groups

326

Miniepisode: Gang Starr and the Monkees

327

53: Teen Angst

328

Miniepisode: Alicia Keys, 'A Star Is Born' and Beastie Boys

329

52: B-Sides 4

330

Miniepisode: Janet Jackson and Song Length

331

51: Janet Jackson

332

Miniepisode: Keytar and Devo

333

50: Grab Bag 5

334

Miniepisode: ABBA and Katy Perry

335

49: Dance 3 (w/ Isabel Nelson)

336

Miniepisode: Alanis Morissette, the Beatles and Paul McCartney (w/ Isabel Nelson)

337

48: Happy Holidays 2

338

Miniepisode: Paul McCartney and Mumford and Sons

339

47: Nile Rodgers

340

Miniepisode: Halsey and Queen

341

46: TV Theme Music

342

Miniepisode: Leonard Cohen and 'Weird Al' Yankovic

343

45: Boy Bands

344

Miniepisode: Drowning Pool, Puddle of Mudd, Shock G and Humpty Hump

345

44: Halloween 2

346

Miniepisode: Yes and 'A Star Is Born'

347

43: Bass Guitar

348

Miniepisode: Len and Maroon 5

349

42: Off-Brand Picks

350

Miniepisode: Prince and Smash Mouth

351

41: New Jack Swing

352

Miniepisode: Panic! At the Disco, Pet Shop Boys, Blancmange and Wham!

353

40: Zbigniew Rybczynski

354

Miniepisode: OMC and Duran Duran

355

39: B-Sides 3

356

Miniepisode: John Mellencamp and Squeeze

357

38: Quincy Jones

358

Miniepisode: Young MC

359

37: Grab Bag 4 (w/ Katie Willert)

360

Miniepisode: Robin Thicke and Don Henley (w/ Katie Willert)

361

36: Music Videos 1995–97

362

Miniepisode: The Beatles and Lil' Kim

363

35: Detroit

364

Miniepisode: The Chainsmokers and Meatloaf

365

34: Dance 2 (w/ Isabel Nelson)

366

Miniepisode: The Darkness, GG Allin, Amy Grant and Bob Dylan (w/ Isabel Nelson)

367

33: Slow Jams (w/ Katie Willert)

368

Miniepisode: Elvis, Huey Lewis and the News, and Migos (w/ Katie Willert)

369

32: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

370

Miniepisode: Spyro Gyra and Monster Magnet

371

31: Rebel Girls 2

372

Miniepisode: Sufjan Stevens and the Blues

373

30: Grab Bag 3

374

Miniepisode: Van Halen and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

375

29: Hip-Hop 1992–93

376

Miniepisode: Introducing Miniepisodes

377

28: Madonna

378

27: Minneapolis

379

26: B-Sides 2

380

25: Funk

381

24: Los Angeles

382

23: Bad

383

22: Happy Holidays

384

21: Charlene deGuzman

385

20: Grab Bag 2

386

19: Dance (w/ Isabel Nelson)

387

18: Halloween

388

17: The Jackson Dynasty

389

16: B-Sides

390

15: Punk

391

14: Hip-Hop 1988–89

392

13: Disco

393

12: Rhode Island and Northeast Ohio

394

11: Saxophone

395

10: Harry Nilsson (w/ Katie Willert)

396

9: Grab Bag

397

8: New Edition

398

7: Katie Willert

399

6: Yacht Rock

400

5: Rebel Girls

401

4: Billy Joel

402

3: Commercials

403

2: Music Videos 1981–83

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1: Prince