It’s not much of a show this week, but it’s a show nonetheless! Join us as we have an existential crisis about why the news all feels so pointless at the moment, take solace in some nostalgia for kinda good not-songs, and plenty of our usual other antisocial nonsense. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!
Show Rundown
Open — Remembering to remember things, especially Thom Brenneman
6:36 — Why we’re struggling to talk about the news today
26:52 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
49:45 — Wrap-up! Reagan, and other chatter
Relevant Linkage
Slate: With Arms Wide Open — How did Creed, the most hated band of the 1990s, become so beloved—and even cool? I sailed the seas with thousands of fellow lunatics to find out.
Rounding Up to One Percent