Episodes

  • The Royal Scam
    Apr 10 2025

    It's the season finale. Andrew appears to have stomached an entire Steely Dan album without vomiting a rainbow of jazz-tinged despair. Will he fall at the final hurdle?

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Everything You Did
    Mar 19 2025

    In which your hosts, Oli Pyper and Andrew Souter, use Nathan Fielder's penis as a tool to deconstruct the Steely Dan song 'Everything You Did'.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Haitian Divorce
    Feb 18 2025

    In this bumper episode, legal expert Matt Hasler joins Oli and Andrew to discuss Steely Dan's biggest UK hit. Is it a harmless cod-reggae trifle? Or has Papa gone too far this time?

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Green Earrings
    Jan 22 2025

    Andrew 'Cold' Souter and Oli 'Daring' Pyper again welcome Steely Ann to the pod bothy. The subject? A funky bit of kleptopop that proved instrumental in defining the Steely Ann sound and helping them seize their crown as south-central Minnesota's premier Steely Dan tribute band.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • The Fez
    Jan 6 2025

    Lured from his Moog Drome, pod-adjacent legend The Drum Doctor finally joins Andrew and Oli to discuss a rhythm-heavy number that should be right up his alley. His verdict? 'I didn't even realise it was Purdie on the drums.'

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Sign In Stranger
    Dec 12 2024

    Strap in, folks. The NavCore's set for Mizar 5 and it's gonna be a long journey. Thankfully, First Mate Souter and Spacebilge Operative Pyper are on board. Settle in next to the Infinite Negativity Drive and let them regale you with tales of sci-fi scepticism, sandwich fillings and mid-rate Steely Dan tunes.

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    54 mins
  • Don't Take Me Alive
    Nov 28 2024

    Agents of the law! Luckless pedestrians! Podcast devotees! We know you’re out there. Join Andrew, Oli and friend of the show Ben Jones as we pick apart “Don’t Take Me Alive”, track three from The Royal Scam. Featuring bad American accents, a misguided attempt at accessibility and five minutes of improvised musical madness.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The Caves of Altamira
    Nov 13 2024

    Andrew Souter, cave expert, is joined by Oli Pyper, lumbering cretin. The question: just how likely is it that a child-sized Donald Fagen discovered a noted Spanish speleoplex? Stay tuned to the end for a shocking Countdown to Exegesis first.

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    57 mins