Episodes

  • From Righteous Anger to Loving Our Enemies

    From Righteous Anger to Loving Our Enemies
    Mar 3 2025
    In this episode Joe and Matt, explore how Bruce Springsteen's "Badlands" and The Neighborhood Kids' "Preacher Man" meet the current moment by expressing our collective righteous anger but leading us to hope.

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    44 mins
  • An Election and Halloween Special

    An Election and Halloween Special
    Oct 31 2024
    As we celebrate Halloween and dread the upcoming election in the US, we thought it would be a good time to discuss ghosts and immigration and the way they both appear in Dropkick Murphy's "The Hardest Mile." And then we listen to a celebration of immigrants with Shad's "Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)."

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    46 mins
  • A Joyful Day

    A Joyful Day
    Sep 16 2024
    Returning after a months-long hiatus, Joe and Matt bring two songs about joy: Dear Silas' "I Ain't Stressing Today" and "Rec & Play" by I'm from Barcelona.

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    30 mins
  • A Sobering Lament

    A Sobering Lament
    Apr 8 2024
    The world's messed up and so are we. So we talk about two songs that reflect that lament: Social Distortions' "I Was Wrong" and Kendrick Lamar's "Mother I Sobe.r"

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    35 mins
  • A Country Redemption

    A Country Redemption
    Mar 5 2024
    We explore the redemption themes of Joy Oladokun's "Somebody Like Me" and Johnny Cash's "Like a Solider."

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    47 mins
  • An Introduction

    An Introduction
    Mar 5 2024
    Joe and Matt discuss their musical and spiritual journeys plus their punk bonafides.

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    34 mins