Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 hours 6 minutes
Boxing! Grokking! Things that make us mad! We give a LOT of lyrical real estate to the Picasso raffle lady. We revisit the question "WHAT IS NEWS?" and we also tease a new format for next week... Highlights: "Marciano," "British Politician Sex," Gil...
What are those burning photos? Who is the baby? Why isn't Billy warning them?? Does the video predict THE FUTURE??? Bra burning! Pre-internet memes! Lucille Ball impersonations! Making up for things that aren't in the song! So many toys! Jack Ruby! T...
Baseball! Sh*tty people resurfacing in the news! Playing the "meta game!" How many people in this song are still alive in 2020?? Highlights: Mickey Mantle, Designated Hitters in the National League, Bernie Goetz, Shkreli/Goetz/Manafort/Kabuga ----m...
The word "slog" returns! What do Billy Joel and Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" have in common? What about Giannis Antetokounmpo and George Stephanopoulos? Sam has no choice but to stan Colombo! Is an octameter just two tetrameters? Highlights...
Trochaic Octameter! The "We Didn't Start the Fire" music video! The Google News Archive! Rib injury! Disco ball batteries! Highlights: Missing great white sharks, Sudan bans genital mutilation, Ole Miss, England's got a new Queen
We are getting INTO IT. Lowercase news words. Leslie Jamison! A unified theory of Billy Joel bias! Other songs?? Nobel Laureates! "Next Stop Greenwich Village!" Highlights: Pasternak, Dylan, Mark Warner's tuna melt, Travis Scott's Fortnite concert
Long toast! The rules of the song! Syllables! Our favorite TikTok account! How do you say "no-go" in French? And we can't take "I can't take it anymore" anymore! Highlights: Princess Grace, Chubby Checker, Poland protests, Chess upset
We both had a lot to say this week. We discuss the impact of c*****v***s, the lyrical artistry of B***y J**l, toying with the chronological order, syllable stress, and the camera toilet. Highlights: Payola, Dacron, Cavallari Bahamas drama, Yemen Cea...
We are... really enjoying this now? This episode was recorded as a video- we're gonna keep doing that. We talk about Nixon showing up in the song twice, which makes us feel better about our repeats. Also, we are filled with terror to learn that the s...
Our first remotely recorded episode! The show was driving us insane- now it might be keeping us sane??? We discuss Cohen brothers spoilers, how we are breaking through the constant bad news, and we use the word "horny" a LOT. Highlights: Peyton Pl...