Summer Of Soundtrack Episode 1: Hughes Highlights
We're declaring 2026 the Summer Of Soundtrack, contemplating film soundtracks across the decades -- and we're starting with 10 selections from the 1980s John Hughes teen oeuvre, some you'll remember a...
13 Jul 1h 9min
Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man," Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)
Dan Rogge returns -- with our new friends L.V. Beethoven and Phyllis Domain -- to discuss his least favorite William Joel album, 1983's "An Innocent Man." The recurring Diane character, elegant intern...
8 Jun 1h 15min
The Dolly 64 E10: The Championship
The moment has arrived: the selection of the Dolliest Dolly Parton song of them all. As we investigate whether all Parton-narration roads pass through "Jolene," we're also discussing insightful user c...
27 Apr 27min
The Dolly 64 E09: Final 4
And you think about it, don't you? ...As much as we'd like every one of these Dolly Parton songs to get a participation tiara, we will forge ahead with choosing the championship pair. Along the way, w...
20 Apr 27min
The Dolly 64 E08: Elite 8
Today we select our Final 4 in the Dolly 64, after struggling with self-imposed rules that don't serve us, identifying the Dolly songs that won't end up in a commercial for floor polish, and speculati...
13 Apr 34min
The Dolly 64 E07: Sweet 16
It's the hardest round in every bracket season in some ways, and the Dolly 64's Sweet 16 ep is no different. How many different lists did Sarah have? Is Mark's "Dolly didn't write it" rule going to la...
6 Apr 57min
The Dolly 64 E06: Round Of 32
The second half of our Dolly 64 Round Of 32 is still confronting the question of which Dolly Parton narrative voice is the most typical and/or dominant. It's also confronting hashtag coot songs, clari...
30 Mar 48min
The Dolly 64 E05: Round Of 32
"What a way to make a living," indeed -- the Dolly 64 Round Of 32 raises a lot of tough questions. Which Dolly are we talking about when we ask which song is the Dolliest? Which tracks unite the coffe...
23 Mar 58min
