Jake Young, Holden McNeely and Marcus Parks explain the Japanese synthesized pop music sensation, Hatsune Miku!
Jan 5
The Best Nerd Stuff of 2025
We ring in the new year by immediately reflecting on the old year. What were the best games, movies, comics, shows, and songs of 2025? We'll tell you and even read some of your picks. Then the boys reflect on the first year of the podcast's big new change and their favorite momen ... Show More
1h 32m
Dec 29
What Makes a Great Christmas Movie
Yes, we're a little late for Christmas but that's because we were busy watching Michael Caine act his ass off in front of a bunch of Muppets. Jake, Holden, and Mike talk about their favorite Christmas movies and TV specials, and unlike the Chanukah episode there isn't time to lis ... Show More
1h 29m
Jun 2021
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
If you listen to a lot of music on YouTube, you may have been recommended a video. The thumbnail image is a striking black-and-white photo of a Japanese singer named Mariya Takeuchi. The song, “Plastic Love,” is a lush disco track with deep groove, impeccable string and horn arra ... Show More
31m 6s
Apr 2022
Song separation anxiety with Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale
Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale discuss why they’re happiest when they’re hitting things, seeing every song you make as if it’s your first, the importance of renewal to stay fresh, why you can’t be emotionally detached from your music, and the evolution o ... Show More
31m 50s
Aug 2020
Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion
Athena Kugblenu gets into Aragehonzi's one of kind album, Hanatsuoto, that fuses Japanese folk with neo-soul, funk, jazz, rock, indie, and everything in between.
26m 12s