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Feb 2023
1h 40m

100: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" vs. "Clos...

Todd Nathanson
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OUR ONE HUNDREDTH NUMBERED EPISODE!! How have we gotten this far? We don't know, but we're going to celebrate it with a jumbo-sized podcast about two songs that are near and dear to our hearts, the alternative teen angst songs that changed the lives of so many '90s kids, especially us. What is the great alt-rock game-changer of the decade, "Smells Like Teen ... Show More
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