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Feb 2024
1h 46m

The Songs We Didn’t Do (Everyone Yells A...

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About this episode

Hello friends, and thank you for stopping by for a very special episode of 60 Songs. With just three songs remaining, it felt like a great week to have some of Rob’s favorite guests as well as producers stop by and yell at him over songs that he missed. Enjoy!

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guests: Andrew Savage, Yasi Salek, Elamin Adelmahmoud, Alex Steed, Leslie Gray Streeter, Isaac Lee, Jonathan Kermah, and Justin Sayles

Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Justin Sayles

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