A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast

More about Autumn! Stick around to the end for a ridiculous blooper time. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is...

We talk about Autumn! Which involves discussions of Persephone and Demeter, Joanna Newsom’s insane abilities as a lyricist, Nabokov, Only Skin, and, you guessed it, death all around. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, a...

The first episode about the criminally underrated Autumn. We spend a lot of time at the beginning of the episode talking about some super insightful listener thoughts and theories. Then we go on to discuss the first verse (especially the sentence structure of the first line). Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com....

The last episode on sweet Esme. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. “The phantom of love moves among us at will. Each phantom-limb lost has got an angel (so confused, like the wagging bobbed-tail of a bulldog): kindness, kindness prevails....

The first episode on sweet Esme! Shockingly, we discuss water, and what it might MEAN. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. “I can feel a difference. Today, a difference: all of us, in our tents, fearing god like a mistress.”

Here is the last episode on Soft as Chalk! In this episode, we talk vaguely about the Bible. We will miss this gorgeous song, and we are sad to let it go. Please send us thoughts on it so that we can talk about it more. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re...

Hello sweet people! We thought we would release one of our bonus Patreon episodes to the main feed in case anyone needs a little something to get through the holidays. Also, as a thank you for being the best listeners in the whole entire world. This is a silly episode where we take a quiz to determine which Joanna song we are. Hope you like it! Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopeles...

This is the third and penultimate episode on Soft as Chalk! We mostly try to figure out what the black bear is up to. There is a slight audio issue that gets better around the 20 minute mark. Sorry about that! As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to an article of theirs that we discuss in this episodes: ht...

We’ve got your motes; we’ve got your beams. And we hope you enjoy this second episode on Soft as Chalk. As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to an article of theirs that we discuss in one of the Soft as Chalk episodes: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/1092411853/when-bear-stepped-clear-of-bear/amp. Than...

Come join our discussion on goats, theodicies, and some good old fashioned righteous anger. Thank you SO MUCH to Rachana for a truly *breathtaking* cover of Soft as Chalk that we’ve included at the end of the episode. Be sure to listen to it. We promise that it’s worth it. As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a l...

Our final episode on the second record of HOOM. We talk about loose, sodden, spread, rushing and unhinged universes. As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to their super insightful post comparing Occident to Divers: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/643379032632721408/occident-and-divers Thank you all so...

The first episode on the last song on the second record of HOOM. Bonkers. We talk about small talk, about battering elements baiting kin, and a lot about death. As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to their super insightful post comparing Occident to Divers: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/643379032632...

The final episode on Go Long! We will miss this life-changer of a song. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. “There’s a man...

It’s the penultimate episode on Go Long! We wonder what lodge, and why the woods are the probable cause of… what? Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram,...

In our 50th episode (!), we talk about the Mekong, football moves, and what else “you” could be covered in. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and w...

In the second episode of our long go at Go Long, let us tell you how Jessica Simpson is relevant to the song! Princess Diana comes up again too, because obviously. We also learn about odalisques, and we wonder if they have been a theme this whole time. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://w...

In this episode, we spend over an hour not making it past the first verse! We talk about Bluebeard, obviously. But like a lot. And also about Princess Diana. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Last night, again, you were in my dream. Se...

This is Jackrabbits, so we talk about some dark, heavy stuff! Also, we stumble over some Bible business. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the music. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “I’m squinting towards the East. My faith makes me a dope. But you can take my hand, in the darkness, darling, like a length of rop...

Our first episode of the incredibly heavy Jackrabbits! We talk about heavy things. Please let us know what you think, because I feel like we need some help with this song! Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the music. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “I was tired of being drunk. My fac...

Okay. So I legit don’t get what happened with the last episode. From what I understand, there is new content, but only like 3/4 of the way through the episode. Technology, man. So! Here is an early release of the rest of our In California coverage. Thank you very much for being patient, and I’m so sorry! Hope you enjoy this last bit. Here is the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor....

***I messed up the audio on this one, guys. Very sorry. There is new content like 3/4 ish of the way through, so please just skip ahead.*** The penultimate episode on In California. We talk about deer and their creepy walleyed eyes, koi fish, and wellness. Thank you so much for listening! We want to hear from you (ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com). Our Patreon is here (the final episode of In Californi...

Here is the second part of our discussion on In California! We talk about scary deer, puns, and probably the Sopranos. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the music. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Sometimes I am so in love with you (like a little clock that trembles on the edge of th...

Bears! Bark-beetles! Beheadings! It’s all coming your way from our series on the majestic masterful masterpiece that is In California. Thank you all, so much, for listening. Thank you so much to David Pizarro for his beats and for making us sound good every single week. We want to hear your thoughts! Let us know what you think about In California or any other song at ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. O...

The final part of our discussion of the gorgeous masterpiece that is You and Me, Bess. Possibly even the last reference to a horse on the album too, but who ever knows. We talk about the logistics of being caught, about whether this is all just a lonely hallucination, and about snow thumps. Thank you so much for listening! Thank you to David Pizarro for the music and for his incredible audio proce...

In this episode, we speculate more about our narrator being a horse, about highwaymen in the 1700s, alfalfa, and more! I hope you all enjoy. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beats and audio processing skills. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor. “Hope Mother Nature has not overheard! (Though, she doles out hurt like a puking bi...