Don't Skip This One

*originally posted May 30, 2022* Zack recently turned 30! So he deals with it the only way he knows how, by talking into a microphone about music way too late at night. He also rants a lot...like a lot

*originally posted May 23, 2022* Zack plays a game that absolutely no one asked for, and Brady uses the patience he has learned becoming a father to put up with it. We recommend not looking ahead on this particular playlist.

*Originally posted May 16, 2022* Today's episode is all songs that have to do with Outer Space! Listen to Zack and Brady discuss aliens, Jack Johnson concerts, and colorblindness as they stay super on topic.

*Originally posted May 9, 2022* Listen as Zack, Brady, and guess Erin Tanner talk about blood oaths, the hero story, how visual jokes work, and oh yeah some of their guilty pleasure songs.

*Originally posted May 2, 2022* Brady and Zack talk about a genre they haven't explored on the show but both love very much, musicals! Specifically for this one, musicals that they grew up with. Also Brady continues to try for that Ham Horn sponsorship and Zack becomes easily frustrated by the mere mention of the Les Miserables movie

*Originally posted April 25, 2022* Brady takes control of the podcast and takes co-host Zack on a tour through Brady's hometown of Vegas, through music performed by bands from Vegas singing about Vegas!

*Originally posted April 18, 2022* Brady and Zack talk about climate change and ways we can help through the power of song!

*originally posted April 11, 2022* Michaela joins Brady and Zack to discuss music that serial killers listened to because Michaela and Zack are true crime enthusiasts (and Brady is married to Michaela so we let him join) Content Advisory: frank discussion of the crimes and crime scenes of serial killers

*originally posted April 4th, 2022* Megan joins Zack and Brady to talk about the best show ever made (fight us) Community!

*originally posted March 28, 2022* Zack and Kevin sit down to talk about the flip of their earlier episode, songs that sound sad but the lyrics are happy!

*originally published March 23, 2022* Zack and his older brother sit down to talk about their introductions to pop punk, but wind up talking about almost anything else

*originally posted March 14, 2022* Brady takes control of the music for this episode because we're looking through the music o' the Irish!

*originally posted March 6, 2022* Don't blame me for the episode title. That's all Brady, not me. In this episode we discuss early 2010s folk music, one of our favorite shared musical genres!

*originally posted February 27, 2022* In which I talk about one of my favorite albums of all time

*originally published January 20, 2021* Brady joins to talk about Kevin's latest slew of insults and we lose our totally real producer that has a super believable name.

*originally posted January 13, 2022* Kevin Bessey joins me to talk about songs with happy music but sad lyrics! We also discuss the merits of sound vs the merits of authenticity, our favorite 21 pilot albums, and forgetting about CDs in the library.

*originally posted December 30, 2021* Cody and Brady join me to talk about our favorite genre of music...Emo!

*originally posted December 23rd, 2021* It's that time of year and Dak (Cody) returns to talk about his Christmas song trauma! Plus, Brady joins for awhile so we can have a brief discussion about what matters most: Authenticity.

*originally posed December 16, 2021* All by myself today, but I'm exploring something I think is super cool: musical time travel

*originally posted December 9, 2021* Brady comes back to talk about angry breakup songs! Also Fanta, please contact us about sponsorship fees.

*originally posted December 6, 2021* This episode is about music that involves deals with demons! I am joined by Kevin Bessey who talks about his latest album which revolves around this idea, his approach to songwriting, good vs evil, and how a fake cough is better than a real sneeze (in his opinion).

Zack and Brady weren't able to schedule a time to record again, but we do have some fun announcements!

*originally posted November 27, 2021* Brady joins to defend his managerial style, talk how punk will never die, and tell a story of how I got kicked out of a concert.

*originally published November 19, 2021* Some songs to hypnotize you so you follow this podcast. Plus the musician Dak joins me to talk about his latest singles, life as an independent artist, and how I should quit because I missed the most obvious song choice for this episode.

*original posted November 4, 2021* In this episode we talk about a song structure that I've affectionately nicknamed "The Build"