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Ep 42: No Sousenkyo? Is This the End of an Era in 48G? Recorded March 17, 2019 Episode Summary The Selective Hearing staff gather to discuss the big news coming from AKS, no more yearly General Election for the girls in 48 Group.   How does this change the future of 48G? Find out our thoughts. Show Notes: Introductions What are you working on? What are you drinking? What were your initial thoughts...

Selective Hearing's Allen goes live from WWE's Elimination Chamber 2019 with pre and post event discussion. Recorded On February 17, 2019 Introductions and Match Predictions We recorded the first part while getting drinks at a bar called The Rustic. We did not realize that there was going to be open mic for music when we recorded. Sorry!  We still made our predictions! Post Elimination Chamber Tho...

The Selective Hearing staff gathered to discuss IZONE's Japanese debut Suki to Iwasetai. The opinions expressed in this program are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the other Selective Hearing staff and/or our affiliates and partners. Recorded February 10th, 2019 100+ Days of IZ*ONE Introductions What’s been going on?  What are you drinking? Etc...  Our Thoughts on...

The Selective Hearing staff and guest got together to talk about the result of the third season of Produce 101 (a.k.a. Produce 48) and the new K-Pop girl group that spawned from it called IZ*ONE. Introductions What you been up to? What are you working on for the site?  Who are IZ*ONE? Quick history from Produce 48  Quick feelings on the Produce 48 finale  Successes of IZ*ONE Highest First Week Sal...

The Selective Hearing staff and a special guest gathered to discuss AKB48’s 10th World Senbatsu Sousenkyo and make bold predictions on the final results. We claim no responsibility for any monetary losses you may incur based on our bullshit. Remember, the opinions in this podcast are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the other Selective Hearing staff and our partner...

The Selective Hearing wrestling crew gather to discuss Wrestlemania 34. We had no script for this and were basically were talking out of our asses for the entire 2 hours. What we generally covered was the following:  Will the Undertaker face John Cena? If so, in which incarnation will he return as?  Predictions for NXT Takeover: New Orleans and who might be moving up to the main roster after Wrest...

The Selective Hearing staff gather to analyze the rankings in AKB48’s 49th Single Sousenkyo. The opinions expressed in this broadcast do not necessarily reflect those of the other Selective Hearing staff/contributors, our partners and/or affiliates. UPCOMING GIRLS Matsuoka Hana takes the title of Ms. Irrelevant. Guess we were wrong on that one. Who are you more sad about? Mogi diving hard or Tani...

Election Observations This year’s outdoor event was cancelled due to weather. According to pictures posted from the venue there was going to be a big waterslide used during the concert. Reports from members also indicated the return of disgusting bikinis. When the official cancellation announcement was made fan rage came quick and fast. Who do you believe had the most right to be upset? People who...

Topic 1: General Election Talk - What are your thoughts on this year’s crop of quitters and dropouts? - Who is the most surprising non-participant? Of those who entered into this year’s election, who do you think should have thought twice since they have no chance of ranking? - Are you going to stay up and watch this thing or just do the sensible thing and sleep and watch the Internet explode in t...

Matches Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) for the WWE Universal Championship The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns Triple H vs. Seth Rollins Dean Ambrose vs. Baron Corbin for the Intercontinental Championship Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens for the U.S. Championship John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse Bayley vs. Charlotte Flair...

Recorded July 4, 2016 Running Time: 02:44:04 OPENING – Booker T Theme Song “Rap Sheet” Panel Questions TOPIC 1: Pre-show concert Did you watch? What major announcements were made if any? TOPIC 2: General Nonsense Did you watch alone in your room clutching to your oshi pillow in anticipation of your fave getting called up? Or were you huddled around a computer screen/TV with other wota in the same...

OPENING: Three 6 Mafia – Some Bodies Gonna Get It Points of interest for this year’s election The first election to feature NGT48 members The first election to announce more members as 1st day results than actually will rank On March 23rd, staff members received an application from Nyan Nyan Kamen (にゃんにゃん仮面), which they believed was submitted by Kojima Haruna under an alternate alias. The...

OPENING - Morning Musume '15 - Oh My Wish Introductions Day 1 - Friday HELLO DISCO Day 2 - Saturday MORNING MUSUME ’16 CONCERT Day 3 - Sunday Answer Questions from Fans Rank the 3 American Momusu Concerts Best to Worst Did you attend all three MM concerts? Reasons for your favorite/least favorite Who is next? Closing Statements ENDING - Morning Musume '15 - Endless Sky

INTRO – モーニング娘。’15 – My Only One TOPIC 1: What are you looking forward to at Anime Matsuri? TOPIC 2: Morning Musume ’16 specific events at Anime Matsuri TOPIC 3: What do you expect from the Morning Musume ’16 concert? TOPIC 4: Hello! Disco event details TOPIC 5: Closing Thoughts OUTRO – モーニング娘。’15 – スカッと My Heart ASSOCIATED LINKS Hello! Disco – https://www.facebook.com/events/799...

OPENING/INTRO - NMB48 - Don't Look Back TOPIC 1: WHAT DID YOU DO ON ELECTION NIGHT? TOPIC 2: PRE-ELECTION CONCERT TOPIC 3: THE ELECTION STREAMS TOPIC 4: THE ELECTION ITSELF The 80% Club (a.k.a. Unranked) Upcoming Girls Future Girls Next Girls Undergirls Senbatsu Halloween night is the 41st single. Do you like the costumes? How about the song? ENDING/OUTRO - HKT48 - 12秒

OPENING – AKB48 – Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai INTRO TOPIC 1: Quickly rank the election singles from favorite to most despised. Your choices are: Iiwake Maybe Heavy Rotation Flying Get Gingham Check Koisuru Fortune Cookie Kokoro no Placard TOPIC 2: Election Dropouts What are your general thoughts on this crop of dropouts? Are the ones without a valid excuse quitters with no ovarian fortitude whatsoeve...

OPENING - EXILE - Ti Amo ~Unplugged Version~ TOPICS Hiro's enjoyment of idol fan "retirement" What is a mix tape? What is a cassette tape? How your musical influences determined your list Valentine's day in Japan vs. Valentine's day in America   Hiro's Valentine's Mix Tape Side A: For The Lovers Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1983) Johnny Gill - My, My, My (1990) Johnny Mathis - Misty (1959)...

Episode 26 of the Selective Hearing Roundtable was recorded on December 19, 2014 and is a short discussion about what went down for most of the staff of Selective Hearing in the year of 2014. INTRO EXILE TRIBE - CHOO CHOO TRAIN TOPICS Introduce yourself to the masses General year in review, events you attended, general life events or changes, other projects you have worked on outside of Selective...

Episode 25 of the Selective Hearing Roundtable was recorded on November 15, 2014 and is a lengthy discussion about Hello! Party, Morning Musume '14 and all things that went down in New York last month featuring special guests Bryan and Jen Veloso of Hello! Base. PANEL Greg - Selective Hearing Allen - Selective Hearing Bryan - Hello! Base  Jen - Hello! Base Topics Questions about Hello! Party 4 Mor...

Episode 24 of the audio version of the Selective Hearing roundtable was recorded on September 30, 2014. In this episode the panel discusses Morning Musume's upcoming concert in New York on October 5 and the events surrounding it. THE PANEL: Greg  Allen  INTRO TOPICS     Hello! Party 4     Your previous H!P concert experiences.     Advice for new H!P concert goers     Monday Night RAW in Brooklyn  ...

INTRO Cheap Pops and Promos Michishige Sayumi Pink Glowstick Project Layout of the election: 80 girls ranking out of 310 total Aijinomoto Stadium. It was raining the whole time. Everyone had raincoats and set was covered in plastic. Girls put on a concert in rain before election time. Pyramid seating for the rankings What did you think about the Gamashura Ouendan bros? This year’s live streams: Co...

THE ONLY TOPIC: AKB48 37th Single Election Whoever made those ugly ass paintings should be fired or at least re-trained to draw people properly? Y/N? Really, don’t you think a blind monkey would do a better job? Senbatsu members (選抜メンバー) : Rank 1 – 16 Under Girls (アンダーガールズ) : Rank 17 -32 Next Girls (ネクストガールズ) : Rank 33 – 48 Future Girls (フューチャーガールズ) : Rank 49 – 64 U...

OPENING: The Champs – Tequila Topics How was the flight in? Did you get stuck in the restroom during turbulence again? What was the Babyraids 6-shot experience like? Did they sing live or was it canned? What is a checki? Touristy stuff, did you get any value out of it? Advice for those who would like to travel solo in Japan? ENDING: Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino – Pimpin All Over The World Resour...

OPENING: AKB48 – Mae Shika Mukanee Topics Hiro’s May 17 experience at Pacifico Yokohama Greg’s May 24 experience at Tokyo Big Sight Hiro’s May 24 experience at Tokyo Big Sight Default poses (Heart & Peace) How the 2-shot worked for us Was it worth it? ENDING: YuiKaori – Lucky Ducky

Hiro arrives in Japan First – Will Hiro make to the Hotel from the airport? – GOGO Curry. First or last meal in Japan or both? – What are you going to be doing by yourself out there? – Any idol specific events outside of AKB planned? Greg arrives the week after Hiro – Will Greg make it to the hotel from the airport and be awake enough to meet up afterwards? – First thing Greg will do after landing...