Greg Simpson

This Might Be A Podcast

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This Might Be A Podcast is a song by song podcast about They Might Be Giants, hosted by Greg Simpson.

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Greg Simpson

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 36 - I Palindrome I 19.06.2019

Here's another episode with the man who introduced ME to They Might Be Giants, Patrick Mooney, previously heard back on the Ana Ng episode. We discuss I Palindrome I and the strange path it took before it got to Apollo 18.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 35 - James K Polk 15.06.2019

Recorded on President's Day and airing on that day he died, we present our James K Polk episode! Precious few have mourned his passing, but a lot of you will enjoy this blowout episode featuring old friends Steve Clark (you may remember from the I've Got a Fang episode) and Dan Jeremy Brooks.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 34 - Dunkin Of Course Of Course 12.06.2019

The pod's resident artist Abi Bash drops by again, this time to cover our first Escape Team song, "Dunkin Of Course Of Course." It gets silly, of course... of course.

This Might Be A Podcast - Bonus Episode - Greg appears on The Weird Alphabet 11.06.2019

Greg appears as a guest on the hilarious song-by-song Weird Al fan podcast, The Weird Alphabet, to talk about the REM parody "Spam."

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 33 - Can’t Keep Johnny Down 05.06.2019

Our friend Scott Currie, the Bloomington, IN musician who previously appeared on the By The Time You Get This episode and the Don't Let's Start live episode, is back to talk about wonderfully angsty song Can't Keep Johnny Down, off of the album Join Us.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 32.5 - Mono Puff Special Part 1 01.06.2019

A hefty teaser of our Mono Puff Patreon Exclusive Episode, part 1. Greg is joined by Abi Bash, Jon Uleis and Mike Buffington each picked a song off of Unsupervised- Guitar Was the Case, Unsupervised I Hit My Head, Don't Break the Heart and Don't I Have the Right are discussed on this special episode.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 32 - Museum of Idiots 31.05.2019

Greg is joined by Minnesotan superfan Jonathan Leonard to talk about The Spine's Museum of Idiots. Where's the jazz? Here it is!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 31 - Rabid Child 29.05.2019

Virginia musician Matt Monta visits TMBP again to talk about Rabid Child. As you might expect with this song, things get weird.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 30 - Pumpkins (Are My Favorite Fruit) with Danny Weinkauf! 24.05.2019

Once again Danny Weinkauf, bassist of TMBG, stops by the show, this time to talk about his song Pumpkins (Are My Favorite Fruit) by his Red Pants Band. Bonus - Mike Park of Asian Man Records sends in his band Ogikubo Station's cover of Doctor Worm, 3 weeks ahead of their EP's release!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 29 - I Like Fun 22.05.2019

Greg is joined by his wife Cara Kinnally, previously heard on the Doctor Worm episode, to talk about the track I Like Fun. They discover some pretty interesting tidbits about this nugget of classic-tmbg-style wackiness.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 28 - Hypnotist of Ladies 15.05.2019

Molly O'Brien and Chris Wade of the And Introducing podcast join Greg to talk about Hypnotist of Ladies in a wonderfully tangent-filled episode.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 27 - Pour Some Beans On It 10.05.2019

The first song TMBG has released in 2019 was written for the podcast Mueller, She Wrote. Greg got ahold of AG, the host of the podcast, to explain this mysterious and silly song.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 26 - Spiraling Shape 08.05.2019

Artist and musician Mary-Anne McTrowe joins Greg on a doozy of an episode about a doozy of a song, Spiraling Shape off of 1996's Factory Showroom. Watch them go insaaaaane from that groovy thing.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 25.5 - Jonathan Feinberg, TMBG’s 1st Drummer! 03.05.2019

I knew very little about Jonathan Feinberg going into this. He did only play with them for about a year, but this was an important year, with TMBG transitioning from their trusty tape player into the unknown of a full band for the Apollo 18 tour. Hear Jonathan's story here!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 25 - Ampersand 01.05.2019

Another My Murdered Remains song coming at ya as Dana Williamson, violinist, guitarist and loop artist, talks with me about Ampersand.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 24 - The Communists Have The Music 25.04.2019

It's still Polish Week here on TMBP and on this second episode with Warsaw's Maciej Taubert, we cover the new-ish TMBG song The Communists Have The Music. This song won the Twitter poll for most requested song for me to do an episode on, so it's jumped the queue just for you all! Now the question is... is Maciej a Commie? Listen to find out!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 23 - I’ve Got a Match 23.04.2019

It's Polish Week here on TMBP! On this first episode with Warsaw's Maciej Taubert, we cover the classic Lincoln track I've Got a Match.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 22.5 - TMBG Art Episode 21.04.2019

An international crew of artists join Greg to talk about TMBG album and EP cover art from 1983-1989.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 22 - See The Constellation with Atom and His Package 19.04.2019

The amazing Adam Goren, aka Atom and His Package, joins Greg to talk about See The Constellation. If you don't know Atom, this is also a great episode to get aquainted with his fantastic synth punk tunage.

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 21 - Working Undercover For The Man 17.04.2019

Lafayette, IN musician and comedian Greg Lindberg, previously a guest on the Don't Let's Start live episode, joins Greg in-studio to talk about the Mink Car closing track Working Undercover For The Man. It's a double-dose of Gregs!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 20 - Sleep 10.04.2019

Avren Keating, host of the great Waves Breaking Podcast and fresh off an appearance on our Miscellaneous Trans exclusive episode, is here for a proper episode about the song Sleep from Nanobots. Watch us go nearly 90 minutes on a 42-second song.

This Might Be A Podcast - 19.99 - Miscellaneous Trans 08.04.2019

I'm joined by three lovely trans folks to discuss gender and identity issues, and trans themes that could be interpreted in TMBG songs. This is a very special one. Here is the teaser- to hear the full episode, sign up at Patreon dot come slash ThisMightBeAPodcast!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 19.12-19.21 - The Rest of Fingertips! 06.04.2019

We couldn't even keep up the gag. Here's the rest - All Alone, All By Myself through I Walk Along Darked Corridors! Join our Patreon to get the full Fingertips suite in one giant episode. Thanks to Tom Dunford for participating in this chaos!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 19.9 and 19.10 - Please Pass the Milk and Leave Me Alone 05.04.2019

It's a Fingertips two-fer with Tom Dunford!

This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 19.6 and 19.7 - I Found a New Friend and Come On and Wreck My Car 05.04.2019

It's another Fingertips two-fer with Tom Dunford!

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