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Noah Daniel returns at long last to talk about Unforgotten off of the S-E-X-X-Y EP. We find out what Flans himself thinks of the song, play a rare live version, and hear a cover from Noah himself.

Darrell Till returns to the show to tackle a big song - The Statue Got Me High from Apollo 18. We chat about everything from 4-tracks to Don Juan, get a special call from drummer JD Feinberg and baby Ramona makes an appearance!

Becca Ganey is here for her first proper episode to talk about an extremely deep cut, Happy, only played live, and with the only recording appearing on TMBG Unlimited. Hear us dissect this extremely weird song and create the only cover ever!

Frequent TMBG artistic collaborator David Cowles is here to talk about a song which he did the music video for, Put It To The Test off of Here Comes Science. David also gives us the insider stories of many of his TMBG works from The Mesopotamians video to The Escape Team.

Game developer Lisa Fenix is here to talk about John Henry deep cut Window. Featuring a rare live performance recording and a couple of awesome custom made covers.

Factory Showroom is now 25 years old and my good friend Jesse Harris is here to talk about one of its best tracks, Till My Head Falls Off.

Fellow Hoosier Jessica Rodenberger joins me to talk about Insect Hospital off of Nanobots which is, like, literally a good song. Her daughters join us to weigh in on the song too!

Our final Horn episode is with Mark Pender, famous for playing trumpet on Conan O'Brien's shows. He has appeared on a bunch of tmbg tracks as well as toured with them, and he is here to talk about Ant, since he played on the Indestructible Object version. We talk about all versions of the song and get to hear about the life of a late night show musician.

Horn Month continues with Stan Harrison, saxophononist on many TMBG tracks and member of the Tricerachops Horns, here to talk about Withered Hope off of The Else.

It's Horn Month here at TMBP and first up is frequent TMBG trombonist and multi-intrumentalist Dan Levine to talk about Electric Car off of Here Comes Science. Dan arranged the winds in this song, and there is a lot to discuss! Much band nerdery ensues.

Comedian Ethan Ullman of Dave and Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast is here today to talk about the Flansy power pop gem Feign Amnesia off The Else. We get into many Weird Al related tangents and attempt to get to the bottom of why Feign Amnesia is unfairly forgotten by TMBG.

Eb Mitchell is here to giggle with me through the entirety of this discussion of the jazzy John Henry number Extra Savoir-Faire. We chat about the demo, a duo performance and slide trumpets.

Andy Howard of my band Outdoor Velour joins me to talk about the song we covered for the Purple Toupee compilation, Call You Mom from Nanobots. Hear us breakdown just how compilcated this song is and convince you it's one of the best modern tmbg songs.

Let's have a gay old time! It's Gay Might Bi Giants part 2, where I've once again rounded up a crew of some awesome queer friends to talk about their favorite TMBG songs through their personal experiences and feelings. Guest hosting is Amber Chaney, and joining her are Acey Jane and Lauren Walton for a Oops, all sapphics! episode. Enjoy!

Another charity episode is now free! Danny Weinkauf is here to tell us about his upcoming album WORDS, and to give us the behind-the-music worthy stories of Elephants and its long journey to getting on a TMBG album.

This charity episode is now free! The TMBG John Henry rhythm section, bassist Tony Maimone and drummer Brian Doherty, both return to the show to reminisce about a song they have songwriting credit on, AKA Driver! You're in for some inside stories folks, so strap it in!

Peter Gritsch returns to the show to chat about Rat Patrol from Long Tall Weekend. Hear some rare live recordings of the song, a live performance by Greg on one of his weird instruments, and the premier of a cover of the song that will appear on the Purple Toupee compilation!

First-timer Brianna Jones is on the show to talk about this extremely underrated deep deep cut Microphone, collected on the Cast Your Pod to The Wind CD. Learn all about how this song should be in your top five TMBG ballads. Episode edited and mixed by John Walker of the FYIz podcast network.

Comedy writer and musician Jean-Luc Bouchard visits the show to talk Contrecoup off of The Else. We talk about The Onion, ragtime music, and of course phrenology and brain injuries. Episode edited and mixed by John Walker of the FYIz podcast network.

Straight outta Kuranda in Australia, Phillip Lewis is here to talk about Danny Weinkauf's first songwriting credit for TMBG, Where Do They Make Balloons? We go deep into this special song from their first kids album No!, and even get some inside info in a phone call from Danny himself!

First time guest Cathy Moore braves the dangerous waters of discussing a song that appears on two albums- She Thinks She's Edith Head, with parenthesis if we're talking the Long Tall Weekend version or without if it's the Mink Car version. Which is superior? We're gonna find out!

Months ago, I rounded up three IFC-member friends to talk about John Linnell's new EP Roman Songs, and now that the EP has been released to the masses, so may this episode! Old friends Cari Hearn and Spencer Parks are joined by new friend and high school Latin teacher Dessa Asp to talk about Roman Songs! Woot!

David Parke, co-host of the Jimmy Eat World song-by-song podcast Jimmy Eat Pod is here to talk about one of his kids' favorite TMBG songs, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. Even if you're not into Mickey or the show, you're going to want to hear this episode for the laughs alone. Find Jimmy Eat Pod everywhere podcasts are found, and head to their feed to hear Greg on their episode about Jimmy Eat...

Our second in a series of charity episodes to benefit my student with brain cancer, Allie Goertz, musician and Everything's Coming Up Simpsons and Round Springfield podcasts, comes on to talk about Trouble Awful Devil Evil off of Phone Power. The Simpsons get quoted endlessly as we talk about her story of fandom with the band which began properly with meeting them! In addition to dissecting this d...

Co-author of the 33 1 / 3 Flood book, S. Alexander Reed, is on the show to talk about a song NOT on Flood, Hide Away Folk Family. He provides some very insightful thoughts on the song, we play a selection of live versions of the song spanning nearly 30 years, and unearth some fun covers of all styles.