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Episode 1: We are kicking off the second season by getting back into the groove. We had an equinox special a few weeks ago that turned out to be the season finale. We’re planning a season one celebration; meanwhile, welcome to 2026!   Apologies for two f words that were in a clip (8:26 to 8:29), but if you can handle that and ultraviolence, you might enjoy Aranofsky’s “Caught Stealing.”  Caught St...

Episode 46: Welcome to an extra long season finale episode recorded on the winter solstice, made just for you to reflect back on the highlights of 2025 to help you make it through the long dark nights. Doug and guest Funk get together with Smashley to go back over the highlights from 2025. What a great (micro) and terrible (macro) year!   Listen to the end to hear this outro music, “Goldenseal” by...

Episode 45: Doug and Smashley go over some older music and movies in this episode. There’s a lot of good new music and film but it’s nice to go back over some oldies and watch some movies from the watchlist.   The Muffs played that good old rock and roll back in the 90s. This has a backbeat, which I can neither describe nor define, but it’s there. You can start your journey here: The Muffs - Oh Ni...

Episode 44: Ecca Vandal’s song “Molly” does that thing where the song builds and pops, delivering both the rock and the roll. Ecca Vandal - MOLLY I like how this song has this sense of anticipatory tension. It’s like we are waiting for something, and regardless of whether it’s good or bad, let’s get to it.  You have just a few more days to vote for your top ten albums. https://www.kexp.org/countdo...

Episode 43: We’re a couple days late but feeling better. I recommend avoiding being on the receiving end of a faceful of devil’s club. We skip spinning the globe, skim over some business business, but let’s be real: it’s the time of year to catch up on movies. There is a lot of good stuff coming out in theaters and it’s nice to stay in for movie night.   “Shiva Baby” got a lot of buzz when it came...

Episode 42: Smashley is having artgasms! We talk about those, remember some Covid travel disruptions, and talk sportsballs.    Vote for your favorite albums of 2025! KEXP will count the top vote-getters down at the end of the year. https://www.kexp.org/countdowns/best-of-2025/ Is Hazel English a musician or a model? How about both? If you like 1970s airline aesthetic, you’ll like this video. If yo...

Episode 41: Doug and Smashley are diving into the rainy season, with all sorts of arts and community activities that make the dark days the best of the year. We have lots of clips in this episode, celebrating the release of Hatchie’s album, “Liquourice.” Yes, she stands alone as a singular musical genius with a voice like no other, but she is also part of a long tradition of shoegaze and dreampop...

Episode 40: Back to back time shifts (jet lag, then clock changes) make Doug dopey. Not drunk, just a little out of it (did I say “destroy the whole family” in reference to annihilating the planet with a nuclear bomb?). We’re so topsy turvy that we start with Sportsballs this time!  The Washington Center for the Performing Arts has great sound and lighting, with excellent shows throughout the year...

Episode 39: Spinning the globe isn’t always about headlines. Doug talked to some young people while in Plovdiv and Sofia to get their takes on Europe, Bulgaria’s transition to the Euro, and oppression happening in Europe.  Cover your ears for Artgasm because we have some Bulgarian metal that might make them bleed. The skill in that musicianship is amazing; even if it’s not what you're into, yo...

Episode 38: In this episode, recorded remotely from Sofia, Bulgaria, Doug shares the secret to unlocking the cyrillic alphabet. He also talks to Smashely about the latest Gen Z revolution, Norwegian music, the fascinating story of Bulgaria’s transition from the Lev to the Euro, and some sportsballs and artgasms. We didn’t get into the Hamarsby match in the EUFA game in Bergen, but we’ll get to tha...

Episode 37: Doug is gearing up for his next trip to Europe. Alas, we won’t be able to get a ground level view of the chaos in France, which is spinning as they churn through prime ministers, because the destination is Bergen, then on to Sofia, and Plovdiv in Bulgaria.  Hazel English has a nice, new dreamy pop song out: Calgary .  Hatchie dropped the second single from her highly-anticipated album,...

Episode 36: New audio equipment is making for an adventure as we figure this out. The sound quality might be better but you can expect the same questionable content: some news, some arts, some sports, maybe even some factually accurate statements! We’ll make corrections in 37 if needed.  This song by Anna von Hausswolff, “Stardust,” is really standing out lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp...

Episode 35: We’re back to our goal of 22 minute episodes with this one, saving time by not spinning the globe. Olympia Blunders Season 3 playoffs are happening and it’s getting wild! We cover that and more in Sportsballs, in addition to some Artgasms.  Sign up for the Olympia Duck Chess Open, taking place on November 15th! Olympia Duck Chess Open . Links to more chess madness are here: https://lin...

Episode 34: Just a nice conversation as we celebrate the end of a fantastic summer and welcome my favorite season. Spoiler alert: your phone camera might be augmenting your pictures with AI. Do I want to know that, or are the illusions sometimes helpful? Another spoiler: if you are reading this, you aren’t being raptured.  Spinning the globe gets us back to Nepal, with more info and an in-depth ar...

Episode 33: We spin the globe for the first time in a while. Tibet is in chaos and the French government collapsed again. Oy vey!  Hinds has a nice cover of a Charli XCX song, featuring lorde. The video is a fun compilation from their tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LeHZxq6TM . All kinds of singles are popping up and tons of new albums by musicians are scheduled to be released in the next...

Episode 32: Worlds are realigning, on the macro and the micro. The artgasms and sportsballs are more important than ever to give me inspiration, hope, and let’s be honest, distraction from the horrorscape that this timeline has become.  I could mainline pure, distilled Hatchie all day and all night. Get a quick fix of some of the new stuff here while we count the days until the release of “Liquori...

Episode 31: Ethan Coen, of Coen brothers fame, made this one with co-writer Tricia Cooke. It's a fun neo-noir film, briskly paced, and the second in a planned trilogy. It’s like a live action dimestore novella that delivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6pHIZAI0   “Adult Romantix” by Winder just came out. We heard the single “Without You” a few episodes back and I love the whispery, brea...

Episode 30: Warning, we have a few verbal slips that we’d bleep if we had the skills and energy (at 3:22, 9:34, and 11:112). Pretend you don’t hear them.  Macro and micro worlds are out of sync right now. The good news is, she’s green has a new album out, “Chrysalis,” available on Bandcamp. Maybe more Doug music will tilt the macro towards better shape: https://shesgreen.bandcamp.com/album/chrysal...

Episode 29: Good energy to you! In this episode, we geek out a little bit on interest rates and the global economy before digging into the usual topics.  This article in the Atlantic, "Does the Stock Market Know Something We Don't" by Roge' Karma, gives a plausible explanation for why the stock market isn’t bouncing around as one would expect and just continues to grow: https://w...

Episode 28: There was no point in spinning the globe. There’s nothing good happening out there so for this episode, we focused on business, arts, and sports. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press release had some real zingers. It’s fun to analyze writing.  Velocity Dance Center is really moving! Pun fully intended. The Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation is in full flow (SFD+I, rhym...

Episode 27: There’s nothing like summer in the PNW. Each one is special in its own way, but one thing is constant and that is the beauty that surrounds us while we go through our daily lives. This one is proving to be particularly memorable, with so much art, community, activities, and joy. It’s not a dream: it’s a magical realityland. Arts, sports, and business are part of it.  This video from do...

Episode 26: We cover some heavy stuff and I get a little choked up when we spin the globe.  We spend a lot of time in the artgasm section because honestly, I need it and we are in a golden age of Doug music. She’s Green’s videos are looking pretty slick. Check this one out for Willow , and this one for Figurines . Stay for the whole song if you want to hear a little twist at the end. I sure hope t...

The usual topics but with a fun twist: extra amateurism! It’s almost like the previous 24 episodes offered no learning experience. Missed cues, confusion, accidental Nelson Muntz, and distractions pepper this episode. If you can make it through this mess, you’ll get your sportsballs and artgasm fix. If you can’t, episode 26 awaits you in the future. Timberland Regional Library offers a highly pers...

Sportsball season is failing to eclipse the arts, even though the latter are often dormant in the summer. Music and movies are providing the artgasms to get us through the sultry months. We have a lot of clips in this episode. Those are fun, right? The new season of KEXP’s Runcast has started. These age well (unlike some podcasts I can think of <ahem>). If you are looking for inspiration and...

Episode 23: Recorded on Juneteenth, 2025, Doug and Smashley talk about movies, soccer, and sparklemuffins. It’s aways fun to parse out what the fed chair is saying when he says something. What does diminished uncertainty about the economic outlook really mean? Listen and find out what I think. Season 3 of Olympia Blunders chess starts soon: www. OlyBlunders.com ! High Five Thursdays continues to b...