Episodes Hear Me Out

In perhaps our most aggressively dumb episode yet, we discuss songs in love with underwear, cars, songs, dumps, trucks, you know, a lot of things! This week we’re joined by Chart Throb columnist and UCB comedian Brian Glidewell to discuss whether or not our musical pleasures should be considered guilty, even when they are vapid, […]

In episode 27 we discuss some of music’s greatest legends – The Beatles. Elvis. Beethoven. Gershwin. Not because we brought those songs in, no no. But one of our songs references all those people! And we DO have rock luminaries Wheatus, Enya, and Fleetwood Mac’s keyboardist. This week we are joined by the amazing Cathryn […]

It’s a Swedish Invasion on today’s episode! We’ve got the fantastic Emily Altman (Inside Amy Schumer) to help us “get thai-ed” as we navigate three songs that definitely bring International Flava. Also, NICKELBACK makes its debut on the show. NICKELBACK. Alden’s Pick: Listen to Your Heart-Roxette Winston’s Pick: One Night in Bangkok-Murray Head Emily’s Pick: […]

Back to our regular format! Back to bad songs! We’ve got Jim Santangeli (UCB) with us this episode and we go together like rice and peas, like cheese and buns. We talk about songs with balls, dear memories with family members, the 90s, and weird cream factories. So, just another episode, really. Winston’s Pick: 4 […]

Hey gang, its a specialsode! Intrepid field reporter Winston investigates a concert that represents the ethos of this podcast: Guster, Ben Folds Five (actually still legit) and Barenaked Ladies LIVE.  You’ll hear from past guests of the show who are in attendance, make some new friends and also learn that when Winston drinks several Bud […]

Hello! Summer rolls on, and the bad songs do too! We’ve got the stupendous Lauren Adams (UCB, commercials galore, Letterman) with us this week. We go into the room marked “Keep Out”, decide that “Kashmir” is a good song, and generally do what we want to. It’s we who run the podcast. Winston’s Pick: Mmm […]

Our very first guest, Josh Patten (SNL), returns to the show! Welcome to our new wine focused podcast, Cellar Temperature! Just kidding we’re still just talking about bad songs.  We have one song that made even the person it was written for fall asleep, a song written by a marketing department and backed by Sly […]

Welcome back after the Fourth! We hope you re-discovered your patriotism and love of Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to Be An American”. Pull on your jnco jeans or elastic band black chinos, your spiffy polo shirt or your pot leaf necklace and prepare for a wild ride. We’re joined by the amazing Chelsea Clarke (UCB’s The […]

Mmmmhello! We’re changing things up a bit for this episode and focusing on one band: HANSON. Alden is fresh from a two day Hanson concert and has brought fellow attendees Nate Dern (UCB theater), Miranda Erokan, and Emily Kunkel to rehash the event and share some squeaky clean tunes. Alden’s Pick-Kiss Me When You Come […]

Podcast licky boom boom down! We’re back with the amazing Michael Kayne (UCB’s What I Did For Love) and we’re talking about self-love, Charlotte hornet starter jackets and confusing Do Not Disturb and Dungeons and Dragons. It’s pretty cool, but not as cool as Jaheem Jones. Winston’s pick: The Divinyls – I Touch Myself Alden’s […]

This one goes out to all the ladies. Light a candle, pour a decanter of Train Wine, and sit back and enjoy as Megan Neuringer (Best Week Ever) joins us. We get goosebumps listening to Bryan Adams and Sting, then get the heebie jeebies from Alden’s pick, then get goosebumps again thanks to Ms. Demi […]

Welcome and step into our Dreamworld, listeners! Trip the light fantastic with us as we explore dreamscapes with actual music professional Brian Faas (UCB’s The Law Firm, The Fuse Network).  We encounter water-skiing cowboys, half-hobbit, half-Truman Capote androids, and an “exhausted” Mariah Carey in a bandana bikini.  It’s a terrifying journey into madness and GLITTER. […]

We’re back! And this time, with FEELINGS! We plumb the depths in this episode. Fortunately, we have the fantastic Ashley Ward (Big Black Car, Baby Wants Candy) by our side to explore pledging Kappa Sig, scary subway rants, and the horrible monster known as the Frankensong. Plus, you’ll find out what role Michael McDonald would […]

Fill up your Nalgenes and slip on your Tevas, because Episode 15 is here, lounging in the amphitheater with cargo pockets full of reefer and a Jansport packed with frolf putters. This week we chat with the hilarious Ryan Karels about Hollywood bands, anti-feminists, and riding an underground music wave right into a frat house. Alden […]

Get ready for the manliest, most adrenaline-feuled, coked out episode of Hear Me Out yet. No, wait, come back! This week we sit down with the wonderful Lydia Hensler to discuss 80s dude flicks, casual misogyny, the Irish’s way with words, and noted R&B crooner Peabo Bryson. Winston picks his manliest song of the show, […]

The episode is almost here! Can you feel it? Here it comes…can you feel it? CAN YOU FEEL IT? Guys, this is the weirdest and most DRAMATIC show we’ve had. Rules are broken, triumphs happen, and a woman holds onto a tree while the wind is blowing. DRAMATIC. We have the wonderful John Flynn (Oh […]

This week’s episode is like red, but not quite. Lively debate abounds as we talk with the creator of Phil Phriday himself, UCB writer/performer Mike Scollins. We discuss band gimmicks, thin metaphors and angry letters addressed to the Lyte Funky Ones. Alden tries to disparage his own song and fails, Winston tries to defend his […]

Hey gang, we’re back with another episode! This one “feels like butter”. You might want to listen to this one on your four wheeler, white horse, or faith/gasoline powered car.  We’ve got the terrific Morgan Jarrett (UCB) on the show as we listen to “party” music, New Found Glory covers, and songs that are a […]

Spring has sprung, and it’s time to get SAD. We have the wonderful Caitlin Bitzegaio (Stuff You Should Know, UCB) with us to help us plumb the depths of some sad, dark songs. At least they’re sad by our standards. We cover the reciting the monologues of the Marquis de Sade, discuss how choruses are […]

A new episode is up! Welcome to our shame shower. We discuss the symptoms of “Night Fever” (hint: it’s the same symptoms as cocaine use), get angry about historical inaccuracies regarding Superman’s cape, and give a shoutout to everyone’s favorite band, Pushmonkey. We clutch at the air, mope around, and break through walls like the […]