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Your hosts Ian & RJ review and rank every Christmas, Hanukkah, winter, holiday, et cetera song.All of 'em. Even the bad ones. Especially the bad ones.
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Episode 418: Merry Sad Lonely Happy Christmas Party (opens the original)
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I know last episode was our back-to-school special, but don't take off your thinking caps just yet, because we're not done learning. This time, we're getting some international perspective with two C-Pop holiday song requests! We start with an upbeat New Year's song, "新年快乐 (Happy New Year)" by 小虎队 (Little Tigers) and 忧欢派对 (we're going with Sad Happy Party). Then brace for a mood shift with the intensely emotional "Lonely Christmas" by Eason Chan! If you'd like to see the video essay we mention i
Episode 417: Funducational Hanukkahtainment (opens the original)
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Hey, does this episode have a vibe? Can you tell it's 9pm? And on a school night?? Join us to prepare for a return to school AND the return of Rosh Hashanah with some educational-adjacent Hanukkah songs! "I Got a Harmonica for Hanukkah" by Ella Jenkins educates us about income disparity and also the blues, while "Hanukkah's Not Just For Kids" by the Macaroons educates us about different family structures, latke technique, and dogs as well. The ranking music in this episode is "8 Days of Hanukkah
Episode 416: Our Podcast Got Run Over By Una Mentirita (opens the original)
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It's another AGROBAR episode, and we're taking this beloved classic international! Sort of! Technically! Our first sort-of-technically international GGROBAR version is by celebrated Canadian band The Irish Rovers, followed by a not-really-international-but-at-least-multilingual rendition performed by Juan Carlos Guerrero and Dr. Elmo himself! This week's ranking music is, of course, "Everything Sucks" by Reel Big Fish. Matthew's AGROBAR gift to us can be read in full here !
Episode 415: Our Podcast Got Run Over By Grand Run Over Reindeer (opens the original)
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Like a werewolf helplessly transforming into its beastial form, our podcast once again becomes all Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, all August long! Come howl along with us as we listen to two tales of revenge. "Grandpa Got Revenge On a Reindeer" by Luke McKinney gets a lot of respect, even if it's moreso for the things it's not rather than the thing it is. Then "Grandpa Run Over the Reindeer" by Christmas Workshop Band offers a more opaque vision of the GGROBAR universe. The ranking music th
Episode 414: July, temporarily (opens the original)
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We're BACK... and this time? It's BIRTHONAL. In other words, it's Ian's Birthday Boy's Choice! He curates a romantic indie music Christmas in July for us with "December, forever" by Big Society, followed by "This Sky" by perennial Hark favorites, Christmas Aguilera. What a sweetie!! The ranking music in this episode is "Christmas in the Room" by Sufjan Stevens.
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