I will never not recommend this singular podcast episode (recommended to me by a dear friend from high school), which is so funny, silly, and suspenseful: a man remembers all the words and melodies to a song he heard all the time on the radio in arizona when he was a kid, but there's absolutely zero trace of it online or in our collective memory (except for one obscure internet post in a guitar forum, from a user based out of Trinidad & Tobago). the situation is absurd and it's impossible not to laugh along–– i've listened to this on family road trips, drives with friends, etc, probably 6 or 7 times over the past few years without getting sick of it. My first listen was while running the Central park loop and a stranger flagged me down to say we'd passed each other twice and she had to know how I could laugh and smile so much while running
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If you want to experience peak satisfaction, listen to this podcast episode. It feels like a massage for my OCD brain. An oldie but a goodie.
Feb 10, 2024
dood this might be the best podcast i’ve ever heard…….. it’s like finding lost media but for people. the jist: it’s stories about ykno. someone on the street saying something kind to you on the worst day of your life like 40 years ago that impacted you profoundly. anyways the podcast crew will go out and FIND THE PERSON or long lost parrot or archbishop of scotland or middle school crush or whatever and get them on the pod for catharsis. it’s really something else ive never torn thru a podcast like this/ been made to cry via podcast.
Jan 15, 2025
Yes I know I’m recommending the granddaddy of all podcasts but you don’t get to be a legend for no reason. Really fascinating and revealing story about the opioid crisis but told in a way that’s an absolute triumph of storytelling. Still remember where I was when I gasped as the full-circle moment. Ira and the gang still got it.
Apr 30, 2024
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full of admiration for the woman i saw outside the grocery store this afternoon
Mar 21, 2024
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helps me relax when making big and small decisions— everything in life leads to the next thing, no such thing as a wrong decision, etc.
Mar 5, 2024
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And eating them with butter and crunchy nutella and strawberries
Feb 4, 2024