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Ep. #1004: Liz Pelly

Liz Pelly is here to discuss her book Mood Machine – The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, loving New York City and high hopes for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, rationality and current reality, becoming a music fan, musician, and investigative journalist, questioning authority, corporations, and oligarchs, why Spotify has become so prominent and why some of its practices warranted further examination, how randomly viral TikTok songs lead to large Spotify pay days, ghost artists and generative AI, what’s next for her, and much more. See Liz speak at Mutek Forum in Montreal between August 20 and 22, 2025.

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Ep. #937: Mouth Congress

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Paul Bellini and Scott Thompson return to discuss Valley of Song, the new album by Mouth Congress, recent Kids in the Hall shows featuring banned material, the fate of Amazon Prime’s Kids in the Hall series, Bubby and the Mouth Congress band, Sandinista! by the Clash and making a double-LP, singing influences like Johnny Cash and Buck 65, sexuality, urban myths, and gerbiling, the Gabors vs. the Kardashians, Scott addressing the school shooting he survived in Brampton, Ontario, reflecting upon family, what’s next for Mouth Congress and Kids in the Hall, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #691: The Kids in the Hall

The Kids in the Hall’s Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald discuss the wonderful new season of their sketch series, why they’re back, how they’re working together, how the pandemic impacted the production of their show, being the Neil Youngs of comedy, William Shakespeare and Julie Klausner, nudity and the Beatles, Comedy Punks, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.