Charles and Alex discuss IDF catgirls, Kelly Clarkson's DoD funding, and how the happy birthday song should be on the Billboard charts all year. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119232351Fortune Kit

Palma (@sweetxpalma) takes Charles and Alex through the early dad-rock years of Fleetwood Mac before their fateful pivot to mom rock. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitTracklist:If You Be My BabyOoh BabyAlbatrossStation Man (Live San Bernardino 1971)Future GamesDissatisfiedDid You Ever Love MeSecond Chapter (Danny Kirwan)Sta…

A New Jersey Democrat fakes his Springsteen bona fides, Elton John comes out against the scourge of marijuana, and we discover a Snoopy-themed '60s band that dropped an anti-Osama song in 2006. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Fights break out at Mariah Carey Christmas concerts, Ronnie Radke BANNED from the U.K., and the You Know I Had to Do It to 'Em Kid, finally, had to do it to 'em. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

The Village People singer denies "YMCA" is a gay anthem, the U.K. sends dumb Christmas novelty songs to the top of the charts, and Aerosmith's drummer can't find a good cup of coffee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117452381Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex appraise Trump guitars and make an official endorsement in the special election in New York's 21st Congressional District. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Did George and Amal Clooney hijack Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri's liquor trucks? Should we use Jerry Garcia's A.I. voice to insert new stage banter into old performances? Did Stevie Wonder have Kobe killed? Charles and Alex investigate. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex discuss pop punk typos, Alice Cooper's bombshell admission that he liked school, and Mariah Carey's lawyer's induction into the Rock Hall of Fame. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

On this episode of Chapo Trap House, Charles and Alex consider a world that consists of nothing but scams. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115163666Fortune Kit

Charles and Dan talk crypto PACs, Robert Smith, and bootleg merch. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex speculate that Heaven is a worse version of The Villages. Geriatric former slaveowners drinking 10 a.m. mai tais and crashing their golf carts. Plus, Green Day and Barney the Dinosaur make their 30-year nostalgia plays. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex check in on T.I.'s toy lawsuit, Coldplay on QVC, and a Zionist fact check of the new Godspeed album. Plus, bats are biting everybody at concerts nowadays. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex find out about the world's first Israeli-Palestinian boy band and Elon stealing Grimes' baby name idea to use with his mistress instead. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/224-problematic-113369032Fortune Kit

Spencer (@TGOFV_Pod) and Cole (@RaceplayShawty) join Charles and Alex to discuss Billboard oddities and songs from Spencer's "the Gauntlet" playlist. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Josiah Hughes (@josiahhughes) joins Charles and Alex to question why the three bears' porridges were different temperatures and write a pop-punk song about the challenges of being a teen. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex check in on Linkin Park's scientologist singer, Weezer's community-theater-style production of the Blue Album, and T.I.'s lawsuit against the same toy company that made Poopsie Surprise dolls. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111797823Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex find out Coldplay has the highest-grossing rock tour ever, examine the DNC roll call songs, and listen to Falling in Reverse's cover of Papa Roach. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles, Alex, and Ohio's Very Own Dan Boeckner discuss the Tim Horton's musical and voice support for artist-run entities like Madison Square Garden and the U.S. State Department. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitListen to Charles' EP:https://open.spotify.com/album/1wsxKiIHqOzHBx8QOYMKMs?si=8Ja1fywQSa6eUaHj54Ty_Qhttps://so…

Charles and Alex check in on Akon City, read a crypto guy's Eminem review, and argue that Bruce Springsteen should have to open for Steven Van Zandt reciting classic Sopranos lines. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109790344Fortune Kit

Hot Dad (@hotterdad) joins Charles and Alex to share his favorite '00s Japanese rock bands.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitListen to Banana Road: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/hotdad/banana-roadPlaylist:Quruli - Hana no MizudeppouQuruli - World's End Supernova (Live)Asian Kung-Fu Generation - SirenAsian Kung-Fu Generat…

Raina (@RahRahRaina) joins Charles and Alex to discuss her time in Japan interviewing bands, shopping at Seven & I Holdings, and feeding cats outside of their designated feeding area. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitPlaylist:Sakanaction - WasurerarenainoCornelius - Chapter 8 Seashore and HorizonBoris - Heavy RainBuffalo Da…

Will Menaker and Katherine Krueger join Charles and Alex to cover this summer's hottest music festival—the RNC—and weigh the musical merits of the car crash king Billy Joel.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitStream Charles' new song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4r6cxwLnd1eokkF8qUAvND?si=461221842bff414e…

Charles and Alex discuss Joe Biden's audio engineering woes, Gerber's 1970s campaign to market baby food to adults, and Kid Rock's endorsement of an anti-American dessert: apple pie. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107890816Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex listen to Meghan Trainor's new pet food jingle. DUI king Billy Joel weighs in on Justin Timberlake. Alex calls him RuPaul Stanley because KISS are drag queens. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Evan Laffer (@evanlaffer) and Ian Grant (@ian__grant) of Jokermen (@JokermenPodcast) join Charles and Alex to discuss the career of Barney the Dinosaur, with an eye toward his criticually and commercially overlooked later works. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex wonder what baby Jesus did with his gold and discuss a story about artists like Ne-Yo and the Game scamming people through their official Instagram accounts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss the recent spate of arena tour cancellations and check in on the world's youngest FORMER Garfield licensee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105775522See Dan on tour: www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/toursFortune Kit

Charles and Alex read Rolling Stone's Kid Rock profile and realize that he needs to tour with Bruce Springsteen to heal America. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex want to do the drugs their favorite 80-year-old psychedelic rock artists are doing. Plus a check-in on Kanye's presidential campaign. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex discuss Da Band's very limited discography and check in on P. Diddy's whereabouts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex catch up on Motley Crue, look at legislation congratulating musicians, and listen to a 1984 spoken-word album where the Transformers race in a car rally. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103569650Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex catch up with Kanye's latest blunders and listen to the 1982 Pac-Man Christmas album and some '80s McDonald's songs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Hesse joins Charles and Alex to discuss oddball Sonic Youth songs, Jojo Siwa's car, and Chechnya banning music outside of a narrow tempo range. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles, Alex, and Dan realize that Peter Thiel wants to be Caligula and that Led Zeppelin was technically the first steampunk band. See Dan on tour: https://www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/toursFortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Matthew Perpetua (@perpetua) joins Charles and Alex to discuss Pavement live shows, legacy band lineup changes, and Oasis hiring Ringo Starr's son. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101774039Fortune Kit

Lisa Vitale (@eyyitslisa) talks about meeting Dolly Parton, Charles is vindicated learning Neil Young's Pono player is a piece of shit, and Alex argues Radiohead isn't a real Britpop band cause the brothers don't fight in the press. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex think bands should steal shampoo and shower curtains from hotel rooms and sell them as merch. Plus Meghan Trainor has yet another song about That Bass and Neil Young returns to Spotify but is still on his bullshit. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Dan, Charles, and Alex talk about Dan's new album Boeckner! Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Palma (@sweetxpalma) drops by to show Charles and Alex some deeper cuts from Jerry Garcia's catalog. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitPalma's Playlist:01 - Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (San Diego • Dec. 28,1978)02 - Grateful Dead - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (St. Louis, MO • March 17, 1971)03 - Grateful Dead - The …

Lil Jon phones in a meditation album, Meek Mill protests too much, and the world's richest cats list is dominated by nepo-cats. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99547045Fortune Kit

Josh Terry (@JoshhTerry) joins Charles and Alex for a not-that-strange trip through the music of the Grateful Dead. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex check out JoJo Siwa's half-assed tween pop group and Snoop Dogg's half-assed cereal brand. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex reveal the winners of the Grammy categories no one pays attention to, including the night's top award: Best Children's Album. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex look at meme coins worth a billionth of a cent and argue that babies should like shoegaze (cooing vocals, lots of playing with your own feet). Plus Alex assists Billy Joel in completing his new single. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97726880Fortune Kit

Nate Ruess joins Charles and Alex to discuss his collaboration with Connie Connecticut, Cheech and Chong's new vodka bong, and… Did Green Day get TOO political on their new one!? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitConnie Connecticut's Greatest Hits is out now:https://open.spotify.com/album/052aPHp6dw3LzvlPoFmdit?si=1BZTbNQnQl…

Zola Jesus joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to catch up on the world's most eccentric Garfield licensee and discuss how the collapse of Pitchfork reflects the collapse of the music industry more broadly. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles, Alex, and Branson perform a seance to speak with the spirits of dead musicians to find out where they got their ideas. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex listen to a mournful XL Bully rap and read a terrible SPIN review. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95939564Listen to Alex's song "Atlantic Bilge" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3P28HCY5FkDqf9sXlVe5b7?si=6HzeFRDMTymyVBcImkPAZABandcamp: https://brockwinthrop.bandcamp.com/track/atlantic-bilge…

Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury takes Charles, Alex, and Dan on a journey through the Christian artists he listened to as a kid. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit

Charles and Alex rank the Christmas classics and get mad about people from Liverpool having multiple wacky British demonyms. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitFortune Kit