Andy talks about the new Doja Cat album, Vie, and Fred Armisen's new album, 100 Sound Effects, gets nostalgic for the 1980s, watches the movie Friendship (2024), has multiverse fatigue, and wonders if Jennifer Welch is the Joe Rogan of the Left. Also, we listen to a clip of Brian Eno talking about the attention economy. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines looks at the 2024 compilation album Yessingles II. You can find a fan-made YouTube playlist of the songs on the comp here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy talks about Sean Grennan's play The Tin Woman, Barry White's influence on Pulp, Mitski's concert film The Land, Subway removing the veggie patty from their menu, and Morrissey having to cancel concerts due to recent death threats. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines looks at the 2023 compilation album Yessingles. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy wants to get into pie baking, mistakenly throws an earbud in the trash, can't stop laughing at an Ace of Base song from 1992, gets a new coffee machine, and sings the first verse of a Momus song. Also, we listen to a clip of British people being asked if they'd move to America. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines delivers a casual Canadian-influenced checkin. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Our guests are Zach Woliner and Tavie Phillips! Andy speaks with Tavie and Zach about their podcast, Zach & Tavie's Marvelous Adventure. Find all the episodes here. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines gives us the 2nd half of her reading and attempting to live fact-check the Progressive Rock chapter of "I Wanna Be Sedated" by Dellio & Woods. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy has fun with the soundboard, sings a Yeah Yeah Yeahs song, feels bad for Braxton Keith, and theorizes that the reason Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged the week before PATE's 400th episode is because they're fans of the show. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines reads and attempts to live fact-check the Progressive Rock chapter of "I Wanna Be Sedated" by Dellio & Woods. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

It's been five years since we spoke with the chameleonic, genre-hopping musical wunderkind Unkle Funkle (Christopher Uehlein). Andy talks with Unkle Funkle about his life and times since 2020 and his new double album, Portrait of my Penis. Stream Portrait of my Penis on your favorite platform or listen to and purchase it via Bandcamp here (NSFW). You can find the promotional photos for Portrait of my Penis on Unkle Funkle's IG page here. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines does an analysis of the sountrack to Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Andy talks about attending a wedding and a Black Keys concert, then he discovers a Yeah Yeah Yeahs sample on a Miami bass dance song from 2003. On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines' BFF Jill takes the U2 and R.E.M. Top 5 Challenge. Play along at home! You can find a playlist for this series here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.

Our guests are Leah Gage and Dave Lesser from the art punk band BRNDA! Andy speaks with Dave and Leah about their new album, Total Pain. Preorder Total Pain at BRNDA's Bandcamp page here. You can find all things BRNDA at their website here. Thank you, Crafted Sounds! On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines delivers part 3 of her talk with her BFF Jill about U2 and R.E.M. You can find a playlist for this series here. Follow Rachel on Last.fm here.