Sounds, Songs & Their Stories

Podcast Recommendations: Sounds, Songs, & Their Stories🎵

April 17, 2022

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Why did you choose this theme?

Audio editing decisions and the distinct sounds and songs that have become cultural staples, mean something different to every person listening. Here are a few episodes from vastly different podcasts where the hosts and guests dissect songs, soundtracks, artists, or stories that are good, bad, or wild and off the wall.They include fun anecdotes, trivia, and history behind the sounds, feelings, and creative processes of the people and bands that created them. Being able to put work out into the world and have it impact people in ways you’d never imagine is a feeling I hope listeners will be excited about.

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Punch Up The Jam'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' by Crash Test Dummies (w/ Ayo Edebiri)This podcast, created by comedians Miel Bredouw and Demi Adejuyigbi in 2017, takes notable songs from pop culture, breaks them down, and rewrites them. In this episode, Miel is joined by comedian Ayo Edibiri to remix a hypnotic '90s hum anthem. 

Song Exploder100 gecs - Money MachineIn each episode of this podcast, host Hrishikesh Hirway speaks with a musical artist to break down one of their songs and hear the thought process that went into creating it. This episode features the musical duo 100 gecs, which is widely known within the hyperpop genre.

Teen CreepsR.L. Stine's Bad Moonlight

Hosts Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai review (mostly) young-adult pulp fiction, mystery, and other notable horror-based pop culture pieces. In this episode, they read Bad Moonlight by R.L. Stine, the story of a girl who joins a band, but it turns out to be all werewolves.

Lizard People: Comedy and Conspiracy TheoriesBeyoncé is Solange’s Mother with Oscar MontoyaHost Katelyn Hempstead invites a friend on each episode of this podcast to posit a conspiracy theory to her. The guests aim to win her over with their argument and evidence by the end of the episode. Topics range from realistic to outright asinine. In this episode, actor and comedian Oscar Montoya presents the theory that Beyoncé is (her sister) Solange's mother.

Get PlayedUNLOCKED - PREMIUM DLC: Start Up Sound Ranking

Hosts Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger, and Matt Apodaca discuss notable video games throughout history in this podcast. In this episode, Nick, Heather, and Matt go through every single gaming console's startup sound and rank them.

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This week on Feedback...Learn about Nathan Wizard's podcast picks on the theme of sounds and music.

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