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Chit Chart: February 2025
Chit Chart is back for 2025, let's see how much psychic damage February can do to us, as Kieran talks Ukraine & WHSmith (may or may not be connected) and Jacob's Wario in Government is back…
Deep Dive: The Loudness Wars
New year, new deep dive! This month, Kieran takes us on a tour of 'The Loudness Wars' - a fascinating topic concerning mastering music as loud as possible to stand out, but is this good or bad? FREE…
Deep Dive: Band Aid IS problematic
It's christmastime, there's no need to be afraid… or is there? Today, Jacob leads the charge against the still bafflingly popular, continuously resurrected and deeply problematic christmas hit, Band…
Chit Chart: November 2024
Jacob & Kieran take on November, the November is question saw the return of TRUMP, Shops in the UK hating on the chancellor AND, what if you got your pension early if you're about to die? (and…
Chit Chart: October 2024
Sorry it's late, we're busy bees! - Let's look back to the month just gone, the spookiest month, OCTOBER! Full of spooks like Wes the "right wing lickspittle cunt" Streeting's plan to jab the obese…
Deep Dive: School & Music? [Part 2]
It's part 2 of Jacob taking us BACK TO SCHOOL! Let's talk school, mental health, autism, trauma and capitalism! Content warning: In this episode, we mention suicidal thoughts. UK support can be found…
Deep Dive: School & Music? [Part 1]
This month, Jacob is taking us BACK TO SCHOOL, under the guise of talking about music in schools, when really it'll become a general dive into schools as a system and the problems that lay in the…
Chit Chart: September 2024
Here's a round-up of September's happenings, including a bunch of Labour being shit because that's all that's happening now.FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has…
Deep Dive: The Fall of Dr Luke
In the second part of this month’s deep dive, Kieran takes us on a journey through the consequences of music producer Dr Luke’s alleged actions.Content warning: This episode contains references to…
Deep Dive: The Rise of Dr Luke
This month, Kieran takes us on a journey through the rise of the music producer Dr Luke, and the legal battle that ensued between him and pop icon Kesha.Content warning: This episode contains…
Deep Dive: National Anthems
Not all national anthems are created equal, they might not even be official, yet they exist and are everywhere! Today, Jacob takes us on a journey from the UK, to Sweden and beyond!*NOTE: This was…
Chit Chart: July 2024
Through no fault of our own, July has been and gone, Labour have had just under a month in power now, everything is the same, if not worse, so we start off with social media being weird about KAMALA…
Deep Dive: Post Election Blues
Is this a deep dive? I (jacob) feel quite deep and down, so probably! FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people…
Chit Chart Extra: No Politics Zone
In this extra episode for polling day in the UK (July 4th 2024) we open up the NO POLITICS ZONE... which is actually just a non-political political party, how non-political? Well, have a listen and…
Chit Chart: June 2024
It's almost time to POP to the polls for the UK's general election, so this month Chit Chart is all about how the election is panning out... spoilers, it's exactly how you expect it to be panning…
Deep Dive: Blurred Lines
This month, Kieran is digging up the corpse of a song that had a chokehold over the charts and pop culture in 2013, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. and examining just how…
Chit Chart: May 2024
In this very on time episode, we look back at the calendar month of May, which included Genderless toilets being banned, a fucking general election being called in the UK, and Israel's horrific…
Deep Dive: Hatsune Miku
She's a blue haired android diva from the near future where songs are lost, but how does Hatsune Miku exist within modern capitalism? Jacob take's Kieran down into a deep discussion on ethics and…
Chit Chart: April 2024
It's April's round up! Kieran & Jacob both lose their minds over a Grindr honeytrap, our final chance to remind you NOT to watch Eurovision this year, and a double rant hits the podcast after…
Deep Dive: Sampling & Capitalism
An increasing number of songs sound increasingly familiar... Why is this? In this deep dive, Kieran uses his own tracks to explore the of sampling and interpolation, and the influence of capitalism…
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