Two of us trade fast picks on music and movies, then veer into ghost stories, dreams, and whether reality is bigger than it looks. We close with a lively defense-and-craft breakdown of Baby It’s Cold Outside and why performance and context matter.

• consumption corner from tea to The Roots and George Cables
• ambient study pick from Mehdi’s Instrumental Imagery, Volume Three
• session legend Reggie Young’s fingerprints across classic records
• film talk on The Irishman and There Will Be Blood
• Howl’s Moving Castle book vs film and story priorities
• true crime pick Carmen Family Murders and narrative pull
• seasonal ghost stories, Radio Rental standouts, missing 411
• Bigfoot skepticism, national parks, and cave systems
• aliens vs interdimensional ideas with faith and physics
• dreams as intuition, precognition, and cognitive edges
• conspiracies, bureaucracy, and why secrecy is hard
• music craft of Baby It’s Cold Outside and shifting language
• favorite versions, dream covers, and B-side ideas

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We trade tea, jazz, and arcade nostalgia for a deep dive into “Highwayman,” breaking down guitar lines, phrasing, and why the 80s video refuses to go to space. Simple games, simple songs, and how restraint can feel wide open.

• what our show sounds like and why it’s equal parts music and nonsense
• Stuff the band, Julian Lage, Grover Washington Jr, and Parcels as the week’s soundtrack
• Jimmy Buffett’s Fruitcakes and why ballads stick
• Shredder’s Revenge mechanics, characters, and couch co-op chaos
• Harry Connick Jr’s rhythm trick and audience psychology
• Highwaymen context, Jimmy Webb’s writing, Glenn Campbell’s version
• guitar tones, B minor to D lift, and tasteful fills over flash
• the infamous 1985 video choices and verse-by-verse imagery
• dream covers, supergroups, and the power of minimalism

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Two hosts unwind with tea and soup, bounce from Usher to Steely Dan, then dive deep into The Sandman’s “The Sound of Her Wings.” We trace Death’s quiet mercy, Hob’s stubborn hope, and end with a joyful Paul Simon cover that lifts the room.

• quick hits on Usher, Steely Dan, Nightfly, and Larry Carlton
• tea rituals, Ayurveda warmth, and why soup season works
• Bridge of Spies vs JFK, Mark Rylance’s craft, El Camino’s epilogue energy
• Jesse Plemons as the friendly psychopath archetype
• The Sandman S1E6: Death’s rounds, function as purpose, tenderness without sentimentality
• Hob Gadling across centuries, friendship that outlasts pride
• ethics and immortality, timeline quibbles, Doctor Who parallels
• Paul Simon’s Loves Me Like A Rock: gospel harmonies, Muscle Shoals, Dixie Hummingbirds
• favorite covers: O’Jays, Ramsey Lewis Trio, dream pick Queen
• chord talk, flat seven lift, arranging a live outro without a fade

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