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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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-113369032Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/111797823Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/109790344Di Fortune 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/107890816Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/toursDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/103569650Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/101774039Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Dan, Charles, and Alex talk about Dan's new album Boeckner! Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/99547045Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/97726880Di Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune 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/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex beef with Cher, remember the A-Teens, and sign a petition for KISS fans who feel the band owes them golden tickets. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex unveil the world's newest and greatest AI pop star and beef with aging has-been Anna Indiana. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93903512Di Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex conclude that the Beatles' early shit, like Let It Be, is better than the new shit. It also turns out that nobody has heard Garth Brooks' exclusive Bass Pro Shops album. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex compare the merits of Turdstock and ApeFest and consider a job posting from Rick Ross. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex feel an obligation to be the only people to discuss Puddle of Mudd's new album. Plus the devil attacks Jimmy Levy from the pits of Hell via a faulty phone charger. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92230719Di Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex contemplate the value of a dinner with Jay Z and speculate about Garth Brooks' new album available exclusively at Bass Pro Shops. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Charles, Alex, and Dan check in on the struggles of the world's youngest Garfield licensee and read some of the dismal editorial content at Songtradr. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex finally get their hands on Drake's poetry book. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit

Hesse (@ZeroSuitCamus) joins Charles and Alex to write a song paying tribute to their favorite gospel trio. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/90476434Di Fortune Kit

Charles and Alex watch RZA make the worst beat of all time and Ted Nugent goes woke. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitDi Fortune Kit