I Wanna Hold Your Band

Each guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow.⁠HELD SONGS MIXTAPE⁠ (playlist on Spotify)⁠So Lonely ⁠- The Police (Jay Lund)⁠⁠Pata Pata⁠⁠⁠ - Miriam Makeba (Liz Tuccillo)⁠Maps⁠⁠ - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Inara George)⁠⁠Fake Plastic Trees⁠⁠⁠ - Radiohead (Rainn Wilson)⁠St. Swithin’s Day⁠⁠ - Billy Bragg (Stephanie Courtney)⁠⁠Cherry Bomb⁠⁠⁠ - The Runaways (Spencer Garrett)⁠If It Ain’t Ruff⁠⁠ - NWA (Mark Pieper)⁠I Can Let Go Now⁠⁠ - Michael McDonald (Cleto Escobedo III)⁠Move On Up⁠⁠ - Curtis Mayfield (Alexander Straus)⁠⁠Running Out Of Lies⁠⁠ - Johnnie Taylor (Jordan Whittington)⁠Goodbye Earl⁠⁠ - The Chicks (Olivia de Recat)⁠Verdi Cries⁠⁠ - 10,000 Maniacs (Sam Catlin)⁠⁠Aphasia⁠⁠ - Pinegrove (Liam Yorgensen)⁠Mandika⁠⁠ - Sinead O’Connor (Drew Droege) ⁠⁠⁠Letter to Hermione⁠⁠⁠ - Robert Glasper (Jamila Glass)⁠⁠If We Were Vampires ⁠⁠⁠- Jason Isbell (Mike Soroka)⁠Girls Like Me⁠ - Bonnie Hayes (Merrin Dungey)⁠The Distance⁠ - Cake (Pete Gardner)⁠Come To The Manger⁠ - Donny Osmond (Jill Lover)⁠Blues Run The Game⁠ - Laura Marling (Max Chernin)⁠The Queen And The Soldier⁠ - Suzanne Vega (Tuc Watkins)⁠Song 2⁠ - Blur (David Magidoff)⁠Never Stop⁠ - Brand New Heavies (Julie Dretzin)⁠The Foggy Dew⁠ - Chieftains/Sinead (Rory O’Malley)⁠Come Back Home⁠ - Seo Taiji Boys (Peter Kim)⁠Start Wearing Purple⁠ - Gogol Bordello (John Bush)⁠Here We Go⁠ - N’Sync (Jeannie Klisiewicz)⁠Painted From Memory⁠ - Elvis and Burt (Chris Douridas)⁠Cold Feet⁠ - Tracy Chapman (Jordan Black)

LA Angel City Head Coach Alexander Straus talks New Order, Prefab Sprout, The Pogues, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bruce Springsteen, Alice In Chains, Curtis Mayfield & more!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. ⁠The River - Bruce Springsteen2. Purple Rain - Prince3. Infidels - Bob Dylan4. Ghost In The Machine - The Police5. Ceremony - New Order6. The Perfect Kiss - New Order7. Bonny - Prefab Sprout8. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield9. Nutshell - Alice In Chains10. A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues11. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues12. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

LA Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Jamila Glass talks Robert Glasper, Lauryn Hill, The Temptations, Frankie Beverly & more!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Letter To Hermione - Robert Glasper2. Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill3. Lost Ones - Lauryn Hill4. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica5. Here's Where I Stand - 'Camp' Original Soundtrack6. Give Love On Christmas Day - The Temptations7. Before I Let Go - Maze with Frankie Beverly8. This Too Shall Pass - India.Arie

Tony nominated actor Rory O'Malley (Book of Mormon, Hamilton) talks The Beach Boys, Beauty and the Beast, Sarah McLachlan, Green Day & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Turn It Off - Book of Mormon2. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys3. Beauty and the Beast - Original movie soundtrack4. Surfacing & Mirroball - Sarah McLaughlin5. The Foggy Dew6. Some Say The Devil Is Dead7. Fields of Athenry8. Dookie - Green Day9. American Idiot - Green Day10. Everybody Loves Louis - Stephen Sondheim11. Sunday - Stephen Sondheim

Writer Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad, Preacher, Sugar) talks The Beatles, U2, Van Morrison, Alanis Morissette, 10,000 Maniacs & more!!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. The Beatles - Greatest Hits - (Red album) ( Blue album)2. The Unforgettable Fire3. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher - Van Morrison4. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette5. Live! - Bob Marley & The Wailers6. Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs7. Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds8. Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy