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The POD Kast

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Your favorite podcast about nu-metal. It's your boys @johncullen.bsky.social and @murderxbryan.bsky.social reviewing one classic nu-metal album per month. Bonus episodes available on Patreon too! patreon.com/thepodkast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #84: "Title of Record" by Filter w/ Myles Anderson. We cover Filter in full for the first time with this record, which borrows from nu-metal, Marilyn Manson, and Sugar Ray. It's...weird. And Myles gives us the scoop on doing comedy on emo cruises. www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #84: "Title of Record" by Filter w/ Myles Anderson | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Mitch, Myles Anderson (comedian) returns to listen to his second nu-metal record of all-time, Filter's "nu-metal pivot", "Title of

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Y'All Want a Single #137: "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" by Sublime. We cover the dorm room and poolside staple Sublime for the first time ever, and reckon with the fact that a lot of nu-metal guys really liked this band for some reason. www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

Y'All Want a Single #137: "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" by Sublime | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Barksdale, we cover Sublime on the show for the first time, a band that is absolutely not nu-metal but a band that a lot of nu-met

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Episode 85: Papa Roach's "Lovehatetragedy", or An Album Too Soon. P-Roach told anyone who would listen that nu-metal was dead in 2002, and they tried to distance themselves from it. Unfortunately, they hadn't decided where to go and they sophomore slump hard. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

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Papa Roach's "Lovehatetragedy", or An Album Too Soon

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · September 4 · 2h 7m

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Cran @cranfath3r.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

ICYMI- I sat in with the @thepodkast.bsky.social boys and talked about a live album from Lamb of God, Randy Blythe’s stage banter, a murder charge, and more! www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #83: "Killadelphia" by Lamb of God w/ Cran | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Barksdale, we are getting into two things we don't do much of on the show: covering an actual metal band, and covering a live albu

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Y'All Want a Single #135: "Peace" by SPEED. We cover one of the hardcore space's most revered bands. Do they translate on record? Is this nu-metal at all? The answer is yes and yes. www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

Y'All Want a Single #135: "Peace" by SPEED | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Rod, we are covering Australian hardcore band SPEED, who, as you might guess, make pretty thrash-y and speedy hardcore music. That

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Episode 84: Eminem's "The Slim Shady LP", or Hip-Hop's Most Nu-Metal Album. The music might not be nu-metal, but the spirit of it sure is, as Eminem tries to tap into the angst of the nu-metal zeitgeist with a massive record featuring two titanic hits. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Eminem's "The Slim Shady LP", or Hip-Hop's Most Nu-Metal Album

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · August 6 · 2h 20m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Y'All Want a Single #134: "Making Love to Morgan Wallen" by Limp Bizkit. We have a nu-metal podcast and are getting to review new Limp Bizkit tracks in the year of our lord 2026. God bless us all. Join the Patreon, over 200 bonus episodes, $4/month www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

Y'All Want a Single #134: "Making Love to Morgan Wallen" by Limp Bizkit | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Trevor, we dig into Limp Bizkit's latest single, which was initially thought to be a harbinger of an album to come, but instead en

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #82: House of Wax OST w/ Tegan Verheul. Tegan is back as we cover this late-era soundtrack that has a little nu-metal, a little screamo, some old classics, and the spectre of Paris Hilton looming over the entire thing. www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #82: House of Wax OST w/ Tegan Verheul | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Alexander, Tegan Verheul (comedian/model) returns to discuss this extremely late-era soundtrack for the 2005 horror movie "House o

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NOT HAPPY DRIVER @justinkcomer.rockhardcauc.us · 15/07/2026

this student newspaper article from 2002, mentioned on this month's episode of @thepodkast.bsky.social, is so funny: unewsonline.com/2002/10/trus... "Women are going to be the next best thing in the rock industry"

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Trust Company rocks SLU

On Tuesday, Trust Company along with Unchained, Aimee Allen and Pulse Ultra, rocked Saint Louis University’s Trova Park for the CTN Tour. Unfortunately, the biggest disappointment of the night was the...

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Episode 83: TRUSTcompany's "The Lonely Position of Neutral", or The Softest Album We've Covered (complimentary) (also derogatory). John snares his white whale and we look at 2002 nu-metal: compressed guitars and screams, vague lyrics, but very professional music. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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TRUSTcompany's "The Lonely Position of Neutral", or the Softest Album We've Covered (complimentary) (also derogatory)

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · July 11 · 1h 46m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #81: "Sunshine" by Liquid Gang w/ @bransonreese.bsky.social. It's an album with almost no information about it online, so we get into it here. They're trying to ape Live? Weird. Also weird? Our teenage poetry, which we discuss extensively. www.patreon.com/thepodkast/p...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #81: "Sunshine" by Liquid Gang w/ Branson Reese | The P.O.D. Kast

Thanks to Kenny, Branson Reese (Swan Boy, Rude Tales of Magic) joins us for the first time to go way deep on listening to nu-metal in the ca

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Episode 82: Limp Bizkit's "Results May Vary", or Fred's Worst. Fred Durst loses Wes Borland and immediately indulges all his worst impulses on this bloated mess that houses a few decent songs but a lot of missteps. And a LOT of ballads. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/l...

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Limp Bizkit's "Results May Vary", or Fred's Worst

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · June 5 · 1h 52m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #80: "Disciple" by Disciple w/ Adam Christie. We're back on the Christian rock tip as we discuss turning religious to find a new audience and ponder why every Christian rock album featured songs in like 5 different genres. www.patreon.com/posts/158975...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #80: "Disciple" by Disciple w/ Adam Christie | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Y'All Want a Single #129: "Disease" by Breach of Trust. Canadian nu-metal? In this economy? www.patreon.com/posts/158256...

Y'All Want a Single #129: "Disease" by Breach of Trust | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Episode 81: Creed's "My Own Prison", or Album Title Directly Explains Feelings of Podcasters During Episode. In the words of NFL coach Dennis Green, "they are who we thought they were". Bad music, bad interviews, bad everything. But we cover it all here. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Y'All Want a Single #128: "Whitfield" by Atomship. Selling you on a song as "late-era nu-metal released in 2004 that borrowed a lot from Finger Eleven and Chevelle" sounds bad but in fact...it is very good. www.patreon.com/posts/156802...

Y'All Want a Single #128: "Whitfield" by Atomship | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #79: "Standing in the Spotlight" by Dee Dee King w/ @thelukeman.bsky.social. We used to live in a world where the Ramones bassist could meet a few Black guys in rehab, decide he loves rap, and a major label would give him money to make a rap album. www.patreon.com/posts/156272...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #79: "Standing in the Spotlight" by Dee Dee King w/ Luke Taylor | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Episode 80: Korn’s “Issues”, or Following Follow the Leader. Korn puts out an album one year after their huge breakout and what do you know? It slaps. Jon Davis gets sober, the band gets tighter, and critics start to turn on them. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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Episode 80: Korn's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · April 7 · 2h 18m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #78: "Laced" by Reveille w/ Graham Wright. Graham Wright from Tokyo Police Club joins us to discuss this RATM rip-off done by a group of teenagers. The lyrics are as good as you're imagining. www.patreon.com/posts/153563...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #78: "Laced" by Reveille w/ Graham Wright | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Y'All Want a Single #125: "Spit" by Poppy. New nu-metal hero Poppy covers a song by her nu-metal heroes, Kittie, and it's pretty darn good. Plus we talk about the literal act of spitting for quite a while www.patreon.com/posts/152969...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Episode 79: Uncle Kracker’s “Double Wide”, or Kid Rock’s Rib. It can’t be possible that Kid Rock saw the success of “Only God Knows Why” but knowing he couldn’t fully make the switch to country rap he made his DJ do it, right? Right??? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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Uncle Kracker's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · March 5 · 2h 1m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #77: "MTV Icon: Metallica" w/ @wrestlingbrain.net. MTV decides to do their own version of a Rock n Roll HOF induction, but for Metallica in their St. Anger period and featuring Snoop Dogg singing "Sad But True". It's...a wild ride. www.patreon.com/posts/151587...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #77: "MTV Icon: Metallica" w/ Joshua Custodio | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Episode 78: Fear Factory's "Obsolete", or Getting the Story Straight. Fear Factory go partly Nu on this 1998 album but refuse to go all the way, much to its detriment. It also has a very dystopian concept that none of its band members can seem to explain. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...

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Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2026-02-05 · 1h 57m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #76: "Rebirth" by Lil Wayne. So it has come to this. Lil Wayne's rock record. It is as good as you think it is. But also as you might imagine, we have an awful lot to talk about. www.patreon.com/posts/149221...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #76: "Rebirth" by Lil Wayne | The P.O.D. Kast

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John Cullen @johncullen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I normally don’t enjoy these things but kinda can’t believe how good this cover of “Re-Arranged” by Limp Bizkit is. The band Tors makes it into this Fleet Fox-y thing and it fuckin slaps youtu.be/vlUK0wfKsTY?...

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Y'All Want a Single #121: "What It Is To Burn" by Finch. We're covering the "most nu-metal third-wave emo song" on this episode, and John gets brought back to high school. We also discuss bands who get openly contentious with the audience at shows. www.patreon.com/posts/148297...

Y'All Want a Single #121: "What It Is To Burn" by Finch | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Episode 77: Spineshank's "Strictly Diesel", or Searching for a Single. Bryan finally gets his wish and we cover this mostly-excellent album that only lacks one thing: a single, in an era where nu-metal bands had to have singles. But it rocks. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 77: Spineshank's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2026-01-06 · 2h 6m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #75: End of Days OST w/ James Hartnett. We go deep on nu-metal music awakening before we get into this soundtrack that had some real big exclusives, like Korn, Limp, and Guns n Roses...8 years before Chinese Democracy. It's a wild one. $4! www.patreon.com/posts/146222...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #75: End of Days OST w/ James Hartnett | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Y'All Want a Single #119: "Prove You Wrong" by Prong. It's another proto-nu band that we don't really like but can see their influence very easily. We also digress into a long discussion about Headbangers' Ball and its influence on Bryan and metal music in general. www.patreon.com/posts/145654...

Y'All Want a Single #119: "Prove You Wrong" by Prong | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Episode 76: The Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land", or Light Shoulders, Light Pelvis. Bryan grapples with his past hating "dance music" and we grapple with this mammoth record that sold 10m copies and whose success was never replicated, even by the band themselves. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 76: The Prodigy's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-12-04 · 2h 12m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #74: "Deaf Dumb Blind" by Clawfinger w/ Kevin Banner. So they have one really insane song that we do spend a LOT of time discussing, but luckily all their other songs are insane too. But the music is kinda good? And foreshadowed nu-metal? Wild album www.patreon.com/posts/144043...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #74: "Deaf Dumb Blind" by Clawfinger w/ Kevin Banner | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Y'All Want a Single #117: "Poem" by Taproot. Covering Taproot for only the second time on the show and the first time on a studio track, we spend most of this episode debating whether or not Taproot sounds like 311. I'll let you guess which host thinks that. www.patreon.com/posts/143470...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Episode 75: Hoobastank’s “The Reason”, or When We Learned Hoobastank Might Be Canadian. They’re nice, well-adjusted guys, and the lead singer is “Doug Robb”. They might be Canadian. Also, album is kinda good? Plus, we discuss Sick New World and Sam Rivers. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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Episode 75: Hoobastank's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-11-06 · 1h 54m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #73: "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans OST" w/ Jarrett Campbell. Ooh boy, it's a late-era nu-metal-adjacent soundtrack that features Wes Borland and the bassist from Nine Inch Nails remixing a bunch of songs. What could go wrong? www.patreon.com/posts/b-o-n-...

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #73: "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" OST w/ Jarrett Campbell | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Y'All Want a Single #115: "Old Friends Don't Mean Shit" by Weekend Nachos. Bryan and John learn about "powerviolence" as we cover the shortest song in YWAS history, clocking in at a lean and mean 38 seconds. www.patreon.com/posts/141227...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Episode 74: Dope's "Felons and Revolutionaries", or a Band Who Are Neither of Those. We get some top-tier myth-making as we meet Dope, who are named that because they are drug dealers (?) who rode the Marilyn Manson wave of nu-metal to moderate success. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 74: Dope's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-10-06 · 2h 1m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #72: "Post-Human: Survival Horror" by Bring Me the Horizon. A band that certainly owes at least a little bit to nu-metal, we discuss our metalcore histories and how this band got so freaking huge. $4 for three bonuses a month! www.patreon.com/posts/139486...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Y'All Want a Single #113: "I Shot Lucifer" by Bionic Jive. One of the more rap-forward groups of the era, this album and song arrive 5 years too late with some of the most vague "guy says stuff to try to sound deep/political" lyrics we've ever covered. www.patreon.com/posts/138996...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Episode 73: (hed)pe's "(hed)pe", or Are You Sure About That? It's the debut album that makes a lot of choices that leave us saying "are you sure about that?" Plus, the Aaron Lewis/Springsteen thing, we review "private music", and a guy jacks off at a Korn show. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 73: (hed)pe's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-09-05 · 2h 20m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The people in this airport don’t even know I’m listening to (hed)pe

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Y'All Want a Single #112: "Time 2 Shine" by E-Town Concrete. We're going hardcore on this episode and we discover ETC later went rap-metal, so we dive into that too. $4 for 3 bonuses a month! www.patreon.com/posts/137646...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #71: "The $UICIDEBOY$ Mix" w/ @libbycwatson.com. It's trap-metal time on the POD Kast as we turn into old men yelling at clouds over this deeply strange collection of songs. Well, Bryan is happily yelling at the cloud because he somehow likes it. www.patreon.com/posts/137315...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Y'All Want a Single #111: "Holy Man" by One Minute Silence. We hop across the pond for some Irish nu-metal, brought to you by a band that clearly listened to a lot of Rage and a lot of Tool. And hey, it kinda works. $4 for 3 bonus episodes a month! www.patreon.com/posts/136290...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Episode 72: 30 Seconds To Mars' "30 Seconds To Mars", or How To Say a Lot Without Saying Anything At All. Jared Leto is here, and he's as dumb as we all hoped. Insane lyrics, even more insane interviews, and surprisingly, music that's kind of ok for an actor band. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/3...

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30 Seconds To Mars'

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-08-05 · 1h 47m

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Y'All Want a Single #110: "System" by Jonathan Davis. If Jonathan Davis records all the songs for a movie soundtrack but then his label won't let him be on the actual physical OST, does it make a sound? It does to us, as we review this QOTD soundtrack classic. www.patreon.com/posts/135238...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #70: "12 Stones" by 12 Stones w/ @riviera.bsky.social. Riv is back to discuss Youth Group bands, artist substitution cards, and this painfully mid album that accomplishes almost nothing it sets out to do. Other than worship Jesus, I guess. www.patreon.com/posts/134811...

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It is the first tie we have had, and we decided on yesterday's bonus episode to let @riviera.bsky.social choose which of the tied albums we should do. She selected....30 Seconds to Mars. See you next month

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

The August Poll is live on our Patreon and it's one of the closest polls ever! If you haven't voted yet, you have just over 24 hours to make your vote count! Voting is free, but decisions last forever. www.patreon.com/posts/august...

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Y'All Want a Single #109: "Linda Claire" by Fleshwater. It's a new nu band that has toured with Deftones, which is more than enough to get us in the door. The song whips ass and so does talking about the Wu-Tang Clan farewell tour at length. $4 for 3 bonuses a month! www.patreon.com/posts/yall-w...

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