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2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious PodcastThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)Merry Christmas! Dr. Chris Podcasts is back to fulfill the obligation he made last December: to watch and talk about The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two! After talking about how little we remember from the first movie, we do our best to compare this movie to the that one, as well as to the children's entertainment of our youth. We talk about what we hoped this movie would be -- and what we'd like to see in a third one (which, as of now, does not exist). We talk about Tyrese's surprise appearance (and limited screen time). We ask Chris: "...2023-12-251h 07
2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious PodcastThe Christmas Chronicles (2018)Merry Christmas! (Just don't let Joe Two hear you celebrate.) We're back with a bonus episode to commemorate the (first) time Kurt Russell donned the Santa Suit in The Christmas Chronicles, and it's a Christmas miracle... Dr. Chris Podcasts is here! Please note that while this is a family friendly movie, it is far from a family friendly episode.After discussing our favorite Christmas movies (and learning some wild facts about A Nightmare Before Christmas), we run through the 2F2F Christmas movie history and explain the bill of goods that Joey sold Chris to a...2022-12-251h 11
The Now and Again Podcast075 Now! 24, Side BThe backside of Now! 24 has high highs and low lows. Welcome to the program, Lily Allen, and hello, Nickelback, our old friends: we meet again. This episode has the gang recommending their favorite Halloween spook-a-doodles before tipping back double soy venti latte-gaze-acinos and chasing it with a shot of Mom Rock. Plus: we have to be done with The All-American Rejects for a while, right?2019-10-151h 16
The Now and Again Podcast074 Now! 24, Side AIt's Now! 24! Be thankful you're listening to the front half of this one because hoooo boy, wait til Side B. Here, however, we've got the boys gushing over video game music and 80s pop songs that are not at all on this compilation. They also talk about the unqiquitous power of Timbaland, respectfully disagree on Beyonce, and add -licious to so many stupid words. It's nonsense, but it's our nonsense.2019-10-011h 07
The Now and Again Podcast073 Now! 23, Side BIt's Now! 23, Side B, which definitely wasn't delayed due to one of the hosts having an arm injury. We finish up the disc by discussing horror icons' love lives, Nico takes a deep dive into the Nick Lachey/Jessica Simpson marriage and divorce and songs around it, Chris talks "selling out," and we finally talk Old Town Road.2019-09-151h 37
The Now and Again Podcast072 Now! 23, Side ALa boix are back from their CRJ-cation to talk Now! 23! We're swinging with some heavy hitters on this one, but most of them are strikeouts. Welcome back Timbaland after a massive hiatus, and he's bringing with him Nelly Furtado and JT. Does his extremely 2006 sound hold up? What is Fergie's London Bridge and why is it going down? What would songs from this volume sound like if done today? Plus more concert stories, diversions, and cringey impressions than you can shake a tailfeather at.2019-08-011h 21
The Now and Again Podcast071 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: Cut to the FeelingThis week, on the season finale of The E•MO•TION Minute, Nico and Chris search for something negative to say about the A+ B-side "Cut to the Feeling." Is this the best B-side of all-time? Who saw the movie this was attached to? Where would it have fit in E•MO•TION? Come for what basically becomes a 15 minute discussion on CRJ's high range, stay for our pitch for 80s rom-com "Weekend at Carly's."2019-07-1519 min
The Now and Again Podcast070 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: Tug of War (Tug of War)Sorry for the slight delay in kicking off this month's finale to The E•MO•TION Minute 2019; Chris moved into a new place and is meticulously setting up his sound system to get the exact correct amount of CRJ Vibes because, for this episode, we had to listen to "Tug of War," the pretty awful title track off of her debut album. What happens when an artist who hasn't yet found her sound drifts out of her vocal range in the chorus that follows lyrics that fail in their attempt to be clever? It's a bad song, folks, but it's a so...2019-07-0118 min
The Now and Again Podcast069 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: Dedicated (Album Reactions)At the tail end of a lovely, sunny, inebriated Camp CageClub 2: The Quickening, the Now and Again boys squeezed into a bedroom with CageClub Commander (and occasional friend of the show) Joey Lewandowski to talk snap reactions to Dedicated. Hear the hot takes and raucous disagreements that occur as hahaha just kidding we all love it, but listen to the episode to find out why and how much!2019-06-1548 min
Why Aren't We All...The CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-052h 42
The Now and Again PodcastThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-052h 42
P.S. I Love Hoffman: A Film By Film Retrospective of Philip Seymour HoffmanThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-052h 42
#ZacAttack: The Zac Efron PodcastThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-042h 42
#CageClub: The Nicolas Cage PodcastThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-042h 42
Wistful ThinkingThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-042h 42
Monkey Club with Chris and ChrisThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-042h 42
Husbands Talking on X is for ShowThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-042h 42
#MagicMics: The Channing Tatum PodcastThe CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke...2019-06-042h 42
The Now and Again Podcast068 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: Warm Blood (E•MO•TION)This episode of The E•MO•TION Minute is brought to you by @forpush, who demanded the hushed tones of E•MO•TION’s “Warm Blood.” We obliged by almost certainly disappointing him! Then, the boys talk CRJ’s BuzzFeed “Rank My Songs” interview and fill out the brackets themselves.2019-06-0137 min
The Now and Again Podcast067 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: Making the Most of the Night (E•MO•TION)This week on The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute, Chris sings the praises of E•MO•TION's "Making The Most of the Night." Originally written by Sia (among others), the boys go in depth on the Carly:Sia ratio of the song and how it serves as a flawless midpoint to the album.2019-05-1510 min
The Now and Again Podcast066 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance (E•MO•TION)Now and Again brings you Season 1, Episode 3 of the E•MO•TION Minute with Nico's first round draft pick, the not-so-80s song about fucking, "I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance." This track continues the album's themes while carving out its own place among the E•MO•TION Sessions. Chris dips his toe back into his old friend Rap Genius to find out who Joe and Tino are and to gain a little bit of insight into CRJ's writing process.2019-05-0109 min
The Now and Again Podcast065 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: Emotion (E•MO•TION)This week on the Summer of Carly Rae Jepsen, Nico and Chris deep dive into "Emotion," the title track off of E•MO•TION, and discuss how it sets the seductive, synth-y, throwback tone for the entire album.2019-04-1516 min
The Now and Again Podcast064 The Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Minute: An IntroductionOn the pilot episode of The EMOTION Minute (a Now and Again Production), we answer all of your burning questions. Who is this Carly Rae Jepsen we keep talking about? Why an entire miniseries about her? Where is my mid-2000s bling rap discussions? Will Nico bring up Tori Amos anyway? Is EMOTION her only album? What am I doing here? Why do I smell toast? All of your burning questions answered (and more!) as Nico and Chris dive headfirst into the world of Queen Carly.2019-04-0126 min
The Now and Again Podcast063 Now! 22, Side BIt's Now! 22, Side B, and we have spoken to Fox Mulder and QAnon to exclusively break open the "Taylor Swift is a plagiarist" conspiracy. Move out of the way, Alex Jones and Jacob Wohl; we are freeing minds across the planet! Also on this episode, we learn that Nico is not great with movies, Chris is not great at telling generic white dudes apart, and somehow the most contentious band to grace Now and Again thus far is The All-American Rejects. Come for the psychoanalysis of John Mayer, stay for the creation of the Rachel Dratch Fan Club. Plus: a...2019-03-151h 28
The Now and Again Podcast062 Now! 22, Side ANow! 22 takes us to July 2006 and, for once, the front half is carrying the weight of the back half, even though it's mostly forgettable songs by artists you don't really love (but remember a bit). Nico and Chrix talk working retail and being forced to hear trash music, the first great Rhianna song, a detour to praise the career of Weird Al, and the pros and cons of autotune (the only way we got our news in 2009). Also, do the boys love or hate T-Pain? Nobody can figure it out!2019-03-011h 03
The Now and Again Podcast061 Now! 21, Side BNico and Chris detour from the back end of Now's 21st birthday drunk brunch to talk about the customization benefits of MP3 and the balls to the wall attitude of the Shrek 2 soundtrack. When they do get back to Now! 21, it's Civil War as the boys argue over the low bar state of late era pop punk and a polarizing Gorillaz song before coming back together to fight a greater foe: racist country music.2019-02-151h 20
The Now and Again Podcast060 Now! 21, Side ANow! turns 21 and the boys go out to brunch to chat 2006. Nico monologues on the biggest moment in Mariah's career while Chris speaks fondly of the greatest Oscar winners in history. We explore the Muppet-like world of Fergie, the weird numerology that ties together pieces of shit, and give the guy from the Kim Kardashian sex tape as much time as he deserves.2019-02-011h 02
The Now and Again Podcast059 Best of 2018, Side BNico and Chris are back to talk about the good stuff from 2018! First, though, they bookend the show with their future on The CageClub Network: new shows and a big programming announcement for the spring! Meanwhile, apparently some music happened. Nico is mostly blase as Chris rolls through his difficult to make Favorite 20 albums of the year. The boys talk about supergroups, the year of the short album, and Kanye's trilogy. Even if the albums were a stretch, there's more than enough to cobble together the NaA 2018 Mixtape, which you can check out on Spotify! P.S.: Chris sincerely apologizes...2019-01-151h 12
The Now and Again Podcast058 Best of 2018, Side AIt's the Now and Again Best of 2018 and, in real 2018 fashion, we're starting with the disappointments: the stuff that fell far short of last year's lofty expectations. First up: the on-the-bubble albums that slipped into the honorable mentions. We talk Mariah, Robyn, Pale Waves, CRJ, being disgusting hipsters who collect records, tattooed faces, Hootie and the Blowfish, Friends, Kimbra, Joyce Manor, The Midnight, Weezer, Dashboard Confessional, tumblr porn, what is this list, where am I, why do I smell toast?2019-01-011h 13
The Now and Again Podcast057 A Time Adventure That Doesn't Involve Chris (But He's There In Spirit)Chris had to miss an episode so Nico is running the show. Poor show. Poor, poor show. Nico decided to take co-hosts Kevo (X Is For Podcast, mcu.html) and Jonah (X Is For Podcast) down the rabbit hole and into the past as they take a time adventure and travel from 1997 to 2017 to listen to the Billboard #1 song from each year on December 15th! Inexplicably, nearly every artist appearing on this list ties directly into the Now and Again stable of champion artists.2018-12-1541 min
The Now and Again Podcast056 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2It's almost the holiday season, which means Now and Again is gearing up for its Best of 2018 episodes. But before that, we take a quick diversion to 2000, when some of the gifts on your wishlist might have been a silk-screened Goku button-down shirt, the new Limp Bizkit album, a fullscreen DVD copy of Dracula 2000, or some sweet PlayStation games. Friend of the podcast (and trivia pro) Jarrett Brown returns to talk about the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. Hit some sick grinds while we talk about the one good rap-rock collaboration, a Papa Roach song that isn't "Last Resort,"...2018-12-0150 min
The Now and Again Podcast055 The Now! All-StarsWebster's Dictionary defines "Part 2 of Nico going all Nate Silver on us" as: the episode in which Chris takes an opportunity to do his Tom DeLonge impression, in which Baby Bash leans into #GamerGate and becomes Baby Fash, in which we ponder a collaboration between will.i.am and Bono, and in which three artists inexplicably appear six times. Three sixes? Satan? Open your eyes, sheeple. Also, we have our final thoughts on R. Kelly. Also also, Nico goes hateful on the eights. Finally, the Big Four (aka the Now! All-Stars) that comprise Now!'s Mount Rushmore are a surprise...2018-11-151h 04
The Now and Again Podcast054 The Now! RegularsNico and Chris continue to take regular detours and get lost on the back roads and scenic routes of the Now-verse. This month, Nico goes Advanced Stat-o-Metrics on y'all, listing every artist who appeared on Now! 1-20, and how often they appeared. It's time for the Now! Regulars. Some of the numbers surprised us... and we've been here the entire time. If you've enjoyed our diversions during Now and Again Phase 1, and our hypothesis on how a Now gets made, this month you'll ask: "What the actual hell, Now?" You're right with us. This month, it's the one-and-dones up to...2018-11-0154 min
The Now and Again Podcast053 Now! 20, Side BWe're back for the second half of Now! 20, and we're bringing along a whole bunch of love for Missy Elliott and a whole bunch of apathy for incredibly boring songs by rappers, boy bands, children of destiny, and Austrian Archdukes. We also can't find much to say about a low tier Weezer song, which is the only reaction to Weezer worth having in 2018.2018-10-151h 25
The Now and Again Podcast052 Now! 20, Side AWe're back on Now Prime with Now! 20 in November 2005! We're going daah daah in a louureleluurrah with Fall Out Boy, talking high level marketing opportunities with will.i.am, and wondering how the hell Lifehouse is still on this thing. Nico flips the format with his "end of an era" breakdown, and we try to piece together just what the hell happened on this volume.2018-10-011h 05
The Now and Again Podcast051 Rolling Stone’s Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far (50-1)We're back with the top 50 from Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs of the Century (So Far) list. Nico kicks things off with an incredible philosophical polemic on artifice; it's Jean Baudrillard meets Panic! at the Disco. We get into the Moneyball of the list and discuss the industry's usual suspects (who Rolling Stone sent ballots to) and how it reflects the contents. Finally, we tackle the top 50 and disparage dead legends, indie darlings, teen heartthrobs, and YASS QUEENS. Direct all your death threats to joey@cageclub.me. (Editor's note: Please do not.)2018-09-151h 36
The Now and Again Podcast050 Like a Rolling StoneChris takes a break from Countdownmania to talk with friend of the pod and trivia guru Jarrett Brown about why people ever cared about Rolling Stone. The two touch on the deep history of the publication, some of the great writers that have graced its pages, and some pretty wretched moments in its recent history.2018-09-0131 min
The Now and Again Podcast049 Rolling Stone’s Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far (100-51)From 100-50, Nico and Chris work their way through the indie-riffic and "less frustrating" half of Rolling Stone’s Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far. Some familiar friends and family stop by, as does a grim vision of our future. Strong opinions volley back and forth between bouts of "meh" and fart noises/jerkoff motions you can't see because podcasts aren't a visual medium.2018-08-151h 03
The Now and Again Podcast048 The Pop Boys Predict Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs of the Century - So FarWith 20 Nows down, the team is going on tour before we return to Now Prime. The first diversion is a deep dive into the nearly dead world of print journalism and the unfortunately thriving world of clickbait listicles. For the next two months, we'll be elbow deep in elder music statesman Rolling Stone and its recent lists of the "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century - So Far."
In this episode, we talk about our feelings on both the publication and "Top X" lists, while we take a peak at the 2011 version of the list and make predictions on the 2018...2018-08-0129 min
The Now and Again Podcast047 Now! 19, Side BComing out of Nic Cage and we've been doing just fine... the Pop Boyz travel across time and space to bring to you Side B of Now! Vol. 19, aka Actually, It's About Ethics In Mr. Brightside. Chris, Nico and special guest Jonah wrap up a great Now with a spectacular trifecta of hits from 2005, but the true beauty in this episode comes from Nico's mad genius game show that nearly drives Chris to insanity.2018-07-151h 15
The Now and Again Podcast046 Now! 19, Side AIt's summer 2005 and Nico and Chris are joined by Jonah so that they can make themselves feel old when talking about Now! 19. They talk about Will Smith while Jonah talks about Jaden; they talk about BSB while he talks about the Jonas Brothers. They talk about property values while he talks about doing lean to Lil Xan. Also: Gwen Stefani teaches us to spell, Amerie gobble gobble gobbles, and you'll never guess who else makes an appearance!2018-07-0159 min
The Now and Again Podcast045 A Tribute To All Pop Princesses, But Mostly The Successful OnesThe script has been flipped and Nico is piloting our post-mortem on the girl singers and pop princesses of the late 90s and early 00s. Nico runs down his playlist of personal favorites, which includes the ones you still remember and the ones you definitely forgot.2018-06-151h 07
The Now and Again Podcast044 Now! 18It's March 2005 and Now! 18 - much like GWB's second term - stinks! Fortunately, on this episode Chris fully pledges himself to the Beyhive and Nico creates the Ashanti Stan Club. Other conversations include a detour from a bland Howie Day song that leads to a lengthy discussion on Reason #239842 why the recording industry is bad. Nico is thankful for John Legend to finally arrive and Chris is thankful that it made him think of Chrissy Teigen's extremely on-point Twitter game. For some reason, the show becomes Loveline for a few minutes, plus: a highly-demanded [citation needed] blooper reel outro!2018-06-011h 33
The Now and Again Podcast043 Now and Again Covers the CoversOn this episode of Now and Again, Nico and Chris talk cover songs: the good, the bad, and the DEEP HURTING. Nico brings a list of five favorite and least favorite covers, while Chris presents his suggested list of Cover Song Rules and Five Types of Bad Covers You Can't Avoid. Surprises and plot twists abound as the Nico Drinking Game gets triggered in new ways, the boys argue about YouTube covers, and Chris makes far and away the worst joke in Cage Club Podcast Network history. Check out the liner notes for a Now and Again approved cover song...2018-05-151h 29
The Now and Again Podcast042 Now! 17It's November 2004 and the Red Sox may have broken their curse, but we're buried alive under what might be the worst Now! to date with unlucky Now! 17. This time around, Nico gets to go off on a wretched Jessica Simpson cover while Chris tries out for the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Tune in to hear discussion of the cringe-worthy original "Let's Get It Started" and to find out what song is the Ready Player One of music. Plus: when else will you get to hear us talk about the Beastie Boys?2018-05-011h 06
The Now and Again Podcast041 Now! 16, Side BThis month's Now! 16 episode is entirely low notes, but since it starts with the lowest low notes of all, songs like "The Reason" come out actually sounding kind of good? Chris gets angrier than he ever has on the show, Nico draws a line between Three Days Grace and MAGA CHUDs, and together they share the briefest memories of senior prom on Ocean Avenue. Plus, Chris either does an accidental racism or he just can't tell all of these superhero movies apart; who can really say?2018-04-1545 min
The Now and Again Podcast040 Now! 16, Side AWe're in the summer of 2004 and Nico and Chris have graduated high school and are celebrating with Now 16. On this episode, we find the only time that Christina Milian has been preferred to Beyonce, discuss the unappealing Try-Hard qualities of Eminiem, and fondly recall the first time we saw James Franco sing Britney Spears. Plus, what if a Teletubby was on the West Wing? Doubleplus, what if Memento starred the Black Eyed Peas?2018-04-0147 min
The Now and Again Podcast039 Deep Hurting, Episode OneWe did a bad, bad thing. In this new Now and Again spin-off, we listen to a playlist artfully constructed using an algorithm designed to inflict DEEP HURTING. On this episode, hear our live commentary of a bunch of songs by celebs who are not famous for their music releasing songs that will continue to not make them famous for their music. Follow along with the playlist below and if you have an idea for a DEEP HURTING playlist, shoot it over to nowandagaincast@gmail.com.2018-03-1553 min
The Now and Again Podcast038 The One About Rashida Jones's DadNico and Chris take a break from the miserable slog of 2003 pop music to talk about the best and worst things to happen in music over the last few months. Namely, shitty sporting event performances and the piece of art that is the Quincy Jones interview. If you haven't read this interview yet, it is an absolute must read as a music legend goes to town on everything from the JFK assassination, Bono's oddly named child, and The Beatles sucking. Frankly, it's not that different from a usual episode of the show.2018-03-011h 00
The Now and Again Podcast037 Best of 2017 SpectravaganzaIt took some time to get the band back together, but the Now and Again: Best of 2017 Spectravaganza is finally here and it's a good one for the NaA Drinking Game! (Be responsible, kids.) Chris debuts his long-held "Breaking Bad Theory of Relativity" and the gang talks disappointments, mutual loves, and hopes/dreams for musical flowers in the devastating hellworld we will surely call 2018. Don't forget to pair this episode with the vintage cask Now and Again 2017 Mixtape!2018-02-151h 05
The Now and Again Podcast036 Now! 15, Side BHi kids! Today's secret word is HATE. We cover the best of the pop-punk (yikes), the worst of the nu-metal (double yikes), plus some omissions (yay!). Also: Nico sings a lot, there's an extended discussion on Hot Topic, we try to get a definition of adult contemporary, and we make a bold prediction about 2018! Plus-plus: an accidental preview of next month's best of 2017 episode!2018-01-151h 18
The Now and Again Podcast035 Now! 15, Side AIt's March 2004 and time for Now, Volume 15. Nico and Chris talk for 40 minutes about the first two songs and then speed run through the dumpster of Now middles. Enjoy our thoughts on The Last Jedi that no one asked for and our cackling over the dumbest lyrics on a Now thus far. Plus! Discover what a "Baby Bash" actually is.2018-01-011h 13
The Now and Again Podcast034 Now! 14, Side BCageClub Dictator (editor's note: benevolent?) Joey is back to talk about how Chris's Dungeons and Dragons naming conventions have kept him a virgin, that time Joey got thrown out of a Regina Spektor concert, and how Good Charlotte sucks. Plus: Chris gets mad about Liz Phair, Joey gets mad at Stacy's Mom, and everyone gets mad at Nickelback.2017-12-151h 23
The Now and Again Podcast033 Now! 14, Side AWe recorded this six months ago for some reason, so I have no idea what we talk about except Now, Vol. 14 (probably). I do know that our praise for Roy Moore, Garrison Keillor, Louis CK and Matt Lauer sure seems silly now. Now 14 is a mixed bag with Ginuwine, JT, Beyonce and a lot of stuff you've definitely never heard of. Joey's the guest and he talks about Fast and the Furious to no one's surprise.2017-12-011h 11
The Now and Again Podcast032 Now! 13, Side BIt's unfortunately still 2003, and Nico and Chris and Now are going through their awkward high school years. They spend nearly a half hour before getting to the second track because they're too busy talking about Cage-nections, King-nections and everything but the songs. Chris, for some reason, is obsessed with songs that are funny but not joke-y. Meanwhile, the fart rock circus comes to town and Clocks save us in the nick of time (heh heh ughhhh). Plus: Nico reports back from NYCC and the gang attempts to explain the NJ music scene in the early aughts.2017-11-151h 25
The Now and Again Podcast031 Now! 13, Side AIt's July 2003 and, like Bush in Iraq, we seem to be in a never-ending hellscape. Other than some JT, it's a pretty dull Now and a who's who of "Who?" A few fun surprises can't help us focus on the volume, so we mostly fill the time by talking about come. (It's gonna be one of those episodes, folks.) Also: we debate songs Adele should cover, veer into Now and Again Politics Time, and mention a whole lot of deleted scenes.2017-11-011h 15
The Now and Again Podcast030 Now and Again's European VacationFlipping to Side B of this month's EP brings us across the pond to Ireland, where Chris and Nico are joined by guest Tom to talk Eurovision, Euro trash, and all the artists that never made their way to the U.S.2017-10-1551 min
The Now and Again Podcast029 Get SwiftyTAYLOR SWIFT, DON'T LISTEN TO THIS. Everyone else: this was supposed to be an episode about Katy Perry v. Taylor Swift but quickly became about how obnoxious T-Swift is. Then we do terrible, TERRIBLE British accents. Look what you made me do, T.2017-10-0134 min
The Now and Again Podcast028 Now! Volume 12, Side BNow! 12, Side B doesn't do much to redeem Side A, so instead Chris and Nico talk about how Now! appeared to be changing the tracklist theory of their albums, marking this as a really crummy turning point for the series. We also breeze through some fart rock, have a minor disagreement about pop-country (bad-bad or just bad?) and get philosophical about what being an "omission" actually means. Plus, we finally get the Xina followup and it's, uh, differrrrent.2017-09-1550 min
The Now and Again Podcast027 Now! Volume 12, Side AThis Now is boring, so instead of talking about its songs, we end up talking Madonna for a while. We also leaern what happens when you say Pharrell's name three times into a mirror (he appears and puts a big dumb hat on your head) and we get blasted by the Mandela Effect so hard we forget our own names.2017-09-011h 02
The Now and Again Podcast026 Now! Volume 11, Side BWe're back for Vol. 11, Side B, where Chris might compare Ginuwine to Shakespeare and Nico might pitch a Carly Rae Jepsen jukebox musical and both might make a comparison that Radiohead fans are gonna hate! Stay tuned to make sure you don't miss the invention of Lattegaze plus lots of groaning and griping about bland rock. 2017-08-151h 03
The Now and Again Podcast025 Now! Volume 11, Side AIt's November 2002 and we're playing Stump the Nicopedia! Chris has a revelation about life and Nico shares his musical gym tales. Plus: Jennifer Love Hewitt on Anne Frank and a lot of awful covers (plus one great one).2017-08-011h 09
The Now and Again Podcast024 Now! Volume 10, Side BIt's Now Volume 10 Side B! Chris and D talk about podcast reunion shows, the merits of non-CGI transportation (especially when it can haul a piano), Shakira Shakira Shakira, a look back at American Idol and a WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM FOR NICKELBACK!2017-07-151h 09
The Now and Again Podcast023 Now! Volume 10, Side AIt's Now Volume 10 and Chris and D pad out a contender for most forgettable Now by talking about the worst name for a Dungeons and Dragons character that Chris ever half-assed, CGI motorcycles, even more CGI motorcycles, and Kylie Minogue. In fact, let's just rename this episode Now That's What I Call Kylie. Plus: Chris signs an executive order live on air!2017-07-011h 05
The Now and Again Podcast022 Now! Volume 9, Side BIt's the back end of Now! Volume 9, which means it's time for a discussion about who we would cast in a remake of Hard Candy. We also accidentally play "Star Trek or Nu Metal" and throw a handful of dirt on the boy bands in a deeply moving tribute. Plus: we turn into High Fidelity characters and do a Top Five!2017-06-151h 18
The Now and Again Podcast021 Now! Volume 9, Side AIt's March 2002 and Nico is back to talk about another chapter in our Britney/Christina thesis, how much we love Mary J. Blige and Maya Rudolph, and two one-name artists explode onto the show.2017-06-011h 27
The Now and Again Podcast020 The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater EPOn this episode of the EP series, we talk about the early 2000s seminal skateboarding classic Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and its soundtracks. If you have fond memories of the THPS soundtracks, it's probably from the second and third games, but we still have a grand ol' time talking about the XXXTREME SPORTS craze, the game itself, and how Superman is better than every other song on here by a million miles.2017-05-1543 min
The Now and Again Podcast019 The Mailbag EPNow and Again is proud to debut the EP series! On this non-Now canon episode, Nico and Chris answer listener mail and talk about "everything but rap and country," our general dislike of that band that everyone else loves, and the myth of the guilty pleasure. Plus, we wax philosophical on the thesis of the podcast.2017-05-0142 min
The Now and Again Podcast018 Now! Volume 8, Side BOn the flipside of Now 8, Chris and Pam talk about hair shaving fetishes, MAGA CHUDs forced to listen to 3 Doors Down, pop-punk fooling us all, and Brett Scallions. Plus, the first ever April Sadness tournament to determine the worst song to appear on a Now! Also: Brett Scallions. BRETT SCALLIONS. BRETT. SCALLIONS.2017-04-151h 45
The Now and Again Podcast017 Now! Volume 8, Side A?It's fall of 2001 (#NeverForget) and Chris finally got his cooties shot and can welcome Pam to the program. They get real gross with Aliyah, real bored with Backstreet and real anime with Gorillaz. Also: More effusive praise for JT and Bey, references to Freaks, and the potential launch of a new podcast?2017-04-011h 43
The Now and Again Podcast016 Now! Volume 7, Side B?Summer 2001 - We're back to complete the Joe Trilogy as we hypothesize about our fathers' favorite bands, analyze NSync's drinks of choice and gush about the first quality rock on Now. This week: Britney Spears, NSync, Eminem and more. Plus! A special alternate universe edition of Rap Genius. Hope you like the Law and Order theme song.2017-03-151h 36
The Now and Again Podcast015 Now! Volume 7, Side ASummer 2001 - Chris is joined by yet another Joe to find redemption in the deepest depths of the Now dungeons. Can Bey, Eve, and Gwen redeem an album full of dire pop and forgettable R&B? Spoilers: not really. Plus: Deriving the 3LW equation, the horrible secret of Mystikal, and everything reminds Chris of Salma Hayek's dance in From Dusk Till Dawn.2017-03-011h 32
The Now and Again Podcast014 Now! Volume 6, Side BApril 2001 - We're back with Chris #2 for Side B and heartwarming stories about CD binders, DMB impressions, bands we don't really like and the best argument for being a one-hit wonder. Also: Coldplay, Creed, Bono and more!2017-02-151h 40
The Now and Again Podcast013 Now! Volume 6, Side A2017-02-011h 34
The Now and Again Podcast012 Now! Volume 5, Side BFall 2000 - ?Nico and Chris pick up right where they left off: talking about meeting Mandy Moore, their hometown hero Jon Bon, and giving 3 Doors Down way too much of a pass considering events that transpired after recording of this episode. Plus: Total Rap Genius Live!2017-01-222h 05
The Now and Again Podcast011 Now! Best of 2016, Side B2017-01-151h 06
The Now and Again Podcast010 Now! Volume 5, Side A2017-01-081h 37
The Now and Again Podcast009 Now! Best of 2016, Side A2017-01-0151 min
The Now and Again Podcast008 Now! Volume 4, Side BIt's (still) the front end of 2000! #CageClub's Mike Manzi is back to dive into the Eiffel 65 extended universe, high school graduation not mattering, collective love for Macy Gray, Hanson is... good?, and why Blink 182 mattered. Plus: Smashmouth or Sublime - the answer may shock you!2016-12-151h 49
The Now and Again Podcast007 Now! Volume 4, Side AIt's the front end of 2000! Chris is joined by Cage/Keanu/More Club's Mike Manzi to explore the top of the pops and the maybe-forgotten also-rans that filled the gaps on the airwaves. Can Mike name another Marc Anthony or Mandy Moore song? Can Chris differentiate between Fat Joe and Big Pun? Who was the better renaissance gal: Aaliyah or JLo? All this and more on Now and Again Vol. 4!2016-12-011h 41
The Now and Again Podcast006 Now! Volume 3, Side B2016-11-151h 34
The Now and Again Podcast005 Now! Volume 3, Side A2016-11-011h 38
The Now and Again Podcast004 Now! Volume 2, Side B2016-10-151h 36
The Now and Again Podcast003 Now! Volume 2, Side A2016-10-011h 31
The Now and Again Podcast002 Now! Volume 1, Side B2016-09-151h 32
The Now and Again Podcast001 Now! Volume 1, Side A2016-09-011h 22