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A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast99. Goose Eggs, Part 1Ready for some egg-sistentialiam? Come join these pioneering aeronauts as we navigate this giant thermally-sealed chamber called “life.” This is part 1. All three parts are currently up on Patreon!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator.
Here are the brilliant Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent of Blessing All the Birds on “Goose Eggs:” https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/137558223533/delving-into-divers-goose-eggs.
And here is the Blessing All the Birds article on the chiasmus between “Goose Eggs” and “Same Old Man.” (We’ll be talking about this article a lot more when we get to “Same Old Man.”) https://allth...2022-10-0857 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast98. Leaving the City, Part 5Our closing comments on this devastating masterpiece of a song.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.
“Spring, deranged, weeping grass and sleepless, broke herself upon...2022-10-011h 09
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast97. Leaving the City, Part 4This is the penultimate part of our discussion on Leaving the city! The last part is up as an early release on Patreon.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
Thank YOU all so much for st...2022-09-2456 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast96. Leaving the City, Part 3Welcome to part 3 of our discussion on Leaving the city! We have our first guest host in the form of baby Lola.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
Thank YOU all so much for still be...2022-09-1753 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast95. Leaving the City, Part 2The second episode on this incredible, apocalyptic, existential-angst-inducing song.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.
“The harder you hit, the deeper the dent.”2022-09-1055 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast94. Leaving the City, Part 1Part 1, baby.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.
“I fell. I tried to do well but I won’t be.”2022-09-0356 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast93. Sapokanikan, Part 8The final Sapokanikan episode, finally.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/11-wild-allusions-you-d-have-never-guessed-joanna-newsom-was-making-in-her-song-sapokanikan-febfb19bd079, (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/the-text-will-not-yield-6872a6894ab3...2022-08-2742 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast92. Sapokanikan, Part 7The penultimate episode.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/11-wild-allusions-you-d-have-never-guessed-joanna-newsom-was-making-in-her-song-sapokanikan-febfb19bd079, (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/the-text-will-not-yield-6872a6894ab3#.puu9xx9kx...2022-08-2048 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast91. Sapokanikan, Part 6The journey continues.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/11-wild-allusions-you-d-have-never-guessed-joanna-newsom-was-making-in-her-song-sapokanikan-febfb19bd079, (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/the-text-will-not-yield-6872a6894ab3#.puu9xx9kx...2022-08-1349 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast90. Sapokanikan, Part 5WE FINALLY GET TO DISCUSS HIDDEN WOMEN IN PAINTINGS OMG.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/11-wild-allusions-you-d-have-never-guessed-joanna-newsom-was-making-in-her-song-sapokanikan-febfb19bd079, (2) https://me...2022-08-061h 05
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast89. Sapokanikan, Part 4This discussion is… unwieldy.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/11-wild-allusions-you-d-have-never-guessed-joanna-newsom-was-making-in-her-song-sapokanikan-febfb19bd079, (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/the-text-will-not-yield-6872a6894ab3#.puu9xx9...2022-07-3054 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast88. Sapokanikan, Part 3This song is bonkers. Here is the third part of our discussion in which we wonder who Milton is.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles w...2022-07-231h 09
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast87. Sapokanikan, Part 2This song is bonkers. This is the second part of our discussion, which is going to be… long.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention...2022-07-1654 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast86. Sapokanikan, Part 1This song is bonkers. This is the first part of our discussion, which is going to be… long.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true.
Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com.
We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp.
Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/
Here are the two Medium articles we mention...2022-07-0958 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast85. Anecdotes, Part 5The fourth part of our discussion on Anecdotes! The last part is up on Patreon!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.2022-07-021h 01
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast84. Anecdotes, Part 4The fourth part of our discussion on Anecdotes! The last part is up on Patreon!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.2022-06-2555 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast83. Anecdotes, Part 3The third part of our discussion on Anecdotes! The last two parts are up on Patreon!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.2022-06-1848 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast82. Anecdotes, Part 2The second part of our discussion on Anecdotes! The other three parts are up on Patreon!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.2022-06-1158 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast81. Anecdotes, Part 1The first part of our first conversation on the first song of Divers! Hope we don’t do it too much of a disservice. The other four parts are up on Patreon!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWN...2022-06-041h 07
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast80. Divers OverviewOh my god, we have made it to Divers! Well, kinda. Instead of delving right into the first Divers song, we just talk about the album as a whole in this first episode.
We will start next week with our discussion on Anecdotes. All five parts of that discussion are currently up on Patreon.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the au...2022-05-281h 00
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast79. Have One On Me Album Art, Part 2We finish our conversation about the gorgeous HOOM album art by Annabel Mehran and Becca Mann.
Here is Annabel Mehran’s website: http://annabelmehran.com
Here is Becca Mann’s: http://www.beccaevamann.com
Here is the link to the HOOM outake photos that we briefly discuss: https://nudeasthenews.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/joanna-newsom-por-annabel-mehran/
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every...2022-05-211h 04
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast78. Have One On Me Album Art, Part 1We talk about the gorgeous HOOM album art by Annabel Mehran and Becca Mann.
Here is Annabel Mehran’s website: http://annabelmehran.com
Here is Becca Mann’s: http://www.beccaevamann.com
Here is the link to the HOOM outake photos that we briefly discuss: https://nudeasthenews.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/joanna-newsom-por-annabel-mehran/
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week...2022-05-1449 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast77. Does Not Suffice, Part 2The last episode for the last song of Have One On Me! How did this happen?!
Thank you so so much to Simon for his brilliant, extremely helpful voice memo doing some really cool music mastery.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.ap...2022-05-0752 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast76. Does Not Suffice, Part 1We are somehow about to finish up our discussion of Have One On Me. Here is the first part of our two part episode on Does Not Suffice.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“I will...2022-04-3056 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast75. Kingfisher, Part 7BREAKING NEWS: We finished our conversation about Kingfisher, and documented it. Here is proof. Thank you so much if you’re still listening.
Thank you so much to Katie for the brilliant voice memo from the episode last week.
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the...2022-04-2350 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast74. Kingfisher, Part 6The penultimate episode of the longest series we’ve ever done on a song. Thank you so much if you’re still listening.
Thank you so much to Katie for the brilliant voice memo.
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week...2022-04-161h 02
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast73. Kingfisher, Part 5This is part 5 of the longest series we’ve ever done on a song. Thank you so much if you’re still listening.
Thank you so much to Sarah and Skyler for their absolutely gorgeous cover that you can hear at the end of the episode. Check out more of Sarah’s music here: https://hoonah.bandcamp.com/music.
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Fa...2022-04-091h 14
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast72. Kingfisher, Part 4We talk about fishers! Kings! Fisher kings! Kingfishers! And more.
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“He was a kind...2022-04-021h 01
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast71. Kingfisher, Part 3We talk about fishers! Kings! Fisher kings! Kingfishers! And more.
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“And for the sake...2022-03-261h 02
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast70. Kingfisher, Part 2A miracle: we actually talk about the lyrics!
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“In this life, who did you...2022-03-1957 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast69. Kingfisher, Part 1Look, you might expect us to talk about the lyrics to Kingfisher on the first episode about Kingfisher, but we do not do that. It’s an intimidating song!
Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to a...2022-03-121h 01
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast68. Ribbon Bows, Part 3The last part on Ribbon Bows!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“But, though I get so sad (could swear the night makes a motion to claim me, around that second verse), I reckon I've felt...2022-03-0542 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast67. Ribbon Bows, Part 2It’s Ribbon Bows time, baby.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“What a beautiful day to catch my drift, or be caught up in it. You want your love, Love?Come and get your love...2022-02-2642 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast66. Ribbon Bows, Part 1The first of three Ribbon Bows episodes! We hope you enjoy.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“There is a spring not far from here. The water runs both sweet and clear - both sweet and...2022-02-1958 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast65. Autumn, Part 4Our final (for now, at least) thoughts on Autumn.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“Wherever I go, I am snowbound by thoughts of him whom I would shun. I loved them all, one by one...2022-02-1244 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast64. Autumn, Part 3More about Autumn! Stick around to the end for a ridiculous blooper time.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“I lay low when I return, and I move like a gurney whose wheels are squeaking, alon...2022-02-051h 02
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast63. Autumn, Part 2We talk about Autumn! Which involves discussions of Persephone and Demeter, Joanna Newsom’s insane abilities as a lyricist, Nabokov, Only Skin, and, you guessed it, death all around.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7.
“I may...2022-01-291h 02
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast62. Autumn, Part 1The first episode about the criminally underrated Autumn. We spend a lot of time at the beginning of the episode talking about some super insightful listener thoughts and theories. Then we go on to discuss the first verse (especially the sentence structure of the first line).
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
“Driven through by her own sword, Summer died last night, alone. Even the ghosts huddled up for warmth. Autumn has come to my hometown.”2022-01-2254 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast61. Esme, Part 2The last episode on sweet Esme.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
“The phantom of love moves among us at will. Each phantom-limb lost has got an angel (so confused, like the wagging bobbed-tail of a bulldog): kindness, kindness prevails.”2022-01-151h 16
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast60. Esme, Part 1The first episode on sweet Esme! Shockingly, we discuss water, and what it might MEAN.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
“I can feel a difference. Today, a difference: all of us, in our tents, fearing god like a mistress.”2022-01-081h 00
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast59. Soft as Chalk, Part 4Here is the last episode on Soft as Chalk! In this episode, we talk vaguely about the Bible. We will miss this gorgeous song, and we are sad to let it go. Please send us thoughts on it so that we can talk about it more.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.
“I knew a little bit, but, darling, you were it, and, darling, now it is long gone.”2022-01-0143 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast58. Bonus EpisodeHello sweet people! We thought we would release one of our bonus Patreon episodes to the main feed in case anyone needs a little something to get through the holidays. Also, as a thank you for being the best listeners in the whole entire world.
This is a silly episode where we take a quiz to determine which Joanna song we are. Hope you like it!
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.2021-12-2728 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast57. Soft as Chalk, Part 3This is the third and penultimate episode on Soft as Chalk! We mostly try to figure out what the black bear is up to.
There is a slight audio issue that gets better around the 20 minute mark. Sorry about that!
As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to an article of theirs that we discuss in this episodes: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/1092411853/when-bear-stepped-clear-of-bear/amp.
Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the...2021-12-2559 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast56. Soft as Chalk, Part 2We’ve got your motes; we’ve got your beams. And we hope you enjoy this second episode on Soft as Chalk.
As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to an article of theirs that we discuss in one of the Soft as Chalk episodes: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/1092411853/when-bear-stepped-clear-of-bear/amp.
Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true...2021-12-181h 04
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast55. Soft as Chalk, Part 1Come join our discussion on goats, theodicies, and some good old fashioned righteous anger.
Thank you SO MUCH to Rachana for a truly *breathtaking* cover of Soft as Chalk that we’ve included at the end of the episode. Be sure to listen to it. We promise that it’s worth it.
As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to an article of theirs that we discuss in one of the Soft as Chalk episodes: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/1092411853/when-bear-stepped-clear-of-bear/amp.
Thank you all so m...2021-12-1155 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast54. Occident, Part 2Our final episode on the second record of HOOM. We talk about loose, sodden, spread, rushing and unhinged universes.
As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to their super insightful post comparing Occident to Divers: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/643379032632721408/occident-and-divers
Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on...2021-12-0459 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast53. Occident, Part 1The first episode on the last song on the second record of HOOM. Bonkers. We talk about small talk, about battering elements baiting kin, and a lot about death.
As always, our profound gratitude goes out to Blessing All the Birds writers, Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent. Here is a link to their super insightful post comparing Occident to Divers: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/643379032632721408/occident-and-divers
Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats.
Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true...2021-11-271h 20
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast52. Go Long, Part 5The final episode on Go Long! We will miss this life-changer of a song. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. “There’s a man who only will speak in code, backing slowly, slowly down the road. May he master everything that such men may know about loving, and then letting go.”2021-11-201h 07
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast51. Go Long, Part 4It’s the penultimate episode on Go Long! We wonder what lodge, and why the woods are the probable cause of… what? Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too.2021-11-131h 06
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast50. Go Long, Part 3In our 50th episode (!), we talk about the Mekong, football moves, and what else “you” could be covered in. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. “You burn in the Mekong to prove your worth. Go long! Go long! Right over the edge of the earth!”2021-11-061h 18
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast49. Go Long, Part 2In the second episode of our long go at Go Long, let us tell you how Jessica Simpson is relevant to the song! Princess Diana comes up again too, because obviously. We also learn about odalisques, and we wonder if they have been a theme this whole time. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “We both want the very same thing. We are praying I am the one to save you. But yo...2021-10-301h 02
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast48. Go Long, Part 1In this episode, we spend over an hour not making it past the first verse! We talk about Bluebeard, obviously. But like a lot. And also about Princess Diana. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the sick beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Last night, again, you were in my dream. Several expendable limbs were at stake.”2021-10-231h 17
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast47. Jackrabbits, Part 2This is Jackrabbits, so we talk about some dark, heavy stuff! Also, we stumble over some Bible business. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the music. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “I’m squinting towards the East. My faith makes me a dope. But you can take my hand, in the darkness, darling, like a length of rope.”2021-10-161h 01
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast46. Jackrabbits, Part 1Our first episode of the incredibly heavy Jackrabbits! We talk about heavy things. Please let us know what you think, because I feel like we need some help with this song! Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the music. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “I was tired of being drunk. My face cracked like a joke. So I swung through here like a brace of jackrabbits with their necks all broke.”2021-10-091h 26
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast45. In California, Part 4Okay. So I legit don’t get what happened with the last episode. From what I understand, there is new content, but only like 3/4 of the way through the episode. Technology, man. So! Here is an early release of the rest of our In California coverage. Thank you very much for being patient, and I’m so sorry! Hope you enjoy this last bit. Here is the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor. “If I lose my head, just where am I going to lay it?”2021-10-0349 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast44. In California, Part 3***I messed up the audio on this one, guys. Very sorry. There is new content like 3/4 ish of the way through, so please just skip ahead.*** The penultimate episode on In California. We talk about deer and their creepy walleyed eyes, koi fish, and wellness. Thank you so much for listening! We want to hear from you (ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com). Our Patreon is here (the final episode of In California is up there now): https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor. “I don’t belong to anyone, my heart is heavy as an oil drum. And I don’t want to be alone...2021-10-021h 00
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast43. In California, Part 2Here is the second part of our discussion on In California! We talk about scary deer, puns, and probably the Sopranos. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the audio processing and for the music. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Sometimes I am so in love with you (like a little clock that trembles on the edge of the hour, only ever calling out ‘Cuckoo, Cuckoo’).”2021-09-251h 29
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast42. In California, Part 1Bears! Bark-beetles! Beheadings! It’s all coming your way from our series on the majestic masterful masterpiece that is In California. Thank you all, so much, for listening. Thank you so much to David Pizarro for his beats and for making us sound good every single week. We want to hear your thoughts! Let us know what you think about In California or any other song at ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. Our Patreon is https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor. There are five bonus episodes up there so far. You also get early releases! Check it out if you want. “My heart beca...2021-09-181h 13
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast41. You and Me, Bess, Part 2The final part of our discussion of the gorgeous masterpiece that is You and Me, Bess. Possibly even the last reference to a horse on the album too, but who ever knows. We talk about the logistics of being caught, about whether this is all just a lonely hallucination, and about snow thumps. Thank you so much for listening! Thank you to David Pizarro for the music and for his incredible audio processing skills. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor. “Forever I’ll listen to your glad neighing.”2021-09-111h 31
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast40. You and Me, Bess, Part 1In this episode, we speculate more about our narrator being a horse, about highwaymen in the 1700s, alfalfa, and more! I hope you all enjoy. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beats and audio processing skills. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor. “Hope Mother Nature has not overheard! (Though, she doles out hurt like a puking bird.)”2021-09-041h 11
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast39. On a Good Day, Part 2In this last part of our On a Good Day episodes, we talk about how we talk a lot about this one minute and forty-something second song, ruined mills, wills, and water, because of course water. Thank you all for listening. Thanks to Simon for his Instagram insights! Thank you to David Pizarro, as always, for his gorgeous (new) beats. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Will you leave me be so that we can stay true to the path that you have chosen?”2021-08-281h 01
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast38. On a Good Day, Part 1We have made it to the second record of HOOM! It’s a short song, but don’t let that fool you into thinking we don’t have much to say. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all so much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beats (there’s a new one this week!), and for processing our audio. Thank you to Sam for recording our Zoom conversations, which is the only reason we still have this recording. “I saw a life, and I called it mine. I saw it dra...2021-08-211h 33
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast37. Baby Birch, Part 4The final part of Baby Birch. We will miss this song, but also, oh my god, what a relief. Since we are talking about the last verse this entire episode, it is obviously… heavy. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all, so much, for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the sick music, and for the audio processing of every single episode. “I saw a rabbit as slick as a knife and as pale as a candlestick, and I had thought it’d be harder to do, but I caught her and sk...2021-08-1454 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast36. Baby Birch, Part 3This is a very heavy episode because… Baby Birch. Part 4, the final part, of our discussion of this song is up now on Patreon. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all for listening. Thank you so much to David Pizarro for the sick Joanna beats, and for all the time he spends getting the audio just right for every single episode. “You poor little cousin. I don’t want your dregs (a little baby fussing over my legs).”2021-08-0752 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast35. Baby Birch, Part 2We talk some more about this masterpiece of a song. The topics we cover include stars, cars, engines, brakes, breaks, and probably more because the episode is somehow an hour and a half. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “We heard the rushing slow intake of the dark, dark waters and engine breaks (sic? Maybe not. But maybe).”2021-07-311h 25
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast34. Baby Birch, Part 1Well, guys. We’re here. We have somehow made it. Thank you all so much for listening. Check out our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music, and for processing the audio for us week after week. “This is a song for Baby Birch, though I will never know you.”2021-07-241h 17
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast33. No Provenance, Part 3Our final part of this criminally underrated song. Please let us know what you think! Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “And you, with your ‘arrangement’ with Fate, nodded sadly at her lame assault on that steady old gate, her faultlessly etiolated fishbelly-face; the muzzle of a ghost.”2021-07-1759 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast32. No Provenance, Part 2We talk some more about waking up, about finding yourself, about change arising from nothing… Ya know. Thank you to everyone for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music and audio processing. Here is our Patreon where you can find all three of the No Provenance episodes, along with two bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true “I’m afraid of the Big Return. There’s a certain conversation lost, and that loss incurred with nobody remaining to register who had passed this way, in the night, in the middle of the night (negating their grace an...2021-07-101h 04
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast31. No Provenance, Part 1Listen. If you are a person who is not sold on this song, please give us the chance in the next three episodes to convince you of its absolute greatness. In this episode, we talk a lot about myths, barns, and betrayal! Thank you to you for listening; thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beats and audio processing skills. Here is our Patreon where all three of our No Provenance episodes are already up (along with a bonus episode!): https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “I have died happy, and lived to tell the tale to yo...2021-07-031h 24
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast30. Good Intentions Paving Co., Part 2More hell talk! More fog talk! More gender roles talk! Also, happy happy happy birthday to Sam, who is obviously completely incredible. Thank you all so much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the lovely music and his audio processing skills. Check out our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “And I know you meant to show the extent to which you gave a goddang- you ranged real hot and real cold, but I’m sold, I am at home on that range.”2021-06-261h 26
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast29. Good Intentions Paving Co., Part 1We mess up some idioms, and talk about fist-fighting with fog, ignoring signposts on the way to hell, rebirth, nightmare vibes, fatalism, and obviously gender. We published our first bonus episode to Patreon this week wherein we discuss some real cool listener submissions. Check out our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beats and his audio processing skills. “And I regret, I regret how I said to you, ‘honey, just open your heart’ when I’ve got trouble even opening a honey...2021-06-191h 19
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast28. ‘81, Part 2In this episode, Sam and Nikki set out to prove their ability to find tangents and to make loose connections. We talk about kindness, dragons, empathy, etc. Here is a link to our Patreon, where we offer early access to episodes (as well as some sporadic bonus content): https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all so very much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music and audio. “The unending amends you made are enough for one life. Be done.”2021-06-1254 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast27. ‘81, Part 1We talk about The Garden of Eden, get confused about “A.D.”, speculate about more narrator-mysteries, and revel in general about this song. We have a Patreon that you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you so much to you all for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the beats and for the audio stuff he does every week. “It was dirt, and dirt is all the same.”2021-06-051h 06
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast26. Have One On Me, Part 3We say goodbye to Lola, and have a hard time with that. Syphilis comes up more than you would think. Goodbye, Lola. We love you forever. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the beautiful music and mysterious audio techniques. “Meanwhile, I will raise my own glass to how you made me fast and expendable, and I will drink to your excellent health, and your cruelty.”2021-05-291h 14
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast25. Have One On Me, Part 2Here’s Sam and Nikki, ta-da, to do a lot of talking about Lola! We talk a lot about how we’re heart-broken/devastated/deflated/saddened at nearly every part of the song. We also discover and react to Louis’ age. And who tf is narrating?! We will explore it all. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music, and thank you to every listener for listening. https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Heaven has no word for the way you and your friends have treated poor Louis. May god save your poor soul, Lola! (But there is nothing...2021-05-221h 15
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast24. Have One On Me, Part 1In this first episode on the titular track, we talk a lot about the one and only Lola Montez. We talk so much about her that we only cover the first verse, but IT’S IMPORTANT, OKAY? Thank you all so so much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the sick beats. Also, I should have been thanking David this whole time for cleaning up our audio because he does that every single week. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Email us at ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. “I felt so bad cause I didn’t know how to feel bad en...2021-05-151h 17
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast23. Easy, Part 3CW that we didn’t mention at the beginning: we have a brief discussion about ABA. Okay, this episode is, once again, off the rails. Brace yourselves. We talk about Canadianisms, love languages, acid... and then, against vehement protests from Sam, Nikki tempts Bloody Mary, and she makes herself known. Thank you all for listening (especially if you somehow make it through this episode), and thank you so much to David Pizarro for the music. “You must not fear; you must meet me to see me, I am barely here.”2021-05-0845 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast22. Easy, Part 2Fogs! Ports! Bays! We have it all in this episode. Thank you all so much for listening, and, as always, thank you to David Pizarro for the sick beats. “Come on, you little life-giver: give your life.”2021-05-0144 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast21. Easy, Part 1Our first part of the first song of the masterpiece that is Have One On Me. We talk about rivers, beds, syllables, etc. Thank you to everyone for listening, and a special thank you to David Pizarro for the brand spanking new beat that he made for the new endeavor that is HOOM. He made three beats for HOOM - one for each of the three records. THANK YOU, DAVID. “No one knows what is coming, or who will harvest what we have sewn, or how I’ve been dulling, and dumbing in the service of the heart alone.”2021-04-241h 12
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast20. Colleen, Part 3The final episode on Colleen! We talk more about names, narwhals, the patriarchy, and other usual topics. Thank you so much, again, to Melissa Marturano from Blessing All the Birds. Check out her incredible post from a few weeks ago here: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/647478743591436288/divers-colleen-and-monkey-bear-and-a. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music. And thank you to everyone who listens! We’ll be back next week with our first episode from Have One On Me, in which we discuss “Easy”. “Have you come here to rescue me? He laughed, and said, ‘From what, Colleen? You dried and dressed most willi...2021-04-1752 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast19. Colleen, Part 2We continue our discussion on this utterly captivating song. Thank you so much again to Melissa of Blessing All the Birds. The blog post that she wrote up in conjunction with last week’s episode can be found here: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/647478743591436288/divers-colleen-and-monkey-bear-and-a. Thank you, too, to everyone who listens. And as always, thank you to David Pizarro for the gorgeous beat.2021-04-101h 04
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast18. Colleen, Part 1In this super special collaborative episode with the brilliant Melissa Marturano from Blessing All the Birds, we start our dive into the endlessly fascinating Colleen. Melissa has a post on Blessing All the Birds in which she discusses what she brought up in this episode (which you can find here: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/647478743591436288/divers-colleen-and-monkey-bear-and-a ). Thank you so much, Melissa. For the rest of the episode, your fin-wife hags discuss selkies, naming, identity, seducing, and more! We hope you enjoy. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beat.2021-04-031h 27
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast17. Ys Album Artwork, Part 2Part 2 of the gong show that is this discussion. We talk about syphilis finger, harpsicles (harp-sickles?), more flowers, monkey chair-arms... who even knows. Thank you so much to all of you who have been with us throughout our whole Ys adventure. Thank you too, to David Pizarro, for his magical Cosmia beat.2021-03-271h 17
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast16. Ys Album Artwork, Part 1Okay, listen. This episode is a bit off the rails. We don’t know how to analyze fine art, but we gave it a go, and here is what we came up with. We dive into (and possibly drown in) Benjamin Vierling’s gorgeous, intricate masterpiece that is the Ys album art. I am pretty sure we mispronounce something several times a minute. WE TRIED. Please let us know if you have any thoughts or theories. We need your help, especially on this stuff. Good luck with this one. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for...2021-03-201h 15
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast15. Cosmia, Part 2The last part of the last episode of the last song on Ys. (Except we’re doing an episode on the album art next week so as to cling to this album as long as possible.) We hope you all enjoy! Special thanks to Av for his ridiculously helpful and informative video on Ys and music. Thank you, as always, to David Pizarro for the beautiful beat. Send us your thoughts on literally any Joanna song (ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com). We would love to hear them. After the album art episode next week, we are going to cover Colleen before diving in...2021-03-131h 04
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast14. Cosmia, Part 1We start our discussion on the last song from (what is probably) the greatest album of all time. We are sad about that, so you should email us (ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com) theories and questions about anything Ys related so that we can revisit it one more time. In the meantime, buckle in for some moth-talk. Thank you, as always, to David Pizarro for the beautiful Cosmia beat. Thank you also to the people who contributed to this episode! We appreciate you so much.2021-03-061h 31
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast13. Only Skin, Part 5The final episode on Only Skin. What a trip. Thank you all for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for his Cosmia beat. “All my bones, they are gone, gone, gone. Take my bones, I don’t need none.”2021-02-2749 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast12. Only Skin, Part 4We get confused about lights, undiluted and weaving, babies out back, and anointing guns. Thank you so much to you all for listening. Thank you so much, too, to David Pizarro for the music. “Stay with me for a while. That’s an awfully real gun. I know life will lay you down, as the lightning has lately done.”2021-02-201h 27
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast11. Only Skin, Part 3We continue our discussion on Only Skin! We talk about sex, drugs, birds, Sisyphus, and the Bible, hitting a bunch of the usual Joanna themes. Thank you so much to Blessing All the Birds, to David Pizarro for the Cosmia beat, and to Rachana for her absolutely gorgeous and impressive cover of Only Skin. Thanks also to everyone who contributed their theories. “I have got some business out at the edge of town, candy weighing both of my pockets down till I can hardly stay afloat from the weight of them (and knowing how the common folk condemn what it is...2021-02-131h 32
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast10. Only Skin, Part 2We talk a lot about nurturing. Thank you so much to everyone for listening. Thank you, too, to David Pizarro, aka Peez, for his Cosmia beat (“Framed Your Eyes”). “Press on me, we are restless things. Webs of seaweed are swaddling. And you call upon the dusk of the musk of a squid: shot full of ink, until you sink into your crib.”2021-02-061h 25
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast9. Only Skin, Part 1We’ve done it. We have attempted to tackle the enormity of Only Skin. It took us a long time, but come on, it *should* take a long time to talk about this modern, masterpiece of an epic. I don’t even know how to write this preamble. It’s all just too good. Thank you so much to Alexis and Av for their supportive and insightful contributions. Thank you as well to Rachel Hottle for her incredible (over our heads with its brilliance) essay, “Unconventional Formal Structures and Function in the music of Joanna Newsom”. Thank you, as ALWAYS, to Melissa...2021-01-301h 41
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast8. Sawdust & Diamonds, Part 3It’s the last episode on this gorgeous song. We finish up our discussion of Sawdust & Diamonds. Nikki goes on a wild tangent about Lolita. Thank you so much to everyone who listens! Thank you to David Pizarro for the music (this beat is called “Framed Your Eyes”, and you can find more here: https://m.soundcloud.com/peezismyname ). “Darling, we will be fine, but what was yours and mine appears to me a sandcastle that the gibbering wave takes.”2021-01-231h 03
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast7. Sawdust & Diamonds, Part 2The penultimate part of our discussion on the gorgeous, moving, earth-shattering Sawdust & Diamonds. Sam is completely brilliant on this episode (and always) so I just also want to thank her for her brains and her sweet heart. Thank you so much, too, to David Pizarro, aka Peez for his beat, “Framed Your Eyes”. Find more of his stuff at www.SoundCloud.com/peezismyname . Thank you, especially, so much to everyone who listens. Email us at ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. “Push me back into a tree. Bind my buttons with salt. Fill my long ears with bees, praying please, please, please, love, you ou...2021-01-161h 01
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast6. Sawdust & Diamonds, Part 1In our first episode about Sawdust & Diamonds, we talk about big themes throughout the song, the myth of the city of Ys, and a bunch of other stuff. Thanks so much to Jack, Alexis, and Lise for their contributions to today’s episode, and thank you to David Pizarro, aka Peez, for the wonderful music (his beat is called “Framed Your Eyes”). You can check out the rest of his stuff at https://soundcloud.com/peezismyname . Thank you, too, to every single person who listens. “Drop a bell off of the dock. Blot it out in the sea. Drowning mute as a roc...2021-01-091h 14
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast5. Monkey & Bear, Part 3We finish up our discussion on Monkey & Bear, and our hearts break a little bit/a whole lot. Thank you so much to Dirick for their Monkey & Bear cover (which we play at the end of the episode) and to David Pizarro for his Cosmia beat (which is called “Framed Your Eyes”). Also, thank you, thank you, thank you to Zak for his really wonderful and insightful voice memo, to Cory and Jack for their write-ins about M&B, to Alexis for her undying support, and to the entirety of Blessing All the Birds for their absolutely incredible analyses. Melissa and...2021-01-0259 min
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast4. Monkey & Bear, Part 2Our second of three parts on Monkey & Bear! What a trip. Thank you all so much for listening. Thank you again to David Pizarro, aka Peez for the music. “When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap, and their applause caws the kettle black, and we can’t have none of that.”2020-12-261h 23
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast3. Monkey & Bear, Part 1This is the beginning of our long, long discussion (maybe 3 parts?) on Monkey & Bear. We want to thank M.M. Wright, Alexis, Zak, Cody, Av, and Dirick for their wonderful insights, and their apparently unconditional support. Thank you so much. For real. Thank you, too, to David Pizarro, aka Peez for his sick Cosmia beat. And thank you to actually everyone who listens to this. Lastly, thank you SO MUCH to Melissa Marturano and Rachel Parent for the entirety of Blessing All the Birds. “You know that we must unlearn this allegiance to a life of service, and no longer an...2020-12-191h 09
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast2. Emily, Part 2In this episode we finish up our discussion on Emily. Thank you so much to Selene for their super insightful voice memo, and thank you to everyone who listens. Music by the super talented David Pizarro, aka Peez. “Peonies nod in the breeze, and while they wetly bow with hydrocephalitic listlessness, ants mop up their brow.”2020-12-121h 30
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast1. Emily, Part 1The inaugural episode of A Hopeless Endeavor. We talk about the first half-ish of “Emily”, and say “totally” a lot. “Let us go though we know it’s a hopeless endeavor!” Music by Peez, aka David Pizarro.2020-12-051h 08
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom PodcastA Hopeless Endeavor TrailerA trailer for our new Joanna Newsom podcast! The first full episode comes out on December 5th. We’re looking forward to hearing all of your theories and interpretations. Music is by David Pizarro, aka Peez.2020-11-1904 min