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That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastJavelinWe're back with our thoughts on Sufjan's latest album: Javelin!
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2024-01-301h 06That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastAporiaWe're back to talk about Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams 2020 release: Aporia!
It's like meditating with a haemorrhoid - Jordan
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2023-08-2454 min
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastCall Me By Your NameJordan and I discuss Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name.
But most importantly, the 3 Sufjan songs featured heavily in the film!
Is this a Song of Songs style love story? Or is it an older guy creeping on someone underage? For some reason we delve into it?
2023-05-251h 09
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastThe DecalogueDid you all know these songs were based on the ten commandments? who knew?
We're back! And we're actually a Sufjan Stevens podcast (just a bad one)
2023-02-2100 min
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastGlossolaliaOn this episode of your favourite Sufjan Stevens podcast, we don't talk about Sufjan at all! Are you surprised? Instead, I sit down with the "Canadian Sufjan", our very own Jordan Klassen!
We're talking Jordan's 2022 release "Glossolalia".
Oh! And Jordan reveals he's a mentalist for some reason.
2022-10-091h 14
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastCarrie and Lowell Live w/ Olivia KlassenWow, we're back! and this time we have an intimate conversation with Olivia Klassen! Olivia is a Library Technician in Vancouver. You can hear her vocals on Jordan's track "Niko"! She is also Jordan's Indie Wife! We got her on the pod! Olivia is a real gem, and we're so glad she joined us for our silly podcast.
Jor, Olivia and I (Justin) sit down to talk about their first date at the Carrie and Lowell Live concert!
2022-08-081h 06
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastA Beginner’s MindWe're back and we're better than ever! In this surprise return from hiatus we skip right to Sufjan and Angelo De Augustine's A Beginner's Mind.
We also discuss who may be the best Christian Contemporary Act of all time!
2022-03-181h 23
Somebody Date Jenn and KyleWomen's Burning QuestionsJenn and Kyle are only answering audience questions today! Specifically questions from women who are lost in the land of love. To help out are Alex Williams and Justin Bills.Check out Alex's other work here: https://www.mechoradio.comListen to Justin's Sufjan Stevens podcast here: https://thatwastheworstpodcastever.podbean.comTo ask questions or contribute to the Fish Bowl, go to our website: https://www.somebodydatejennandkyle.comFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/somebodydateOr follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somebodydatejk2021-11-2750 min
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastWe Read Your Fan Mail!In this completely indulgent episode of "TWTWPE" we dive into all the emails we've received and answer your questions, such as, "What Sufjan song is best for a divorce" and more!
emails us at twtwpe@gmail.com
2021-10-1149 min
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastMichigan Vs Illinoise - An Album vs Album Crossover event!We joined our friend Cail and Lucas from the Album vs Album podcast to decide which Sufjan album do we like better: Illinois or Michigan?
Illinois has the bangers, the classics, the songs that most people know! but Michigan has a charm that cannot be duplicated! What album will win?!
You know when Steve Urkel went on Full House? This is basically the same thing.
Check out more episodes of Album vs Album wherever you get podcasts!
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2021-09-231h 46
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastThe Greatest Gift!On this episode we look at Sufjan Steven's mixtape "The Greatest Gift". And we give you, the listener, a great gift because this was recorded together in Jordan's studio in Vancouver. No zoom, just two guys sharing one la croix talking about this little gem of an album.
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2021-09-061h 13
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastPlanetarium!Join us, as we join Sufjan (with Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister) as our tour guide through the cosmos with their 2017 collaboration "Planetarium".
We also talk about vulnerability, Sufjan's sexual experiences at a methodist summer camp, and The Water Boy.
2021-08-011h 07
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastAn Interview With Comedian, Joey Clift!We got to sit down with writer, producer, comedian and performer Joey Clift!
Joey set out to do what Sufjan couldn't: complete the 50 states project! We talk to Joey about how this idea came to be, how he did it with the help of the internet, and if he's a fan?
We also got to hear about the projects Joey is working on, specifically a new Netflix show called Spirit Rangers! Joey is hilarious. Check him out on twitter: @joeytainment
As always you can email us at: twtwpe@gmail.com
2021-07-051h 10
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastEnjoy Your RabbitThe songs sound like the animals.
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2021-06-081h 27
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastCarrie & LowellIt's probably no surprise that Jordan and Justin love this record. We think it's a straight up timeless masterpiece.
We also talk about Egg Mcmuffins and Tim Hortons not having honey mustard anymore.
You can write to us at twtwpe@gmail.com
2021-05-061h 27
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastAge Of AdzWe're not effing around! It's the Age Of Adz episode!
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2021-04-231h 27
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastAll Delighted People EPOn this episode we take a look at Sufjan's 2010's All Delighted People EP. A surprise release just months before The Age Of Adz!
We answer all the crucial questions surrounding this EP like:
Do you go to Costco just for $1.50 hot dogs?
Did you know Sufjan wrote a song in 2000 called "All Delighted People" and it sounds nothing like the version on this EP?
Do you think "The Owl And The Tanager" is a goth ballad? (ugh)
Thanks to Hans and Jarrod of Blindman Brewery and Red Hart Brewi...2021-04-081h 08
That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastAn Interview With John Ringhofer Of Half-Handed CloudJohn Ringhofer is a musician, singer, songwriter, artist, dad, label mate and friend of Sufjan Stevens.
John tells us about life in Helsinki, the beginnings of getting started in music, becoming pen pals with Sufjan, releasing his first album on Asthmatic Kitty, touring in the Michigan Militia and Illinoismakers and so much more!
We're so excited to have John sit down with us! Please check out his music at: https://half-handedcloud.bandcamp.com and https://halfhandedcloud.bandcamp.com
As always you can reach out to us at: twtwpe@gmail.com
2021-03-251h 23That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastThe BQE!We sit down to talk about Sufjan Steven's 2009 release "The BQE" a 40min instrumental album about an express way in Brooklyn! Did we like it when it came out? Not really. Do we appreciate it more now because it shows Sufjan's depth as an artist? Listen to find out! (but the answer is yes)
Also, what was Jordan's journal entry on 9/11? Did we pray for our future spouses in a problematic way when we were younger? (yes) And so so so much more!
Also, we're happy to announce an email address for the podcast where yo...2021-02-271h 07That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastThe AvalancheJustin and Jordan take a look at Sufjan's compilation of outakes and B-sides from Illinois called "The Avalanche". Could this album be better than Illinois? (no) Will Justin and Jordan like it? (yes)
They also talk about their fav places to go to the bathroom when they're out and about. (why?)
2021-02-111h 14That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastIllinois! - With special guest Nathan "The Magician" MoesWe reflect on Sufjan's break out hit "Illinois" with special guest Nathan Moes. Justin and Jordan think it's a great album, Nathan thinks it's a good album. It gets tense.
Can you beat Nathan and Jordan on a special "Name That Tune: Sufjan Edition"? (yes, you definitely can!)
What do Sufjan and Sunny from P.O.D have in common? You'll find out on this supersized episode of that was the worst podcast ever!
2021-01-281h 29That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastSeven SwansWe figure out the pressing questions all Sufjan fans are dying to find out, such as: is the lead singer of Eve 6 a babysitter? We also talk about Seven Swans, our favourite Sufjan album. But you guessed that already, right?
2021-01-141h 17That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastMichiganHark! Lift Up Your Heads! The Michigan Episode For The Weary, The Broken, The Tired!
In this episode we learn that Jordan went to a Sufjan concert as a first date with his now wife (and bailed on a friend in the process) and I (Justin) make some pretty cringey observations about Sufjan's music that sounded profound in my mind but now make me feel embarrassed. But anyway, Holland really does remind me of dust particles floating in the air on a hot summer morning after sleeping in, so....
But, wow, is this a great Su...2020-12-301h 08That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastSongs For Christmas!Jordan and Justin share their top 3 favourite Sufjan Christmas songs from his box set "Songs For Christmas". Jordan does a brilliant play on words with Christmas presents vs Christmas presence. What insights do they bring to Sufjan's music beyond calling it "good" and "beautiful? You'll have to listen to find out!
2020-12-1658 min
Kyle and Dave vs The MachineMagnolia; with special guest Justin Bills!A film that's fragmented into multiple stories that all come together, sort of. Kyle is happy to listen to Aimee Mann. Dave ends up licking frogs. The Machine wants to be a contestant on that game show.You can listen to Justin's podcast, That Was the Worst Podcast Ever, here: https://thatwastheworstpodcastever.podbean.comYou can also follow Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinbillsYou can follow us on Letterboxd to see the entire list of movies we've talked about: https://letterboxd.com/kdvstm/Watch the trailer for Magnolia here: https...2020-12-041h 22That Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastA Sun CameJustin and Jordan talk about Sufjan's debut album "A Sun Came". Is Sufjan funny? Find out!
2020-12-0257 minThat Was The Worst Podcast Ever: A Sufjan Stevens PodcastThe First Episode!Justin and Jordan sit down to talk about why they love Sufjan and how it intertwines with their (best?) friendship.
2020-11-1733 min