This Might Be A Podcast

Mar 23 2025 329 ep. 82 mins 988

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This Might Be A Podcast is a song by song podcast about They Might Be Giants, hosted by Greg Simpson.

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Episode 276 - Your Own Worst Enemy

Mar 23 2025 80 mins

Alex Nemeroff makes his debut on the show to talk about the chill cut "Your Own Worst Enemy" off of Factory Showroom. We discuss 70s soft rock bands, Friedrich Nietzsche, and weird old midi hardware.

Episode 275 - Finished With Lies

Feb 21 2025 111 mins

Ben Byrd returns to the show to debate the merits of the Mink Car song "Finished With Lies." We explore a few different interpretations of ours, follow the song's journey from demo to album track, and hear a new We Are Number Three cover, which includes Ben himself.

Episode 274 - Spider with Rob Harvilla

Feb 07 2025 71 mins

Podcaster and author Rob Harvilla of 60 Songs That Explain the 90s: The 2000s, is here to talk about the Apollo 18 classic "Spider". We attempt to deconstruct the song to guess the origins of its parts, comment on live versions from a 30 year span, and jam out to 4 amazing covers from our Covers Crüe. 60 Songs That Explain the 90s: https://open.spotify.com/show/0njxeKJKFtoJhCRF

Episode 273 - No!

Jan 24 2025 53 mins

Jaya Crites returns to the show to talk about "No!" from...well, No! She gives us insight of what she thought of the song hearing it as a child, and how it has evolved to hearing it as an adult. Also learn how to sing the song in several languages thanks to a cover by Noah Daniel.

Episode 272 - Cloisonne & Let Me Tell You About My Operation w/Stan Harrison!

Jan 12 2025 88 mins

TMBG's saxophonist Stan Harrison returns to the show to talk about two songs he did horn arrangements for, "Cloisonné" from Join Us and "Let Me Tell You About My Operation" from Glean. We also talk about his new album, Some Poor Soul Has a Fire, which you can check out and buy on bandcamp! https://stanharrison.bandcamp.com/album/some-poor-soul-has-a-fire

Episode 271 - Havalina

Dec 16 2024 102 mins

Olivia Felo returns to the show to talk about TMBG's cover of The Pixies' song "Havalina." This episode was edited by Olivia herself! Thank you Olivia!

Episode 270 - Au Contraire

Nov 18 2024 113 mins

Amber Chaney returns to argue the merits of The Spine once again and more specifically, its song "Au Contraire." In an episode that was many reschedules in the making, we discuss French accuracy, famous figures and swingin' drum machines.

Episode 269 - Buckle Down, Winsocki

Nov 08 2024 159 mins

Dessa Asp makes their weekly show debut with an epic episode on the Pamphlet EP song, "Buckle Down, Winsocki." Many people might not realize this is a cover, and even fewer will know the history behind it. Dessa does the hard work in researching the song's journey through musicals and movies. In addition, despite this being such a deep cut we are graced with three amazing covers th

Episode 268 - Rock Club with David Cowles!

Oct 25 2024 57 mins

Part 2 of our two-song episode with TMBG artist and video director David Cowles. On this episode we focus on "Rock Club", another My Murder Remains track that David animated the video for.

Episode 267 - The Summer Breeze with David Cowles!

Oct 16 2024 72 mins

Artist and director David Cowles is here to talk about two songs he directed videos for, and here's part 1 - "The Summer Breeze" off of My Murdered Remains.