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Keeping Records
Let's pick up where we left off, shall we? It's your favorite band MUNA back in the studio (that they never really left) to really get into their mostly gastronomy-related picks for the Golden Record. In between listing out their favorite burrito spots, Naomi, Jo, and Katie listen encouragingly as Caleb and Shelby try their hand at songwriting; Caleb and Shelby give notes as MUNA sharpens their improv chops. It's a beautiful, symbiotic collaboration; a peak behind the creative curtain for lil freaks' eyes + ears only. MUNA's Artifacts Pt 2: Eating the Butt of a Burrito and Watching TV, and Putting That Little Bit of Hot Sauce in the Different Bites (Experience) When You Mess Up a Word and it Sounds Funny (Gaffe) A Nice Dinner with Friends (Shared Meal) Bagel (Food) Follow MUNA on Twitter and Instagram, and pre-order their new album here. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
There's arguably too many people in the studio. They arguably all talk about too many things at once. Fortunately, Jo, Naomi, and Katie (members of your favorite band MUNA) took their mission very seriously, collaborating on a tightly edited Golden Record to send only the very best earth stuff to space. Unfortunately, they all spend too long making sex noises with their hands to get to most of them, so you'll have to tune into the next episode, too. MUNA's Artifacts (to be continued): Spy (2015 Film) Follow MUNA on Twitter and Instagram, and pre-order their new album here. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
Is there any lil freak/Lord of the Ring fan crossover? We sure do hope so, because Caleb, Shelby, and musician Lou Roy kind of go off about Tolkien for a while this week. They do manage to leave Middle Earth for a little while to talk about Hometown Buffet - which we tried to provide a URL link to but incredibly, does not have a website in this year of our lord 2022. So really if any humans or aliens want to learn about that place, they kind of have to listen to this ep??? Lou's Artifacts Debussy's Clair de Lune (Music) Hometown Buffet (Restaurant) Supreme Croissant (no meat) From Jack-in-the-Box (Food) Neopolitan Ice Cream Sandwich Lou's journal entry from 2001 (age 9) that details her best friend betraying her by going to Hometown Buffet with a friend from his school without her (Archival Material) Follow Lou on Twitter and Instagram, and listen to her debut album, PURE CHAOS, which drops today! Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
Caleb and Shelby sit down for a little one-on-one in the studio to discuss the biggest names of our generation: Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Reba McEntire, Shelley Duvall, and Heath Ledger. They also carve out some time to hone their improv chops but somehow only get to two of your additions to the Golden Records. But as always, they're perfect, just like all of you lil freaks. Your Record Additions: The Reba Theme Song (Audio) Pizza with Ranch (Food) Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
The world's teeeeniest podcast hosts (Caleb and Shelby) invite on the tiiiiiniest guest (writer/performer/recent sister wife Lily Sullivan [The Righteous Gemstones, I Think You Should Leave, Comedy Bang Bang!]) to talk about about this parmesan cheese commercial for an hour. They are all so small and so brave. This episode also marks the development of a brand new spinoff podcast, hereafter referred to as a "side pod," wherein one of the hosts or even the guests themselves start their own separate conversation on a topic of their choosing, directly to camera. A real chaotic surround sound experience from the people that brought you the original chaotic stereo sound experience known as Keeping Records. Lily's Artifacts This Italian Commercial for Parmigiano Reggiano (Audio-visual) Huge Ice-filled Glasses of Water (Beverage) The Feeling of When Someone Tells You a Huge Piece of Gossip and You Know You're Gonna Talk About It Together For 5 Hours Straight (Experience) Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001 Film) This TikTok of a baby waking up (Audio-visual) Follow Lily on Twitter and Instagram. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
Caleb and Shelby invite comedian and writer Vinny Thomas into the gauntlet (our recording studio) to find out if he can survive an hour in the hottest room known to humankind (the Headgum AC was broken). See which of the following symptoms of heat stroke according to WebMD.com you can spot amongst the three of them throughout the duration of the episode: Confusion, altered mental status, slurred speech Hot, dry skin or profuse sweating Very high body temperature Low-key delirium Picking fights with animals for no reason Picking fights with your co-hosts/guests for no reason Vinny's Artifacts We Belong Together (Mimi’s Late Night Valentine’s Mix) (Audio) Fatal Attractions (2010-2013) (TV Show) What Would You Do with John Quiñones (TV Show) Seeing a parrot in LA (Birdwatching Experience) Follow Vinny on Twitter and Instagram. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
Comedian/Tennessee native Laura Peek logs on with Caleb and Shelby to wade through the trials and tribulations of the best/worst four years of everyone's life: high school. Remember senior privileges? Remember absolutely roasting your teachers any time they even slightly misspoke? Remember how hot it was when 16-year-old boys chewed tobacco and had that little faded ring on the back pocket of their jeans? Yeah, no, definitely, us either, we also think that's gross........ Laura's Artifacts When you see a guy who looks like he would suck do something nice (Experience) Waking up and thinking “oh shit it’s probably 7:30 am” but then looking at your phone and it’s like 2 am (Sense of Relief) Chicken tenders and ranch from Nashville Shores Water Park (Food) The time I pooped HUGE in my pants in first grade and didn’t realize it for a whole school day (Human Experience) When someone is laughing and they touch your arm to kinda brace themselves against the laugh (Gesture) Perfect cacio e pepe (Food) The Holiday (2006 Film) Hopping out of the pool at your friend’s birthday party for a quick bite of Ruffles and onion dip in the year 2000 (Experience) One Camel cigarette (Vice) Follow Laura on Twitter and Instagram. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
No amount of explicit content warning could possibly prepare you for what happened when writer/actress Tamara Yajia stopped by the Keeping Records studio as our first in-studio guest. Producers and Headgum staff still traumatized, need time to process. We ask that you respect our privacy and we have no further comment at this time. Tam's Artifacts PEN15 episode, "Grammy" (2021 TV Episode) Smelling your tooth floss (Olfactory Sensation) Cheesecake Factory’s Chicken Madeira (Food) A first class airplane ride (Experience) Follow Tam on Twitter and Instagram. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
An episode that will undoubtedly be used as a resource on LGBTQIA+ allyship and gay rights manual for the alien species forever into the future. Writer and world's biggest and last remaining Pinkberry customer Jill Gutowitz stops by to explain to us (and the aliens) that adjusting a lesbian's clothing is actually a homophobic slur, how to get a boyfriend through AIM as a young closeted resident of New Jersey, and that the looks exchanged by hot young cheerleaders in an early aughts cinematic masterpiece are actually peak gay. Jill's Artifacts AIM (Technology) Freaky Friday (2003 Film) The glances exchanged between Kirsten Dunst, Gabrielle Union, and Eliza Dushku in Bring It On (Cinematic Moment) Pinkberry (Food) A Taylor Swift Avatar On Twitter Telling You To Die (Experience) Follow Jill on Twitter and Instagram and buy her new book, Girls Can Kiss Now, out now from Simon & Schuster. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
This week on the pod, Caleb, Shelby, and Emmy-winning (!!!) writer/actress/comedian Ashley Nicole Black get into it. It = the best moments of the human experience, the things we should be most proud to show off to the aliens in space. It mostly = the 1997 ouevre My Best Friend's Wedding. They also get into the use of stalls vs. urinals, how to actually give someone a compliment without telling on yourself, and an absolutely harrowing tale from Caleb's dating life. Let this be a reminder to do a thorough background check on all your dates, lil freaks!!!! Ashley's Artifacts Day Drinking Outside (Experience) When a Baby Uses You As a Couch (Behavior) My Best Friend's Wedding (1997 Film) Being a Drunk Girl in the Bathroom (Shared Feeling) Adopting Dogs (Activity) Follow Ashley on Twitter and Instagram. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
Live (not really!) from the brand new Headgum Studios (yes really!) it's everybody's favorite comedy/friendship duo Caleb Hearon and Shelby Wolstein!!!! Our first in-studio episode has something for everyone: Caleb trying to cry on command and then blaming everyone else in the studio when he can't; Shelby revealing that God is her social media manager; the two of them reconciling after a near-show-ending fight about potato chip flavors; and Caleb's mom texting to ask a question that's been on all of our minds lately: "What is Netflix?" No answer is given. Of course, Caleb and Shelby also turned to you, their lil freaks, to see what you've been wanting to add/delete from the Golden Record these days: Your Record Additions Kwik Trip (Place) One Direction's Performance of "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia on X Factor at Simon Cowell's House (Audio-Visual) Dill Pickle Flavored Chips (Snack) Finding a Loaded Gift Card You Forgot You Had (Currency) Your Deletions When Escalators Are Out of Order (Inconvenience) P.S. If you like it when Caleb and Shelby sing, this is the ep for you. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
What if we sent the absolute most unhinged takes on present-day society to the aliens on a Golden Record? Would it confuse them? Maybe make us seem wild and ungovernable? Or do they also think that only women and children should be allowed to wear flip flops and that all dogs should be kept outside? Those are the questions we reckon with on this week's episode with "small ex-Hasidic queer Jewish stand-up comedian, writer, and true original," Robby Hoffman. A must-listen, especially if you're an alien that thinks you might want to make contact with the human race to your own detriment. Robby's Artifacts Hallways and Rooms Hardware Stores Neapolitan Ice Cream $100 Bill Follow Robby on Instagram and Twitter. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Keeping Records
Musician/producer Brian Robert Jones stops by the ~virtual~ Keeping Records studio to talk about what the kids mean when they say "throwing neck," TI-89 calculators, and his lifelong dream of performing live at KFC's Yum! Center in Louisville, KY. (Where, incidentally, Shelby thinks would be a cool place to lose your virginity.) The best part of this perfect episode is that there was not a single technical difficulty or internet connection issue and we all love recording podcasts remotely for everyone's safety. It's the best! Brian's artifacts: Absolutely killing It as a plus one to an event where you know very few if any people (Experience) *NSYNC - Discography (Audio) Nick Jonas performing Spaceman on SNL (Audio-Visual) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Movie) Eating a Gigantic Breakfast at a Nice Hotel (Experience) Follow Brian on Instagram, Twitter, and Spotify. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This episode is mostly Caleb and Shelby singing along to their favorite songs. But they are at some point joined by actress, filmmaker, and amateur pop culture oracle Sarah Ramos, who has a long list of her fave pieces of modern civilization to send out to space (notably Taylor Swift's entire discography, RuPaul's drag race, and weed edibles). There's also a discussion of best practices for self-tapes, and how to avoid being embarrassed when someone walks in on you in the bathroom. Probably also useful for the aliens to know, we have to assume!!! Sarah's Artifacts Taylor Swift's Discography (Audio) Enlightened (TV show) Hustlers (2019 film) Mary-Kate and Ashley VHSes (Audio-Visuals) Weed edibles (Food) Social Media stan accounts (Phenomenon) RuPaul's Drag Race (TV show) Follow Sarah on Instagram and Twitter. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Caleb and Shelby are joined by writer Ruby Caster to discuss how Ruby and Shelby can't read (bummer!!) and whether or not table-side Caesar salad preparation is inherently gay. They briefly touch on Ruby's Golden Record picks (which is incidentally the point of this show): romaine lettuce + parmesan cheese, the best band to have ever existed, and Midol, which Ruby attests is a miracle drug. Spoiler: it seems it is not. Ruby's Artifacts Caesar Salad from Bernie’s Restaurant in Williamsburg, BK (Food) All of ABBA’s music (Audio) Midol (Remedy) Follow Ruby on Instagram and Twitter. Watch the video version of the episode Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Keeping Records
with Caleb Hearon and Shelby Wolstein
In 1977, NASA sent the Voyager into space with two records known as the “Golden Records.” On them were recordings of notable historic music, evocative nature sounds, and murmurs from contemporary life, all used to paint a picture of humanity and the world at large. Things have changed a lot since 1977, so Caleb Hearon and Shelby Wolstein are trying their hand at an update. They're talking with comedians, musicians, and the like about what they would include on their own “golden record” if a new one were sent today. Songs, images, films, and moments are all on the table in this comedic reflection on art, media, and culture.