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

Mar 24, 2022
Mar 24, 2022
1 hr 9 min
Australian friend Belinda Van Helden is on the show to talk about the classic TMBG kid's song Four of Two. But is it a kids song? Find out about the song's life before the album No! and learn all about the location of famously-stopped clocks.

Mar 17, 2022
Mar 17, 2022
1 hr 38 min
Lydia Sekscenski visits the show to talk about Icky off of Nanobots. Who's that Icky guy? We try to get to know him in our discussion of the lyrics, the intriguing chord progression, and an instrument rarely used throughout TMBG's canon. Greg contributes a cover that's... loud.

Mar 10, 2022
Mar 10, 2022
1 hr 27 min
Garrett Secret joins us to talk about a tune deep in Glean's tracklist, Aaa. We get our hands dirty trying to make sense of the chord progression, talk percussion, and find a surprisning amount of covers.

Mar 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022
1 hr 30 min
Ariana Harris makes her debut on the show to talk about the Flood classic Whistling In The Dark. We discuss the disputed meaning of the title phrase, marching bass drums, and live recordings from all eras of the band.

Feb 24, 2022
Feb 24, 2022
1 hr 33 min
I Lost Thursday was the first single released from BOOK, well ahead of the album. Patrick Crowling makes his first appearance on the show to talk about this funky pandemic-born track, and we get two custom covers, one from Patrick himself.

Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
1 hr 24 min
I Can't Remember the Dream was the third single released from BOOK and the first one to receive the music video treatment. Here to talk about it is the director himself, Alex Italics! He shares stories about every single TMBG video he's directed before we break down the song musically and lyrically, discuss the recent alternate version, and check out an awesome custom cover and a crazy mashup, both made by friends of the show.

Feb 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022
50 min
It's our first BOOK episode! Chris Oliveira returns to the show to talk about a song deep in BOOK's tracklist, Part of You Wants to Believe Me. We try to parse just what's going on in the word, debate instrument tones, and listen to some awesome custom covers.

Feb 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022
1 hr 23 min
Bryce Hurst is here to talk about this Join Us deep cut. Learn about the complexities of this seemingly simple song, hear its Quiet Storm version and Bryce's rad cover.

Jan 27, 2022
Jan 27, 2022
1 hr 14 min
Rock n roll friend Clover Nahabedian is on the show to talk about the classic I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die from the self-titled debut. We reminisce about back when we could go on tour, then dig deep into the song's demo, multiple live versions and a slew of eclectic covers.

Jan 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022
1 hr 23 min
Olivia Felo is here to talk about Science is Real off of Here Comes Science. She tells us about her scientist grandmother and brings in some comparative clips to delve into the psychedelic aspects of the music. Also... some vaccine talk.


