Note: If you're having trouble listening to the latest episode, try going to our podbean site (pretty much the same as our blogspot site) and click Listen Now at the bottom of the post. We'll work on fixing the problems ASAP. In the interest of saving the hesitant some time, understand that this week begins with Tyler talking about what deserts he just ate. Yep, that's the kind of show this episode turned out to be: mostly just Alissa and Tyler shooting the breeze, with a little planning talk thrown in for good measure. It is exactly as entertaining as it sounds, but of course that's up to you, isn't it. Enjoy!(?) Alissa aural fixation. (Her oral fixation? Tongue.) PLAYLIST Broken Social Scene - Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) Jason Collett - Fire Feist x Timber Timbre - Homage Stars - Ageless Beauty  (The Most Serene Republic remix) The Most Serene Republic - Proposition 61 Amy Millan - Skinny Boy Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl Eight and a Half - Go Ego Feist - Undiscovered First Kevin Drew - Safety Bricks Stars - Look Up Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes (Acoustic) My Way (You may recognize parts of this boat from the opening to M*A*S*H*) LINKS Synagogues and zoning in Montreal's the Plateau, and Attempts to bring the neighbourhood's communities together Tyler's reenactment group's Facebook photos

It's another grab-bag of topics this episode, so difficult tie together into a grand theme that I think I'll let the New Yorker sum things up: Yep...Enjoy! PLAYLIST (note the subtle thematic link, undercut by my needing to write this) Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken The Stills - Lola Stars and Stripes Arkells - On Paper Black Lips - O Katrina! Jim Carrol Band - People Who Died Yeasayer - Henrieta Postal Service - Clark Gable Death Cab for Cutie - We Laugh Indoors Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Roslyn Fleet Foxes - Lorelai LINKS The Best of Chris Hadfield on Social Media A new pro-gun control video Speaking of raising a child: "Primary Care Giver", The Slope - Season 2, Episode 3 John Krasinski And Jimmy Fallon Competed In The Best Lip-Synching Contest Ever Makers: Women Who Make America (PBS) Tough Mudder pledge or deleted scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

This week, we (unknowingly) explore various facets of social psychology: the bombings in Boston and the Internet's response; memes, and how people, shockingly, are unoriginal; the social shift noticeable through the coming out of gay athletes; our fascination with horror films and, for not always unrelated reasons, tattoos. Enjoy!  Nothing says "Mayday" like 'NSYNC GIFs, right? PLAYLIST Grizzly Bear - Yet Again Radiohead - Idiotque Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists Goyte - Eyes Wide Open Santogold (feat. Trouble Andrew) - I'm a Lady Sleater Kinney - One Beat Modest Mouse - Once Chance Fleet Foxes - Someone You'd Admire Madonna - Human Nature LINKS The Real People of Your Favourite Memes (Funny or Die) Mr. Rogers Meme NBA Player Jason Collins Says He's Gay (via Deadspin)