Scott and Joe sift through their mixed feelings about Steely Dan’s soft rock classic “Dirty Work” and have a tough conversation with sad sack guest vocalist David Palmer. Then they zoom in on the messy, tangled love affairs depicted in Mike Nichols’ kinda naughty <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376541/" rel="nofollow">&quot;Closer&quot;</a> (2004) and Andrzej Zulawski’s totally bonkers <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073155/" rel="nofollow">&quot;That Most Important Thing: Love&quot;</a> (1975). In the process, your hosts critique Donald Fagen’s looks, praise Julia Roberts’ cargo pants, and yearn to see the mythical Nymphocula. 

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<li><a href="https://www.producerscast.com/" rel="nofollow">The Producers podcast</a> (hosted by our pal Jonathan Mostowy) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/" rel="nofollow">Roderick on the Line</a> (The Long Winters&#39; guy&#39;s podcast)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/sortedfood" rel="nofollow">SORTEDfood</a></li>
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Episode 3: “Kings” of New York, Princes of Thieves

Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett explore the enduring allure of Steely Dan, a band whose music has been described as "...among the most genuinely subversive ouevres in late 20th-century pop." Each week we advance chronologically through the band's discography and discuss one song by the Dan, and two related creative works as chosen by the hosts.