Presumption Of Genius
We review well received art with the presumption that this work was a strike of genius. It's a positive podcast on (mostly) great albums across a spectrum of music.
Episodes
73 episodes
The Movie Score Episode Part 1
What is Star Wars without the music? What would life be like without Thomas Newman, or Randy Newman?! Man, that's a lot of new! We round robin and surprise each other with our picks of SOME of our favorite movie scores of...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:21:37
Anti by Rihanna Part 2
In this second episode we finish our deep dive on the album. We also give out awards!
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:18:25
Anti by Rihanna Part 1
Listen to me struggle to say her name correctly, but love every minute of this amazing album! On this week Jake's pick has us booty shaking our way through RiRi's last (up to this point in time, fingers crossed that this changes) album!
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:32:59
The Decade Episode Part 3
All good things must come to an end. We have reached the end of our journey this week as we review our "most 2010's" sounding song. If you haven't heard the other two episodes, go back! And thank you so much for coming along with us! <...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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38:00
The Decade Episode Part 2
We continue on our time travel podcast, this episode we cover 90's and the 2000's Each panel member has their own criteria for what makes the song the "sound" or the "best" of the decade. We also shout out a bunch of honorabl...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:17:27
The Decade Episode Part 1
WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE THE PAST... but that is normal for us. This episode we time jump quite a bit though! Each panel member picks a song to "Sum up the decade" for them, or for everyone. We all have different way's of approaching it this e...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:09:48
Headroom by Men I Trust (Part Two)
We finish up our deep dive on the groovy trio (kind of a trio... I guess, maybe more of a duo at this point) We dish out some awards and give that sad organ a valium!
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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57:01
Headroom by Men I Trust (Part One)
Moody on a Tuesday or the next big thing (that has been coming for a while) We deep dive into Headroom by Men I Trust this week. Echo shares some of her elbow rubbing with greatness and we find out that space really is the place!
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:38:37
Connect The Dots by MisterWives (Part 2)
We finish our review of the New York band, and dish out some tasty awards! Echo uses her deep knowledge of One Direction to pull a song from the catalogue (she was dead on! It is pretty much the same riff!)
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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44:32
Connect The Dots by MisterWives (Part 1)
Brought to you by dueling (not really) and Dog Years (yes, really) We jump through the album Connect The Dots from New York band Mister Wives! This is a two part episode! So be sure to come back next week for our awards and run through of genre...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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52:16
An Awesome Wave by Alt J (Part Two)
In the second episode we talk about the themes found throughout the album, the album cover and finish up with some awards our show likes to give out!
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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52:50
An Awesome Wave by Alt J (Part One)
So many triangles, so little time. Cameron brings Alt J to the pod on this episode and we break down the first album from the "Bobby Boucher" tribute band (Just kidding, if you're reading this, we LOVE this album and give it some rave reviews) ...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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1:10:15
D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L by Panchiko Part 2
Finishing up our review of this album and giving out some of our silly goose awards. It was cool to hear how positive everyone was on this album! Such a cool story (and a good listening experience) Let me know in the comments if you...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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38:05
D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L by Panchiko Part 1
Ahead of its time, or a conspiracy from the lizard people? (I'm kidding, the internet is a weird place) If you haven't been blessed by the picked from the bargain bin and turned into a world traveling sensation "Panchiko" you are in for a treat...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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1:06:19
The Pod Goes Inside Out (Bonus Episode)
Narrowing the entire catalogue of music ever recorded was a bit of an overwhelming experience! Here is a bonus episode where we dish out some honorable mentions!
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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53:33
The Pod Goes Inside Out
This has been one of my favorite episodes we've ever done! Each panel member associates one song to an emotion (we used the Pixar "inside out" range of emotions as a template) You can play along at home! Guess the panel member, gues...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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1:44:58
Harry Styles by Harry Styles Part 2
We finish up our review of the eponymous album from the boy band alumni and give out awards for the songs in this episode!
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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44:08
Harry Styles by Harry Styles Part 1
Echo has been talking about it since DAY ONE! We finally review her favorite artist and can you guess how the boys received it? Maybe our reaction is a sign of the times we're living in?
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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1:16:16
Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack Part 2
We wrap up our review of the stellar album from the Minnesota boys. Giving out awards and joking around because we know that everything is alright!
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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45:46
Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack Part 1
We don't just commit this to memory, we talk extensively about the 2000's emo/pop masterpiece! Where do they come from? What's the backstory on this album? Tune in to find out with us! Part one of a two part episode!
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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1:16:41
The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit Part 2
We finish our review of the Scottish band's masterpiece of an album! In this episode we give out awards to songs, we talk about the album artwork and theme's throughout! (As well as our favorite musical moments on the album!)
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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56:30
The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit Part 1
Trigger warning, we talk about some tender topics like suicide in this episode! I love my crew and I am very happy with the way they handle this episode! We also talk about some great music from the Scottish band and how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:03:24
Superunknown by Soundgarden Part 2
We finish our review of the 90s hit album Superunknown. We talk about the title of the album, Chris Cornell's writing style and give out some POG awards!
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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33:35