
Chumbology: A Chumbawamba Anthology Podcast
In 1997, the song "Tubthumping" was everywhere: bars, soccer stadiums, movies, and TV shows. The song, with its chant-along chorus ("I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down!") was rousing, and it was easy to understand why it was such a hit. The oddly named band behind the hit, Chumbawamba, seemed to come from nowhere with this incredibly catchy little tune. But then, as did so many bands from the 90s, they seemed to disappear as quickly as they'd come.But there's a lot more to Chumbawamba than just one song. Across dozens of studio albums, EPs, cassettes, and other releases, the band proved themselves to be one of the most prolific anarcho-punk bands of the 80s through the 2010s. Their discography features a wealth of great songs, across many genres, that confront social and political issues that still affect us today.Join Teddy & Natalie, your resident Chumbologists, as we dig song by song, album by album, through one of the most overlooked bands of all time. It's Chumbology, baby.
Episodes
109 episodes
Episode #107: Knickers
Hi! Here's an episode where we talk about Chumbawamba and nothing but Chumbawamba. All Chumbawamba all the time, baby. Okay, and maybe we also talk about Avatar and James Cameron a bunch. Maybe. You'll just have to listen and find out.
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Episode #106: Smart Bomb
Hello Chumbaheads worldwide, sorry this one's late. We get a bit doomy on this one talkin about war, sorry about that too.
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Episode #105: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Jerry Springer
Heya friends! I think this episode is just dandy. I hope you do too. Keep on Chumbin'. | Community Action Relief Project: https://phlcarp.org/ | Support CARP on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/communityactionreliefpro...
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Episode #104: Moses With A Gun
Is this one late? I've lost all sense of time and release schedule. Sorry lmao. Anyway here's your weekly dose of Chumbawamba gossip, NRA debates, and uninformed opinions.
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Episode #103: Celebration Florida
Do you like prolonged rants about Disney's monopolization of mass media and its associated cultural rot? How about the idea of unionizing your podcast? Does the phrase "Celebration Florida Death Pond" appeal to you? If you said yes to any of th...
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Episode #102: Ladies For Compassionate Lynching
We talk a lot about Kid Rock and DJ Khaled on this one but that kinda fits in with the theme of this track? Maybe?
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Episode #101: She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy
Oh, hello there. Don't mind us, just passing through with another song for the old dusty trail. Today, we're talking about lost media, complaining about contemporary reviews of this album that seemed to have not actually listened to it, and of ...
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Episode #100: The Standing Still
This one goes out to all the haters who said we'd never make it to 100 episodes of a podcast about Chumbawamba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhfTshBFZ0 - Still Standing Series Playlisthttps://medium.com/the-monthly/the-...
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Episode #99: Jesus in Vegas
Hey there, did you miss us? Sorry for disappearing for two months, we had to go buy cigarettes. Why don't we hang out and catch up on a little Chumba? Starbucks Employees Push to Unionize: https://www.wortfm.org/starbucks-employees-push...
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Episode #98: I'm Not Sorry I Was Having Fun
You know, for once, I think we stay pretty on topic for the bulk of an episode, so I don't really have a great bit to write here. Uhhh, how y'all doing? Anyone need anything? Glass of water, cuppa coffee? Anyway, let's do the Chumbology thing.&...
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Episode #97: New York Mining Disaster
Another day, another dollar, another New York mining disaster. Listen in as we discuss microdosing insanity, JFK, bitcoin mining, and oh yeah, I guess Chumbawamba.More Information about the New York Taxi driver strike ...
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Episode #96: WWW Dot
Hey Chumbaheads, and welcome back to another riveting installment of your favorite unhinged Chumbawamba podcast! This week, we spend a LOT of time getting mad about how capitalism has ruined the internet. Cool fun stuff! On the other hand...
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Episode #95: Social Dogma
Welcome to Season 2 of Chumbology! We're pivoting to being a very serious informative podcast, no more of that juvenile humor you've come to know from our previous 94 episodes. Just kidding, we spend most of this episode talking about obscure S...
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Episode #94: I'm in Trouble Again
Hey Chumbaheads! We're back! (Sort of.) Here's the last episode from our backlog that we recorded a lil while ago. We talk about Triscuits for a while, and now I'm kind of hungry. See you next week for more new episodes!
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Episode #93: I'm Coming Out
Another week, another 'bology for your earholes, and kids, this week we're coming out in a big way. | World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/ | Culture Aid NOLA: https://www.cultureaidnola.org/
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Episode #92: The Health and Happiness Show
Hi Chumbafreaks! We're back with another episode of that good shit you crave. Here's wishing you health and happiness and Nicky Deuce, starring James Gandolfini and the kid who played Gibby on iCarly.
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Episode #90: Pass It Along
Another week, another Chumbology. You know you like it, you freaks. On this episode, we get into security culture, cops faking adverse reactions to touching heroin, and way too many variations on the phrase "pass it along." We also uncover the ...
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Episode #89: Shake Baby Shake
Sorry this ones late it was too powerful for us to release on time. Listen up while we spend too much time talking about arcade machines and Guy Fieri. Also Chumbawamba? Maybe?Recession Proof's cover of Be With You:https://rec...
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Bonus Episode: Scatman John
Hi, Chumbafriends! We'll be back next week to keep chattin' WYSIWYG, but for now, enjoy this bonus episode we released on Patreon a few months ago about the legendary Scatman John.
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Episode #88: I'm With Stupid
Hello, friends! On this episode, we begin our 22-track journey through the absolutely chaotic album, WYSIWYG. We also spend an unfortunate amount of time talking about a new vaguely NSFW website featuring photos of Joe Biden. That's that good c...
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Episode #87: Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé) (Feat. Dimitris)
I'm not even gonna apologize for this one being late, it was my birthday okay? To make up for it though we have a wonderful episode where we discuss the finer things in life with our pal Dimitris, such as Posadism, bad anime dubs, soccer, and o...
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Episode #86: Tubthumper
Hello and goodbye, because this episode marks the end of our tangential relevancy as a podcast, aka the last episode in which we discuss Chumbawamba's studio album Tubthumper. We also do talk about the IKEA Pride Couches, thank god.
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Episode #85: Scapegoat (Feat. John from Beep Beep Lettuce)
On this episode we're joined by friend of the show and fellow Chumbawamba fanatic John to discuss Big Mouth Billy Bass, Slow TV, and procedurally generated VR games. Oh yeah, and quite a bit about Chumbawamba.Find more of John at:ht...
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