Summer Album/Winter Album
On this podcast we believe that all albums are either summer albums or winter albums. But what defines them? The lyrics, the music, your personal relationship with the record? Summer Album/Winter Album is a musical debate podcast with Jody Avirgan (538, 30 for 30, Radiotopia) and Craig Finn (The Hold Steady). Each episode, Jody and Craig offer their opening arguments, and then with the help of a guest, explore one of the greatest records of all time. Then: a verdict from the artist. New episodes twice a month.
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Great idea!
Mar 26
So excited for more episodes!
Great pod, deck is stacked
Mar 31
Fun to listen to, expertly produced. Craig will almost always win. Here is why: -Craig answers the question subjectively: whether this is a summer or winter album to me. He therefore has two paths to victory: (1) guest agrees with Craig, based on their own (not Craig’s) subjective experiences with the album; or (2) guest, interpreting objective factors (title; production; lyrical content; lore around making; etc,), comes to same result as Craig. -Compare Jody: Jody is interpreting those same objective set of favors set out in Craig Path (2) to answer the question, leaving him with only one meaningful path to victory: if the guest analyzes those same or other factors to come to the same conclusion. In theory Jody, like Craig, has a second path to victory - if his factor analysis coincides with the guest’s own subjective answer (I.e., if the guest answers the question the way Craig does, even though Jody doesn’t). But guests are more likely to attempt to answer the question using Jody’s mode of analysis than Craig’s, leaving Jody’s second path to victory much narrower. This also explains Jody’s good-natured griping when he loses: if the answer to the question is always subjective, then there can be no right or wrong answer even though Jody thinks that there is, because he is analyzing the album itself, not his own experience with it. Great pod though!
My favorite new show!
Feb 21
I love this!! Need more episodes asap!
Time
Mar 19
This was the biggest waste of time ever.
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- CreatorJody Avirgan & Craig Finn
- Years Active2K
- Episodes8
- RatingExplicit
- Copyright© 2025 Talkhouse
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