9.5: American Idiot (Part 2)

12/20/16 • 106 min

Take Off Your Pod and Cast It: A blink-182 Punk-Popcast

Kenn and Patrick welcome back Mary Jane French and Kate Carroll to discuss Green Day's American Idiot, as well as the myriad of other bands that Rocked Against Bush, defeated fascism, and put John Kerry in the White House.

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9: American Idiot (Part 1)

Patrick & Kenn welcome Richmond comedians Kate Carroll and Mary Jane French to the show. Welcome to Welcome To Paradise! Or so we'd hoped. The group discusses the sad state of our current political climate and how it mirrored the feeling of hopelessness felt in America in the early 2000s in the wake of 9/11 and George W. Bush's 1st term. This is the era that birthed American Idiot, Green Day's momentous 7th studio album. Just when they start to dive into the track-by-track, the International Superfans run out of time. Stay tuned for Part 2, sweet children.

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10: Bullet in a Bible

Kenn & Patrick watched the 2005 concert film Bullet in a Bible as an excuse to talk about Green Day's performance on the tour following the explosive success of American Idiot, with particular focus on the first time your hosts experienced the band for themselves live in person in Fairfax, VA, Halloween 2004. Plus, a mom is called! Whose mom? Listen to find out!!