Why I Hate this Album
Two friends take turns picking an album to listen to for a week straight. Then they sit down to make fun of it, themselves and each other in their attempt to explain why they hate this album.
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Prepisode #149 - Sisqo - Thong Song
08/04/2026
Prepisode #149 - Sisqo - Thong Song
This week we listened to America’s favorite celebration of backless underpants, Thong Song by Sisqo, released Feb.15, 2000. This guy loves thongs and we have questions. Spoiler alert this episode features very few thongs despite the song title. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss Tim's new obsession with Looksmaxxing, when nicknames go wrong, the appropriate amount of fudge per serving, the invention of the thong, why no one should be friends with Chris Brown, Tim shouting about BMs in public, destroying pool inflatables, why everyone is in Saudi Arabia these days, practical jokes with Anthony Hopkins, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#249 - Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
07/28/2026
#249 - Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
This week we are discussing the Gin Blossoms album New Miserable Experience released, August 4, 1992. We're not entirely sure how this soft alternative rock album ended up on the show, but we listened to it for a week straight and now we have thoughts. In this episode we discuss how old our producer and his parents are, Tim’s secret off-Broadway show, the importance of tanktops, the art of deception, how to test a fortune teller, the rapid aging of clones, hitting a six foot deer in heels with a car, how to ignore a “Scream” scenario, the benefits of OCD, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #148 - Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
07/14/2026
Prepisode #148 - Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
This week we are finally discussing the often requested hit single I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred, released July 15, 1991. If you’ve never heard of it, ask your parents it was huge when they were kids. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails, and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss our ongoing feud with the Yakuza, berries and cream, Wimbledon, Hugh Lowe Farms, mesh shirts, a new dog-off is declared, where to not have a baby while attending a festival, proper bathroom etiquette at concerts, why you shouldn’t attend a lil Wayne concert, the worst wedding vows ever, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#248 - Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
07/07/2026
#248 - Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
This week we are talking about the Motley Crue album Shout at the Devil released Sept. 26, 1983. Get ready for hair-metal, a shocking Beatles cover, and more makeup than your Aunt Ruth on Thanksgiving. In this episode we discuss why Tim was uninvited to Saudi Arabia, over the phone vacuum sales, the fall of the Soviet Union, rehab with friends, where Mick Mars was on 9/11, our post podcast plans, Tim’s flavorless candy, the origins of Bane, why we call it manslaughter, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #147 - Mystikal - Shake Ya @ss
06/23/2026
Prepisode #147 - Mystikal - Shake Ya @ss
This week was supposed to be fun and lighthearted, instead we’re dragged into a dark and twisted tale of unspeakable acts. We’re of course talking about Mystikal and his hit single Shake Ya Ass, released July 18, 2000. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss Tim’s terrible observational humor, Garrett threats and apologies to various world powers, one of the more unpleasant artist’s history Tim has ever delivered, Tim’s various pen-pals, what is legally “assault”, why Morgan Wallen canceled a recent show, Rod Stewart is terrible at lying, the importance of restraining orders, should you fear ducks, not telling the “swan story”, Vanilla Ice reminds everyone that he will perform for literally anyone who will pay him, where Kanye West has been banned from this week, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#247 - Theory of a Deadman - Scars & Souvenirs
06/16/2026
#247 - Theory of a Deadman - Scars & Souvenirs
This week we’re discussing the (allegedly) post-grunge band Theory of a Deadman and their album Scars & Souvenirs, released April 1, 2008. Discovered by fellow Canadian Chad Kroeger (also of Nickelback fame), this band helped to further dilute an already tortured genre at a time when most people were ready to move on, enjoy! In this episode we discuss new WWE event ideas aka the “Sack Match”, remind people to go listen to Ike Reilly, how to be a secret fugitive, the dangers of mens’ rights groups and boy power, night swimming with sharks, everything is Numb3rs, Lovecraftian Cyrano de Bergerac, how to stop a spouse from testifying against you, clever substitutions for heroin, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #146 - The Donnas - Take it Off
06/02/2026
Prepisode #146 - The Donnas - Take it Off
This week we are discussing the song Take it Off by The Donnas, released in 2002. Tim claims a listener requested this song, Garrett is pretty sure Tim is lying and just likes this band or at least this song. No one is clear how we got here, enjoy. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss mail order swords, preemptive grenade attacks, The McLaughlin Group, our new magazine, Herbie the Love Bug again somehow, how to plot a murder and how much to spend, what not to say during a DUI arrest, what makes a good lasagna, why we still don’t like Drake, Sting and Shaggy the musical is real, what is a human candle, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#246 - Lindsay Lohan - Speak
05/26/2026
#246 - Lindsay Lohan - Speak
This week we are discussing Lindsay Lohan and her incredibly popular album that no one has ever heard of before called Speak, released December 7, 2004. This episode is worth it just for the history alone, if you thought Lindsay had some issues with the law prepare to meet her father Mike. He makes Tim seem like a reasonable human. In this episode we discuss fans showing up in our day to day lives, the WIHTA bump, what to do if Lindsay shows up at your movie shoot uninvited, the Herbie movies, New York geography, fashioning a key from human bones, The Cask of Amontillado, the rules about sinning in heaven, bad genetics, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode - 145 - Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
05/19/2026
Prepisode - 145 - Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
This week we are discussing Noah and the Whale, and their song L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. We’re reliving the indie folk revival of the mid-aughts so you don’t have to! Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss our ongoing litigation, what is a sniffer, microbangs, the Turing machine, bad caricature artists, Garrett’s ape teeth, Thai fishing pants, Chess the musical, alternate timelines, people chucking stuff at Eric Clapton, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#245 - Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
05/05/2026
#245 - Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
This week we are discussing the Sublime album Robbin’ the Hood, released March 1, 1994. Tim insisted the show complete the original three Sublime albums and for some reason Garrett agreed. This album is, and should remain lost to time. It is 23 grueling tracks and we talk about every single one of them. In this episode we discuss Garrett’s love of dinosaurs, cool slang for doing drugs, how much we hate dubs, how the sexiest people are voted for each year, the funniest destruction of a bunkbed ever, why we prefer to text and not talk on the phone, what’s a ditch pig and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #144 - Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne.
04/28/2026
Prepisode #144 - Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne.
This week we’re talking about the Fountains of Wayne song Stacy’s Mom released May 19, 2003. We thought this would be a fun week with a lighthearted song, then we saw the music video. Prepare yourself, like many things in 2003, it’s gross and completely unnecessary. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss whether Tim was recently drugged and hidden in a crawlspace, Jon Bernthal, what is a three man show, how many Waynes and how many fountains are there, which of the Monkeys are still alive, Garrett’s mean grandma, what to do when a friend’s mom kisses you, recent arrests in the Los Angeles area, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#244 - Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
04/14/2026
#244 - Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
This week we learn to live life, let go, and be ourselves or whatever it is Chappell Roan is singing about in her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, released Sept. 22, 2023. Tim is back from the Pink Pony Club and we need to talk about it. In this episode we discuss Tim’s new intern hire and other mistakes he has made recently, why we keep making this show, Mel Tormet, eating crow (not literally this time), vampires, donkeys or alpacas which are better, hideous hands and feet, how kaleidoscopes work, Victorian haunted dolls, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode # 143 - Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
04/07/2026
Prepisode # 143 - Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
This week we’re discussing the hit single Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was), released in 1987. Catchy song with a lame novelty dance for children' s movies, or dire warning of the dangers of nuclear power in the hands of man? We definitively answer that question, among others. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss Tim’s European vacation, Tim’s European food poisoning, how to properly execute a slamborghini, do you need lips to play a saxophone, do dinosaurs have lips, false advertising, Bob Dylan’s discovery of ChatGPT, how to find the show’s Patreon and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#243 - Face/Off
03/24/2026
#243 - Face/Off
This week is a very special episode that has nothing to do with music. We are unlocking the vault to release the Patreon exclusive episode on the hit film Face/Off. Tim and Garrett discuss the 1997 film starring Nic Cage and John Travolta in more detail than anyone probably should. The discussion is as long as the movie and we heavily edited our episode from the original 3 hour runtime. We love this movie. In this episode we discuss alternative names for the “face waterfall”, if Nic Cage found the Holy Grail, whether you can legally call yourself a lawyer, how old is Johnny Depp, how to keep hair out of your wounds during a haircut, can you share an ambulance, how old is the youngest FBI agent in history, is Caster Troy dead, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Special thanks to Paul Scheer.
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#242 - Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
03/17/2026
#242 - Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
This week the podcast attempts to understand the 90s swing revival through the music of Cherry Poppin Daddies and their opportunistic album Zoot Suit Riot, released March 18, 1997. In this episode we discuss 40s slang, Tim’s growing sense of guilt about a number of things, Cal Harris and his alleged guilt, a fierce debate over what “swing” music is, the movie Blast from the Past, what does it mean to roll a jelly, even more 40s slang (it gets old), quicksand videos, polygamy, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #142 - Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
03/10/2026
Prepisode #142 - Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
The year was 1985, Eddie Murphy had conquered television, standup, and film all before the age of 25. With nothing left to be good at he turned his attention to music, and Rick James. The result is the curious hit single, Party All the Time, released September 23, 1985. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss offensive Buckwheat impressions, the charms and dangers of knowing Rick James, good and bad Vernons, how to kill time in a blizzard, is Suicide Kings a good movie, classic Tim sayings, Garrett forgets Tim’s name again, burning milk, why we don’t accept listener videos, forgetting about the Grammy’s, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the hosts since last week Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#241 - Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man
02/24/2026
#241 - Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man
This week we remember a simpler time. The year was 2003, America was spreading democracy far and wide, scientists had just mapped 99% of the human genome, and Clay-mania was (apparently) sweeping the nation. That’s right we’re talking about that guy who almost won American Idol, Clay Aiken, and his debut album Measure of a Man. In this episode we discuss Tim’s time away from the show, Garrett’s bath phase, how to destroy a life temporarily, can you read the DNA of an invisible man, is Kevin Bacon good enough for Elizabeth Shue, the benefits of practice, a predator known as The Claiken, Tim learns OJ Simpson passed away, how much it costs to buy a mall, Windows 3.11 standard features, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode # 141 - Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
02/10/2026
Prepisode # 141 - Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
This week we’re talking about the late nineties hit Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry, released October 7, 1997. Was he a one hit wonder, was his name really Eagle Eye, why did Tim suggest we listen to this song? Your questions answered! Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss how to know when mermaids are crying, peaking too soon, how to control an indoor barrel fire, slow playing a breakup, how we dressed in the late 90s, when to use a meat cleaver for self defense, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#240 - Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.
02/03/2026
#240 - Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.
This week we are listening to the Roger Waters solo album Radio K.A.O.S. released June 15, 1987. Get ready to dive deep into a concept album about a disabled boy that can hear radio waves and control global missile systems with a cordless phone, no really. I’m serious, listen to the episode that is what this album is actually about. In this episode we discuss Gino’s heroes, how to pronounce Roger in "english", shaving your eyebrows for help, the mines of Wales, The Good Son, shakuhachis, how Superman tunes out everyone’s screams, how not to edit a concept album, Margaret Thatcher, the purpose of liner notes and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #140 - Scorpions - Wind of Change
01/27/2026
Prepisode #140 - Scorpions - Wind of Change
This week we are discussing Wind of Change released in 1991 by German rock band Scoprions. A song that changed the balance of global power with nothing more than metaphors and local references. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss what Garrett’s “freelance jobs” actually are, the fall of the USSR, using music for regime change, why Haunted Houses are not an erotic location, that Time Putin stole a Super Bowl ring, why Poison won’t be touring this year, sound weapons, the Philly grave robber, David Bowie, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#239 - Snoop Lion (Dogg) - Reincarnated
01/20/2026
#239 - Snoop Lion (Dogg) - Reincarnated
This week we are discussing that time Snoop Dogg decided to start calling himself Snoop Lion and released the "reggae" album Reincarnated on April 23, 2013. You may not remember since he abandoned the whole thing about a year later, but we remember. In this episode we discuss aging poorly, Tim accuses CERN of disrupting our timeline again, who is the Commissioner of Rap, why you shouldn’t mock Bob Dylan to his face, what to do when meeting someone with the same nickname, Operation Iraqi Freedom, a Snoop Dogg economy, delicious fruit juice, crying with friends, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #139 - Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn
01/06/2026
Prepisode #139 - Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn
This week we are discussing the strange song Delta Dawn performed by Tanya Tucker (1972), and we compare it to the Helen Reddy version that came out a year later. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss DUIs while on a horse, Paul Harvey, ghosts, Tim defends Criss Angel again, Marshall Applewhite, people who are hot for the lord, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#238 - Insane Clown Posse - The Naught
12/23/2025
#238 - Insane Clown Posse - The Naught
This week we celebrate the season by listening to the Insane Clown Posse and wishing you all a very merry ICPissmas! We are listening to the brand new album The Naught, released Aug. 12, 2025. Fair warning, it isn’t all Faygo and murder this time dear listeners. These clowns are getting older and beginning to fill their songs with existential dread and fears about their own mortality (it’s pretty funny). In this episode we discuss poorly designed demons, Tim claims Jesus is a clown, pathological aging, spontaneous games of pickup basketball, how to celebrate this strange holiday we made up, if ICP is now writing songs about our show, the dangers of online dating and subsequent catfishing, undercover Van Helsing sting operations, a debate about which host is “softer”, bed wetting, existential dread, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #138 - New Kids On The Block - Funky Funky Xmas
12/16/2025
Prepisode #138 - New Kids On The Block - Funky Funky Xmas
This week we are discussing the New Kids on the Block song Funky Funky Xmas, released in 1989. This blast from the past was meant to be a way to bring holiday cheer and remember a simpler time. Instead it’s the story of a shameless cash-grab with several questionable figures, even more neglected children, and way too many Wahlbergs, enjoy. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss Tim’s latest failed business idea, some very troubling facts about Mark Wahlberg, the limits of merchandising, Tim’s unironic defense of Donnie Wahlberg’s acting career, Arsenio Hall, how magical is Santa exactly, how much one of our listeners really hates Tim, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#237 - Blues Traveler - Four
12/09/2025
#237 - Blues Traveler - Four
This week we’re talking about an album that attempted to ruin the harmonica for an entire generation. A band that is simultaneously so talented, repetitive, and even at times boring that it defies all logic. We are of course talking about Blues Traveler and their album Four, released September 13, 1994. In this episode we discuss what season we are currently in, heated debate about what a hepcat is, David Letterman’s obsession with drums, how many harmonica solos are too many, Tim’s terrible hobbies, falling for traveling clowns, fighting a shark, how to pull a prank live on the podcast and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #137 - Baja Men - Who Let the Dogs Out.mp3
12/02/2025
Prepisode #137 - Baja Men - Who Let the Dogs Out.mp3
This week we are discussing the megahit single Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men, released July 2000. We take an in depth look at what made it successful and attempt to understand who is actually “in the band”. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails, and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss Tim’s football humiliations, pirate extermination, the awful film My Father the Hero, the Bachelor, Danny DeVito’s Penguin performance, should we finance Megalopolis 2, Jeremy Renner, Kim Kardashian and her team of psychics, Garrett’s undiagnosed medical conditions, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#236 - Space Jam Soundtrack & Movie
11/25/2025
#236 - Space Jam Soundtrack & Movie
This week we’re discussing the 1996 film Space Jam and its equally confusing soundtrack. Why did Tim insist we discuss the movie and soundtrack? The answer may shock you. In this episode we discuss how bad Tim is at basketball, the novel Dr. Sleep, what’s wrong with that one Monstar, why did they draw Lola Bunny like that, do kids like Phyllis Diller, what is a Jam, music legend Diane Warren, why people like Cheech & Chong, Annapurna Productions, unwanted song covers, our love our silly raps, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #136 - Elton John - Crocodile Rock
11/11/2025
Prepisode #136 - Elton John - Crocodile Rock
This week we’re talking about Elton John, an artist we both enjoy and admire. That’s why we need to discuss the 1972 borderline novelty song, Crocodile Rock. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss code words in songs, the last swing dancing craze of the 90s, motocross, Count Chocula, James Garner and Maverick the film, the Internet’s opinion that Drake is sort of a creep, the White Stripes induction into the Rock Hall of Fame, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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#235 - Type O Negative - October Rust
11/04/2025
#235 - Type O Negative - October Rust
This week we say farewell to our annual WIHTA Scaretacular with the Type O Negative album October Rust, released August 20, 1996. This album has it all, vampires, werewolves, blood rituals, and the New York Parks Department! In this episode we discuss Tim’s blood type, internal beasts, various witch religions, renaissance fairs, reverse snowmen, Christmas tragedies, a beyond confounding Neil Young cover, different types of werewolves, tall vampires, word equations, Tim keeps mentioning “the old ways” for some reason, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Top of the show "Do you hate it?" Personal History History of Artist General Thoughts Song by Song - What do they mean!?! How Did it Do Reviews Post Episode "Do you hate it?"
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Prepisode #135 - Muse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
10/28/2025
Prepisode #135 - Muse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
This week we wrap up the October scare-tacular with the often requested Muse song You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween, released way back in August of 2022. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week’s album. In this episode we discuss Tim’s proactive approach to revenge, the official end to bands destroying their equipment on stage, elaborate horror themed role play, that time Garrett sneezed in Tim’s mouth, Luc Besson’s questionable history with women, what a lady centaur is called, why we continue to get offers to buy used mattresses from listeners, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week’s album
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