Best Phishtory Podcasts (2025)

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3 - 2 - 1 Contact: Phish in the Hamptons 20:46

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2h ago20:46

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The heads were nodding. The chompers were chomping. The glow sticks were glowing. All of this can only mean one thing: Phish is back at the Hampton Coliseum and Matt and Nick are here to break it down. It’s the now third official day of fall, and Insuphishient is more than ready to chat Hampton Night 1. The internet’s in flames, the lot is buzzing,…

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I can feel it coming in the air tonight: Not H.C.V. Night 1 (Alpharetta GA night 2) 22:50

2d ago22:50

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Some places on Earth just have it, an energy that transforms simple moments into something bigger, brighter, and unforgettable. Hampton Coliseum is one of those places. We will get there Wednesday. And yes… Nick and Matt are back. It’s Monday, y’all and Fall Tour (or “whatever we’re calling it” Tour) has officially wrapped. Why didn’t they label it…

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The Mothership A-weight(S) 21:32

5d ago21:32

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Tonight, the Mothership lights up again, Phish returns to the legendary Hampton Coliseum, and Insuphishient is here to get you in the ZONE. How do we do that? BIG. MONEY. FRIDAY. You worked hard this week. You deserve a little chaos. So kick off your shoes, pour something nice, and let Nick and Matt take you on a tour through their broken brains. P…

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A lot of Fridges in Birmingham: VOL 7 22:19

7d ago22:19

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Nick and Matt had a podcast? It would actually be a lot like this. Insuphishient! On today's very exciting episode the buy go over night 1 in sweet home Alabama. A surprisingly good show... yeah. ALso A New Year's Run was announced, after this show was recorded so maybe Friday they will get to it. Als…

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Festival Fish - Kentucky style 20:01

9d ago20:01

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You waited… and Nick and Matt showed up... eventually. Yes yes y’all, Insuphishient is back and Fall Tour has officially begun. The band opened things up at Bourbon & Beyondin Louisville with two full sets of Phish — and three full days later, your boys are here to break it down. Was this a real Phish show, or just a really good rehearsal? Did Mike…

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Rock and Rye: VOL 12 19:13

12d ago19:13

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You waited 6 weeks for this? I mean, You waited 6 week for this! Phish is back and those folks in Kentucky will never be the same again! After a long summer break the boys of Fall are back and your face is about to be rocked. Like a hurricane? Like a chair! No fear! Matt and Nick are here. While they have ben trying to get all the episodes out the …

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5 days maybe less till they are back! 22:32

16d ago22:32

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Is there anything better than the Monday before a show. Yes you have to work. Yes the system is designed to keep you in your job, paying bills, rent, working for the man. But still you get a little reward every now and again and this week is one of those weeks. Phish is back! On todays episode Matt and Nick are getting ramped up. Tune in to see why…

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Big Money Friday presents: 9 to 5 21:31

19d ago21:31

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Some people wonder what happens when you take big money and add it to Friday. The answer, of course, is Insuphishient. Matt and Nick are back with a plan, and yes, this time it’s real. Not just two guys mumbling into microphones while flipping through setlists like they’re laminated Denny’s menus. No, today they came to work. On this week’s Big Mon…

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I saw you (with a barcode on your phone) 25:01

21d ago25:01

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Do you like going to concerts? If so, we’re willing to bet you’ve been to at least one of the shows we’re talking about on today’s very important episode of Insuphishient. Yes, Matt and Nick are back, and today, we’re rolling in the deep (no Adele) of the Big Money Machine that is live music. It’s World Wide Wednesday, and yes, for once, we actuall…

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Insuphishient 4.0 is nigh 23:09

23d ago23:09

23:09

Well Insuphishient heads ( we need a better term)... summer’s over. Did it fly by? Yes. Are we in denial? Also yes. But the good news? Nick and Matt are back. Five days a week. (Not this week with he holiday and all) Every weekday. And they swear these next episodes will be better than the last two. (We’re holding them to it.) While the boys retool…

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Phoning it in: Volume 12 20:23

27d ago20:23

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Yes Yes Y’all Insuphishient is back. It’s the last Friday of the summer, and the only thing that could make it better… is an episode of your favorite Phish talk show. Bad news: The boys really phoned this one in. Good news: They’ll be back to the normal schedule next week. (Well… not next week. Monday’s a holiday. So Tuesday through Friday. Yay?) T…

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Phoning it out... The Insuphishient Chronicles 18:32

29d ago18:32

18:32

I wouldn’t say Matt and Nick phoned it in for today’s episode, because that would require either of them to know the number. But I would say… this show could be better if one or both of them had planned even a tiny bit. What starts in disaster ends in disaster, which my high school guidance counselor Mrs. Miller once called “a teachable moment.” Mr…

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Week 3 of no new Phish!! 19:22

1M ago19:22

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Are you sick of listening to the same old stupid stuff every day? Good news. We’ve got all new stupid stuff. This is Insuphishient, the talk show you didn’t ask for but definitely need. Three times this week, Nick and Matt are here to help you waste your time and your flavor. Yes, your flavor. They’re talking about your favorite band, Phish, in way…

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When Big and Money meet Friday: VOL 3 20:21

1M ago20:21

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Finally, it’s Big Money Friday and Nick and Matt are back! Today they are not pulling any punches, mostly because Nick is literally training for his boxing match with Page. Gloves on, trash talk ready, donut shorts optional. But that’s not even the wild part. Matt has unearthed a lost Phish contract rider from ’94 that demands three things at every…

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"Podcast gives way if you listen to Steve" VOL II 19:24

1M ago19:24

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Welcome to Insuphishient, the only podcast brave enough to ask: what if Phish never broke up, but the laws of physics did? Nick arrives late because he was trapped in a revolving door at an abandoned mall. Matt shows up early. Also he claims to have discovered a secret sixth member of Phish a man known as “Greg” who plays the "skin" trombone. Today…

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A Beacon of Jams Volume: AA 21:37

1M ago21:37

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Last week Nick and Matt were lost in the fourth cube of time. Monday decided it wanted to be Wednesday. Friday's episode blew away like a paper plate at a picnic. Never to be heard from again (Sorry). But this week the curtain rises again. The boys are back with three brand new shows and the spotlight is firmly on their faces. Today they get live w…

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When your Outsides in and your Thursday's a Wednesday! 21:20

1M ago21:20

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Welcome back to World Wide Wednesday! Where Matt and Nick dig into what’s happening online and everywhere else that matters. Also… where’s Fall Tour? What about Halloween? Are we getting any new Phish songs this year? Matt heard his sound was “a little thin” last week, so this time we went the other direction. Nick wore his least favorite Hawaiian …

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Tuesdays here with the Wind.... (yes we know what day it isn't) 19:29

1M ago19:29

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When your Tuesday is a Monday, then your Wednesday is… today. Nick and Matt are still traveling through time, bouncing between days like a bad setlist segue. Yesterday they swore it was Monday, and for them, it was, but today they’re somehow stuck in Tuesday, and yet already talking about tomorrow. With Phish off the road, they’ve been marooned in …

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It's Monday 0'clock some where.... 25:42

1M ago25:42

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It’s Monday for Matt and Nick, even if, for you mere mortals, it’s somehow Tuesday. The good news? Insuphishient is back. Maybe better than ever. (Probably not.) (But maybe.) We’re kicking things off with a straight-up banger from the Winston-Salem 100’s back in ’97, the kind of show that sticks to your ribs and leaves a mark. Nick’s still on vacat…

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Big Money Friday is Back and this is Vol: 26 Live Phish 95 19:35

2M ago19:35

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It’s Big Money Friday, and few things are as big money as Live Phish. Today, Matt and Nick crack open a release from the legendary SPAC show of ‘95. It was hot. It was muggy. Nick was there, and if you want to know whether he liked it, you’ll have to tune in (you will be shocked). Meanwhile, Matt is attempting something called a reverse Foo-man (wh…

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And the Podcast Shines on Vol: 2 22:27

2M ago22:27

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Well well… looks like World Wide Wednesday is back, baby and Nick and Matt are here for it. Apparently, you are too. Good thing. It’s been many a moon since we’ve done this, and as we adjust to life off the road, our buddy Trey is out there in California having the time of his life. And why not? Good for him. But… why does he keep playing Shine? Ju…

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It's been one week VOL:3 23:57

2M ago23:57

23:57

You know what? "Love is what we are." Or at least… what Trey played yesterday. When’s the last time Phish played that song? Answer: once. Eight years ago. Matt and Nick don’t even remember it. Nick suspects it’s made up. Matt thinks it might be a contagious. But yes, we are bitter. Nick is bitter. Matt, once again, still can’t believe "it’s not but…

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S.P.A.C. Night 3: It was about You, It was about Me. 17:57

2M ago17:57

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It’s the last Friday of July, and Insuphishient has returned to bring you what might be the ph-inest Phish show of the summer. Maybe even the century. From the moment you heard the second song, you knew it was on. Forget “Same Set Reprise”, Trey flipped the script and changed the whole damn debate. And what followed this never heard before placemen…

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Life Saving Show VoL: Myfe 14:15

2M ago14:15

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We cannot type swears or the show will get restricted but feel free to add your own favorite expletives in celebration: fgadsf sgfikudhf sdjdfhh sjdf sdjfh ksjdfh! Just when you thought Night One would hold the crown, Night Two at SPAC came waltzing in like a Page rearing Crocs and whispered, “Hold my tuna sandwich.” The look of joy on the band’s f…

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The Promise Vol: SPAC 19:25

2M ago19:25

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Well, we’ve come to the saddest day of the summer. Phish has wrapped up their summer tour. True, there are six more shows on the books but you’ll have to wait 46 days or as we call it, 2 Gordons. But not all hope is lost. The band just finished a run at S.P.A.C. that will go down in the history books. Starting with Night one. Trey made a promise. A…

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The SPAC Shack Vol: 1 21:50

2M ago21:50

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Ladies and gentlemen… we’ve reached that bittersweet stretch of summer where only three shows remain. Sure, a few gigs loom down south in September but let’s be real, that’s fall tour. (Sorry Halloween hopers, but we call it like we see it.) So onward we go to SPAC: A venue dripping in memory and myth. Nick’s first taste? 1995. (I think they actual…

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Some podcasts aren't planed: Volume OZ 15:57

2M ago15:57

15:57

Well, the Prince of Darkness has left this earthly plane… but Nick and Matt? Still here. Still talking Phish. What started as a coping mechanism turned into a full-blown episode of Insuphishient. Your favorite Phish Talk Show and the only one bold enough to accidentally get distracted from grief by a particularly good second set. Did anyone say any…

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Chicago Night 2: 7 below the Number line 22:33

2M ago22:33

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3…2…1… and Matt and Nick are back! Today on Insuphishient, we’re diving headfirst into Night 2 in the Meatstick Capital of the World. Where they sold the merch… but didn’t play the song. Bold move. For one host, it was the show of a lifetime. For the other? Just another Saturday night jam. Which was which? Place your bets now. Also By the end of th…

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Act 1: "Setting the Stage" 18:28

2M ago18:28

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Well, well, well. A bet was made… and the (pied) piper needs to be paid. OK, not quite on today's show, but still, keep those betting slips (handy). First, we need to talk about Chicago Night One. The band came from behind to take an easy series lead with a show that somehow ended before it started… and yet covered every space between (me (you) and…

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Free Sample Insuphishient Vol II: Edgar's Server Guide 5:00

2M ago5:00

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Nick and Matt are back… Are they? Kind of. Sort of. But not really. But yes really. It’s Chicago Night One and we were supposed to have a full episode. But then Nick decided to route our audio through what he calls his “secure backup system,” which apparently is just a guy named Edgar in Uruguay with a 2006 Dell and a dial-up modem. So instead of a…

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Big Money Friday: Betting on the Band 26:35

2M ago26:35

26:35

Yes yes yes... Matt and Nick are back for a very special edition of Big Money Friday. No, they’re not talking about anything financially sound. No, you won’t get the inside scoop on the next GameStop short squeeze. But yes, you will get Mann Night Two. And yes, the band is heading straight into a three-night Chi-Town heater. The odds? Over/under on…

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Mann Down 20:33

2M ago20:33

20:33

It’s Wednesday afternoon and Matt and Nick are back!! They may or may not be hiding in a bunker, as a few symbolic shots appear to have been fired their way. Phish just played The Mann and man, did they play it. In what can only be described as a direct response to previous episodes, the band took turns shredding amazing songs and proving Matt and …

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I Am the Walrus Charleston Night Two 19:14

2M ago19:14

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Hear ye, hear ye. Insuphishient has returned and today we’re talking about your favorite band..... Phish. It’s Night Two in Charleston and the chompers were out early, Smiles and thumbs up all around. The band? Absolutely ripping. This one had reach. You are the egg man? No, I am the egg man. Wait... I AM the walrus. Then, Matt gives out his mother…

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Monday, July 14 — Live from the Bottom 24:11

2M ago24:11

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Matt and Nick are back and this time, they’re live. Like live live. And sure, Phish just played a heater of a weekend in Charleston — but even at Harvard, somebody’s gotta graduate last in the class. That’s right, we’re starting with Night One. The sky? Blue. The moon? Spanish. The “Turtle in the Clouds”? Nowhere to be found. (Check back in 48 hour…

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Big Money Friday: Hot Pockets & Antelopes 22:20

3M ago22:20

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Big Money Friday is back, y’all and so is your favorite Phish Talk Show that knows just enough to be dangerous. Today on Insuphishient, Matt and Nick take strange to new elevations as they cover the Ohio show that opened with a suspiciously confident “AC/DC Bag” and closed with an “Antelope” that may or may not have looked directly at them. On toda…

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Thursday Party Time: Thumb Wars & Freedom Rock 21:17

3M ago21:17

21:17

Matt and Nick are back and they’ve got opinions. Lots of them. Colorado night 3 lit the fuse and today on Insuphishient, it’s nothing but sparks, thumbs, and questionable financial advice. The boys break down the show the only way they know how, wildly inconsistent thumbs up, thumbs down. Nick flips mid-episode. Matt gives a double thumb sideways. …

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Colorado Night 2: The Mic, the Myth, The Guyute 17:26

3M ago17:26

17:26

As Phish marches into Ohio, Matt and Nick emerge from a mysterious audio haze with a brand new episode — not on time, but right on brand. Today, they attempt to cover Colorado Night 2, a show Matt calls “legit” and Nick calls “wait, what day is it?” Nick’s mic is cooked. Burnt. Glowing like an orb at a rave in 2007. Meanwhile, Matt is grinning like…

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Austin Night 2: Runes, Pickles, and Slim Hopes 21:19

3M ago21:19

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Matt and Nick are back, baby — and this might be their best episode of the week. The show they’re covering? Well… it was night two in Austin.... You get it. But don’t get it twisted, this tour’s not even halfway and Page is just starting to boil. On today’s episode: Matt breaks down the sacred geometry of “Spin the Pickle” and why it can only be pl…

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July 2: Austin 1: The Heat Was Sentient 19:43

3M ago19:43

19:43

Matt and Nick return from the great Texas unknown with stories of Austin Night 1. Spoiler alert, they liked the show.... A show so sweaty it qualified as a steam room with a Cities so loose it legally counted as interpretive dance. The crowd came ready. The band came more than usual. Derek brought a snake and claimed it was his plus one. Page didn'…

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The return of the FREE SAMPLE: “Back to Insufficient” 19:11

3M ago19:11

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After what felt like a 42 hour gap of dead air and existential dread, your favorite Phish Talk Show returns with a (re)vengeance. We left you hanging with a sample episode that felt like a fever dream in a CVS parking lot, so we’re balancing the scales with a full-force Tuesday drop straight from the glitchy depths of our recording rig. This one? O…

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A Free Sample from the Only Podcast Legally Banned in Seven States 4:43

3M ago4:43

4:43

Matt and Nick return with a very special giveaway: today’s episode is on the house. Why? Because we accidentally deleted the feed midway through the show. And before the data ends up like your car keys, in the freezer behind the peas, we are giving it away. But don’t worry. This one’s pure-grade, artisanal, grass-fed Insuphishient. The boys review …

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SNHU Night Tre: T.C.T.A.W.H. 17:41

3M ago17:41

17:41

Matt and Nick are back in the bunker, covered in chalk dust and emotionally rattled from a night that may or may not have happened. Did Phish play SNHU again? Was that real? Is the arena real? Why was the bathroom line 43 minutes long and entirely made up of mannequins? The boys attempt to recount what happened, but it quickly turns into a meditati…

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SNHU Night 2: N.H.B.E.B. 18:23

3M ago18:23

18:23

Matt and Nick return from a 48-hour silent retreat in the food court of a Connecticut mall, only to discover a setlist etched into a stone tablet behind an Orange Julius. Naturally, they treat it as prophecy. The show? Played backwards. Literally. Encore first. Opener last. Page wore a cape made of setbreak nachos. Fishman only responded to questio…

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Wednesday, June 25 — T. S. S. O. E. 19:18

3M ago19:18

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Matt’s hat brim is too flat. Trey's tone sounds like a sneeze in a velvet glove. Nick might be in sleep mode. Fishman sneezed 37 times, and Matt brought a trombone to a kazoo fight. Page? Allegedly there. Possibly microwaving a burrito in the green room. We tried to recap night one at SNHU but accidentally invented a new genre: Ass to Themecore. It…

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Big Money Friday Presents: Tour Opener Vol 3 20:20

3M ago20:20

20:20

The summer tour has officially begun, and Matt and Nick are absolutely losing structural integrity. We’re talking foaming-at-the-lips-outside-a-Porta-Potty levels of anticipation. SPAC 6/20/04 is the flashback anchor, but everything else is spiraling: the marshmallows, the conspiracy chairs, the questionable use of the phrase “meatstick-orgasm ener…

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Thursday, June 19 — We Made It to Manchester (where is everybody) 20:04

3M ago20:04

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Matt and Nick are back and so is the chaos. Today’s episode digs up the dustiest gem in the post-2000 attic: Manchester, NH — 10/26/10, the last and only time they played Manchester. The bust outs are wild. The smells are suspicious. The band plays “Sloth” and the audience politely gasps. Somewhere in the background, a guy in a hockey jersey is yel…

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Soundcheck: Welcome to New York (Kinda) 24:33

3M ago24:33

24:33

Matt and Nick pull into the city with full hearts, empty notes, and a faint whiff of pretzel truck exhaust. It’s Soundcheck Monday, and the week ahead is so packed even Fishman would need a second donut dress to hold it all. We preview what’s coming (hint: the big stuff), unpack a few listener texts, and accidentally start planning a live show from…

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Worldwide Wednesday: Darien Lake ‘93 19:55

4M ago19:55

19:55

We’re nine days out from tour and things are getting deranged. Matt’s got a secret parking spot, Nick’s got a four-state theory for band members, and together they’re deep in your earbuds breaking down August 7, 1993 — the molten, maze-laced Darien Lake show that may or may not include a minor satanic ritual. It’s all there: Stash with Dave’s Energ…

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Tuesday, June 10 — International Jams: Only Once, Again 22:14

4M ago22:14

22:14

Matt and Nick cross international borders the only way they know how: without leaving Worcester. We’re talking 2/27/03 — a show that makes only once feel like a tradition. Four songs show up that each have exactly one live performance, and somehow none of them are “Destiny Unbound.” You do the math. Matt says the set was like finding a rare vinyl i…

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Friday, June 6th — Big Money Friday: Lost Episodes and Big Feelings 16:00

4M ago16:00

16:00

Matt and Nick are back and somehow Elisa is still speaking to them. Big Money Friday hits the feed with a shorter-than-usual episode — not because the takes weren’t hot, but because the entire Thursday episode vanished like your car keys the one time you really needed to be somewhere. Gone. Lost. Ghosted by the cloud. But never fear: today's show s…