Brain Of J (S5.Ep1) The final Pearl Jam album of the 90’s starts with a bang (pun intended?), and Randy Sobel (Live On 4 Legs - https://soundcloud.com/liveon4legs) joins us to ...

Season Five Introduction Hailed as a return to form, YIELD ended their 90’s albums on an up-note, but not without the casualty of another drummer gone. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BetterBandPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/BetterBandPod ...

Season Four Finale (S4.Ep17)Another album (and some stuff I didn’t get to cover last season) is in the books. Thanks to everyone who took the time to get nerdy about ...

Mankind (S4.Ep16) This week we enter the Stone Zone with guest Brad Lyons (Single Podcast Theory - https://singlepodcasttheory.simplecast.com/) to talk NO CODE outlier “Mankind,” earnestness, and I mess up another ...

Around The Bend (S4.Ep15) Even though this song is the last one on the album, it is our penultimate of the season. It’s time to talk with Bradley Piasecki about ...

Catholic Boy (S4.Ep14)It’s time to cover one of those tracks for the completionists with Debra McMurtrey. We bust out our Basketball Diaries soundtracks to talk the song “Catholic Boy,” song ...

Better Band Podcast Listener Appreciation Week 2020! Did you know I edit the ever-loving HELL out of these episodes? Sometimes there’s some stuff that I don’t feel like wasting, so ...

Better Band Podcast Listener Appreciation Week 2020! Part three of the Listen Up 2020 Pearl Jam miniseries! Should “Superblood Wolfmoon” have been the first single? Harry & Branden try to ...

Better Band Podcast Listener Appreciation Week 2020! Remember the Hot Takes you had when you first heard “Dance of the Clairvoyants?” How have they changed between then & now? Listen ...

I’m Open (S4.Ep13) It’s Better Band Podcast Listener Appreciation Week 2020! This episode, Thomas Gregory joins us to take a look inside “I’m Open,” serial killer dress codes, and share ...

Better Band Podcast Listener Appreciation Week 2020! Remember when the year began and the world was full of possibilities? There was a new Pearl Jam album on the horizon, and ...

Red Mosquito (S4.Ep12) *CW: drug and substance abuse* Longtime friend, and sometimes co-podcaster, Harry Geyer (Woah Woah What - https://anchor.fm/woahwoahwhatpod ) picks up his microphone to try to help figure ...

I want to say Thanks to everyone listening, so I’m gonna be doing some extra stuff for my listeners next week: August 2nd thru 8th.Sunday Aug 2nd: Past guests get ...

My Way (S4.Ep11) Las Vegas has always been a place where Pearl Jam tends to get a little goofy. Bob Remington ( https://www.steamieweenie.com/ ) returns to recount their performance of ...

Olympic Platinum (S4.Ep10)*CW: Terrorism*John Farrar (Live On 4 Legs podcast: https://soundcloud.com/liveon4legs) returns with a special message for the winner of the All-In Birthday Challenge! And he explains why he holds ...

Present Tense (S4.Ep9)Patrick Boegel comes by to NOT talk basketball, because this was recorded before the Michael Jordan Documentary came out. But we do talk about the track “Present Tense,” ...

Lukin (S4.Ep8) Good buddy Kevin Lessard returns to play “Cold or Early Morning?” while we spend much more than 62 seconds on “Lukin,” soundchecks, and Disney’s Frozen… “Lukin” on Apple ...

Habit: (S4.Ep7) *CW: Substance Abuse* The southern part of the state checks in, as Bob Remington returns to analyze the difficultly tuned “Habit,” donuts, and gigs that never were… “Habit” ...

Off He Goes: (S4.Ep6) Andrew Plath returns to cover the Side A closer “Off He Goes,” discuss feline & canine pupils, and camping… “Off He Goes” on Apple Music: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/off-he-goes/157478390?i=157478463&mt=1&app=music&at=1001lazS ...

Most episodes are recorded quite a bit in advance, so there’s not much in the way of current events that get touched on in interviews. That’s why I’m putting out ...