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Bandsplain

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Bandsplain is a show where host Yasi Salek invites experts to explain cult bands and iconic artists—and why people love them.© All rights reserved. Music
Episodes
  • The Strokes With Amanda Dobbins and Chris Ryan

    The Strokes With Amanda Dobbins and Chris Ryan
    Oct 15 2026
    Chris Ryan and Amanda Dobbins join Yasi to revisit the Strokes and their influence on the guitar rock that followed in their wake. They discuss the band's meteoric rise, Julian Casablancas’s distinctive songwriting, the model-filled audiences that helped fuel the band’s early buzz, and how their debut album, 'Is This It,' somehow lived up to the overwhelming hype. Plus, the pressure following their early success, the band’s uneven output in the years that followed, and their resurgence in the TikTok age. Episode Playlist Listen to The Strokes Playlist here Subscribe on YouTube CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guests: Amanda Dobbins @akdobbins, Chris Ryan @crashactivated Producer: Rob Sundermann Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 hrs and 49 mins
  • Interpol with Sarah Lewitinn

    Interpol with Sarah Lewitinn
    Oct 8 2026
    Sarah Lewitinn (music journalist, restaurateur, and the artist formerly known as Ultragrrrl) joins Yasi to revisit Interpol and the early 2000s New York landscape they emerged from. They discuss their international origins, the dogged Joy Division comparisons, and the pressure to follow up on an instant classic, as well as the steady and surprising arc of their career and output leading up to their latest album, this year’s 'This Mirror Weighs a Ton.' Episode Playlist Listen to the Interpol Playlist here Subscribe on YouTube CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guests: Sarah Lewitinn @ultragrrrl Producer: Rob Sundermann Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 49 mins
  • The Indie Sleaze Draft with Rob Mahoney and Sean Fennessey

    The Indie Sleaze Draft with Rob Mahoney and Sean Fennessey
    Oct 1 2026
    It’s draft day, and Yasi is joined by Rob Mahoney and Sean Fennessey for a generational Indie Sleaze Draft. But first, what actually counts as indie sleaze? Are the Strokes so important that they get their own category? And can you win by simply drafting Yeah Yeah Yeahs in every category? (You can if you draft with your heart.) Plus: the return of Sparks (not the band)! Subscribe on YouTube CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guests: Rob Mahoney @robmahoney and Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey Producer: Rob Sundermann Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 40 mins
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