About this episode

The episode discusses the NBA Finals, Phoebe Bridgers' tour, an interview with Ben Gibbard, new music releases, and favorite albums of the year so far.

The guys begin with a quick Sportscast about the NBA Finals (2:02) before diving into the "no phone" discourse about Phoebe Bridgers' upcoming tour (9:22). Then they talk about Ian's interview with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie that's now up on Amazon Music (19:43) and the week's big new releases (24:28). Finally, they discuss their favorite albums of the year so far (33:43). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Ian

Guest: Ben Gibbard

Topics covered

• NBA Finals
• Phoebe Bridgers tour
• Ben Gibbard interview
• new music releases
• favorite albums

Keywords

• Phoebe Bridgers
• Ben Gibbard
• Death Cab For Cutie
• NBA Finals
• music releases
• favorite albums
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Death Cab For Cutie, Amazon Music

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