A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast

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29. Good Intentions Paving Co., Part 1 Jun 19, 2021

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We mess up some idioms, and talk about fist-fighting with fog, ignoring signposts on the way to hell, rebirth, nightmare vibes, fatalism, and obviously gender. We published our first bonus episode to Patreon this week wherein we discuss some real cool listener submissions. Check out our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for his sick beats and his audio processing skills. “And I regret, I regret how I said to you, ‘honey, just open your heart’ when I’ve got trouble even opening a honey jar. And that, right there, is where we are.”

28. ‘81, Part 2 Jun 12, 2021

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In this episode, Sam and Nikki set out to prove their ability to find tangents and to make loose connections. We talk about kindness, dragons, empathy, etc. Here is a link to our Patreon, where we offer early access to episodes (as well as some sporadic bonus content): https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you all so very much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music and audio. “The unending amends you made are enough for one life. Be done.”

27. ‘81, Part 1 Jun 05, 2021

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We talk about The Garden of Eden, get confused about “A.D.”, speculate about more narrator-mysteries, and revel in general about this song. We have a Patreon that you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Thank you so much to you all for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the beats and for the audio stuff he does every week. “It was dirt, and dirt is all the same.”

26. Have One On Me, Part 3 May 29, 2021

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We say goodbye to Lola, and have a hard time with that. Syphilis comes up more than you would think. Goodbye, Lola. We love you forever. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you to David Pizarro for the beautiful music and mysterious audio techniques. “Meanwhile, I will raise my own glass to how you made me fast and expendable, and I will drink to your excellent health, and your cruelty.”

25. Have One On Me, Part 2 May 22, 2021

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Here’s Sam and Nikki, ta-da, to do a lot of talking about Lola! We talk a lot about how we’re heart-broken/devastated/deflated/saddened at nearly every part of the song. We also discover and react to Louis’ age. And who tf is narrating?! We will explore it all. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music, and thank you to every listener for listening. https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. “Heaven has no word for the way you and your friends have treated poor Louis. May god save your poor soul, Lola! (But there is nothing I adore apart from that whore’s black heart.)”

24. Have One On Me, Part 1 May 15, 2021

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In this first episode on the titular track, we talk a lot about the one and only Lola Montez. We talk so much about her that we only cover the first verse, but IT’S IMPORTANT, OKAY? Thank you all so so much for listening. Thank you to David Pizarro for the sick beats. Also, I should have been thanking David this whole time for cleaning up our audio because he does that every single week. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Email us at ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. “I felt so bad cause I didn’t know how to feel bad enough to make him proud.”

23. Easy, Part 3 May 08, 2021

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CW that we didn’t mention at the beginning: we have a brief discussion about ABA. Okay, this episode is, once again, off the rails. Brace yourselves. We talk about Canadianisms, love languages, acid... and then, against vehement protests from Sam, Nikki tempts Bloody Mary, and she makes herself known. Thank you all for listening (especially if you somehow make it through this episode), and thank you so much to David Pizarro for the music. “You must not fear; you must meet me to see me, I am barely here.”

22. Easy, Part 2 May 01, 2021

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Fogs! Ports! Bays! We have it all in this episode. Thank you all so much for listening, and, as always, thank you to David Pizarro for the sick beats. “Come on, you little life-giver: give your life.”

21. Easy, Part 1 Apr 24, 2021

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Our first part of the first song of the masterpiece that is Have One On Me. We talk about rivers, beds, syllables, etc. Thank you to everyone for listening, and a special thank you to David Pizarro for the brand spanking new beat that he made for the new endeavor that is HOOM. He made three beats for HOOM - one for each of the three records. THANK YOU, DAVID. “No one knows what is coming, or who will harvest what we have sewn, or how I’ve been dulling, and dumbing in the service of the heart alone.”

20. Colleen, Part 3 Apr 17, 2021

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The final episode on Colleen! We talk more about names, narwhals, the patriarchy, and other usual topics. Thank you so much, again, to Melissa Marturano from Blessing All the Birds. Check out her incredible post from a few weeks ago here: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/647478743591436288/divers-colleen-and-monkey-bear-and-a. Thank you to David Pizarro for the music. And thank you to everyone who listens! We’ll be back next week with our first episode from Have One On Me, in which we discuss “Easy”. “Have you come here to rescue me? He laughed, and said, ‘From what, Colleen? You dried and dressed most willingly. You corseted and caught the dread disease by which one comes to know such peace’”.

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