Why I Hate this Album

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#247 - Theory of a Deadman - Scars & Souvenirs Jun 16, 2026

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This week we're discussing the (allegedly) post-grunge band Theory of a Deadman and their album Scars & Souvenirs, released April 1, 2008. Discovered by fellow Canadian Chad Kroeger (also of Nickelback fame), this band helped to further dilute an already tortured genre at a time when most people were ready to move on, enjoy!

In this episode we discuss new WWE event ideas aka the "Sack Match", remind people to go listen to Ike Reilly, how to be a secret fugitive, the dangers of mens' rights groups and boy power, night swimming with sharks, everything is Numb3rs, Lovecraftian Cyrano de Bergerac, how to stop a spouse from testifying against you, clever substitutions for heroin, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Top of the show "Do you hate it?"
Personal History
History of Artist
General Thoughts
Song by Song - What do they mean!?!
How Did it Do
Reviews
Post Episode "Do you hate it?"

Prepisode #146 - The Donnas - Take it Off Jun 02, 2026

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This week we are discussing the song Take it Off by The Donnas, released in 2002. Tim claims a listener requested this song, Garrett is pretty sure Tim is lying and just likes this band or at least this song. No one is clear how we got here, enjoy.

Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss mail order swords, preemptive grenade attacks, The McLaughlin Group, our new magazine, Herbie the Love Bug again somehow, how to plot a murder and how much to spend, what not to say during a DUI arrest, what makes a good lasagna, why we still don't like Drake, Sting and Shaggy the musical is real, what is a human candle, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters
Discuss our history with the song/band
Song discussion - lyrics and music
Music Video
How the song did worldwide
Amazon reviews
Listener email (just 2)
Music news of the weird
Announce next week's album

#246 - Lindsay Lohan - Speak May 26, 2026

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This week we are discussing Lindsay Lohan and her incredibly popular album that no one has ever heard of before called Speak, released December 7, 2004. This episode is worth it just for the history alone, if you thought Lindsay had some issues with the law prepare to meet her father Mike. He makes Tim seem like a reasonable human.

In this episode we discuss fans showing up in our day to day lives, the WIHTA bump, what to do if Lindsay shows up at your movie shoot uninvited, the Herbie movies, New York geography, fashioning a key from human bones, The Cask of Amontillado, the rules about sinning in heaven, bad genetics, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Top of the show "Do you hate it?"
Personal History
History of Artist
General Thoughts
Song by Song - What do they mean!?!
How Did it Do
Reviews
Post Episode "Do you hate it?"

Prepisode - 145 - Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. May 19, 2026

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This week we are discussing Noah and the Whale, and their song L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. We're reliving the indie folk revival of the mid-aughts so you don't have to! Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album.

In this episode we discuss our ongoing litigation, what is a sniffer, microbangs, the Turing machine, bad caricature artists, Garrett's ape teeth, Thai fishing pants, Chess the musical, alternate timelines, people chucking stuff at Eric Clapton, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters
Discuss our history with the song/band
Song discussion - lyrics and music
Music Video
How the song did worldwide
Amazon reviews
Listener email (just 2)
Music news of the weird
Announce next week's album

#245 - Sublime - Robbin' the Hood May 05, 2026

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This week we are discussing the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood, released March 1, 1994. Tim insisted the show complete the original three Sublime albums and for some reason Garrett agreed. This album is, and should remain lost to time. It is 23 grueling tracks and we talk about every single one of them.

In this episode we discuss Garrett's love of dinosaurs, cool slang for doing drugs, how much we hate dubs, how the sexiest people are voted for each year, the funniest destruction of a bunkbed ever, why we prefer to text and not talk on the phone, what's a ditch pig and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Top of the show "Do you hate it?"
Personal History
History of Artist
General Thoughts
Song by Song - What do they mean!?!
How Did it Do
Reviews
Post Episode "Do you hate it?"

Prepisode #144 - Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne. Apr 28, 2026

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This week we're talking about the Fountains of Wayne song Stacy's Mom released May 19, 2003. We thought this would be a fun week with a lighthearted song, then we saw the music video. Prepare yourself, like many things in 2003, it's gross and completely unnecessary. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album.

In this episode we discuss whether Tim was recently drugged and hidden in a crawlspace, Jon Bernthal, what is a three man show, how many Waynes and how many fountains are there, which of the Monkeys are still alive, Garrett's mean grandma, what to do when a friend's mom kisses you, recent arrests in the Los Angeles area, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters
Discuss our history with the song/band
Song discussion - lyrics and music
Music Video
How the song did worldwide
Amazon reviews
Listener email
Music news of the weird
Announce next week's album

#244 - Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess Apr 14, 2026

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This week we learn to live life, let go, and be ourselves or whatever it is Chappell Roan is singing about in her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, released Sept. 22, 2023. Tim is back from the Pink Pony Club and we need to talk about it.

In this episode we discuss Tim's new intern hire and other mistakes he has made recently, why we keep making this show, Mel Tormet, eating crow (not literally this time), vampires, donkeys or alpacas which are better, hideous hands and feet, how kaleidoscopes work, Victorian haunted dolls, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Top of the show "Do you hate it?"
Personal History
History of Artist
General Thoughts
Song by Song - What do they mean!?!
How Did it Do
Reviews
Post Episode "Do you hate it?"

Prepisode # 143 - Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur Apr 07, 2026

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This week we're discussing the hit single Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was), released in 1987. Catchy song with a lame novelty dance for children' s movies, or dire warning of the dangers of nuclear power in the hands of man? We definitively answer that question, among others. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album.

In this episode we discuss Tim's European vacation, Tim's European food poisoning, how to properly execute a slamborghini, do you need lips to play a saxophone, do dinosaurs have lips, false advertising, Bob Dylan's discovery of ChatGPT, how to find the show's Patreon and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters
Discuss our history with the song/band
Song discussion - lyrics and music
Music Video
How the song did worldwide
Amazon reviews
Listener email (just 2)
Music news of the weird
Announce next week's album

#243 - Face/Off Mar 24, 2026

Show notes

This week is a very special episode that has nothing to do with music. We are unlocking the vault to release the Patreon exclusive episode on the hit film Face/Off. Tim and Garrett discuss the 1997 film starring Nic Cage and John Travolta in more detail than anyone probably should. The discussion is as long as the movie and we heavily edited our episode from the original 3 hour runtime. We love this movie.

In this episode we discuss alternative names for the "face waterfall", if Nic Cage found the Holy Grail, whether you can legally call yourself a lawyer, how old is Johnny Depp, how to keep hair out of your wounds during a haircut, can you share an ambulance, how old is the youngest FBI agent in history, is Caster Troy dead, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Special thanks to Paul Scheer.

#242 - Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot Mar 17, 2026

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This week the podcast attempts to understand the 90s swing revival through the music of Cherry Poppin Daddies and their opportunistic album Zoot Suit Riot, released March 18, 1997.

In this episode we discuss 40s slang, Tim's growing sense of guilt about a number of things, Cal Harris and his alleged guilt, a fierce debate over what "swing" music is, the movie Blast from the Past, what does it mean to roll a jelly, even more 40s slang (it gets old), quicksand videos, polygamy, and so much more! Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com

Episode Outline:

Top of the show "Do you hate it?"
Personal History
History of Artist
General Thoughts
Song by Song - What do they mean!?!
How Did it Do
Reviews
Post Episode "Do you hate it?"

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