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Ska radio podcast started in September of 2017. I've loved ska my entire adult life. I just want to do my part by showing ska is very much alive all around the world, introducing new bands to people in the process.
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Episode 151: Too Fat To Skate Detectives Club from 2021-08-18T12:45:54
Come along as we talk to Lexington, Kentucky's The Rough Customer on an all new Unstructured! We discuss their new album, old albums, various pop culture topics, and of course SKA!
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Episode 150: The Road Back from 2021-08-02T10:14
Short and sweet. We're back. We play ska. We talk about the ska. Same as the last 149 episodes before this one and it feels so good. Featuring music by Big D & the Kids Table, The Bakesys, The Simu...
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Episode 149: This Is The May from 2021-05-30T12:05:17
Yes, this is the May! We said we were gonna do it and now we have. While we aren't the biggest fan of Star Wars we are a big fan of ska and there is a lot of ska based on it. This ended up being a ...
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Episode 148: Not A Kitchen from 2021-05-26T12:32:02
That's right everyone, we are finally back (again) with a new episode. It's a little later than we would have liked, but there's been a lot going on lately. But it seems like the light at the end o...
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Episode 147: I'm A Mess, It's Monday from 2021-05-03T11:49:38
There are two very important lessons I learned in the production of this episode. 1) It has been far too long since our last proper episode and I miss it terribly. 2) Never again will I record in ...
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Episode 146: Which Episode Is This Again? from 2021-04-17T09:56:36
Well hello there! It's been a bit since we last posted an episode, but we're finally back! This one has been in the works for quite awhile and it shows, because it's massive! Featuring music by Gen...
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155: Unstructed 4: Aw Beans, It's Joystick! from 2021-03-27T11:02:47
I am absolutely delighted by this weeks guests. As I note in the episode, Joystick was played all the way back in the very first episode of Talk The Ska. So it's a pretty big deal to have them on ...
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Episode 144: Our 1st Overdub from 2021-03-15T13:09:34
What a few weeks it has been! We had our equipment finally actually die on us, it was sad. But it meant we got to replace it with better stuff! Which also then died on us.... but that brings us to ...
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Episode 143: One Less Than 4 from 2021-03-01T12:15:15
Hey party people! ...sorry, that was awkward. It's been a bit since we've done a proper episode and I certainly think that it shows. Heck, I forgot to clean up the audio on my end! Total rookie mov...
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Unstructured 3: X-Ska from 2021-02-22T12:01:47
We have another interview for you all. Even better these episodes have a name, Unstructured! Today we talked with Anthony of The Guilty Parties and big time X-Men fan. I'll be very honest in saying...
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Talkin' Beans W/Flying Raccoon Suit from 2021-02-15T15:13:45
We are just tickled pink to have Andrew, Brandon, Derek and Jessica of Flying Raccoon Suit with us this week. We talk their upcoming album Afterglow, beans, Mario, beans, the Mandela Effect, beans,...
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Episode 140: And So It Begins from 2021-01-18T11:59:24
With 2020 behind us we are ready to look ahead to 2021. This seems somewhat silly, what with it being over two weeks in. Yet, that's where we seem to have found ourselves. More of what you've come ...
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Episode 139: Top 10 of 2020 from 2021-01-03T14:40:57
Another year has come to an end and we couldn't be happier about it! But before we go completely out with the old, we must take a look back. This is our first totally spoiler free blurb. So it's al...
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Episode 138: X-Mas & Things from 2020-12-24T14:10:11
It's Christmas eve! But, there's also some newer stuff to feature. So yeah, this is our strangest episode ever! Happy holidays everyone! Featuring music by MU330, The Backyard Superheroes, Suspense...
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Interview: Gary and I Talk About Stuff from 2020-12-09T14:16:55
Hold on to your hats, ladies, gentlemen, and fine people everywhere. Gary of the Backyard Superheroes returns to Talk the Ska to chat about the forthcoming charity compilation, Arose Such A Clatter...
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Episode 137: Which One Are We On Again? from 2020-11-30T13:24:03
Spoiling everyone this week with 2 episode in a single week! When's the last time that happened? Sure the last one was a special chat episode, but this time around it's the real deal. Up to our usu...
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Talk The Ska Joins The Goodwin Club from 2020-11-25T13:12:16
Is it true? Has a ska podcast joined the legendary Goodwin Club??? You could listen to find out! Or you could just listen as Mattie chats with Tami and Jesse about the current goings on and loads o...
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Episode 136: It's Not Over Yet from 2020-11-16T12:01:40
Hey everyone! You miss us? Well fear not as we are back with an all new episode! No way we're gonna repeat last year and just disappear. This year has yet to slow down with awesome releases and we ...
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Episode 135: TEAM TALL! from 2020-11-02T12:10:56
Whoopsie doopies, we missed last week. Things have been as hectic as usual for this time of year. But we are set on at least getting something out every other week. With the amount of great music o...
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Episode 134: No Time For Twos from 2020-10-19T13:03:57
Despite an incredibly busy week, we managed to put together a new episode! It wasn't exactly what we set out to create, which for once is a good thing! What started as a NoSKAlgic episode turned in...
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Episode 133: Tapes & Tapes & Tapes & from 2020-10-12T12:15:07
It wasn't always the case, but we love cassettes! We've been amassing quite the collection over the past 15 months. So given the fact that it is Cassette Week 2020, we wanted to showcase some of ou...
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Episode 132: The Journey from 2020-10-05T12:19:51
Welp, we did it again! Another episode of all new music for two weeks in a row! We kind of ramble about goings on in the world of ska for quite a bit. This is also probably our most diverse episode...
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Episode 131: Coffee Break from 2020-09-28T11:32:36
This will be a little hard to believe, but this episode only features songs from 2020. We can't recall how long it's been since that's happened! Probably never. As much as we love the older stuff, ...
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Episode 130: Forgot The Title from 2020-09-21T11:25:52
We're back with another new episode of ska from all around the globe! Oddly enough we spend most of the time talking about things we have no part in. Be that the wonderful Toots tribute episodes Sk...
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Episode 129: YEAR THREE from 2020-09-07T11:02:13
Can you believe we've been doing this for 3 years? We sure can't! But here we are with our first episode of our toddler phase and we are ready to celebrate. We are debuting our theme song and takin...
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Episode 128: No Man Is An Island from 2020-08-23T12:37:25
Things got kind of weird in this one for a moment. Most of it got cut out because it was frankly distracting, which is the last thing we want. We're here to shine a light on ska from all around the...
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Episode 127: Lone Star Ska from 2020-08-16T11:58:34
That's right, we just did one and now it's time for another NoSKAlgic episode! This time around we are taking a look at the state of Texas. Featuring music by The Grown Ups, The Fabulous Bowler Bo...
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Episode 126: Guest Host Crickets from 2020-08-09T12:45:31
It's still really hot out, so I've been recording with my windows open. Didn't realize how clearly the crickets would come through on the mic! They're like a special little guest host I didn't even...
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Ep 125: Ska In The Name from 2020-08-02T11:10:25
In this week's episode we have music by Fratelli Lambretta Ska Jazz, Mala Suerte Ska, Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra, The Pirateska Rebellion, Coolie Ranx, Over Limit, Bad Habit Budapest Ska, ...
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Episode 124: Penn Ska! from 2020-07-26T12:58:45
We are back with a somewhat hastily thrown together Noskalgic episode. This time we're checking Pennsylvania off the list of US states to look into. I only say it's hastily thrown together because ...
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Episode 123: It's So Darn Hot from 2020-07-19T07:30:14
Like the title says it's hot out, here was a spider attack during the record, and that's it. Just those two things. Despite those minor calamities we are pleased as punch to bring you more new musi...
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Episode 122: Redos and Audibles from 2020-07-12T17:30:52
Geees this one is late. I blame this hot, hot, humid weather mostly. That and continued technical issues, but we worked through all that! No set backs are gonna keep us from bringing you all the ho...
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Episode 121: This Feels Weird from 2020-07-05T12:17:23
This was a weird episode to record for a couple of reasons. Foremost, we went with the "classic" flow of an episode starting with a song and skipping our intro. That part made sense and was intent...
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Episode 120: Back To The Present from 2020-06-28T11:59:04
After our time looking at CT ska of the 90's and an unplanned week off, we are back in the present. There's new stuff, some old stuff, and best of all some upcoming stuff. It's really a nice set o...
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Episode 119: CT Ska Part Deux from 2020-06-14T12:18:42
Last week was a huge success, so we're back with more 90's CT Ska! Okay, we would have been back with more even if it wasn't a success. There's also a single track from the 80's, which is always ni...
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Episode 118: CT Ska Part One from 2020-06-07T14:12:11
This is my most requested topic to cover thus far. Connecticut had a pretty wild ska scene back in the 90's. An absurd amount of bands from all over the state of just about every style you could th...
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Episode 117: B.L.M from 2020-05-31T12:08:53
It seems that things just never get any easier this year. Thankfully there will always be music there to help us through. Whether it's the simple act of taking our minds off things or voicing our v...
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Episode 116: Speeding UP from 2020-05-24T12:25:04
These songs just seem to keep getting longer and longer these days. Not that I'm complaining about that. I just worry that people won't stick around to the whole episode. So this week we're cutting...
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Episode 115: UK, A-OK from 2020-05-17T10:59:49
It was a busy week for us over here and this episode almost didn't make it. Even now I'm fighting off sleep just to get it posted! Thankfully we were able to pull through and get loads of new music...
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Episode 114: Bring Back Dinosaurs from 2020-05-10T13:02:39
With everything going on in the world, music is the one thing that feels normal. It seems all the more exciting now when a band releases a new, long over due song. It's even better when a long dorm...
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Episode 113: It's Not Over Yet from 2020-05-03T11:22:37
-We are in complete shock that it is already May. Maybe it's due to the self isolating, but it feels like March never ended. Despite how crazy things may seem we're pretty thankful for all the new ...
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Episode 112: Early Morning Ramble from 2020-04-26T11:40:44
The longer we're isolating ourselves, the less time seems tot exist. Has it been a week already? How does all this new ska music keep coming out? We aren't really sure, but we aren't complaining ei...
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Episode 111: To Merch or Not To Merch from 2020-04-19T14:22:44
One thing we're not really minding about this lock down is all the new ska! Every time we start to feel down something new pops up and lifts our spirits. So this week we are back in the modern day ...
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Episode 110: Utah Ska Appreciation from 2020-04-12T11:38:53
Here we are doing a totally Noskalgic episode! Yes it's a look back at the Utah ska scene before the turn of the millennium. Why Utah of all places? Despite a huge number of quality bands, it remai...
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Episode 109: Feelin' Fine from 2020-04-05T10:12:54
Back with a new episode of some more fantastic ska music from all around the world. Most of it is new, though we dip our toes into the past a bit more than usual. All told, we're just happy to be d...
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Episode 108: Inside Time from 2020-03-29T11:22:40
Back with another episode of ska and related sounds to help get us through these times. Speaking of time, it was really easy to lose track of it. Self isolation just has all the days blending toget...
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Episode 107: Week One from 2020-03-22T10:17:43
The world sure does change a lot in one week. Still, we're blazing ahead with our ska-punk episode. Now more than ever we feel it's important to keep the music playing. So if there's something you ...
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Episode 106: I Swear I Know What I'm Doing from 2020-03-14T12:17:40
Back with a new episode, two weeks in a row! There is a wealth of brand new music to look at this week from some of the worlds best bands. We're also still working through all the stuff we missed d...
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Episode 104: Repilot from 2020-03-08T10:56:43
Why hello, it's been way too long! That's right we're finally back with a brand new episode. Honestly, we had grand ambitions of doing three episodes this weekend to make up for lost time. A lot ha...
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2.03 Been Up All Night from 2019-12-13T13:33:30
It's our final episode before our end of year/decade extravaganzas! This week we aren't only taking a look at late in the year releases, oh no. There is also a song I've been wanting to share since...
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Episode 2.02: Does It Again! from 2019-11-27T15:26:42
Season 2 rolls on with a steady mix of ska, both new and old. Still feeling out the new format as we go. Talking about ska is one thing, but shining a brighter light on some easily missed things? ...
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Episode 2.01 The Return from 2019-11-18T16:03:44
We are back with a new season of Talk The Ska! What does that mean exactly? Well, there are segments now of sorts. Ska news to speak of outside of just what's being played. Featured bands and syner...
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Episode 101: Back At It from 2019-10-04T12:54:53
We're back with another episode of new music from all around the world. Covering some new stuff from the past week and some from a little earlier. Loads of stuff for any ska fan to enjoy. Featuring...
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Episode 100: The One With All The 0s from 2019-09-22T12:07:34
Well we are finally done with all our 90's nonsense. At least as far as the podcast is concerned. So we are back in the present day looking at some releases from the past month and a few upcoming ...
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Episode 99: The End Of An Era from 2019-09-04T12:38:32
We have made it to the end of our 90's nonsense episodes. This one was an extremely hard one to get down to a manageable length. But ultimately I decided to just pick some of my favorites of the er...
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Episode 98: Pick It Up Review Revue from 2019-08-28T14:01:10
For the past few weeks we've been reviewing regional 90's ska on our Instagram page. We call it Pick It Up Review and these are some of our favorites of the bunch. It has been especially fun to loo...
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Episode 97: Ska Over Sleep from 2019-08-19T13:22:47
Sitting here between two 11 hours shifts, I thought "does the world need to hear me talk about ska?" I went with yes, obviously. There has just been so many wonderful albums coming out here in the ...
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Episode 96: It's A 90's Ska World from 2019-08-12T16:04:49
This week we are traveling through space and time to listen in on some 90's ska sounds from all around the globe. We hit nearly every continent (had a timeline SNAFU with our African selection) and...
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Episode 95: Nineties Potluck from 2019-08-05T12:54:18
We are carrying on with our 90's madness this week. A whole bunch of different theme ideas popped into our head while putting this one together None of them seemed to click right though. So what c...
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Episode 94: An All New New from 2019-07-29T11:45:18
It's an all new episode of all new songs!!! Okay, I keep going on and on about how all the tracks are new. It really seems like a crutch to justify a non-90's episode here in the heart of the 90's....
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Episode 93: From Ska Satellite To You from 2019-07-21T16:26:23
I honestly wish I could say I planned this to correspond with the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landing. What with Ska Satellite being a Moon Ska subsidiary and all. But no, chock it up all to pure ...
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Episode 92: No Sleep Till Skaville from 2019-07-08T13:06:40
We are stepping away from our look at the 90's to return to the modern day. Much has occurred in the past weeks and who are we to ignore it? Brand new singles from much beloved bands, old favorites...
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Episode 91: Fine 90's Gems from 2019-07-01T13:21:04
Join us as we recount some of our favorite underrated ska albums of the 90's! The only rule we had for a release to eligible was it could not have been re-released physically after 1999. That littl...
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Episode 90: 90's Speed Run from 2019-06-24T16:18:42
In celebration of reaching 90 episodes, we're taking a deep dive into all things 90's ska. This episode kicks it off with a quick run through of each year of that decade. There's some big named ban...
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Subpressure Chat from 2019-06-21T13:18:08
We have a special interview episode for you. This time around we are talking with rising French reggae band, Subpressure. Join Mattie as they chat with Frédérick about the bands upcoming plans, inf...
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Episode 89: Not Those Other Ones from 2019-06-10T13:15:19
This week we decided to go way off our charted course. There are no 80's ska songs and only one of the bands is from Michigan. It seemed foolish to do a bunch of theme episodes all in a row. Beside...
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Episode 88: Insert Title Here from 2019-06-02T12:47:41
It's an odds and ends episode to round out the month of May. More old favorites and plenty of bands that are completely new to us. So why not share the wealth! There's plenty of talk of the month'...
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Episode 87: The Instramentals from 2019-05-27T13:05:39
This is one that I've wanted to do for quite some time. An all instrumental episode, the only voice you hear being my own. Okay maybe I didn't think that part through, but the song choice is solid!...
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Episode 86: More World Wide from 2019-05-20T12:21:22
Back with another episode in which we have ska from all across the globe. Well, 4 of the 7 continents at least and that's not too shabby. For a first time since the early days we also have a group ...
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Episode 85: RAMBLING! from 2019-05-12T12:26:58
Well I really put the "Talk" in Talk The Ska this week Don't let me chatterboxing deter you, as we have plenty of fresh sounds from the around the world. The releases are still coming at a breaknec...
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Episode 84: The Forgotten Years from 2019-05-05T13:05:33
We are taking a look at seemingly forgotten era of ska between the third wave boom and present day. Many a fine band got their starts or released some of the best music of the careers in this perio...
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Episode 83: Endgame Blues from 2019-04-29T12:27:21
On this weeks episode we continue our look at April's releases. Play a few tracks from upcoming releases. Plus talk about how crazy May's release schedule is shaping up to be. Featuring the music ...
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Episode 82: Mission Hill from 2019-04-22T12:24:45
I know, we're a little late getting this one out. But there was a holiday and I lost my voice for a little bit there. Really though, there were just a whole bunch of releases this month and it was ...
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Episode 81: Horns Need Not Apply from 2019-04-14T10:48:52
Almost took this week off to deal with some mental stuff, but then I thought nah. But since I had nothing planned this episode kind of just happened and became a look at hornless ska bands. When I ...
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Episode 80: Rising Sun Ska from 2019-04-07T12:12:28
After talking about it for the past few weeks, we finally have a Japanese ska focused episode. This is by no means a "best of" episode or anthing of that nature. Just a grouping of bands, both new ...
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Episode 79: Thank You, Thank You from 2019-03-31T12:44:23
This felt like a tricky one to make given the events of the week. But once again music came through to practically make an episode all on it's own. So listen along as we say hello to a loads of n...
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Episode 78: Last Minute Substitution from 2019-03-24T08:46:59
We decided last minute to completely change this weeks episode. So much great new stuff had come out recently. We could have waited, but it just didn't feel right. More proof that the scene around...
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Episode 77: Grab Bag from 2019-03-16T11:39:03
This one is a bit of a stylistic grab bag. We've got traditional, we've got third wave, we've got skacore and more. Mixing it up with bands from all over the world both established groups and some ...
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Episode 76: International Women of Ska from 2019-03-09T15:42:44
Yesterday was International Women's Day! To celebrate we're going on an around the world tour of some of our favorite female fronted groups, both past and present. So jump aboard the Talk The Ska E...
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Episode 75: Saturday Skalmboree from 2019-03-02T14:27:55
As February comes to a close, the new releases slowed down ever so slightly. But it appears as if March isn't one to be out done. Loads of new music for your listening pleasure this week. Featuring...
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Episode 74: The Really Late One from 2019-02-24T11:35:40
We missed a week last week, our bad. But that gave us a chance to catch up on the avalanche of releases that came out. An absolutely shocking amount to be exact, 3 of which I fully expect to see on...
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Episode 73: The Little Episode That Could from 2019-02-10T13:40:23
First my body and then my equipment conspired against me from getting this episode out. But we didn't take an inability to talk or software crashes stop us! There has been loads of exceptionally ex...
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Episode 72: Jamaican Vacation from 2019-02-03T13:37:02
After a few days of temperatures well below zero, we needed some warm thoughts. What better way to pass the time stuck inside than listening to some classic records. That's just what we did and tho...
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Episode 71: Get Down To The Jump Up Sounds from 2019-01-27T11:49:22
Many months after our first Jump Up Records tribute, we finally have a second part! This time we are taking a look at the labels releases between '98 & 2000, the last grasp of the ska boom. Spoiler...
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Episode 70: The Punky Ska Affair from 2019-01-19T17:12:49
We've got another ska-punk themed episode for ya this week. Yeah, there's some other stuff in there too. But if we've learned anything by now it's that we are consistently inconsistent! We've got m...
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Episode 69: Mostly Slow, Mostly Steady from 2019-01-12T15:58:30
This weeks episode went through a lot of last minute changes. It was a bit all over the place and we opted to slow things down a bit for once, mostly. We're still catching up on some things from 20...
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Episode 68: New Year, Last Year from 2019-01-05T16:39:27
It's our first episode of 2019, so of course we take a look at the things we missed from 2018. There were some absolutely fabulous late year releases, a few we were late to the party on, and a few ...
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Episode 67: 2018's Big Finale from 2018-12-29T11:06:56
It's our big finish to 2018! Call it best of, call it a favorites. Here's the 10 full lengths that stuck in our heads the most this year. It was hard to chose after such a phenomenal year of relea...
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Episode 66: 2018 Top 5 E.Ps, Top 5 Singles! from 2018-12-28T07:53:19
It's part one of our best of 2018 year in review. In this first part it's our top 5 E.Ps and top 5 singles released throughout the years. Extra talking about why we like each and every one. But not...
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Episode 65: Christmas Ska from 2018-12-22T14:53:27
It is Christmas time and I was issued a challenge to do a Christmas episode. My day to day work schedule was very much against me (thus two week absence), but here it is. There's new takes on holid...
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Episode 64: Skallusion from 2018-12-01T11:49:30
For working far too much at our real job, we sure did pull this together. Some exciting end of the year releases to be heard this week. Putting a nice pin in the excellent 2018 for Jamaican inspire...
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Episode 63: Something Old, Something New, Kinda Sleepy from 2018-11-24T14:39:51
Work life has been pretty rough this week. Nevertheless, the show must go on! So we have some new stuff, some old stuff, and some sleep themed stuff! So come along with us and listen to some ska tu...
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Episode 62: Super Ultra Third Wave 90's Alpha from 2018-11-17T16:46:31
It took 62 episodes, but we've finally gone and done one devoted to the SoCal 90's ska scene. Initially we wanted to include the best of the best of the era. But that seemed a little too easy to pu...
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Episode 61: The Show Must Go On from 2018-11-10T13:22:02
Snow has blanketed the ground here in our Midwestern town. The drop in temperature also brought sickness to us. Fortunately it also brought a cavalcade of new music to lift our spirits which we hum...
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Episode 60: All Commercials from 2018-11-03T10:58
October was a weird month, but now it's done and it is time for reflection. So come take a listen to some of our favorite releases of the month, one we forgot, and one upcoming release we are just ...
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Episode 59: Halloween Spooktacular II Covers from 2018-10-31T11:13:02
Happy Halloween everyone! As promised it's part two of our Halloween Spooktacular in this all covers episode! Once again they are presented in the order of the original songs release! We forgot we ...
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Halloween Spooktacular 2018 Part 1 from 2018-10-27T11:27:09
This week it's our extra frightening Halloween Spooktacular Part 1! We did our ver best to find some themed songs for the upcoming holiday. We'll be honest, super thrilled with what we came up with...
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Episode 1: Talk The Ska Babies from 2018-10-23T10:30:43
The ever so humble beginnings. Once again available for listening "pleasure" it's the very first episode of Talk The Ska. We thought no one would ever really hear it, but they did. We really weren'...
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Episode 57: Introspective from 2018-10-20T10:57
Hi there, we almost took another week off. A friend talked us into keep doing the show. So here we are, it's not trad ska focused at all. In fact it's very introspective song selection wise, very e...
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Episode 56: Wedding Whoopsie from 2018-10-06T13:22:13
This is episode that did it's very best to not even happen. First there was a friends wedding which I got the dates mixed up on. Then I repeatedly fell asleep during the record. You can make a game...
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Episode 55: Remember September from 2018-09-29T09:53:07
I've been a little under the weather, thus the slight delay. But did it work out in my favor! The end of the month just kept throwing more and more new releases at us. Most of which we cover in thi...
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Gary From The Backyard Superheroes from 2018-09-23T12:50:27
In this special interview episode we have future winner of the 2018 Talk The Ska Best Everything Award, Gary of The Backyard Superheroes! We talk about their upcoming album "Never Give Up, Never Su...
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Episode 54: Shameless Plugs from 2018-09-21T09:15:32
Our interview went a little on the long side. So while we edit here's a brand new episode to hold you all over! Sure there's lots of shameless plugging for said interview. But there's also loads an...
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Episode 53: Take Two from 2018-09-15T07:59:53
This is version 2.0 of this weeks episode. The original wasn't all that bad, it just seemed rushed. So we spent an extra day in the lab making tweeks and now it's ready for the world. With a good d...
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Episode 52: Everything Is Legal In New Jersey from 2018-09-06T10:35:48
I am heading out of town for the weekend, so we've got a nice little theme episode this week. Once again we are going to take a look back at a particular region of the USA. The place: New Jersey. ...
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Episode 51: First Birthday from 2018-08-31T11:37:47
It's our first birthday, but it's business as usual on this episode. Okay, there were mild attempts to have it mirror the beats of our very first episode. But there was just too much good new stuff...
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Episode 50: Season Finale from 2018-08-24T12:18:12
It's the last episode of our first year! Time sure has flown by, but all along there has been sweet, sweet ska music. Lots of new stuff in this episode to showcase what lays ahead in year two. Matt...
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Episode 49: A Walk Down Memory Lane from 2018-08-17T12:37:45
What started as a simple vow to a recently reformed band, turned into a whole episode. We know everyone has favorite bands from yesteryear that meant something special to them, but may not have bee...
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Episode 48: Themeless Stew from 2018-08-10T10:04:27
There's no real cohesive theme for this weeks episode. That is to say there's actually a handful of varying themes that coalesced into the episode. It's sort of like an inspired by ska stew. Hope y...
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Episode 47: That's July from 2018-08-03T11:24:16
That's July folks! In this episode we take a look at our favorite new music from the month that was. We also revisit an old favorite, but it was just reissued, so it still counts! So come and liste...
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Episoe 46: Nothing Clever Just Music from 2018-07-27T09:46:35
We have a piping hot brand new episode for your listening pleasure! There's a bunch of new music and we even cross two more countries off our list. We think it came together quite nicely for an epi...
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Episode 45: Illinois 90's Ska from 2018-07-20T08:52:54
It's our long talked about look back at 90's ska from Illinois. It's a bit of a doozy of an episode, featuring both national touring bands, regional bands, and bands lost to time. All favorites of ...
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Episode 44: World Tour One from 2018-07-13T09:14:24
This week we've left our familiar trappings behind and visit the non-English speaking world. Sure, a good deal of the songs are still sung in English, but that's the business. Featuring the music o...
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Episode 43: June 2 Electric Boogaloo from 2018-07-06T08:07:13
June was such a big month that we needed two episodes to get to it all! Sure, some of it we found out about after that first episode, but that's just how it goes. So come along and listen to more o...
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Episode 42: Partial June in Review 2018 from 2018-06-29T12:58:44
A figurative deluge of brand new ska related music was released in June. There is no way we could ever get to it all in a timely manner in one episode. For now we offer you this, our humble selecti...
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Episode 41: Jump Up Records Love from 2018-06-22T12:16:40
It's a bit hard to fully put into words how much Jump Up Records means to us. Sure, Matthew goes on and on about nearly every band featured in this episode. But that still falls short of the heaps ...
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Iesse Interview from 2018-06-17T12:37:59
It's better late than never. After far too long, our interview with Italian skacore band IESSE is finally here. Listen to a couple of tracks and then come listen to us talk about the story behind t...
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Episode 40: Loud Ska II from 2018-06-15T14:12:34
It's another installment of our "Loud Ska" series. We know, the name isn't all that great. But if you're a fan of ska-punk, skacore, or just a little bit of grit in your ska, you'll want to check t...
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Episode 39: Friends and Fan Requests from 2018-06-08T11:09
We got a pretty nasty concussion last week, so we reached out to our friends and fans. Here's just some of the bands that were suggested for us to play this week. An episode made by all of you, wit...
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Episode 38: May 2018 In Review from 2018-06-01T10:43:22
It's our May 2018 in review episode, you likely figured that out by the title. Listen along to some of our favorite releases from the past month (and one old favorite). Featuring music by Bim Skala...
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Episode 37 from 2018-05-26T07:24:41
We didn't mean for this one to be late, things kept coming up. But we're also excited it's late, as it meant we got to play some new killer singles for much anticipated summer releases. It's hot an...
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Episode 36 from 2018-05-18T11:27:38
We weren't really sure what we were going to do for this weeks episode, then a brand spanking new single fell into our laps. Then we recalled few other ones we hadn't gotten around to playing, not ...
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Episode 35: The Supernova Show from 2018-05-12T12:05:01
We were gutted to hear that this years Supernova International Ska Festival will be the last. But it's not over yet, so we're gonna showcase some of the many great bands that will make it a worthy ...
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Interview: Sgt. Scagnetti from 2018-05-11T09:42:33
In this special episode we've finally put the talk in Talk The Ska! Matthew has a chat with Steve of Sgt. Scagnetti about their reforming, influences, the story behind songs, future plans, the curr...
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Episode 34 from 2018-05-05T11:39:16
Everyday life tried it's best, but we can't be kept down.Though time kept us from getting our interview up, we still whipped up a show featuring lots of new music. Featuring ARTS, The Big Takeover,...
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Episode 33 from 2018-04-28T11:25:26
After internet issues and losing my voice, Episode 33 is here! This week we take a listen to all the amazing music released the month of April. Just how many are potential album of the year contend...
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Episode 32: Sorry This Seems Rushed from 2018-04-19T11:50:25
Well I'll never record moments before going on a trip again. I sure talk fast this episode, but the music sure is a good time. We've got some ska jazz, some of Colorado's finest, and new stuff that...
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Episode 31: Those 80's Songs from 2018-04-13T07:57:56
It's 80's night here at Talk the Ska. Join us as we play some of the lesser known ska from yesteryear. Okay, and some not so lesser known. Featuring Gangster Fun, Strange Tenants, The SLK, Heavy Ma...
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Episode 19: Moon Ska Love II from 2018-01-19T10:47:43
It's part 2 of our Moon Ska NYC retrospective! This week we're looking at the middle portion of their skatalogue! Featuring the music of Let's Go Bowling, The Slackers, Spring Heeled Jack USA, The ...
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