A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast

Nikki Fortier & Sam Morgan
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A podcast in which we analyze Joanna Newsom songs, one song at a time.

  1. 10/22/2023

    146. Joanna Newsom Jeopardy

    Here is an unlocked Patreon episode! Play along here: https://jeopardylabs.com/play/joanna-newsom-jeopardy. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    43 min

  2. 09/30/2023

    145. Make Hay, Part 4

    The Divers song that is outside of the loop, aka the bleakest stuff you’ve ever heard, aka Make Hay. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Here is the Blessing All the Birds article on “Make Hay:” Here are three articles about “Make Hay” by Michael Hicks: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part1-d078d7845dc2 (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part2-2efb3a8bb1cd?source=post_page-----d078d7845dc2-------------------------------- (3) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part3-f08cdd16be6 Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    52 min
  3. 144. Make Hay, Part 3

    09/16/2023

    144. Make Hay, Part 3

    The Divers song that is outside of the loop, aka the bleakest stuff you’ve ever heard, aka Make Hay. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Here is the Blessing All the Birds article on “Make Hay:” Here are three articles about “Make Hay” by Michael Hicks: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part1-d078d7845dc2 (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part2-2efb3a8bb1cd?source=post_page-----d078d7845dc2-------------------------------- (3) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part3-f08cdd16be6 Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    46 min
  4. 143. Make Hay, Part 2

    09/10/2023

    143. Make Hay, Part 2

    The Divers song that is outside of the loop, aka the bleakest stuff you’ve ever heard, aka Make Hay. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Here is the Blessing All the Birds article on “Make Hay:” Here are three articles about “Make Hay” by Michael Hicks: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part1-d078d7845dc2 (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part2-2efb3a8bb1cd?source=post_page-----d078d7845dc2-------------------------------- (3) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part3-f08cdd16be6 Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    42 min
  5. 142. Make Hay, Part 1

    09/02/2023

    142. Make Hay, Part 1

    The Divers song that is outside of the loop, aka the bleakest stuff you’ve ever heard, aka Make Hay. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Here is the Blessing All the Birds article on “Make Hay:” Here are three articles about “Make Hay” by Michael Hicks: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part1-d078d7845dc2 (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part2-2efb3a8bb1cd?source=post_page-----d078d7845dc2-------------------------------- (3) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsom-make-hay-meaning-explained-part3-f08cdd16be6 Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    56 min
  6. 141. Talking With Michael Hicks, Part 2

    08/20/2023

    141. Talking With Michael Hicks, Part 2

    Michael Hicks, author of a whole bunch of wildly insightful articles analyzing Joanna’s lyrics, was kind enough to join us for this two part discussion. We talk about big themes on Divers, his writing process, Finnegans Wake, and which dish each album would be. Thank you so much, Michael! You can find links to his articles here: https://medium.com/@hexagn. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    1h 4m
  7. 140. Talking With Michael Hicks, Part 1

    08/12/2023

    140. Talking With Michael Hicks, Part 1

    Michael Hicks, author of a whole bunch of wildly insightful articles analyzing Joanna’s lyrics, was kind enough to join us for this two part discussion. We talk about big themes on Divers, his writing process, Finnegans Wake, and which dish each album would be. Thank you so much, Michael! You can find links to his articles here: https://medium.com/@hexagn. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    1h 3m
  8. 139. Time, As a Symptom, Part 6

    08/05/2023

    139. Time, As a Symptom, Part 6

    Here we are. Thrust into the end-beginning and probably weeping about it. Time DOES pass hard, ancient mysteries linger, death looms, a woman calls out, a bird receives the message, and we bleed out our days into the river of time in this series of light-hearted episodes. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator. Here is the “Delving into Divers” Blessing All the Birds article on “Time:” https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/177532661538/delving-into-divers-time-as-a-symptom/amp Here is the Blessing All the Birds article on “Anecdotes,” “Time, As a Symptom,” and chiasmus: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/187610274378/re-anecdotes-time-as-a-symptom-and/amp Here are two articles about “Time” by Michael Hicks: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/joanna-newsoms-word-of-warning-9b26e5c131cf (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/our-perfect-secret-keeping-mysteries-hidden-and-revealed-in-joanna-newsoms-time-as-a-symptom-3ef6f45ceccc Our email is ahopelessendeavor@gmail.com. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us.

    53 min
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