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Give It A Chance with Kevin Devine and Casey Jost

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With open-minds, Kevin and Casey start the podcast listening to one famously despised pop song - obviously, since we can’t play the track for legal reasons, this is a quick homework assignment for our listeners to stream on their own. Kevin and Casey will give their first impressions of hearing the song as well as some insight into what the time was like when it was originally released. Next, since they are both musicians, they’ll break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the tune’s musical attributes and lyricism. They’ll compare this song to similar songs (that are loved!) and discuss why the world has decided this song is a famous turd.

Latest episodes

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"Hairspray Queen"

Kevin and Casey celebrate the 35th anniversary of Nevermind by revisiting two of Nirvana’s most polarizing tracks, “Hairspray Queen” and “You Know You’re Right.” From Kur

Oct 22
49 min

"Remedy (I Won't Worry)"

Kevin and Casey revisit Jason Mraz’s early-2000s hit “Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” and unpack everything from open mic culture and college-field singalongs to questionable sca

Jun 4
40 min

"Rude"

Kevin and Casey finally give MAGIC!’s “Rude” the chancy treatment, diving into reggae cosplay, Matthew Davids energy, the world’s most confusing wedding storyline, and a

May 14
39 min

"Shots"

Kevin and Casey revisit Shots by Lil Jon & LMFAO and immediately spiral--from college party flashbacks to a full breakdown of early 2000s drinking culture. They debate wh

Apr 30
39 min

"I Miss You"

Kevin and Casey dive into eyeliner, MySpace nostalgia, and the goth-emo moodboard that is I Miss You—a surprising left turn from Blink-182’s usual pop-punk chaos into som

Apr 16
38 min

"It Wasn't Me"

Kevin and Casey finally tackle the most confident lie ever put to a beat, It Wasn't Me, and immediately spiral into villas, camcorders, and elite-level bad advice. Betwee

Apr 2
37 min

"Mr. Brightside"

Kevin and Casey take on the most beloved song about spiraling jealousy ever smuggled into weddings, bars, and sports arenas. Between Morrissey detours, stadium-singalong

Mar 19
36 min

"Baby Shark"

Kevin and Casey finally tackle the children’s song that conquered the planet: Baby Shark. With a brutally honest nine-year-old guest in the studio, they investigate wheth

Mar 5
37 min

"Stars are Blind"

Kevin and Casey check into the Paris Hilton pop era to ask the real question: is Stars Are Blind a secret bop or just reggae-lite room service? They unpack fame-for-being

Feb 19
34 min

“Home”

Kevin and Casey stomp, clap, and cringe their way through Home, the millennial love anthem turned Gen Z punching bag by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Kevin compares

Feb 5
34 min

"Achy Breaky Heart"

It’s a yeehaw fever dream. Casey and Kevin dive into the mulleted monster hit that made Billy Ray Cyrus a country-pop icon and, eventually, Miley’s dad. Is it Wham! with

Jan 22
36 min

“Girl You Know It’s True”

Girl, you know it’s… complicated. This episode starts with preschool teachers named Miss Hiney and ends with a philosophical breakdown of what it means to be real. Kevin

Jan 8
35 min

"Gooba"

Kevin and Casey open Pandora’s glittery, face-tattooed box and unleash GOOBA by Tekashi 6ix9ine. Is it a song? A threat? A preschool fight set to a trap beat? Kevin wonde

Dec 18 2025
35 min

"Rico Suave"

Kevin and Casey unbutton their silk shirts and dive deep into Gerardo’s Rico Suave — a Spanglish fever dream that somehow influenced both Razor Ramon and a generation of

Sep 25 2025
35 min

"We Tigers"

Kevin and Casey enter the forest of We Tigers to figure out if Animal Collective is genius, nonsense, or a group of toddlers let loose with Ableton. Kevin feels nostalgic

Sep 11 2025
42 min

The U2 Album They Forced on Everyone’s Phone

Kevin and Casey do the unthinkable and actually listen to a track from U2’s infamous album that they thrust upon all iPhones in 2014. The boys will decide if this this pr

Aug 21 2025
40 min

"Never Gonna Give You Up"

Kevin and Casey tackle the most successful prank in internet history: Never Gonna Give You Up. Is it just meme-core nonsense, or does Rick Astley actually kind of...slap?

Jul 24 2025
36 min

"Sour Girl"

Kevin and Casey take on Stone Temple Pilots’ "Sour Girl" and ask the tough questions: Is this grunge? Is this glam? Is this just a moody guy in eyeliner yelling nonsense?

Jul 10 2025
35 min

"Rent"

Kevin and Casey ask the million-dollar question: can you still give Rent a chance if Broadway makes you break out in hives? Kevin revisits his teen trip to the show, Case

Jun 12 2025
30 min

"MMMbop"

Kevin and Casey take on Hanson’s MMMBop to answer life’s big questions: Is it a vibe? A warning about mortality? A flower metaphor gone rogue? Kevin considers joining the

May 15 2025
33 min

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What listeners say

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This podcast is so fun to listen to! Casey & Kevin have great chemistry; by the sound of it recording each Omar Epps must’ve been a blast for them. We’re like a decade since the poptimism vs rockism debate first emerged, but GIAC eschews that binary - neither self-seriously condemning nor uncritically stanning any of the chosen songs. Instead they tease out the rational kernels in an array of fin de siècle pop hits (aside from the Rascal Flatts & Ed Sheeran tunes, every song thus far was released 1999-2001). They also note the glaring missteps in hysterical ways. A nice ancillary benefit of listening is that you might learn something about the nuts and bolts of songwriting that you didn’t know. Hopefully Thursdays will be the day of Chancies for a long time to come.

Raised on BAI · Jun 2024

YES!!! This is podcast I’ve needed since Kevin’s 10th anniversary show, NYC circa 2012, when Casey and Jay Miller did bits on stage between sets. It’s like the music version of How Did This Get Made (another fave…future collab??), and I love it. And ‘How You Remind Me’ is literally the perfect starting song. I’ve seen Kevin riff off it before ‘Bubblegum’ so many time, I almost began to think he might…like it?! Thank god that’s been cleared up 😅 Can’t wait for more!

membgpod · Apr 2024

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