Life's But A Song

Ep. 584 - Charmed the Musical: A Witch Your Heart Makes (w/ Kevin Jeezy and Aaron Robertson)

We're starting Spooky Season 2026 with Kevin's musical! Kevin brought his writing partner Aaron on this episode, and Jon got to live his interviewer fantasy while openly

Ep. 583 - Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) (w/ Arianna Armon)

Jon wanted to do a soft launch into spooky season with this gem of a movie that he forgot who pitched it. But he and Arianna really loved this movie and had a blast talki

Ep. 582 - Centaurworld - Season 2 (w/ Roland Rusinek)

Jon couldn't wait to finish this series. He and Roland can't get enough of the finale of this show (when Jon watched it the cried for like ten minutes). They also have so

Ep. 581 - Centaurworld - Season 1 (w/ Roland Rusinek)

Roland brought this gem to Jon that he wanted to do a two episode arc for this series. They both applaud Megan Dong for this highly entertaining and very emotional show.

Ep. 580 - Sister Act (1992) (w/ Thaddeus Danquah)

New guest Thaddeus brings a movie to the pod that Jon is surprised he hasn't done yet, but welcomes the iconicness that is Sister Act. They talk about how big this movie

Ep. 579 - Gay Purr-ee (1962) (w/ Colden Lamb)

Jon and Colden have been sitting on this one for a minute, and it was time to finally do this! Jon is here for Judy as a voice actor for a cat, but Colden has notes and J

Ep. 578 - Rocky and Rani's Love Story (2023) (w/ Phil Ginley)

Phil comes back with a Bollywood romcom that's about generational trauma. It literally has every genre of film in it, and Jon needs to watch more Bollywood movies. Phil'

Ep. 577 - Ain't Misbehavin' (1982) (w/ Martha Madrigal and Charles Tyson, Jr.)

Get ready for some jazz sung by legends! Jon, Martha, and Charles get into the show Ain't Misbehavin', which is a jukebox musical that's basically a concert. They talk ab

Ep. 576 - Central Park - Season 1 (w/ Blanche Daly)

And now for something completely different - a musical animated TV series! Jon and Blanche take a trip into Loren Bouchard's mind to see what he gets up to in this new-is

Ep. 575 - Under the Cherry Moon (1986) (w/ Shady)

We're closing out this round of Jon's Picks with Shady! Jon challenged himself and Shady to watch the Prince movie Under the Cherry Moon, and they were pleasantly surpris

Ep. 574 - The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) (w/ Sierra Rein)

Jon wanted to do this with Sierra because she is also a Muppet expert (on top of being our Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly Correspondent). She and Jon discuss the probability

Ep. 573 - Jem and the Holograms (2015) (w/ Ashley Evans)

Jon really tortured himself with this one. Much like last episode, he wanted to get this one done and over with (and prays no one picks it for a Second Chance). And he th

Ep. 572 - Fame (2009) (w/ Samantha Blinn)

We're heading back to LaGuardia High School to check in on this new crop of Fame kids. Jon forced...umm...asked Sam to watch this movie and the two banter about how every

Ep. 571 - Mulan (1998) (w/ Cullen Callaghan and Hannah Sylvester)

Jon specifically chose Hannah and Cullen to discuss this movie because he was more interested in learning and discussing the legend of Mulan. As well as how iconic this m

Ep. 570 - Forbidden Zone (1980) (w/ Jim Evans)

While searching for topics, Jon came across this movie and by the poster alone knew that he wanted to talk about this movie with Jim. Jim loves this movie while Jon was t

Ep. 569 - Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) (w/ Nick Bombicino)

We're closing out the Pitch Perfect trilogy! Jon and Nick pray that this is it - no fourth movie please - while trying really hard to make sense of this sequel. Nick's I

Ep. 568 - Firebringer (w/ Kevin Jeezy)

We're going way back in this one - 2016! Jon has brought Kevin back to talk about this Starkid musical that almost everyone knows by it's famous meme. But Jon and Kevin w

Ep. 567 - Starstruck (1982) (w/ Shady)

We're kicking off another month of Jon's Picks with this quirky Australian musical movie that both surprised Jon and Shady! Y'all should watch it! Shady's Socials: @cook

Ep. 566 - Ziegfeld Girl (1941) (w/ Roland Rusinek)

We're closing out MGM month with Roland - it seemed fitting to have him bookend this month because of his love of old movies. Jon is convinced this movie is the basis of

Ep. 565 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) (w/ Sierra Rein)

It's summer! So Jon and Sierra decide to go to a ball game...in 190-something. Whilst there, they watch Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin a few months before O