Punch Up The Jam

Punch Up The Jam


Latest Episodes

Y.M.C.A. by Village People
December 22, 2022

Y.M.C.A....an absolutely loony song. Yet also a generational anthem. And also, a red herring, because this episode is not actually about Y.M.C.A. This episode is actually about a shocking reveal that will change the future of this podcast and possibly the

'Sugar' by Maroon 5 (w/ Ena Da)
December 15, 2022

Evan & Andrew are joined by Ena Da to discuss the detestable but also detestably catchy song Sugar. There are just so many problems. Not least, how do we understand "sugar" and "red velvet" in light of recent illuminations of Adam Levine's idea of romance

'One Headlight' by The Wallflowers
December 08, 2022

Nepotism babies are so hot right now! But have theyalways been?!? Evan & Andrew discuss the hottest nepotism baby of the 90s outside of Socks Clinton, Evan desperately and fruitlessly attempts to get Andrew to stop talking about Bob Dylan and start talki

'Long December' by Counting Crows (w/ Pat Cassels)
December 01, 2022

Howlongis it? Every single kid knows exactly how many days are left until Christmas, every harried mom and dad knows how few shopping days are left until the 25th, yet Adam Duritz and The Counting Crows are out here acting like Einsteinian physics appli

'You're Still The One' by Shania Twain (w/ Jiji Lee)
November 17, 2022

Ever thought about how making a billion dollars would ruin your life? Maybe you pondered a lot of options (revolutionary coup, botched CoolSculpting, basic bitch drug cartel kidnapping), but you MIGHT have missed an obvious one if you haven’t read all the

'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Green Day (w/ Joanna Hausmann)
November 10, 2022

Have you ever felt like you were the only lonely person walking down a boulevard? Well we've got news for you. You're not alone. 90% of all humans have felt like they're the only one who can understand themselves before their brain finishes developing at

'Eye of The Tiger' by Survivor (w/ Arthur Meyer)
November 03, 2022

Is it rude to name your band after an event in which your friends and colleagues died? Is it rude to fire your lead singer immediately after he shreds his vocal chords singing the biggest hit of the 1980s? Well, apparently you don't care about this sort o

'Replay' by Iyaz (w/ Phil Jamesson)
October 27, 2022

Can a song be TOO catchy? Can a song be improved by making it WORSE, unlike what we do every other week, which is making every song better? Can a song be so good that it drags its singer into a black-holey whirlpool of one-hit-wonderdom? Well, the answer

'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers (w/ Michael Gregory)
October 20, 2022

Andrew, Evan, and nearly genetically identical guest Michael, discuss a dimension of our multiverse in which Bill Withers became a billionaire by having all his songs recorded by Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson instead of singing them himself. But the

'Young Americans' by David Bowie (w/ Julian Shapiro-Barnum)
October 13, 2022

Grudgingly yet proudly acknowledging their middle-aged-ness, Evan and Andrew call in a ringer to shed some light on what the hell David Bowie is imagining when he thinks of Young Americans. Pimps? Hustlers? Richard Nixon?!? Had this guy even BEEN to Ameri