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The Michael Scott Podcast Company

347: Music in The Office - Pop Culture Time Capsule

The Michael Scott Podcast Company

Cloud10

Comedy, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

“Jim, do you know where I can find Michael Scott?" “Oh, I totally don’t know where Michael is, dude. Hey, you want to listen to some records?" On this week’s episode, Alex and Edwin dive into the early seasons of The Office and the parallels with Indie music culture of the same era. We talk about the bands, episodes, and Office moments that make up that era, and how some of that context feels forgotten since The Office became so popular after those early seasons. We also talk about some of the music featured in the show and how it feels to look back on other musical eras from the 2026 vantage point. Then we head to the Conference Room where we talk Oscars and share a message from discord! Support our show and become a member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Scott's Tots⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Patreon! For only $5/month, Tots get ad-free episodes plus exclusive access to our monthly Mailbag episodes where we casually pick through every single message/question/comment we receive. We also have bonus series available to our Patrons, like our White Lotus Special, Party Down, Ted Lasso, Survivor content, and unreleased episodes of this show. Oh, and Tots get access to exclusive channels on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.3

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0:24.9

I remember Pat and Oswald.

0:27.5

I think it was on comedians and cars getting coffee.

0:30.7

We were talking about how they were like so protective of what their daughter was watching on TV.

0:35.7

And then like one time randomly she hit the she picked up the

0:40.8

remote and changed the channel or like the like something happened with the remote and the channel

0:45.0

changed to some random channel and it was like some kind of wolf creature or whatever and he like

0:50.3

saw the fear at his daughter's eyes and he he was like, no, we were so careful.

0:55.7

That's all it takes, man.

1:12.8

Yeah, one, it's one slip on the tightrope. It's like, yeah, you can't. You just can't do it. You can't keep it. But then Seinfeld's point back was, uh, it's not the thing you think it is, whatever it is. It's that mint chip cone or whatever is the whatever it, you know, yeah.

1:12.8

There are many bells you cannot unring with the child. Like they have one taste of something.

1:19.1

And like she's had like for instance, Macy's had plain yogurt. Like we just have the plain Nancy's yogurt.

1:24.5

And she loved it. And she still's okay with with it but i gave her a bite of like my

1:29.4

tillamook like strawberry yogurt it was like well we're never going back to the old yogurt now

1:34.9

like what did you just give me like are you you're telling me that's in the fridge as well

1:38.7

it was like well yeah it's for dad-dash she's like, I don't think so. Like, okay. Like, don't give me that. You eat the other yogurt. So, yeah, it's a lot of one-way roads, man, and the doors close behind. Well, I imagine there are a lot of foods like that where it's like you get the first taste. You know, there are a lot of little kids trying fub broth for the first time or trying synagogue for the first time, but it's like a Filipino soup, right, you know, or whatever it is. Like you see videos of that, you know, it's not like when your kid and you ask your dad if he can, you can try the beer. And he's he's like sure and then you taste it and you hate it

2:17.9

and you never want to try it again or coffee that goes hard the other way yeah right like yeah no no

2:23.9

the other way there's a lot of ladders get pulled up behind him we're like yeah we can't i'm not going

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