meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
NPR Music

A holiday in space

NPR Music

NPR

Music

4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Through a series of unexpected events, we find ourselves hurtling through outer space, on an urgent musical mission. Join us as we take a rocket ride to the stars, grow homesick for the holidays, and find comfort from a few special guests and friends, including Angel Olsen, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, our favorite spaceman (Dan Deacon, of course), and more. This episode originally aired in 2014.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey everyone, just a quick reminder before we start the show that all songs considered,

0:04.2

like all of NPR's programs, doesn't happen without your support.

0:08.6

And the best way to show your support is by making a donation to the public radio station of your

0:13.2

choice. When you support the station that supports the whole NPR family, including all songs considered.

0:19.6

Just go to donate.npr.org slash music. There you can pick the station of your choice and help us

0:26.1

get more music by more artists to more people. Again, that's donate.npr.org slash music.

0:33.2

Thanks so much for listening and for all of your support over the years.

0:46.5

Robin here, hey, take off your headphones. Bob, hey, I saw you but I didn't want to put your listening to.

0:54.3

Nothing. Oh, I could see it. Yeah. Hey, let's get something to eat.

0:59.3

Yeah, where were you thinking? Did you make a reservation? I wasn't sure. Like,

1:02.4

there's a Lord of the Fries down the street. We could go there. I don't know that one.

1:06.4

Yeah, no, there's a couple of Thai restaurants too. If you want, we can go to the Titanic.

1:10.4

It's just opened up and yeah, I love Titanic. Yeah, the timey ups and other ones. It's a little further away.

1:16.9

Well, whatever works for you, I just think this is a we should make this a new holiday tradition.

1:20.7

Grabbing dinner before before we go away for a break. How about some fish? There's the the cod father down the street.

1:27.2

All right, cod father is dead. They just opened so before we go, there's

1:30.6

crooked beet, the record store. I just want to pop in. Yeah, get the levies record from my mother for

1:34.7

Hanukkah. You know, I got to get her something and she doesn't she doesn't have it. She'll

1:38.1

she'll appreciate I think she'll like applesauce versus sour cream. One of the great the Hanukkah

1:42.7

songs of the last three years. That's a great record. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, look out.

2:02.8

What's it? Who who are you? What's going on? Calm down. Calm down. Yeah, calm down. Make

2:08.0

yourself. The floor of the van. Which one of your bombs is Robin Hillman? That'd be me. Think

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.