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A Song About Ethan

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

History, Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7963 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week, listener Manon asks why are there so many songs on streaming services featuring her brothers name - Ethan. And why are they all about poop?


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LINKS:

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Listen to A Song About Ethan on Spotify

Benn Jordan’s Using AI to Detect AI Music

Poopz’s Ethan Stop Pooping Your Pants or Move to France

The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke, and Pee’s The Ethan Poop Song

Reckless Otter’s Ethan Poop Fart Funny Song

Super Poop’s Ethan Smells Like a Llama (Super Poop)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and on the new season of heavyweight...

0:04.0

And so I pointed the gun at him and said, this isn't a joke.

0:08.4

A man who robbed a bank when he was 14 years old.

0:11.8

And a centenarian rediscovers a love lost 80 years ago.

0:16.6

How can a 101-year-old woman fall in love again?

0:23.7

Listen to heavyweight wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.5

Hi, I'm Alex Goldman, and this is hyperfixed.

0:34.0

Each week on our show, listeners write in with problems big and small, and I solve them.

0:38.0

Or at least I try. And if I don't, I at least give a good reason why I can't.

0:42.6

This week, a song about Ethan.

0:48.2

So a few months ago, hyperfixed producer, Mori Yates, sat down with a listener who is no stranger to bad internet.

0:54.9

Oh, wait, wait, here she has again.

0:56.7

Hi.

0:58.1

Hi. Okay, I'm back.

0:59.9

Is it better now?

1:01.4

I can see you and I can hear you.

1:03.5

Okay.

1:04.1

That's great progress.

1:06.7

This is Menel.

1:08.2

She's half French, half American, and she's a journalist, currently based in Liberia and West Africa.

1:13.9

Menel finds a lot of meaning in her work, but she's always far away from family.

1:18.1

And that's what she always expected.

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