Alanis Morissette with Alicia Bognanno

Bandsplain

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Music

4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

With her 1996 best-selling album Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette bet on herself, turned pain into pop poetry, and gave an entire generation a new emotional vocabulary. She also broke records and made space for an entire wave of worthy female musicians to be heard in her wake. And since then she’s continued to do what she does best - turn her experiences into gorgeous musical reflections on the psyche and the self. This week on Bandsplain, Alicia Bognanno of Bully joins Yasi to talk about the honesty, vulnerability and power behind one of the most defining voices of the ’90s. Episode Playlist Listen to the best of Alanis here CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guest: Alicia Bognanno @bullythemusic Producer: Rob Sundermann Video Editor: Ashleigh Smith Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's with this band anyway?
0:03.0	I don't get it. Can you please explain?
0:07.0	Wait, like, Bansplaine?
0:11.0	Never heard this band in my life.
0:15.0	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
0:19.0	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one.
0:22.8	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplaine.
0:25.9	I really hate this band.
0:27.3	Whatever, I'm their biggest fan.
0:29.5	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain.
0:35.7	Bansplain!
0:41.5	Hello and welcome to Bandsplaine.
0:43.1	I am your host, Yossi Sallick.
0:47.8	This is a show where I invite an expert guest on to explain a cult band or iconic artist.
0:52.2	Today's episode, you guys, is about Alanus Morissette.
0:54.3	If you've never heard Alainis Morissette,
0:56.8	honestly, you ought to know, babe.
0:59.0	I'm sorry I had to is there's low-hanging fruit.
1:08.1	My guest today, I'm so excited to have you here.
1:16.6	Alicia Boniano, aka the esteemed musician, bully, arguably in the direct lineage of Alainis Morissette in my heart.
1:18.2	I love that.
1:19.1	Welcome to the show, Alicia.
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