The Get Up Kids with Arielle Gordon

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Yasi is joined by music writer Arielle Gordon to tell the story of the Get Up Kids, the Kansas City emo band that transformed the genre. They get into the mix of punk energy and big feelings that made the band so influential, the sliding-door moments of what almost was, and the bands that emerged (and dominated) in the third wave of emo that the Get Up Kids helped create.Listen to the Get Up Kids playlist here.Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalekGuest: Arielle Gordon @reallygordonProducer: Rob SundermannEditor: Adrian BridgesAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme 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?
0:07.0	I don't get it, can you please explain?
0:12.0	Wait, like bands played?
0:16.0	Never heard this band in my life.
0:20.0	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
0:23.6	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one.
0:27.6	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain.
0:30.6	I really hate this band!
0:32.6	Whatever, I'm their biggest fan.
0:34.6	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansane, Band Splane, Band Splane.
0:40.9	Band Splane!
0:44.8	Hello and welcome to Band Splane.
0:46.6	I am your host, Yossi Solic.
0:48.1	This is a show where we invite an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or
0:52.2	iconic artist.
0:53.3	Today's episode is about the get-up kids.
0:56.6	My guest today, you guys, is esteemed music journalist, and I'll say it, emo expert, Ariel.
1:04.4	Hello, thanks. It's a lot of you. Big shoes to fill for you. Yeah. Big emo shoes.
1:10.3	Clown shoes. But, yeah. You said it. Big check to fill for you. Yeah. Big emo shoes. Clown shoes.
1:28.9	But, yeah. You said it. Big checkered bands. Yes. For you to fill. That's the way of emo that I'm not familiar with, which is why we brought you here to educate and edify. Happy to do so. How are you? I'm doing great. I love the get-up kids. That's a thing about me that you should all know.
1:29.5	Yes.
1:45.5	I was listening to your Jimmy World episode and you were talking about, I believe, I don't want to put words in you with a college lover introducing you. You know what? Let's just get it out of the way. Let's get it right out of the way. A college lover that makes me sound so like French. No, absolutely. absolutely here's I found the get-up kids. And then I want to ask you how you found the get-up kids, Kansas City, Missouri's
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