The Milk Carton Kids on Music Inspirations, Growing up in LA, and Chrismukkah
Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen
Headgum
4.7 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 125 minutes
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Summary
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of the indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids join Rachel and Olivia on today's episode to chat about their musical influences, the debate over saying "Merry Christmas" versus "Happy Holidays," and they perform a song from their upcoming, "Christmas in A Minor Key" album, set to release on Friday, November 29th. You can discover more about The Milk Carton Kids and download their Christmas album at themilkcartonkids.com or on their Instagram page, Â @TheMilkCartonKidsÂ
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.8 | Hey, to broad ideas. |
| 0:09.6 | I love when we get into our holiday episodes. |
| 0:14.0 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:14.9 | Now, I'm just going to... |
| 0:17.8 | And, you know, I may repeat this in the episode, but a good holiday album brings my heart so much joy. |
| 0:28.2 | So much. |
| 0:29.5 | I love even cooking Thanksgiving dinner with a really good holiday album. |
| 0:36.4 | And that's what I did. |
| 0:39.4 | Milk carton kids are here today, |
| 0:41.8 | and they have an incredible holiday album. |
| 0:45.7 | Let's bring them on. |
| 0:48.1 | Sometimes when the world feels insane, |
| 0:53.8 | you can take a little peek inside of Rachel's little brain |
| 1:00.0 | all these thoughts are swirling round and round inside to join us on this journey |
| 1:09.0 | as we take a little ride. |
| 1:11.9 | We'll talk about dogs and kids and things. |
| 1:15.1 | We'll talk about chicks and tampon strings. |
| 1:18.2 | We'll talk about boys that'll make you cry. |
| 1:21.3 | We'll talk about death because people die. |
| 1:24.9 | I also want to like to know if my crocs are in the frame. Are you wearing crocs? I notice. I'm wearing crocs. I am such a crock person. He was crocs shamed. I was crox-warned on Instagram this morning by our friend. He's like, by my mom. Wait, can you lift your feet? Can I see what crocs do you have on? Yeah, show the crocs. I go crocs with like comfy wool. |
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