Put your love in here and out, baby

Cause I'm begging

Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your mudwalking towards Bethlehem

of music, music, news, and criticism

I'm your host, John Caramaca

I think it's the last episode of 2021

Another chaotic year of pop casting from the home office

Really, there's no other way to wrap this up than with the home team

Joe is here, I'm here, Karen is here

Also here

You may know, you may have seen that I put out a call for kind of like a quasi-male bag

But honestly, I think it's going to be a little bit of a freestyle

Shoot today with some guidance from your topic suggestions

I just know that when it comes to tying up this year, I wanted to do it in a place

And with people that felt safe, especially as the world is in yet another state of collapse

Now you may ask, John, given that you wanted to do that

Why did you open the show with Beggin by Nanaskin?

First we have to talk about is that even how you say this band's name

Because I've never heard it spoken aloud

I thought it was just Manskin

It's Manskin?

Manskin?

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