Drop the Needle

DtN presents a sneak preview of a brand-new weekly podcast, The Projection Room. Each week in less than 20 minutes, certified mental health counselor Rikki and certifiably mental movie fan Dusty evaluate a different movie scene. Whether it's classic, celebrated, confusing, confusingly celebrated, cult or something else, no scene is safe from scrutiny.

In their debut episode, Rikki and Dusty take on an iconic scene from 1996's "Jerry Maguire," starring Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger. Find out if this scene had them at hello or whether it completes them.

(This podcast is comprised of the opinions of its hosts and should never be considered a replacement for professional, one-on-one counseling. The show does not claim copyright to the media within.)

Earlier this year, we returned with a brand-new co-host, a renewed purpose, and the excitement of getting together again... only to put the entire series to bed for good.

In other words, this is our final-final, last-ever, we-swear-it's-over series finale. But this isn't a sad occasion. That's why this isn't an episode so much as a celebration that took almost 3 months to put together. It's a retrospective that pulls from 80 episodes to distill years of "Drop the Needle" down into one hour.

If you've been with us since the beginning in 2016 or if this is your first-ever listen, thank you so much. As always, we hope this helps someone out there.

Love,
Paul, Sean, Rikki & Mike

Listen to all the songs included in this episode on Spotify!

Guest Voices:

• Matt Argalas
• Amy Dresner
• Amy Talbott
• Shawn Patrick Thomas Daley
• Cole Downs
• Dusty Baker
• Jen Hoening
• Corby Dickerson

Artists:

• Julia Jacklin
• Ben Howard
• Arcade Fire
• Ben Folds Five
• Broken Social Scene
• City and Colour
• The Decemberists
• Operators
• Jukebox the Ghost
• Beck
• Lord Huron
• Bruce Hornsby and the Range
• Lucy Dacus
• lovelytheband
• iamamiwhoami
• Eagles of Death Metal
• Toad the Wet Sprocket
• Miike Snow
• Peter Gabriel

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Guest Matt Argalas (The Wounded Jukebox, The Lazy Flame) uses his butterscotch voice to discuss identity, loss, and Australian accents, not to mention collecting trinkets and toys and trivial things, and so much more.

Music: Alena Diane, Carpenter Brut, Arlie, Jimmy Eat World, Arcade Fire, Sylvan Esso, Post Malone, She & Him, Bob Seger and Julia Jacklin.

Movie: "Liberal Arts" (2012, dir. Josh Radnor)

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In a previous life, Dustin Baker was a rugby star, bartender, bouncer, reader, writer, and semi-serious Shakespeare scholar. Today, he's a high school language arts teacher who explores this week's topic through the prism of pop culture. He shares a poem by H.W. Longfellow; a novella by Fredrik Backman; music by The Steeldrivers, Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole and Faces; words from Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl; and a seminal scene from "Pulp Fiction." (Future guests: the bar has officially been set very, very high.)

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If you're a people pleaser like 3/4 of this podcast's hosts, then this episode is a must-listen. Saying the word "no" is as empowering as it is elusive, but it's also intimidating and necessary. We walk through some tools and techniques to combat the anxiety of hearing "no" from others, bolstering self-identity, and diving into songs from Waxahatchee and KT Tunstall.

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Welp. Here we are, elbowing our way back into your podcast queue again. In the 2+ years we've been away, a couple of things have changed (to say the least) but that's why we've returned. Sean's steel-trap music memory is intact, Paul still doesn't enunciate words correctly, and Mike is leveling up with his recovery like never before.

We're also more professional for Season 6, too. Literally! Our new co-host Rikki is a licensed counselor with a specialization in trauma, which puts an entirely different spin on "giving it a whirl."

This episode features music by Alexi Murdoch and Toad the Wet Sprocket, not to mention a little Steve Martin action in the mix for good measure.

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