It's the obligatory New Year's show as the guys parlay a darker playlist that reflects their golden expectations for 2026. Included: Small Hoop; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Joe Purdy; Onety-One; Ricki Lee Jones; Otis Redding; Carla Thomas; Scrawl; Ray Wily Hubbard; Counting Crows; Bad Moves; Dan Fogelberg; George Bailey

If you're looking for a true seasonally inspired radio show featuring all the greatest hits this ain't it, 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' lives to infinity elsewhere on your radio dial. Inspired by all the darkness a double tap from the winter solstice and human injustice can bring; it's the 2025 Christmas Ride from Hank and Dan. Included: Bobo; Diamond Rugs Aimee Man; Louden Wainwright III; Kevin Morby; Mountain of Joy; Dolly Parton; Noah Kahn; Kacey Musgraves; Grace J. Wall/Los Chicos Muertos; Ron Arsenault/Billy Steiner/Dave Pengra; Linus VanPelt. Not Included: Mariah Carey

This annual 4th of July in December ride always confuses the unfamiliar listeners. Tough $-h-*-T. Included; Joni Mitchell; Joe Purdy; Joe Purdy (again); Jeff Tweedy; Boy Genius; Iron and Wine; Elvis Costello; Attila Domos; Joni Mitchell (again)

Put your hood up, sunglasses on and get yourself to the darkest corner of your basement to mount the steep slide toward the colorless abyss of the solstice. It's BikeRides live, 15th annual longest-ride-of-the-year, black Friday special. Lite up, it's going to be an interesting ride. Included: HOUR ONE; Ben Sgruggs; Jack Savoretti; Grab Brothers; Lee Michaels; Chastity Brown; Mal Murphy; Smokin' Popes; The Felice Brothers; Patti Smith; Counting Crows; Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra; HOUR TWO; Catie Curtis; Elton John; John Batdorf; Allison Russell; Kevin Morby; HOUR THREE: An entire hour of Todd Snider; HOUR FOUR: An entire hour of John Mellencamp; HOUR FIVE: Elton John, Jordan Patterson; Steely Dan; Charlie Parr; John Prine/Iris DeMent; Heartless Bastards; The Shape of Walter

Hank's got dog problems so Dan had to fill the void, even playing one song twice just to make it happen. I wonder if there are any messages in the music. Included: Paul McCartney; Counting Crows; Margo Clicker; Palmyra; Amanda Shires; Dutch Interior; Charlie Parr; Lucinda Williams; Drew Peterson; Talking Heads; Counting Crows (again).

It's the last day of the fall pledge drive at KSMQ, AND it's HALLOWEEN! Nothing but spirited music and a couple pledge reminders this week as another October pledge drive winds down on the Bike Rides Radio Show. Featured: Beat'n Awake; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Misfits; Kids on Bikes; Ryan Adams; Rosalie Cunningham; Ween; Rush; Fleetwood Mac

It's the Fall Pledge Drive at KSMQ and Dan plays the sympathy card for pledges. Included: Fat's Domino; Devo(x6); Dan Fogelberg

Nothing to see here but your average bike riding radio show, you've heard one, you've heard them all. Included: Harry Styles; Tom Waits; Michael McLean/John Batdorf; Neko Case; Father John Misty; Allison Russell; Courtney Barnett; Joe Pug; Jack Savoretti; Sinead O'Connor

Hank joins Dan to celebrate the ivory anniversary of all this nonesense known in dark circles as the BikeRides Radio Show. Included: The Box and Banjo Band; Dylan Hughs; Jordan Patterson; My Morning Jacket; Eric Balkey; Jon Bon Jovi/Bruce Springsteen; The Gaslight Anthem; Tibetan Pop Stars; Drop Kick Murphys; Murphy's Law

Dan's back from his solo vacation for another solo ride this week, as he describes a solo ride he took at Cuyuna Lakes, buy himself. Included: Ron Gallo; George Winston; Rush; Mark Knopfler; Neko Case; Frike; Tom Waits; The Silos; Courtney Barnett

It's a very special ride this week as the audience of AMPERS sister station KAXE joins the KMSU riders and listeners to celebrate the music of Grand Rapids Riverfest, on September 6th. Included: Alan Sparhawk,; Trampled by Turtles; Charlie Parr, Emily Parr; Jeremie Albino; Margo Price; Billy Strings; Low; Courtney Barnett

What starts as an innocent ride finds the guys stripped to the skivvies by the end; listen and find out how it got there. Included: Brett Horton; Wilco; Joe Purdy; Mildred Bailey; Renaissance; Noah Cyrus, ft. Bill Callahan; Steve Miller Band; Soccer Mommy; Wilco (again); The Brambel Patch; Jezus Wizard Spatula (you need to hear the last one)

Hank and Dan present another wide array of genre bending music, only fit for consumption by the deepest musical palette, even when that palette shows up in the form of a frog at the studio window. Included: Bicycle; David Bromberg; Black Rebel; Big Thief; Angel Olsen; Lucinda Williams; Charley Crockett; Los Chico Muertos; Zavior Rudd; The Backseat Lovers; Dead Man Winter

If you're one of those nocturnal freaks who doesn't finish a bike ride when the sun goes down, but begins one, this NIGHT-ride is for you. Featured: Front Street Remix; Dolly Pardon ft. Chris Stapleton; Charlie Crockett; Lucinda Williams; Ricky Lee Jones; Amos Lee; Some Nights Live on Forever; Tom Waits; J. Micheal Henderson; Allison Russell

Nothing funny about this week's ride, as the guys give voice to the victims of sexual assault. Featured: Kids on a Bike; Alanis Morissette; Taylor Swift; Lady Gaga; Ani Difranco; Fletcher; James McMurtry; HELL YEAH; Motorhead; Billy Morrison

Hank joins Dan for a tandem summer ride and they share a story about a bike crash Hank and his wife had recently. Included: Runner; Felice Brothers; Peter Mulvey; James McMurtry; Lana Del Ray, Feat Faher John Misty; Tegan and Sara; Bill Callahan with a host of others; Bright Eyes; Jack Savoriti; Drew Peterson; Allison Russell

It's Hank's birthday show and for some reason he felt the need to take his shirt off when he received Dan's present in his driveway. Hank picks almost all the songs this week and claims there may be a pattern to them, but Dan doesn't get it - or is he just LYING again?? Included: Sir Arthur Sullivan; Caravan; Allison Krause/Shawn Colvin/Jerry Douglas; The Room Full of Blues; James McMurtry; The Brads; Bugger Burns; Peter Frampton; Andrea Gibson; Jimmy Stewart

We're going loco for local this week on the ride. Included: Charlie Roth; Nate Boots; Mal Murphy; Watermelon Slush; Jeff Reinartz; Good Morning Bedlam; Mary Clare Stroh; Ben Scruggs; Nate Boots (again); Nate Boots (again!); Nate Boots (that's right, AGAIN!!)

Steppenwolf; Counting Crow; David Gray; Fotheringay; Emily Linge; Van Morrison

It's the second official NO KINGS DAY in the good ol' US of A (the first originally called The Boston Tea Party) as the guys serve up a solid playlist for your protest ride. Included: Rock-A-Teens; Freddie McGregor; Elton John; Lucinda Williams; U2; Pat Benatar; Randy Newman; Beatles; ELO; Kings of Leon; Marillion; Tom Petty; Mary Gauthier