This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies welcome author and music journalist David Menconi, who discusses his favorite releases of 2025 by North Carolina artists.  Musicians discussed include Flock of Dimes, Wednesday, Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Reuben Vincent, Phil Cook and more.  You can purchase David Menconi's fantastic book Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk here.  Happy listening!

This week, hosts Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth discuss the new releases of 11/21 and 11/28/25 including De La Soul and Sharp Pins.  These are the last weeks of Listmas eligibility for 2025 as Reggie and Jason turn their attention towards ranking season.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 11/7 and 11/14/25 including albums by Juana Molina, Danny Brown, Armand Hammer, The Mountain Goats, Colter Wall, Nightmares On Wax and more.  Happy listening, friends!

On this week's episode of the Listmas Podcast, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new albums released on 10/24 and 10/31/25 including releases by Snocaps, the Belair Lip Bombs, Aesop Rock, Dave and more! Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 10/10/25 and 10/17/25, including a new album by Tame Impala and a retrospective review of CMAT. Also discussed are releases from earlier in the year that you may have overlooked. Happy listening!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies welcome Jeff Jackson from the band Julian Calendar in a discussion about the band's new album Speaking a Dead Language.  Topics of conversation include the Milestone Club, secrets, the art of covering a well-known song, wordsmithing, sleeping pills, and much more.  Copies of Speaking a Dead Language can be purchased here.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 9/26 and 10/3/25, including albums by Geese, Jeff Tweedy, Neko Case, Robert Plant, Taylor Swift, Waylon Jennings and a hint of things to come with Julian Calendar and Jeff Jackson.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies welcome Scott Ballew back to the program in a conversation about his new album Paradiso.  Topics of conversation include New Orleans, abandoned prisons, cinema and music, Norse mythology, missed connections and much more.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 9/12 and 9/19/25, including albums by Wednesday, Scott Ballew, Nine Inch Nails and more!  Also discussed are film scores and film soundtracks, and a couple of albums from earlier in the year that you might be sleeping on (SAYA by Saya Grey, and Life, Death and Dennis Hopper by The Waterboys).  Happy listening!

This week, hosts Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth welcome CHEF to the program in a discussion about their new release Head on Fire. Also discussed are the new releases of 9/5/25 including albums by Big Thief, La Dispute, David Byrne and more.  Happy listening!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies cover the new albums of 8/22 and 8/29/25, including releases by Ghostface Killah, Mac DeMarco, Juicy J and Endea Owens, The Beths, The Beaches, Hayley Williams and more! Also discussed: are film soundtracks contenders for Best Album of the Year?

This week, we welcome Chris Ayers back to the show for a discussion about the best metal albums of 2025! We also discuss the new releases of 8/15/25, including albums by Radiohead, Cass McCombs, Chance the Rapper, Juicy J and more.  Happy Listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 8/8/25, including albums by Charley Crockett, BABYMETAL, Deki Alem, Ahmed Ag Kaedy w/ Onom Ogemo & the Disco Jumpers, Thee Oh Sees and more. Reggie and Jason also return to the conversation about what makes an album an Album.  Happy Listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new albums of 7/25 and 8/1/25, including releases by Tyler Childers, Alice Cooper, Buddy Guy, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, Cory Hanson, Puscifer and more.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by Laura Stevenson (musician, songwriter) and John Agnello (producer) in a discussion about Laura's fantastic new album Late Great.  Topics of discussion include friendship, music theory, imagery, music videos, production, album sequencing, sinking ships, and much more.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 7/18 and 7/20/25, including albums by Laura Jane Grace, Tyler the Creator, Lord Huron, Raekwon and Alex G.  Happy listening, everyone!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new albums of 7/4 and 7/11/25, including releases by Wet Leg, Brent Cobb & the Fixin's, a missed album by Freckle (Ty Segall) and more.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by Gary Graff, author of 501 Essential Albums of the 80s: A Music Fan’s Definitive Guide, which is published by our friends at Quarto Publishing Group. Along with Gary's book and the albums of the 1980s, we discuss the new releases of 6/27/25, including albums by Durand Jones & The Indications, Bruce Springsteen, Motörhead, and more. Happy Listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 6/13 and 6/20, including albums by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Slick Rick, HAIM, Wilco (live) and more.  Happy listening, friends!

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies welcome guest Van Jefferies, who talks about the reissue of My Chemical Romance's second album, and they also discuss the new releases of 6/6/2025, including albums by Turnstile, Pulp, Little Simz, Lil Wayne and more. Happy listening!