The Life is in the Lyrics Podcast

Ahhh life. One door (of friendship) opens and another closes. How do we hold onto the good memories when friends come and go? And what music or specific songs help us navigate the ups and downs when they slap you in the face REAL hard? So here's to friends and friendships and making lemonade whenever and however you can.

Life updates: Priya spent a whirlwind two weeks in NYC while Mike went shoe shopping. Sex faces, fashion choices and musical bingo for seniors (for seniors: musical bingo not the sex faces) are on the table as Priya gets tipsy chugging her drink on air. Then we chat about how 'kids these days' are bringing back music from days (and decades) gone by.

WARNING: Do NOT get your music trivia from us cuz we be dingdongs. DO get your weekly giggle here cuz...we be dingdongs. We're talking road trips, spoken word poetry, and whether Priya's feet could supplement her income. Ok Little Listeners, there are songs you know are covers but in this ep we discuss songs that we were GAGGED to learn were not written for the artists who became synonymous with them. You learn something new every goddam week here on Life is in the Lyrics!

How did it go when Mike brought Priya as his 'plus 1' to his office karaoke party? Which one of our co-hosts has just won an 'Outstanding Employee' award? And how far into the ep before Priya's 'intelligence' is on full display yet again? In other news, we’re ahead of the curve discussing Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation before Erika Kirk auditioned to be one of her dancers! It's time to revisit how the 80's gave birth to the music video.

Priya, pliers, and her teeth - terrible idea. Priya’s previous diagnosis of being intellectually 'gifted' (established in Ep 1) is reexamined. Mike talks time-travel, 'imposter syndrome' and ruminates yet again. And that was all before we get to the music! Anyhoo, this week we talk musical theatre - from our awe-inspiring first times to our fave memories. And despite Mike's initial reservations about this topic, turns out he has A LOT to say and has seen shows around the world (just like Priya knew he would). #shealwayshastoberight

Priya has been waiting for the day she could bring her old pal Scott McCord onto the pod and that day has arrived! Y'all may know his as fan-favourite Victor from the TV series, FROM, but did ya know he's also an extremely talented singer and musician? Well now you do and you can hear allll about his journey from small-town Sarnia Ontario to the crazy world of FROM and his new band, Fresh Horses! PS season 4 is out TODAY and his new album release party is TONITE in NYC! thisisscottmccord.com / FROM on PrimeVideo / Fresh Horses

On this episode we answer the (sun) burning question: “Can you have a desert surrounded by water?” and showcase our embarrassing lack of basic, local geography. Picture it: Priya & Mike stranded on a deserted island...how long before they rrrrrip each other a new one? Grumpy Old Man Mike estimates 3 hours based solely on Priya's bossiness “all the time”. Luckily they have their recording equipment and respective playlists to keep their sanity--solar powered of course!

Take your protein pills and put your helmets on LIITL Listeners because these idgits are about to launch! "At the time of recording" it's Easter and while Mike's all hot 'n cross about his bland hot cross buns, Priya wonders what happened to Jesus after his "risening" (yes, it's a new word), and there's lots of discussion about the universe, stars and best of all--Uranus. That's right folks, informed chatter this Artem-isn't.

...so we'll say it on the podcast! We're talking lyrics that were changed for radio.  But before we get to that, we've got serious issues to discuss. Like who knew that the thumbs up emoji 👍 was so divisive? All these years we thought bears hibernate…think again! And holding onto misspoken words from ages, no-decades ago...ruminating we are! Look it up kids. Oh and BTW this is take 2 of this episode because…well check out our instagram to find out. So let's get it started LIITL Listeners!

The topic of making friends as adults makes another appearance as Mike gives an update on his new mission. Plus we say 'hasta la vista' to our recent (*failed) segment on The Voice: Battle of Champions. Priya just returned from an kinda-maybe-sorta disappointing all-inclusive vacay at an "adults only" resort in Mexico that got her hot 'n bothered. And what about the music? Was it no bueno? Tune in to find out LIITL Listeners!