The uswithoutThem Podcast explores the musical output of one of the greatest bands of the 21st century: mewithoutYou. Hosts Nic Houle, Steven Eiler, and Joel Harrison each bring their love of mewithoutYou and some specific expertise to their song-by-song analysis of the mewithoutYou discography. Steven, a music theory educator and expert, breaks down the musical themes of each track and draws connections between songs and albums. Joel, a Ph.D. in religion with expertise in philosophy of religion and Christianity, explains the lyrical themes and the connections to and critiques of evangelical Christianity. Nic, a devoted mewithoutYou listener and Tolkein reader, ties these threads together with the perspective of the average mwY fan listening to the podcast.
We do not exist but faithfully insist
Recording from our separate chairs and in each tiny office room
Tiring and trying; thankfully no necessary dying!
Just chasing the proper metaphor explanations b…
The season started more than a year ago, but we finally made it! The finale of Season 2 on Catch For Us The Foxes.
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Son of a widow you raised from the dead
Where did his soul go when he died again?
The guys wrap up the record with a discussion of "Son of a Widow." Steven floats a compelling theory about the chorus…
We have TWO more hours for you of our "Carousels" discussion!
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This week we present part one of another very long conversation, this time on the penultimate track of Catch For Us The Foxes: "Carousels." We were wandering, but no longer! Out of Sinai, into your e…
For the third time this year... WE'RE BACK! Exactly 6 months ago, we gave you Part 1 of a three hour conversation on "Four Word Letter (Pt. Two)." Today we bring you the final, riveting ~50 minutes. …
WE RECORDED A FOUR HOUR EPISODE
Post-production took some time
"Though we wanted it sooner, we had to live our lives!"
And you know who we are
You held our words on your device from afar
As we ramble…
We had another little break between episodes, but fear not! You are being rewarded with another super sized episode.
The guys talk about all the water, being in and leaving a church community, the s…
We're back after a bit of an extended break, and what an episode to come back on!
We dig back into evangelical church culture, questions about Aaron's relationship to that culture, where Amanda is i…
More dancing this episode as Joel, Nic, and Steven investigate what God's love has to do with the dead two-stepping. We also finally arrive at the title of the record! Have the title theories changed…
More poetry, more mythology, more... geometry? Come with us on the grassy road to discovering what all the clever words in "Seven Sisters" are all about!
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Joel, Steven, and Nic hop a plane to Amsterdam in this episode! Come along as Aaron encounters a lady of the night in search of an honest man at midday. Who needs a candle when the street is so brigh…
The boys are back after a week off and ready to talk some more foliage and the tasting of said foliage. Do you think Tolstoy has something to do with this puzzle? Listen and find out!
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Get your dancin' shoes on! Steven, Joel, and Nic dig into Aaron's search for God in the trees and at the bottom of the ocean. We know we ask a lot of the same questions in most of these episodes, but…
This is a BIG one! Yeah, we know some of you are starting with this episode... Welcome! If you like what you hear, go back and check out the other episodes!
The guys talk about toxic church communiti…
Through sprawling metaphors of community building, friendship, and loneliness, the opening track of Catch For Us The Foxes paints a picture more vivid than anything we find on mewithoutYou's first re…
Nic, Steven, and Joel are back with the second season of uswithoutThem in which they tackle mewithoutYou’s second album, Catch For Us The Foxes. In this episode, the boys talk about their memories as…
Today (June 18, 2022) marks the 20th anniversary of the release of [A-->B] Life. In the Season 1 finale, the boys reflect on the theories preposed, try to sum up all that was said about mewithoutYou'…
Hey. We made it. The end of [A-->B] Life is here as the guys dig deep into the final track: "The Cure for Pain." This discussion also includes the bonus track, the oft severely underrated acoustic ve…
The guys exit the void once again but this time find themselves with the narrator in the depths of despair. Loose dresses, frozen white roses, darkness--"Silencer" is chock full of fantastic imagery.…