uswithoutThem
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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 97 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
S1|E12: (B)
So nice, they did it twice. Here's another 45 minutes on an instrumental track, this time the second one on [A-->B] Life. The guys talk about voids, Vonnegut, Tolkien, memory, Faust, missed opportuni…
S1|E11: I Never Said That I Was Brave
The guys round out the second act of the narrative with a discussion of "I Never Said That I Was Brave." More historical, literary, and operatic references than are necessary (certainly), but nothing…
S1|E10: We Know Who Our Enemies Are
More poetics. More drama. More mystery. More...Nirvana? Joel, Nic, and Steven are talking about "We Know Who Our Enemies Are" this week. Join them as they try not to catch their death figuring out wh…
S1|E9: Be Still, Child
Missionary relationships, Nirvana, and Mozart's Don Giovanni. What do they have in common? We think you already know the answer. The boys cover a surprisingly large amount of territory on the seventh…
S1|E8: Gentleman
That's right. We said we would come back, and now we're back, and we hope you enjoyed your time alone. But you're not alone now, because Nic, Joel, and Steven are going to come and whisper in your ea…
S1|E7: (A)
A whole episode on an instrumental track that's less than a minute long? Preposterous! Impossible! Unthinkable! WELL THINK AGAIN! We did it, y'all. It's not the 90 minutes you've gotten the last few …
S1|E6: Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
This episode is PACKED. We get a primer on John Donne and the metaphysical poets of 16th c. England, an explanation of the oft misquoted Vonnegut line from which this track takes its title, and discu…
S1|E5: Nice and Blue
This week, the boys discuss track three from [A-->B] Life, "Nice and Blue." They talk about healing from emotional pain, wine and wineskins, and the use of the chromatic mediant in Franz Schubert and…
S1|E4: The Ghost
This week Steven, Nic, and Joel discuss "The Ghost" and dig deeper into their narrative theory for the record. The book of Job, Kurt Vonnegut, circus music--they get into it all!
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S1|E3: Bullet to Binary
Joel, Nic, and Steven dive into "Bullet to Binary," the first track from [A-->B] Life, and discuss Islamic mysticism, break-ups at 20 years old, John Carpenter's Halloween theme, and the operas of He…
S1|E2: [A--＞B] Life
The guys introduce the record for Season 1, [A-->B] Life, discussing musical influences and connections from Hildegard of Bingen to Slint's Spiderland and the plan to use Søren Kierkegaard's Either/O…
S1|E1: What Do We Do Without mewithoutYou?
Welcome to uswithoutThem! In this inaugural episode, Nic, Joel, and Steven introduce the podcast and themselves and talk about the legacy of mewithoutYou, how they got into the band, and some of the …
Introducing uswithoutThem
The trailer for a new podcast launching March 8, 2022 exploring the musical output of one of the greatest bands of the 21st century: mewithoutYou.
It's uswithoutThem.