E.T.'s Golden Record
An alien just crash-landed into our studio! Help us explain life on Earth to our new friend ⟒⏃☍⎍⌇⊑⎎☍⎅⌇⟊⊑⋔ with the power of music! Each week we'll use songs to explain Earthly topics like friendship, dreams, and more to our newly Earth-dwelling friend. Join us as we create our own Golden Record and teach our alien pal (and ourselves) what it means to live on Earth!
# of Episodes
37
Host
Maya
First Aired
October 18th, 2023
Last Episode
April 22nd, 2025
Previous broadcasts
April 22nd, 2025
Still Woozy, Brenda Kahn, Lorde, Kitty Craft, and more.
Goodbyes
Ascending Wave, Massive Attack, Car Seat Headrest, Björk, and more.
Space
The Rah Band, Ascending Wave, Radiohead, Mort Garson, and more.
Spontaneity
Magdalena Bay, Lorde, Set Fire To Flames, Holy Now, and more.
Animals
Miike Snow, Ascending Wave, Wombo, Enon, and more.
Color
Kermit, Beach House, Stereolab, Sweeping Promises, and more.
Stress
Feline, Fugazi, Josh Hodges, LAUNDRY DAY, and more.
Celebration
Kokoroko, Digitalism, Cut Copy, Bickle, and more.
Laziness
Whatever, Dad, Nala Sinephro, ACEtone, Faye Webster, and more.
Fashion
Ladytron, Gwen Stefani, Saint Etienne, Cheap Time, and more.
Food
Take Van, Viagra Boys, Pity Sex, Sissy Bar, and more.
Comfort
Ascending Wave, Shakey Graves, Ingrid Michaelson, Sissy Bar, and more.
Boredom
Enon, Arrangement, Free Refills, Strictly Ballroom, and more.
Betrayal
Jockstrap, Alvvays, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Garbage, and more.
Knowledge
Radiohead, SHISHAMO, Chinese Football, Silver Jews, and more.
Fear
Dead Man's Bones, The Specials, Sematary, Garbage, and more.
Solitude
Starry Cat, Valium Aggelein, Constrobuz, Sun Kil Moon, and more.
Fall
Lush, Unwound, The National Gallery, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and more.
Change
Ascending Wave, Liz Phair, Airlock, No Doubt, and more.
Family
The Cardigans, Kokoroko, The Slaps, Casiotone for The Painfully Alone, and more.
Five Senses
Badbadnotgood, Unwound, Disasterpeace, Loser Company, and more.
Nostalgia
Alex G, The Tidy Ups, The Go! Team, Le Tigre, and more.
Illness
Horse Jumper of Love, The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Ceremony, and more.
Wildlife
Angel Olsen, Cibo Matto, Mort Garson, The Stranglers, and more.
Technology
Barcelona, Le Tigre, C.C.T.V., Mort Garson, and more.
Ambition
Esthero, Submotion Orchestra, Sleater-Kinney, Kero Kero Bonito, and more.
Times of Day
Totally Mild, Philip Glass, Lamp, Aerial M, and more.
Breakups
The Microphones, julie, Parsley Sound, Beach Fossils, and more.
City Life
Björk, The Frumpies, Pet Shop Boys, Sneaker Pimps, and more.
Weather
Cemeteries, Pitcher56, Mammal Hands, bôa, and more.
Home
Bill Callahan, Jordana, Frank Sinatra, Bug Feeder, and more.
Dancing
Trust, The Who, La Bouche, Constrobuz, and more.
Road Trips
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Santigold, Neo Maya, Silver Jews, and more.
Love
Cub, Radiator Hospital, Tiger Trap, Red Theme, and more.
Capitalism
Lealani, ABBA, Courtney Barnett, Mitski, and more.
Dreams
СОЮЗ, Japancakes, Triptides, Mid-Air Thief, and more.
Friendship
Kero Kero Bonito, Supergrass, Bikini Kill, The Cardigans, and more.