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In this episode Mark and Thomas talk about how they know when summer is coming to a close, Thomas busts out some news about how he's moving somewhere, Mark warns Thomas on the danger of fixed gear bicycles, Mark explains the weirdness of Gary Wilson, and Thomas inquires about the nature of college alumni events. Mark and Thomas discuss the new Mac DeMarco album. Featuring: Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Queens of the Stone Age), Champions of Red Wine (New Pornographers), Let It Happen (Tame Impala), Pretty Pimpin' (Kurt Vile), Figure 8 (FKA Twigs), 6.4=Make Out (Gary Wilson), Attic Doctor (Youth Lagoon), Pitch Black (Toro Y Moi).

In this episode, Mark and Thomas unpack from Pickathon 2015. Mark apologizes for the lengthy intro song by Battles from Episode 40, Mark and Thomas discuss the shortcomings of Health and also emo music, Mark again butchers something in Spanish, Thomas states that older folks making music are still worth listening to, and Mark chides Diiv again for being too strung out-looking. Featuring: Newspaper Spoons (Viet Cong), Stone Fist (Health), Sana (Edna Vazquez), Mary Johnson (Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard), Water Fall (Ex Hex), Stop That Man (TuNe-yArdS), Anything I Do Is Alright (Happyness).

Wow, the 40th Episode! This time around Mark and Thomas analyze their bet with Bill Nevue and attempt to determine how to objectively quantify the more successful album between the War on Drugs and Kurt Vile's releases from 2014. Thomas also tries to figure out the term for those air dancer thingies, and they both delve into the origins of the name of Holy Fuck's bass player; Punchy McQuade. Featuring: Atlas (Battles), Hey Days (Total Babes), Lousy Connection (Ezra Furman), Red Lights (Holy Fuck), Swimming (Little Dragon), Kill Your Dogs (Nucular Aminals).

In this episode Thomas and Mark talk about Brian Wilson running around eating steaks, the Wrecking Crew, an up and coming "youngster from London", Hot Chip's new album, and Thomas puts Mark on the spot on account of electronic music. Featuring; Heroes and Villains (Brian Wilson), Molly (Palehound), Peanut Butter (Joanna Gruesome), Jingle Berries (Nopes), Hearts that Never (East India Youth), Why Make Sense? (Hot Chip), High on Love (Class Actress), We've Got a Lot (Sara Neufield).

With special guest Whitney Nash on the program, the PleasureCast examines cursive writing, the struggle with things being too long to read (TL;DR), also, the gang wagers on the age of Ty Segall with Thomas instituting rules from the Price is Right, Grimes' latest single is discussed, Mark gets a little over dramatic in Thomas' Kultur Korner segment on Portland's bike culture, and Whitney emphasizes the importance of knowing whether a band name features an article or not. Featuring: Cream on Chrome (Ratatat), In Films (Chromatics), Witch Window (Nick Diamonds), Mr. Face (Ty Segall), Lisa Sawyer (Leon Bridges), White's Not My Color This Evening (Cherry Glazerr), Deja Que Salga La Luna (Edna Vazquez), Entropy (Grimes), Way of Love (The Wipers).

In Episode 37 of the PleasureCast Mark and Thomas talk television, Mark compliments Thomas' beard, Thomas admits to having a professional beard groomer, Mark tries his hand at a Robert Durst impression and decides to attempt a goatee in honor of Andrew Jarecki's outstanding documentary skillz, featuring: Pedestrian at Best (Courtney Barnett), Simple Feelings (Twerps), Barbarian Kings (Morgan Delt), Wilding (Moon Duo), I Found a New Way (Twin Peaks), Ondine (Lower Dens), Lower the Heavens (The Donkeys), How Could You Babe? (Tobias Jesso Jr.).

In this episode Mark and Thomas discuss how early 90's rap, the Rodney King beating, and the present day distrust of police have come full circle, Thomas praises the rest room at Mary's strip club in downtown Portland, an Ariel Pink show is reviewed, it is discovered that Kotomi is not Japanese. Featuring: When Will They Shoot? (Ice Cube), True Thrush (Dan Deacon), Time to Go Home (Chastity Belt), Raising the Skate (Speedy Ortiz), Way to Be Loved (TOPS), The Last Time (Kotomi), Catastrophe (Youmi Zouma), Somewhere's Sunshine (Aan), Witness (Makthaverskan).

In this week’s episode Thomas runs through his top 5 albums of 2014, the classic 80’s movie Rad is referenced once again, Mark confesses his admiration for Michael Keaton, Thomas beats Mark to playing a band from Portland…..Maine! Also, Thomas randomly says “marry me”, the new Viet Cong album is discussed, Thomas incorrectly states the base-city for the Vogue Dots, and then Mark incorrectly states the corresponding Canadian territory to which the city doesn’t belong. If you listen closely, you’ll notice that Mark says “Q Lazzarus” in an odd fashion because he actually said "Lazzarus Q" throughout the episode and then went and edited it to make it seem like he got it right the whole time. Featuring: Apple of My Eye (The Upholsterers), Electric Jesus (Mad Rad), Ham Sandwich (Shabazz Palaces), Billions of Eyes (Lady Lamb the Beekeeper), Adult Diversion (Alvvays), Way with Silence (Vogue Dots), Goodbye Horses (Wild Beasts’ Jon Hopkins and Hayden Thorpe), Queen (Perfume Genius), Shake it Off (Taylor Swift)

In this Holiday/End of Year Edition, Mark and special guest Whitney Nash run down their top albums of the year. Along the way, Whitney accuses Mark of assassinating Mother Theresa's character, Ariel Pink's ass-holishness is debated (is he Hitler, or just a dick?), Mark admits to liking crazy tripped out shit, Mark tells Rueben Patternson to go fuck himself, and Whitney disrespects the PleasureCast by playing some tween pop garbage. Featuring: Black Skinhead (Kanye West), Digital Witness (St. Vincent), Blue Moon (Beck), Careful You (TV on the Radio), Lip Stick (Ariel Pink), How Can You Really (Foxygen), Pendulum (FKA Twigs), I Don't Mind It (Screaming Females), Stars (Angel Olsen), i (Kendrick Lamar), Blank Space (Taylor Swift), Like Apples like Pears (Say Hi).

In this special Thanksgiving edition, Thomas loses a pair of gloves, Mark and Thomas talk turkey carving tips, Thomas has no idea what Stitcher Radio is, Mark and Thomas talk commas, find a mutual love of semi-colons and explore the grossness of Bill Cosby. Featuring: Two Weeks (FKA Twigs), Down It Goes (White Lung), Because the Night (Garbage and Screaming Females [covering Patti Smith]), Cameras (Women),Continental Shelf (Viet Cong), Montreal Rock Band Somewhere (Happyness), Penetrating Eye (Thee Oh Sees), Swampy Seconds (Magic Mouth),

In this episode, The new Foxygen album is investigated, Mark and Thomas react to losing a bet to Bill Nevue over the latest War on Drugs release, Mark attempts a geometric comparison between Kurt Vile and the War on Drugs, Mark accuses Thomas of hating Robin Williams, Mark takes down Hook and Rufio, specifically. The Word of the Week veers off into new territory and Thomas proposes that Shakespeare was a woman. Featuring: Now It's On (Grandaddy), Why (Les Sins), Our Love (Caribou), Weightless (Neneh Cherry), Alena (Yumi Zouma), Silver Screen (Beat Connection), Celestica (Crystal Castles), Winter (Mr. Gnome), Hot and Cold (Ex Hex), Ten Street (Ultimate Painting), Beam Me Up (Midnight Magic).

In this week's episode, Mark and Thomas talk about band name changes, the NFL, Ariel Pink's political leanings, the geography of the podcast's listeners, Kate Bush's first tour in decades, Mac DeMarco, Mark admits to riding Thomas' musical coattails. Thomas becomes forgetful, Mark goes on the offensive about fluffy tacos, Thomas and Mark debate the pros and cons of seafood, Mark says hi to a former roommate and fellow Bengals fan, Mark and Thomas debate Cap'n Crunch flavors, and some tunes get played. Featuring: Mayonaise (Woolen Men), In the House of Yes (Mr. Twin Sister), Put Your Number in My Phone (Ariel Pink), Runnin' Up that Hill (Chromatics [Kate Bush cover]), Hounds of Love (Stay Calm [Kate Bush cover]), Rock n' Roll Night Club (Mac DeMarco), Lord's Favorite (Ice Age), Rainbows (Robert Plant), Forcefield of Solitude (Purling Hiss), Scott Get the Van (Cayetama), Spider (Wilco), Sailing Away (Jennifer Castle).

In this new episode, Mark and Thomas relive their Pickathon experience, Mark reviews a Beck concert and La Roux's new album and Thomas claims local venues slack on finding talent during the summer. Featuring: San Francisco (Foxygen), Blue Boy (Mac DeMarco), Avant Gardener (Courtney Barnett), Swim and Sleep Like a Shark (Unknown Mortal Orchestra), Unforgiven (Beck), From This Point On (Soft Kill), Cruel Sexuality (La Roux), Look So Good, Be So Good (The Shivas), Trem Two (Mission of Burma).

In this episode Mark tells Thomas that he's welcome to shower him with gifts, the word of the week gets a bit "lusty", Mark and Thomas melt in the heat, Thomas warns against riding the bus on hot days, a racist Jello ad pops up, Mark fears the dangers of heroin use among today's youth, and a really lame Frank Sinatra car commercial crops up out of nowhere. Featuring; Baby Come Home (Mark Barrott), Particle Horizon (Brothertiger), Heaven (Pure X), Midnight Hours (Wunder Wunder), Our Kind of Love (Christopher Denny), Go (Grimes), Dangerous Days (Zola Jesus), How Long Have You Known (DIIV), Trouble (Father John Misty covering Cat Stevens), Saturday's Song (Hiss Golden Messenger)

In this episode, Mark and Thomas break out a new segment called "Good Song, Bad Album". Featuring: Time (Flaming Lips feat. Stardeath and White Dwarfs), Plastic Man Man (Wooden Indian Burial Ground), In the Past (Mystic Braves), Young Hunter (Burning Palms), Shyness (Thieves Like Us), Magic Hearts (Calvin Love), Settling Down (The Charts), Kelly (When Saints Go Machine), Instant Disassembly (Parquet Courts), Tugboat (Galaxy 500), Parix (When Saints Go Machine).

Episode 27; Thomas states that the true value of diamonds is derived from their usefulness as slashing devices in street brawls, Mark and Thomas navigate through all of the MusicFest NW bands, Thomas councils Mark on his outdated dictionary, Mark admits to being re-cracked out on the latest Wild Beasts album. Featuring: View from the Dihedral (Tropical Popsicle), Headache (Metz), Drown with the Monster (White Lung), Dark Haired Suitor (Pujol), Josef (Makthaverson), The Early Bird Gets to Bob (Bob Marley), Knife (CSS covering Grizzly Bear), Mess on a Mission (Liars), The Old Prince Still Lives at Home (Shad), Wanderlust [The Field Remix] (Wild Beasts)

In this episode, Thomas explains mixtapes, Mark and Thomas talk about Tamale Boy, Mark talks about delivering anchovy pizzas. Featuring: Good Ass Intro (Chance the Rapper), They Don't Like Me (Childish Gambino), No Diggity (Chet Faker), Turtleman (Al Madrigal), Sweet (The Mercy Beat), Bad Moods (Geneva Jacuzzi), Johnny and Mary (Todd Terje)

In this special edition of the PleasureCast, KB joins Mark and Thomas as they delve into television show theme songs; Mark and Thomas find Blurred Lines "rapey", KB and Mark spontaneously perform the theme to Saved by the Bell, and someone gets Danza Slapped.

In this episode, Thomas and Mark compare Kevin Drew's new material with his older Broken Social Scene music from the early 2000's, Mark suggests Thomas should take a "Kink's Sabbatical", Thomas and Mark set more parameters for the robot-themed episode which will probably never come to fruition; featuring Hero (Frank Ocean), KC Accidental (Broken Social Scene), Mexican Aftershow Party (Kevin Drew), Alligator (Babies), Till the End of the Day (Fuzz), A Well Respected Man (The Kinks), Water Fountain (Tune-Yards), To Catch a Ghost (Flashes), Eggs at Night (Damaged Bug)

In this week's Episode, Whitney Nash joins Mark and Thomas yet again, Mark announces his conversion to the Angel Olsen cult after she burned a place in his soul with her gaze, Matthew Mcconaughey's ascendance is explained, Mark misrepresents Whitney's stance on blonde villains, Thomas expresses his fear of blonde high school jocks, Thomas announces Mark's movie theater faux pas from their viewing of the Lego Movie, Mark and Thomas give Whitney hell for the current ecological state of the state of Nevada, and Mark receives a surprise gift--sure to jeopardize his troglodytic New Year's Resolution. Featuring: Sleeping Lessons (The Shins), It's Time to Wake Up 2023 (La Femme), Foreign Bodies (Radiation City), The Spins (Potty Mouth), It's Raining in Your Mouth (Fat White Family), Wanderlust (Wild Beasts), Unconscious Melody (Viet Cong)