Thank you for listening to the Guest List!

So this week saw the 10th episode of my new podcast The Guest List with Patrick Hicks and it has been a really fun experience so far. This is a concept that my wife and I came up with over a year ago and it is so cool to see it finally realized.

We had a vision for the format, the questions, the types of guests, what all the playlists would look like on Spotify… and now it’s real.

So why did it take a year to come out? Well there’s this John Mulaney quote I think about a lot, from his special New in Town - it is so much easier not to do things than to do them. There’s always a million reasons not to do creative things. Is it going to be good enough? Is it the perfect idea or is there a better one I just haven’t thought of yet? Will anybody watch or listen to it?

That kind of paralyzed me for awhile. We were inspired by shows like Hot Ones and Chicken Shop Date. Shows with professional cameras that shoot in person on sets, that had crews and money. We didn’t have any of that. We also have full time jobs and two kids and most of the free time I have goes into making music stories. It was a lot easier to not throw a podcast on top of everything.

But we kept thinking about the idea. Every time we saw a celebrity we would think - I wonder what kind of music they listen to. What’s on Tom Hanks’ work out playlist? What songs did Michelle Obama put on a mixtape back in the day? We kept thinking if somebody else made this show we would listen to it. And since in that year of thinking nobody else did, we thought let’s just make it ourselves.

From these first ten episodes we’ve already learned a lot. We learned that by asking people about the music they like they will tell the most amazing stories about their lives. We learned that answering these ten questions we came up with is like a musical fingerprint; nobody on Earth would have the same combination of songs on their Guest List playlist. And we learned that if you film at home and you have a cat she will jump on your chair in almost every interview.

We want to keep learning and keep growing this new project. It is a lot harder than not doing it, but it’s a lot more rewarding. Thank you so much for being with us since the beginning. If you haven’t already please rate and review the show, it would be a huge help.

On a final note now that there are ten episodes out - who has your favorite playlist so far? Playlists and polls below:

1. Mark Mallman

   1. Bobby Day - Rockin Robin

   2. Sonic Youth - 100%

   3. Beethoven - 7th Symphony 2nd movement

   4. Pink - Try

   5. Prince - Delirious

   6. Lou Reed - Magic and Loss

   7. Charlie XCX - 360

   8. 45 Grave - Partytime

   9. Chad VanGaalen - Molten Light

   10. Freak Slug - Spells

   11. Rammstein - Du Hast

2. Allison Hagendorf

   1. Madonna - Burning Up

   2. U2 - Acrobat

   3. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

   4. The Cure - A Letter to Elise

   5. Nirvana - Lithium

   6. Tom Petty - Wildflowers

   7. Flume - You and Me

   8. Yungblud - Hello Heaven, Hello

   9. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should’ve Come Over

   10. Sleep Token - Caramel

   11. Alice in Chains - Nutshell

3. Dilla

   1. Johnnie Taylor - Still Called the Blues

   2. Twista - Get it Wet

   3. Luniz - I Got 5 On It

   4. Boyz II Men - A Song for Mama

   5. Nipsey Hussle - Dedication

   6. Jay-Z - December 4th

   7. Aerosmith - I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing

   8. G Herbo - PTSD

   9. Nipsey Hussle - Picture Me Rollin

   10. SZA - The Weekend

   11. DA Smart - Walk wit Me

4. Jeff Pearlman

   1. Big Daddy Kane - I Get the Job Done

   2. Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours

   3. Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

   4. Brandi Carlisle - the Joke

   5. Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance

   6. 2Pac - I Ain’t Mad At Cha

   7. Suicidal Tendencies - You Can’t Bring Me Down

   8. Elton John - Amoreena

   9. LaBelle - Lady Marmalade

   10. Loudon Wainwright - Hollywood Hopeful

   11. 2Pac - Shorty Wanna Be a Thug

5. New Bands for Old Heads

   1. Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

   2. The Last Dinner Party - Wicked Game (live)

   3. The Strokes - Reptilia

   4. Paul McCartney - Maybe I’m Amazed

   5. Uffie - MCs Can Kiss

   6. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Ballad of the Sin Eather

   7. Feist - My Moon My Man

   8. Girls Aloud - Biology

   9. Doechii - NISSAN ALTIMA

   10. Wet Leg - Catch These Fists

   11. Pixies - Gigantic

6. Denali

   1. Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval

   2. Beyonce - Flaws and All

   3. La Bouche - Be My Lover

   4. Betty Noyes - Baby Mine

   5. Afrojack - Take over Control

   6. Billie Eilish - Skinny

   7. Andrew Bird - Pulaski at Night

   8. Shift K3y - In Your Arms

   9. Kali Uchis - Igual Que Un Angel

   10. Ashnikko - Itty Bitty

   11. Rose Gray - Everything Changes

7. Larisha Paul

   1. Fantasia - When I See U

   2. Harry Styles - Satellite

   3. EDEN - Gravity

   4. Lorde - Ribs

   5. One Direction - Walking in the Wind

   6. Paramore - Crave

   7. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

   8. Go Radio - Goodnight Moon

   9. Pierce the Veil - Props and Mayhem

   10. Mk.gee - Dream Police

   11. The Fray - Look After You

8. Jen Capra

   1. Barbara Streisand - Sweet Zoo

   2. Fugazi - Merchandise

   3. Choking Victim - 500 Channels

   4. Paul Simon - The Boxer (live)

   5. Kermit - Rainbow Connection

   6. The Pogues - Fairtytale of New York

   7. Daryl Hall and John Oates - Rich Girl

   8. Pearl Jam - Throw Your Arms Around Me

   9. Al Green - Lay it Down

   10. When in Rome - The Promise

   11. Kimya Dawson - My Rollercoaster

9. Rod Kim

   1. Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want

   2. Collective Soul - The World I Know

   3. New Radicals - You Get What You Give

   4. John Rzeznik - I’m Still Here

   5. The Crash Motive - No Tomorrow, Just Tonight

   6. Kina - Girl From the Gutter

   7. Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan - Missing You

   8. All-4-One - I Can Love You Like That

   9. REM - Man on the Moon

   10. Beyonce and Miley Cyrus - II Most Wanted

   11. Starletta - Different Music

10. Franchesca Ramsey

    1. Shalamar - A Night to Remember

    2. Sarah McLachlan - Possession

    3. Amerie - 1 Thing

    4. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better

    5. Alex Isley - Still Wonder

    6. Sublime - Smoke Two Joints

    7. Hole - Violet

    8. Handsome Boy Modeling School - The Truth

    9. Koop - Summer Sun

    10. Yebba - Louie Bag

    11. Shalamar - the Second Time Around