On this week's episode from the archives of USA TODAY's Dad Rock podcast, hosts Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan pick their favorite holiday songs, along with a few listener suggestions.

A Very 'Mary' Indie Christmas

Dec 20th, 2016 26m 27s

Happy Tuesday! Christmas is this Sunday, so Patrick and Mary are sharing four Indie songs to add to the top of your Noel-inspired playlists. Tuesdays With Mary is a a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Tuesdays With Mary o

Bonus: How would you listen to every Tom Petty album?

Dec 18th, 2016 21m 21s

Three (semi)wise-men get a visit from the Tom Petty vinyl angel. They are left with the massive, impressive and (literally) heavy box sets that encompass pretty much every important Tom Petty record ever released. Listen to see if the guys figu

Tuesdays WITH Mary: Guess who's back?

Dec 14th, 2016 24m

Yes, listener, Mary has returned. And you can call her Al(ice).Tuesdays With Mary is a a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Tuesdays With Mary on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people find the show: http:

Tuesdays With(out) Mary: Something, anything about Todd Rundgren

Dec 11th, 2016 1h 48m

Singer, songwriter, producer, trendsetter and now the subject of an exhaustive (you have no idea) examination by Patrick and special guest Dave Bishop (The Bish), this Tuesday is all about Todd Rundgren. From Nazz to The Band to Runt to XTC, hi

From the Archives: R.E.M. (The Warner years)

Dec 2nd, 2016 1h 3m

It's been 25 year since the release of R.E.M.'s "Out of Time.". In November, a deluxe edition of breakthrough album hit shelves — making it a perfect time to dig out this episode from the Dad Rock archives. Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan loo

Tuesdays With(out) Mary: Jenn Wasner in the studio

Nov 30th, 2016 51m 15s

As a follow-up to a previous Tuesdays episode about the music of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes (https://soundcloud.com/dadrockshow/tuesdays-with-mary-wye-oak-and-jenn-wasner), Patrick Foster and GFOP (Good Friend of the Pod) Tug Baker talk with Je

From the Archives: Best ever year in music? 1966 and 1991, of course

Nov 19th, 2016 1h 18m

50 and 25 years ago, our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that every human has a right to Dad Rock.Dad Rock is a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Fo

From the Archives: K-Tel Ultimate Dad Rock!

Nov 11th, 2016 1h 3m

At the end of very long week (and election cycle), let's take some time to relax, throw a K-Tel album on the turntable and dig some "explosive musical explosions."Dad Rock is a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Len

Tuesdays With(out)Mary: Campaign songs (thank God we made it)

Nov 8th, 2016 32m 53s

USA TODAY Washington Correspondent (that's him in the picture)Paul Singer tells us it's going to be OK, no matter what happens. Why? Because Fleetwood Mac has always been a thing.'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feat

Bonus Track: Election special with Paul Singer

Nov 7th, 2016 25m 17s

In honor of the impending opening of the polls, USA TODAY Washington Correspondent Paul Singer drops by to chat about 'Who's Next,' playing music in a Capitol Hill bar, covering the Al Gore campaign and more.'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays Wit

From the Archives: Peter Guralnick and the birth of rock 'n roll

Nov 4th, 2016 54m 33s

With the news this week that Leonardo DiCaprio is going to play Sam Phillips in a movie based on Peter Guralnick's 2015 book "Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll," we thought it appropriate to remind Dad Rock Nation of the chat we

Tuesdays With(out) Mary: Remembering those we've lost

Nov 1st, 2016 48m 50s

In honor of Día de los Muertos, Tuesdays With(out) Mary host Patrick Foster and guest host Justin Gay celebrate the lives of those who have left us through song with the help of friends from the USA TODAY newsroom. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesd

Ep. 88: Great musical duos

Oct 28th, 2016 1h 4m

A Very Special Dad Rock examines the greatest pairs in musical history and veers dangerously close to Hall and Oates. Plus, Dad Rock co-host Jim Lenahan shares some important news.

Tuesdays With(out) Mary: My relationship in 8 songs

Oct 26th, 2016 37m 32s

In a new Dad Rock musical experiment, we present a relationship in eight songs. Dad Rock host Patrick Foster and producer Taylor Maycan are joined by Shannon Rae Green, co-host of USA TODAY's 'I Tell My Husband the News' podcast. Shannon's s

Bonus Track: A chat with Whitney (the band)

Oct 22nd, 2016 23m 30s

Our main man Mike Snider talked with Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich of Whitney before a show in DC earlier this month. Patrick joined Mike for the show. Mike and Patrick talk words about it all.

Tuesdays With(out)Mary: Then and now

Oct 19th, 2016 39m 9s

In which good friend of the pod John Geddes talks about bands he saw back in the day ("then") and again when they reformed ("now"). Also featuring that Big Country story.