The Second Song (Spring 2024)
A show about one-hit wonders… and what they did when their 15 minutes of fame were up
Episode List
- Season 1 (2nd and 4th Tuesdays, AKA Monday night; 2–3am)
Full show list
WTBU Top 25 (Summer 2023)
Because countdowns are fun
Episode List
- Season 1 (Wednesdays 4–6pm)
- *E10: Best Songs of Every Year, Part 3 (Aug. 9, 2023)
- *E9: Best Songs of Every Year, Part 2 (Aug. 2, 2023)
- E8: Best Songs of Every Year, Part 1 (Jul. 26, 2023)
- E7: The ’70s (Jul. 19, 2023)
- E6: Recent Pop Hits (Jul. 12, 2023)
- E5: Country (Jul. 5, 2023)
- E4: Short-Answer Section (Jun. 28, 2023)
- E3: The ’60s (Jun. 21, 2023)
- E2: EDM (Jun. 7, 2023)
- E1: The ’80s (May 31, 2023)
Metaverse (Fall 2022 – Spring 2023)
Exploring the metadata behind iconic rock and pop songs
Episode List
- Season 2 (Spring 2023; Saturdays 2–4pm)
- *S2E12: Meta-Metaverse (May 6, 2023)
- S2E11: These Go to #11 (Apr. 29, 2023)
- S2E10: Mr. Prefix (Apr. 15, 2023)
- S2E9: Xtreme Kool Badd Speelingz 4 U (Apr. 8, 2023)
- S2E8: Coloring Book (Apr. 1, 2023)
- S2E7: Same Title, Different Song II (Mar. 25, 2023)
- S2E6: Study Abroad (Mar. 18, 2023)
- S2E5: Family Affair (Feb. 25, 2023)
- S2E4: Rock and/or Roll (Feb. 18, 2023)
- S2E3: Three Letters and the Truth (Feb. 11, 2023)
- S2E2: Name Game (Feb. 4, 2023)
- S2E1: Metaverse Is Back! (Jan. 28, 2023)
- Season 1 (Fall 2022; Thursdays 8–10am)
- †S1E13: The Metaverse Holiday Special (Dec. 8, 2022)
- S1E12: Yooooooouuuuu!!! (Dec. 1, 2022)
- S1E11: Take the Bad with the Good (Nov. 17, 2022)
- S1E10: Negative Space (Nov. 10, 2022)
- S1E9: The Second Song (Nov. 3, 2022)
- S1E8: Ever-est Playlist Ever (Oct. 27, 2022)
- S1E7: Super Short Songs (Oct. 20, 2022)
- S1E6: Ludicrously Long Songs (Oct. 13, 2022)
- *S1E5: By the Numbers (Oct. 6, 2022)
- S1E4: Wait, That’s a Cover? (Sep. 29, 2022)
- S1E3: Time After Time (Sep. 22, 2022)
- *S1E2: Journalism 101 (Sep. 15, 2022)
- S1E1: Same Title, Different Song (Sep. 8, 2022)
- *Demo: Punctuation & Symbols (Wed., May 11, 2022)
* = Episodes in the vault; not available for distribution
† = Lost episode
For the Record (Intern; Spring 2022)
My college radio career began with interning on this show hosted by Mara, Maya, and Noah. Each week’s show featured one album played in full, interspersed with discussion of the tracks. If there was any time left at the end, we would play other tracks by the artist. The number in parentheses is my rating of the album.
- Laurel Hell by Mitski (6)
- Telefone by Noname (5)
- Channel Orange by Frank Ocean (7)
- Simulation Swarm [EP] by Big Thief (7)
- Crushing by Julia Jacklin (5)
- Who Cares? by Rex Orange County (rating withheld)
- Tell Me That It’s Over by Wallows (8)
- When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right by Fiona Apple (6)
- Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer (10)
- (Hosted by yours truly) Is This It by The Strokes (9)
- Pure Heroine [Extended] by Lorde (8)
- Final show: songs from albums we wish we’d played