Polishing Turds: A Bad Music Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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Polishing Turds: A Bad Music Podcast

Nick & Cal

Music

Comedy

Music

Frequency: 1 episode/23d. Total Eps: 78

We take the worst bands you remember and give them way more attention than they deserve. Equal parts comedy and storytelling, Polishing Turds will change the way you look at pop music. Behind every bad song there's a good story!

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🇩🇪 Germany - Music Commentary
19/08/2026
#82
🇩🇪 Germany - Music Commentary
18/08/2026
#95
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Commentary
27/02/2026
#91
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Commentary
17/02/2026
#81
🇩🇪 Germany - Music Commentary
15/12/2025
#98
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Commentary
25/11/2025
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Commentary
24/11/2025
#57
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Commentary
02/11/2025
#97
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Commentary
01/11/2025
#79
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Commentary
19/10/2025
#79

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https://tedium.co/2017/11/16/wesley-willis-remembrance-history/
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https://tabormountain.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-apologies
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#67. BABYMETAL Part III: "I'll Marry You, Dad!"

Season 5 · Episode 8

Monday, September 29, 2025 • Duration 01:32:55

Fox Gods, crucifixions, and magic corsets oh my!

We continue the story of Babymetal by exploring the wild and confusing "lore" surrounding this group. We also examine the lyrical content of their early songs, cover the initial reactions they received from the Western music scene, and tackle the sticky question of whether or not Babymetal truly is "metal".

[Sorry, again, about the unusual amount of random noises in this one. At least there are no babies or dogs this time!]

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#66. BABYMETAL Part II: The Demon that Devours Holiness has been Resurrected Again

Season 5 · Episode 7

Monday, August 18, 2025 • Duration 01:30:13

Ah, how fitting that this episode number is 2/3 of the Number of the Beast!

Today we continue to excavate the origins of Babymetal by diving into the history of Heavy Metal in Japan. This episode features some of the coolest bands we've ever covered, so for once we're actually excited to talk about our subject matter!

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#65. BABYMETAL Part I: Nick Loves GISM

Season 5 · Episode 6

Monday, July 7, 2025 • Duration 01:38:36

What comes to mind when you think of Heavy Metal? Is it three cute little girls wearing Lolita dresses and doing synchronized dance moves? Well if you answered "no" you're out of touch, my bruh!

Welcome to the preposterous world of Babymetal, a Japanese girl group that combines the saccharine imagery of J-pop with the bone-crushing heaviness of metal. Sounds incongruous? It is, and yet this group is one of the best-selling hard rock acts of our age, earning millions of fans across the globe with their unique brand of so-called kawaii metal.

In the first of a multi-part series, we examine the origins of Babymetal by exploring the wild and often problematic world of Japanese Idol music. Why do millions of Japanese men devote endless hours and thousands of yen to support 13-year-old girls who sing the lamest music on Earth? We spent 90 minutes talking about it, and we still don't know...

WARNING: This episode contains some rather dark subject matter, including sexual abuse of children. (Don't worry, it's still super funny, but also kinda fucked...)

Nick's stupid travel blog that he plugs toward the end of the episode: https://ghostonthehighway.blog/

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MINISODE: Songs that Name-Drop Cities

Season 5 · Episode 5

Monday, June 9, 2025 • Duration 01:02:08

Don't you hate it when an artist wastes everyone's time by dedicating verses or even entire songs to shouting out dozens of random cities? No? It's just us? Well too bad, we're talking about it anyway!

Why do so many artists feel compelled to list off dozens of cities they may or may not have been to? Where did this phenomenon begin, and which songs are the absolute worst offenders of all? Join us for a quirky little study of one of the most annoying if unremarked-upon phenomena in music!

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#64. VILLAGE PEOPLE Part III: It's Getting Uncomfortable In Here...

Season 5 · Episode 4

Monday, April 14, 2025 • Duration 01:31:36

We wrap up this beast of a series by covering the last four decades of Village People history: from their uncomfortably cringe downfall to their recent return to relevance at the hands of a fascist goon.

This ever-dumbfounding narrative winds its way through the topics of Milkshakes, Phone Sex, Copyright Law, German Soccer, and so much more!

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#63. VILLAGE PEOPLE Part II: Have You Ever Heard of a Sextant?

Season 5 · Episode 3

Monday, March 10, 2025 • Duration 01:42:28

The Village People hit their stride with such monster hits as "Y.M.C.A." and "In the Navy", proving that mainstream America will go to any lengths to not get the hint as to what their music's really about. We'll analyze the music from the band's golden age while also connecting it to the broader context of the late 70s music scene...

You see, by this point Disco has completely overwhelmed American culture, inserting itself into every conceivable medium including breakfast cereals (seriously!). A backlash was inevitable, the most salient example of which was an ill-fated baseball promotion-turned-riot called Disco Demolition Night, which we'll explore in detail.

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#62. VILLAGE PEOPLE Part I: "Must Dance and Have a Mustache"

Season 5 · Episode 2

Monday, February 17, 2025 • Duration 01:26:05

We begin a three part series on the Village People, who for legal reasons we must tell you are absolutely not gay at all...

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MINISODE: Catching Up Vol. II

Season 5 · Episode 1

Monday, January 13, 2025 • Duration 01:28:40

Awww yeah! We're back with another low-effort minisode where we catch up on all the recent goings-on from artists we profiled in the past. Come hear about all the wacky exploits from your favorite Polishing Turds alumni. We've got Cruises with Creed, AI experiments with the Black Eyed Peas, juicy drama from the Cyrus family, and so much more!

What better way to start off this horrible, horrible year?

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#61. HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024: How the Brits Ruined Christmas

Season 4 · Episode 12

Monday, December 23, 2024 • Duration 01:15:57

You thought American Christmas music was dumb? Wait till you hear what the folks across the pond are up to...

This year's Holiday Special examines the annual tradition of the UK Christmas Number One. Each year the British public gets hyped up over which song is going to top the charts on Christmas week. Sounds innocent enough, and yet for whatever reason half the songs they pick make no goddamn sense at all. From schoolgirl choirs to TV characters to insufferable YouTube stars, the British people have proven themselves just as capable of desecrating this holiday as anyone else.

Bloody hell, how'd this country colonize half the world?

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-PyWfVkjZc&list=PL6QhZ78uzXMoaIUDPTT4b_au_2FRE_3_9

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#60. ICED EARTH Part III: Stormriding the Capitol

Season 4 · Episode 11

Saturday, December 14, 2024 • Duration 01:42:44

We conclude our interminable Iced Earth series with the dramatic assault of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. This riot was facilitated in part by a wacky militia called the Oath Keepers, a group whose membership happened to include Jon Schaffer.

As usual we go deep; covering the history of the Oath Keepers as well as the far-right Patriot movement from which they emerged. We also discuss what happened to Jon Schaffer after his arrest, the fairness of his sentencing and whether or not we can truly heal as a nation.

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-dGy_i-IU&list=PL6QhZ78uzXMq-wXFb1Z_klz2a7ss3cXwU

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