He's the night DJ over at 107.7 The End. He's also a good friend of mine and very hilarious. I recently took his fancy little iPod hostage, and boy did I find some treasures. There was some Zebrahead (ew!), a lot of Motown (that one's more surprising than embarrassing), some Carpenters Christmas tunes (wha?), and a lot of Led Zeppelin. A LOT of Led Zeppelin. I also make fun of his ankle socks and his inclination to go running while listening to ESPN podcasts.

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Seriously. It's funny.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast in which writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defend the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, David Schmader interrogates beloved Stranger writer Cienna Madrid, who holds forth on the jogging-enhancing properties of yodeling children, the power of friend-bestowed mix discs, and the eternal pleasures of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast in which writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defend the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, David Schmader planned on grilling Stranger music writer Eric Grandy, aka DJ Fucking in the Streets. But upon touring Grandy's iPod, Schmader found he had no authority to judge Grandy's music, the vast majority of which consists of electro-techno bleeps 'n' bloops that have more in common with Schmader's microwave than anything on his iPod. So Schmader called in the electro-techno-savvy surrogate: Stranger writer/Line Out blogger Terry Miller, who engages Grandy in a no-holds-barred bleep-n-bloop geek fest.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast featuring writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defending the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, Megan Seling calls bullshit on The Stranger's new music editor, Jonathan Zwickel, who has not a single overrated Top 40 hit to his name. He also has very little punk rock (the horror!). His collection does boast plenty of obscure reggae, jazz, funk, electronica, and hiphop, though, none of which Seling could actually step to since those are the genres she knows the least about. Luckily, she found some Tom Jones, Cheech & Chong, and (gasp) John Spencer Blues Explosion in the mix of otherwise respectable tunes.

Justify Your Pod is a Stranger podcast featuring writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defending the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, Jonathan Zwickel goes head to head with Skerik, the horn-wielding saxophreak behind Seattle genre-smashers Critters Buggin, the Syncopated Taint Septet, and Crack Sabbath. As you'll hear here, Skerik is a sincere fan of ZZ Top, a swell death metal beat-boxer, and the heretofore undiscovered link between Bill Shatner and Bill Clinton.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast featuring writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defending the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, David Schmader grills celebrated Stranger film writer Lindy West, whose inspired explanations of her lust for Nate Dogg, her love of the Traveling Wilburys, and her dark-n-dirty past with the Northwest Girlchoir nearly cause Schmader to choke to death on his own laughter.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast featuring writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defending the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, David Schmader is proud to bust the figurative balls of beloved local DJ and Seattle treasure Riz Rollins, who's forced to hold forth on everything from Ice Cube's powerhouse shout-out to the glories of unlubricated anal sex (the spinning of which almost got Riz into a fist fight) to the glorious gospel power of Jim Nabors.

For years, Stranger associate editor Charles Mudede has dazzled and infuriated readers with his judgments of everything from pregnant women to crybaby toddlers. So when Charles agreed to subject himself to a Justify Your Pod grilling, we knew we had to rope in the proper interrogator. After brainstorming worthy contenders (an eight-months-pregnant woman in a bikini? A slam poet? Miranda July?) we stumbled upon the perfect person for the job: Joseline Mudede, a smart and bracingly judgmental woman who happens to be Charles's younger sister.

Welcome to the jungle, Charles.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast featuring writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defending the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, David Schmader grills Seattle's most popular professional dominatrix/The Stranger's most popular kink columnist, Mistress Matisse. Among the talking points: the omnipresent kinkiness of the Alan Parsons Project, the surprising stature of Madonna's "Hanky Panky" in SM culture, and the questionable horniness of babies.

Justify Your Pod is the Stranger podcast featuring writers, musicians, and various other celebrity victims defending the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

This week, Stranger associate editor/judgmental prick David Schmader grills longtime Stranger writer/Harvey Danger frontman Sean Nelson. Among the talking points: the debatable badassery of the Association, the valuable cocksucking knowledge of NWA, and the pros and cons of being "knee deep in the mocha."

This week, Stranger hiphop columnist Larry Mizell Jr. faces the merciless scrutiny and the famous, menacing laughter of Charles Mudede.

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Welcome to Justify Your Pod, in which Stranger writers and various other celebrity victims defend the most suspicious, troubling, and incriminating songs on their iPods.

In this installment, David Schmader grills Stranger editor, Savage Love columnist, and celebrity homosexual Dan Savage—and it's a Maureen McGovern-scented bloodbath. Enjoy!

In this revenge match, Megan Seling holds David Schmader's feet to the fire. Oh, how it burns.

Next week: Savage must justify.

In this premier edition, David Schmader uncovers some dirty secrets in Megan Seling's music collection.