Each guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow.

⁠HELD SONGS MIXTAPE⁠ (playlist on Spotify)

⁠So Lonely ⁠- The Police (Jay Lund)

⁠⁠Pata Pata⁠⁠⁠ - Miriam Makeba (Liz Tuccillo)

⁠Maps⁠⁠ - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Inara George)

⁠⁠Fake Plastic Trees⁠⁠⁠ - Radiohead (Rainn Wilson)

⁠St. Swithin’s Day⁠⁠ - Billy Bragg (Stephanie Courtney)

⁠⁠Cherry Bomb⁠⁠⁠ - The Runaways (Spencer Garrett)

⁠If It Ain’t Ruff⁠⁠ - NWA (Mark Pieper)

⁠I Can Let Go Now⁠⁠ - Michael McDonald (Cleto Escobedo III)

⁠Move On Up⁠⁠ - Curtis Mayfield (Alexander Straus)

⁠⁠Running Out Of Lies⁠⁠ - Johnnie Taylor (Jordan Whittington)

⁠Goodbye Earl⁠⁠ - The Chicks (Olivia de Recat)

⁠Verdi Cries⁠⁠ - 10,000 Maniacs (Sam Catlin)

⁠⁠Aphasia⁠⁠ - Pinegrove (Liam Yorgensen)

⁠Mandika⁠⁠ - Sinead O’Connor (Drew Droege)

⁠⁠⁠Letter to Hermione⁠⁠⁠ - Robert Glasper (Jamila Glass)

⁠⁠If We Were Vampires ⁠⁠⁠- Jason Isbell (Mike Soroka)

⁠Girls Like Me⁠ - Bonnie Hayes (Merrin Dungey)

⁠The Distance⁠ - Cake (Pete Gardner)

⁠Come To The Manger⁠ - Donny Osmond (Jill Lover)

⁠Blues Run The Game⁠ - Laura Marling (Max Chernin)

⁠The Queen And The Soldier⁠ - Suzanne Vega (Tuc Watkins)

⁠Song 2⁠ - Blur (David Magidoff)

⁠Never Stop⁠ - Brand New Heavies (Julie Dretzin)

⁠The Foggy Dew⁠ - Chieftains/Sinead (Rory O’Malley)

⁠Come Back Home⁠ - Seo Taiji Boys (Peter Kim)

⁠Start Wearing Purple⁠ - Gogol Bordello (John Bush)

⁠Here We Go⁠ - N’Sync (Jeannie Klisiewicz)

⁠Painted From Memory⁠ - Elvis and Burt (Chris Douridas)

⁠Cold Feet⁠ - Tracy Chapman (Jordan Black)