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My Favorite Music and Podcasts of 2018

This list is a little more casual, because I'm not exactly a music critic and I certainly don't listen to as many podcasts as I'd like to listen to (even though I'm currently juggling around seventy-four), so I didn't bother ranking.  This is essentially just...a list of stuff I liked listening to.

You're still welcome to call me an idiot in the comments section, however, so have at it.

My Favorite Albums

Be the Cowboy, Mitski
Bloom, Troye Sivan
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, The 1975
By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
Caution, Mariah Carey
Dirty Computer, Janelle Monรกe (Okay, but this would be my favorite album of the year if I was ranking.)
Encore, Anderson East
Everybody Wants, The Struts (This would be a close second.)
Free Yourself Up, Lake Street Dive (This would be #3)
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
A Good Thing, Leon Bridges
Honey, Robyn
It's About Time, Nile Rodgers and Chic
Jake Shears, Jake Shears
Jubilee Road, Tom Odell
Lost & Found, Jorja Smith
My Way, Willie Nelson
Palo Santo, Years & Years
Pray for the Wicked, Panic! At the Disco
Shake the Spirit, Elle King
Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes
Staying at Tamara's, George Ezra
Sweetener, Ariana Grande
Tell Me How You Really Feel, Courtney Barnett
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, Arctic Monkeys
Voicenotes, Charlie Puth

 My Favorite Podcasts

Change Agent
The Daily
Death, Sex, and Money
Decoder Ring
Dr. Death
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (And the Book was Phenomenal)
Radiolab Presents More Perfect
Radiolab
Revisionist History (Favorite Podcast of the Year)
Slow Burn
Surviving Y2K
This American Life
Who? Weekly
You Must Remember This

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