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James Younger & Johnny Payne

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Episode 524 - An Hour With Brandon Wolfe Scott

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2026/05/27

Today we are joined by a major player and major pal to both James and Johnny: Mr. Brandon "my middle name is Wolfe" Scott. Brandon is not only James' co-combatant in the impossible way of life (by way of Yukon Blonde) but he has also been chipping away at a very impressive solo body of work these past few years. So, in the wake of his new Paul Simon inspired jam "Back For Me", we sit down with our man Bran for a lovely little chat about it all.

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9:24

(TEASER) Episode 523 Video - The AI Rolling Stones

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2026/05/24

The new Rolling Stones music video has us up in arms. This time they have gone too far.

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61:28

Episode 521 - IWOL Consumer Report

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2026/05/13

We basically spend the hour ranting like two Larry Davids about recent interactions with local businesses, people...society in general. Sometimes you gotta do it. Oh, we talked some Beach Boys and Beatles too.

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(TEASER) Episode 520 - What Is Heritage Revivalism?

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2026/05/10

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We begin the task of defining the Heritage Revivalism genre and deciding which artists and albums currently belong there.

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61:20

Episode 519 - An Hour With Johanna Samuels

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2026/05/06

Today we are joined by a major player and friend of the pod Johanna Samuels. Johanna is a true delight and always one of our favourite guests. This episode featured two main topics: 1. What we would order at various Margaritaville locations. 2. Johanna's wonderful new (Beatlesy) music she's been releasing. Tune in, turn on, drop out everyone. It's an impossible way of life.

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9:52

(TEASER) Episode 518 - Tusk Part 3 (feat. STACEY)

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2026/05/03

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Stacey brought it to our attention that we already did 2 episodes on Fleetwood Mac's Tusk about 4 years ago. Both of us had forgotten. In any case, why not talk about it again, right? So here we are. It's an impossible way of life everyone.

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65:09

Episode 517 - Sam Blasucci's Physical Dream

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2026/04/29

A couple of summers ago Sam went and visited Johnny on the coast of Vancouver island and together they recorded almost 40 songs. Now 28 of those songs have been released. That seemed like something worth doing a podcast about.

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(TEASER) Episode 516 - An Hour With STACEY

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2026/04/26

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife At long last we are joined by our long time pal and fellow Pop Tunesmith STACEY. Over the hour we discussed everything from her run in with Sir Paul McCartney to threading the needle between Heritage Revivalism and Contemporary Pop to Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk". Stacey is the best and we are so thrilled to finally have her on.

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68:17

Episode 515 - Dazzle Me

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2026/04/22

James gives Johnny a hard hitting, Charlie Rose style interview about his new album "Dazzle Me".

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9:57

(Teaser) Episode 514 - A Night Out At Tafs

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2026/04/19

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Johnny pops to Vancouver and we go to the Sam Roberts and Flyte concerts. More importantly though, we went to the best bar in Vancouver (Tafs) to get fired up beforehand.

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63:26

Episode 513 - A Conversation About Big Star

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2026/04/15

BIG STAR, the greatest band that never got BIG. Or at least not until it was too late. This was mostly a discussion about the two main characters in the Big Star story: Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. So much so, that we ranked both of them.

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9:57

(TEASER) Episode 512 - Masters Sunday

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2026/04/12

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife A Sunday slice on one of Johnny's favourite days of the year.

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63:18

Episode 511 - Pilgrim Pirate Pagan Revisited

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2026/04/08

We finally get a start on our Pilgrim Pirate Pagan venn diagram, but there's a whole lot more in this episode beyond that. For those of you who may be new to the show, this is a taste of Classic IWOL.

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(TEASER) Episode 501 - The IWOL Recording Manifesto...

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2026/04/05

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Trevor is back to continue the important work we're doing on this recording manifesto. We all had to take a long hard into the mirror and face the music on this one. We might never record a song the same again once this is through. If you consider yourself a heritage revivalist, you don't wanna miss this series.

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Episode 509 - An Hour With Darius Van Arman

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2026/04/01

Today we are joined by Indie Rock royalty. We have the founder and curator of Jagjaguwar Records, Darius Van Arman, on the show. Darius has been a champion of great songs, freaky artists, and rock n roll individualism since 1996 when he started the label, and here he is, 30 years later, still doin it.

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9:59

(TEASER) Episode 508 - The IWOL Recording Manifesto...

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2026/03/29

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We needed to bring in a major player like two time Grammy nominee Trevor Spencer to really figure this thing out. We are getting to the core of something that feels very important. A set of old school principles for a new school of heritage revivalist recording freaks.

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70:36

Episode 507 - IWOL Live from Max Clarke's Car

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2026/03/25

Max is rattling down streets in a Fender humming panic. His Princeton is on the outs, more whole lotta nothing than whole lotta love. We make a call, so he puts the car in idle to cough up half remembered dreams while New York leaks past the windshield in streaks. Cut Worms are gearing up for another North American odyssey in support of “Transmitter,” and he talks to us live from the driver’s seat about the great American rock existentialists, Chilton, Westerberg, Elliott Smith, and beyond. S...

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(TEASER) Episode 506 - The IWOL Recording Manifesto...

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2026/03/22

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We reclaim the word LEGIT for the way WE like to make music. The Beatos and Colliers of the world be damned. Also on this episode: a round of "Funny / Not Funny"...a new way to decide if bands are good or not.

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Episode 505 - An Hour With Madison Cunningham

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2026/03/18

In one of the great pleasures of our podcasting lives, we are joined by the ever charming and inspiring Madison Cunningham to discuss her incredible new record, "Ace".

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(TEASER) Episode 504 - The Lovely Lads

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2026/03/15

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife In the wake of all this recent "going legit" business, the lads get together for an informal Sunday chat.

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