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Jonathan cops out several times, and Kate loves the black sheep (surprise!) of Decemberists albums. Pitchfork interview with Colin Meloy and Rachel Blumberg from 2003 The Decembrist revolt, 1825, a Russian protest against Emperor Nicholas I; it did indeed fail, after artillery fire into the crowd Pitchfork's review of The Hazards of Love "The Decemberists' Colin Meloy Picks the Decemberists' Best Songs" in Vulture DIY Magazine interview with Colin Meloy from 2015 The Decemberists play "Crane Wife 3" on Parks and Recreation Busking in Michigan and "busted busking" tweets

Kate doesn't like Henry David Thoreau's Walden, Jonathan loves Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, and the topic is artists who go into seclusion. Follow-up: "RIP Gotham" on Rands in Repose Links: The Guardian piece by John Updike My Side of the Mountain series by Jean Craighead George Stephen Colbert's interview with Justin Vernon Andrea Swensson's interview with Justin Vernon in The Current Jeff Mangum, lead singer of Neutral Milk Hotel "JK Rowling revealed as author of The Cuckoo's Calling," published under the name Robert Galbraith Foxboro Hot Tubs, a Green Day side-project

Kate and Jonathan talk about iPhoneography, photography, Instagram, photojournalism, and selfies. And yes, Jonathan knows he got the beloved Instagram filter wrong. And who talked about it. Oops. The removed Instagram filter was Gotham, not "Chicago," and it was discussed at length on Rands in Repose, not on Daring Fireball Damon Winter's "A Grunt's Life" Damon Winter's response to criticism of his use of Hipstamatic: "Through My Eye, Not Hipstamatic's" Alyssa Bereznak and David Hume Kennerly: "I Asked a Pulitzer Prize-Winning War Photographer to Critique My Instagram" The photo we mention from Humans of New York. The little girl was born in the hospital that is in the background. Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment Kathryn Louise Wood: "18th Century Selfies" Bertrand Lanthiez and Chloé Curé: "We Are Narcisses"

Kate and Jonathan discuss Taylor Swift, Lorde, and feminism. They also talk a bit about New Year's resolutions. Taylor Swift talks about song-writing and poetry Dodai Stewart's 2012 rant about Taylor Swift The Guardian interview where Taylor Swift revisits feminism in 2014 Rookie Mag interview with Lorde Nico Lang's criticism of Lorde Where Lorde discusses sex positivity