We take a motorcycle road trip to Wisconsin in our annual search for the true spirit of the season. And, of course, we meet some special guests along the way. Listen to the songs featured on this ...

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A coroner has criticised the care an autistic man received before he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Spain. Jamie Cole, 25, from Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, was on holiday in Tenerife in ...

In this clip Kristian and Winston discuss news that James Gunn's Superman movie is like "Superman II" on steroids. It's described as "very big" and "very silly". #clips #podcast #superman #jamesgunn ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

A random, unassuming Magic: The Gathering card from the Avatar The Last Airbender set has risen to a whopping $30 on the secondary market because it's apparently a lot rarer than it ought to be. That ...