After The Captain drops in with his Flyers postmortem (3:18), Jason Didner returns (9:22)! He and Pat chat about cognitive tests, featured artists, changing shore points, stressors of parenthood, and more before we spin a song from his new record, Asbury Heart.Find more from Jason Didner <a href="https://jasondidner.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Get Asbury Heart on Bandcamp <a href="https://jasondidnermusic.bandcamp.com/album/asbury-heart" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Sign up for the monthly newsletter <a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join the Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Stream or download The Attic Sessions <a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Listen to our Soundtrap songs <a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join our Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce <a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments <a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>!<a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/05/show-notes-episode-583-smart-enough-to.html" rel="nofollow">Show notes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;After The Captain drops in with his Flyers postmortem (3:18), Jason Didner returns (9:22)! He and Pat chat about cognitive tests, featured artists, changing shore points, stressors of parenthood, and more before we spin a song from his new record, Asbury Heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from Jason Didner &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://jasondidner.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Get Asbury Heart on Bandcamp &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://jasondidnermusic.bandcamp.com/album/asbury-heart" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sign up for the monthly newsletter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join the Patreon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Stream or download The Attic Sessions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Listen to our Soundtrap songs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Facebook Group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/05/show-notes-episode-583-smart-enough-to.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Show notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 583: Smart Enough to Get Real

Pat plays new music from Honey Revenge (3:28), reads mail on bad neighbors (8:33) and Suno buying Songkick (20:51), rambles on kid-free hours (27:36), and gets another playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (34:52).Find more from Honey Revenge <a href="https://honeyrevenge.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Sign up for the monthly newsletter <a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join the Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Stream or download The Attic Sessions <a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Listen to our Soundtrap songs <a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join our Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce <a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments <a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>!<a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/05/show-notes-episode-582-keep-yourself-to.html" rel="nofollow">Show notes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Pat plays new music from Honey Revenge (3:28), reads mail on bad neighbors (8:33) and Suno buying Songkick (20:51), rambles on kid-free hours (27:36), and gets another playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (34:52).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from Honey Revenge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://honeyrevenge.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sign up for the monthly newsletter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join the Patreon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Stream or download The Attic Sessions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Listen to our Soundtrap songs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Facebook Group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/05/show-notes-episode-582-keep-yourself-to.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Show notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 582: Keep Yourself to Yourself

Pat plays music from ...you&#39;re the worst (2:51), rambles on surrogacy adventures (7:51), rants on poor behavior in public (13:11), answers a question on high school reunions (23:56), and talks Phillies (37:23), before getting another playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (44:06).Find more from ...you&#39;re the worst <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ytwslc/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Sign up for the monthly newsletter <a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join the Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Stream or download The Attic Sessions <a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Listen to our Soundtrap songs <a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join our Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce <a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments <a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>!<a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/05/show-notes-episode-581-ill-stay-home-if.html" rel="nofollow">Show notes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Pat plays music from ...you&amp;#39;re the worst (2:51), rambles on surrogacy adventures (7:51), rants on poor behavior in public (13:11), answers a question on high school reunions (23:56), and talks Phillies (37:23), before getting another playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (44:06).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from ...you&amp;#39;re the worst &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/ytwslc/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sign up for the monthly newsletter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join the Patreon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Stream or download The Attic Sessions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Listen to our Soundtrap songs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Facebook Group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/05/show-notes-episode-581-ill-stay-home-if.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Show notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 581: I’ll Stay Home If You’re Like That

Pat plays new music from VENUS GRRRLS (3:42), reads mail on who his biggest fan might be (9:41), rants on leaving people alone (23:38), and rambles on the Phillies and the ABS system (34:29) before getting a playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (43:16).Find more from VENUS GRRRLS <a href="https://www.venusgrrrls.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Find more from Public City PR <a href="https://publiccitypr.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Sign up for the monthly newsletter <a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join the Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Stream or download The Attic Sessions <a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Listen to our Soundtrap songs <a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join our Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce <a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments <a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>!<a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/04/show-notes-episode-580-fan-of-being.html" rel="nofollow">Show notes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Pat plays new music from VENUS GRRRLS (3:42), reads mail on who his biggest fan might be (9:41), rants on leaving people alone (23:38), and rambles on the Phillies and the ABS system (34:29) before getting a playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (43:16).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from VENUS GRRRLS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.venusgrrrls.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from Public City PR &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://publiccitypr.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sign up for the monthly newsletter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join the Patreon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Stream or download The Attic Sessions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Listen to our Soundtrap songs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Facebook Group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/04/show-notes-episode-580-fan-of-being.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Show notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 580: A Fan of Being Unbothered

Pat rants on two dumb internet posts about blaming your kid&#39;s school and unmatching over a library card before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain.﻿Sign up for the monthly newsletter <a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join the Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Stream or download The Attic Sessions <a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Listen to our Soundtrap songs <a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Join our Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce <a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments <a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>!<a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/04/show-notes-episode-579-unseen-stupidity.html" rel="nofollow">Show notes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Pat rants on two dumb internet posts about blaming your kid&amp;#39;s school and unmatching over a library card before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;﻿&lt;/span&gt;Sign up for the monthly newsletter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://form.jotform.com/221765529487166" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join the Patreon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Stream or download The Attic Sessions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://thursdaynightsoncampus.bandcamp.com/album/the-attic-sessions" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Listen to our Soundtrap songs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://patjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/garage-traps" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Facebook Group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themeltingpat" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://philadelphonic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Connect with The Melting Pat! Submit questions and comments &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themeltingpat.com/p/contact.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themeltingpat.com/2026/04/show-notes-episode-579-unseen-stupidity.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Show notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 579: Unseen Stupidity

Pat rambles on dad life, sports, and the general public, takes your questions (and answers), and more. Plus hear new music by independent bands from around the world. Crap open a cold one!

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