Anniversaries Episodes
March 5, 2024
E202 20 Years, 202 Episodes, and More Shiprocked
This week, we're scratching The Itch for ... more culmination? Not content to summarize Shiprocked in one episode, we're back with part two of our recap. And we sandwiched an interview in between! Shiprocked 2024 was somethin...
Feb. 27, 2024
E201 Shiprocked: The Artist Experience with Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire
This week, we're scratching The Itch for an intermission! When we last left our heroes, The Itch was at halfway through recapping our Shiprocked adventure. Eva Under Fire had an adventure of their own at this point in the sto...
Feb. 20, 2024
E200 20 Years, 200 Episodes, and Shiprocked
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a culmination! After 20 years as a radio show and 200 episodes of a podcast, The Itch finally celebrated in the most fitting way possible: by spending a week stuck on a boat with about...
April 8, 2023
E149 The Soundtracks of 1998 with Brian Colburn and Gomez
Happy Rex Manning Day! This week, we're scratching The Itch for a pseudo-tradITCHion: our yearly movie/music maship episode! And because we never forget a promise (probably), we've invited last year's intended guests, podcast...
May 10, 2022
E100 2 Years, 100 Episodes
This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate! We started this podcast two months into the pandemic, and here we are 2 years and 100 episodes later having a blast and feeling so much gratitude towards the listeners and fr...
April 22, 2022
E97 Record Store Day Special
This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate Record Store Day ! The guys took a minute to appreciate the world of vinyl by making their own hypothetical shopping lists for RSD 2022 . Check it out, and if you head out to ...
April 19, 2022
E96 10 Turning 20: Our Favorite Albums of 2002
This week, we're scratching The Itch to wax nostalgic! 2002 was the year that all three members of The Itch graduated high school and became radio students in together in college. It was formative, transitional... and full of...
Feb. 22, 2022
E88 Itchiversary: Past, Present, and Future Favorite Artists
Happy Twosday! This week, we're scratching The Itch for an anniversary! Or in our case, an Itchiversary! Today mark's 18 years to the day of The Itch's debut on KCLC-FM at our Lindenwood University stomping grounds. Now that ...
Oct. 26, 2021
E72 The Itch On Tour: Satellite (The Sequel)
In this episode, we're scratching the itch to do a sequel! The first episode in our "The Itch On Tour" series, we hadn't actually SEEN the tour in question. But now that has been remedied! Join us as we discuss our experience...
Oct. 5, 2021
E69 44 Days in 1991 with Russ from Infectious Groove
It's time for some rock history! In this episode, The Itch is joined by our friend Russ from the Infectious Groove Podcast to discuss August and September of 1991, aka "two months that changed rock music," capped by the relea...
Sept. 14, 2021
E66 9/11 and the S.C.I.E.N.C.E. of Censored Songs
In this episode, The Itch is forced to improvise! A delay to the episode idea we wanted to record forced us back to the drawing board, leading to perhaps the strangest split of episode topics yet. First, as this episode was r...
Sept. 7, 2021
E65 The Itch On Tour: P.O.D., From Ashes to New, All Good Things, Sleep Signals
The Itch has a new segment! Since concerts are happening more frequently these days, we're gonna see ourselves some shows and report back with our findings. First up: P.O.D. 's Satellit e 20th Anniversary tour, featuring From...
Aug. 24, 2021
E63 10 Turning 10: A Few Favorite Albums From 2011
In this episode, The Itch turns back the clock a decade to revisit two handfuls of our favorite albums from 2011! We won't spoil the surprise by listing them all here, but trust that Stefon voice this episode has EVERYTHING! ...
July 26, 2021
30 Years of 311 (Rock Matters Revisited)
The Itch is still on vacation! But even so, we've got some nu content for you... nu metal content, that is. After appearing on our Jimmy Eat World episode a few weeks back, our friends from Podioslave invited us to join them ...
July 12, 2021
Red, White, and Foo (Rock Matters Revisited)
The Itch is taking a few weeks off from recording new episodes. But as we prep to launch season 3, we decided to take a trip down memory lane by revisiting a few of our favorite episodes from season 1, aka the Rock Matters Er...
July 5, 2021
E60 Season Finale: Bleed American with Podioslave
It's season finale time! It's 'Murica time! And most importantly, it's twinsie time! In this episode, The Itch welcomes our friends and the podcast peanut butter to our jelly, Podioslave ! Join us for our first ever six-man r...
Feb. 22, 2021
E41 Season Premiere: Who Is The Itch?
We're back and we're mildly rebranded! While we put the finishing touches on everything from guest spots to new art, we're here to celebrate our Itchiversary with a mission statement, a few teases about what's to come, and a ...
Dec. 28, 2020
E36 Millennium Mania: 20 Albums That Turned 20 in 2020
In this episode, The Itch travels through time to revisit the rock albums that brought in the new century! Join us as Aaron explains the dangers of Christian rock, teenage Dan’s band chooses a bold cover song, and KC speaks t...
Nov. 2, 2020
E27 The System Is Down: Music and the Toxicity of American Politics
Yep, The Itch is going there too. The election is here, and in this episode the guys discuss how art relates to politics, raising questions about the current relevance of socially-minded rock heavyweights System of a Down and...
Aug. 31, 2020
E18 Going for Broke: The Growth and Graduation of (Hed) P.E.
In this episode, The Itch discusses the ups and downs in the career of G-punkers (Hed) P.E. , from their breakthrough album Broke to their new (and final?) release, Class of 2020 . Join us to decipher the meanings behind thei...
Aug. 17, 2020
E16 Omaha Stylees: 30 Years of 311
In this episode, The Itch celebrates 311 and (give or take) three decades of anniversaries ! Along the way they discuss middle school idiocy, how to craft a concert setlist , and the ghosts of radio stations past . Plus, we d...
June 29, 2020
E9 Red, White, and Foo: Dave Grohl and Songs that (Almost) Fly the Flag
This week, The Itch discusses the greatest red, white, and blue music in rock, and recognize the importance of Foo Fighters on their 25th anniversary . The conversation touches on the tension of being American, how Snoop Dogg...
June 22, 2020
E8 The Itch and Pony Show: Deftones and Evolving Beyond Nu Metal
This week, the guys celebrate the 20th anniversary of Deftones’ seminal album White Pony ! Along the way they touch on: How an awful thought can become a great song How to use music to end an unwanted relationship The benefit...
June 1, 2020
E5 Primus Time(us): Tales from the Punchbowl and Good Live Gimmicks
In this episode, the guys write a love letter to Primus on the 25th anniversary of Tales from the Punchbowl , a foundational piece of The Itch's history. Topics include: How to mine a live album debut for a decade When funk m...