Anniversaries Episodes

Replay: Millennium Mania
June 17, 2025

Replay: Millennium Mania

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a throwback! We're celebrating 20 albums turning 25 with an episode from back in our Rock Matters days of 2020! Check out our takes on albums from Deftones, hed PE, Flogging Molly, Col...
E202 20 Years, 202 Episodes, and More Shiprocked
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...
E201 Shiprocked: The Artist Experience with Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire
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...
E200 20 Years, 200 Episodes, and Shiprocked
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...
E149 The Soundtracks of 1998 with Brian Colburn and Gomez
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...
E100 2 Years, 100 Episodes
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...
E97 Record Store Day Special
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 ...
E96 10 Turning 20: Our Favorite Albums of 2002
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...
E88 Itchiversary: Past, Present, and Future Favorite Artists
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 ...
E72 The Itch On Tour: Satellite (The Sequel)
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...
E69 44 Days in 1991 with Russ from Infectious Groove
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...
E66 9/11 and the S.C.I.E.N.C.E. of Censored Songs
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...
E65 The Itch On Tour: P.O.D., From Ashes to New, All Good Things, Sleep Signals
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...
E63 10 Turning 10: A Few Favorite Albums From 2011
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! ...
30 Years of 311 (Rock Matters Revisited)
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 ...
Red, White, and Foo (Rock Matters Revisited)
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...
E60 Season Finale: Bleed American with Podioslave
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...
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E41 Season Premiere: Who Is The Itch?
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 ...
E36 Millennium Mania: 20 Albums That Turned 20 in 2020
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...
E27 The System Is Down: Music and the Toxicity of American Politics
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...
E18 Going for Broke: The Growth and Graduation of (Hed) P.E.
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...
E16 Omaha Stylees: 30 Years of 311
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...
E9 Red, White, and Foo: Dave Grohl and Songs that (Almost) Fly the Flag
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...
E8 The Itch and Pony Show: Deftones and Evolving Beyond Nu Metal
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...