Yes, it's true. After five incredible years Cal and Nick are retiring Polishing Turds as an audio podcast.

To send ourselves off and thank all the loyal fans who've supported us for so long, we conducted an exclusive Ask Us Anything episode, fielding terrific, thought-provoking questions from turdlings around the world.

What are our favorite and least favorite episodes?

How has doing this podcast changed our perspective on music?

What spicy takes can we drop that will alienate the few people who still listen to us?

All of these and more will be answered in what is (probably) the last thing we'll release in podcast form...

We love you all.

P.S., the podcast may be gone, but Polishing Turds is still alive and well! Follow our YouTube channel for exclusive videos on a wide range of music topics, as well as every episode of this podcast!: https://www.youtube.com/@polishing_turds

Also, check out Cal's incredible profile on RateYourMusic, where he reviews and ranks hundreds of (mostly) metal albums!: https://rateyourmusic.com/~heavy_metal_forever

[Opening clip courtesy of the One-off Podcast with John Urban and Erik Kjelland]

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Did your parents make you listen to Kidz Bop CDs back in the day? If so, we apologize for inadvertently triggering your childhood trauma.

For everyone else, let's admire all the ways this seemingly innocent brand manages to embarrass itself over and over. From horrendous production to inexplicable lyric changes to a litany of ill-advised spinoffs and marketing gimmicks, Kidz Bop is living proof that sometimes the solution is worse than the original problem...

NOTE: We recorded this episode a couple days after the ICE shooting of Alex Pretti, which kind of fucked with our heads as you can tell. Also Nick had a cold which is why you can hear him coughing at several points. Enjoy!

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We're back for our 5th annual Polishing Turds Holiday special! This year we'll be covering the wacky and disturbing world of AI, perhaps the one instrument capable of making Christmas music even worse. We'll take you on a cringe-tastic sleigh ride through vast snowfields of slop; from carols of reindeer sacrifice to fake vulgar Motown hits through - and I swear to god this real - a veritable library of AI Eminem singing gospel music. Don't say you weren't warned....

Select sources for this episode:

Janelle Shane's early forays into AI Christmas Carols: https://www.aiweirdness.com/the-ais-carol-19-12-24/

https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-christmas-music/

Mic the Snare video on spotting AI in music: https://youtu.be/hld8CNQdjQs?si=pVRQTldRYzRQD9MH

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/are-you-listening-bots-survey-shows-ai-music-is-virtually-undetectable-2025-11-12/

THE WEIRDEST GODDAMN YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT EXISTS: https://www.youtube.com/@MusicBarronTrump

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