Episode 87

Despot Returns
Description	A dive into Vampire Weekend's tour and the "Harmony Hall" video.
Date	February 24th, 2019
Location	Los Angeles, CA
Hosts	Ezra Koenig Jake Longstreth
Guests	Despot (in studio)
Episode Guide
Previous Episode	Episode 86
Next Episode	Episode 88

Despot's tweet congratulating Ariana Grande

Jake, Despot, and Ezra in the studio

"Time Crisis, back once again. We're joined by a very special guest, a man from the east. You know who it is - Despot. We also count down the top hits of 1946 and today. All that, plus some Oscars talk, a dip in the mail bag, and a little sneak preview of Vampire Weekend's upcoming tour. This is Time Crisis"

Episode

Guests

• Despot - rapper

Topics

Extensive talk about Vampire Weekend's 2019 tour and the "Harmony Hall" music video. Ezra talks about being seated with Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line at the Clive Davis Dinner. Discussion about three of the last four US Presidents being born in the summer of 1946, prompting Despot to theorize that they were all hatched from the same giant egg.

Segments

• Top Five

Continuity

• Vampire Weekend
• Grateful Dead
• Episode 70 - Ojai shows
• Nick Weidenfeld on mic 
• Patrickworld 
• Florida Georgia Line
• Rashida Jones
• Seinfeld2000
• Ariel Rechtshaid
• Dave Longstreth
• In My Neighborhood
• A Star Is Born
• Episode 60 - Goldfish and hummus

Quotes

“It’s definitely a big egg.” - Ezra

“Let it snow mother f***er.” - Despot

Music

Top Five

2019

1. "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
2. "Please Me" - Cardi B & Bruno Mars
3. "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" - Post Malone & Swae Lee
4. "7 rings" - Ariana Grande
5. "Here Tonight" - Brett Young

1946

1. "Symphony" - Freddy Martin
2. "Let It Snow" - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra, Vaughn Monroe & The Norton Sisters
3. "Oh, What It Seemed to Be" - Frank Sinatra
4. "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" - Betty Hutton
5. "I Can't Begin to Tell You" - Bing Crosby

Songs Played

• "One of Us" - ABBA
• "Playin' In the Band (live)" - Dead & Company
• “House of Bricks” - Despot
• "Bird Song (Live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)" - Grateful Dead
• "2021" - Vampire Weekend
• "King's Dead" - Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake
• "Bubblin" - Anderson .Paak
• “Toxic” - Britney Spears
• “SICKO MODE” - Travis Scott
• "Sicko Mode (feat. K. K. Slider)" - Overspace & GameChops
• "Shallow Birthday" - Patrickworld
• "TC Man" - Patrickworld
• "It's 2019" - Patrickworld
• "Meant to Be" - Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
• "Small Charcoal Grill" - Patrickworld
• "Comes a Time" - Neil Young
• "Egg Man" - Beastie Boys
• "Harmony Hall" - Vampire Weekend
• "I Can't Begin to Tell You" - Bing Crosby
• "Here Tonight" - Brett Young
• "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" - Betty Hutton
• "7 rings" - Ariana Grande
• "Oh, What It Seemed to Be" - Frank Sinatra
• "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" - Post Malone & Swae Lee
• "Let It Snow" - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra, Vaughn Monroe & The Norton Sisters
• "Please Me" - Cardi B & Bruno Mars
• "Symphony" - Freddy Martin
• "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• "Maybe It's Time" - Bradley Cooper