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Rachel Bloom is a comedian and songwriter. She created and starred in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The spring of 2020 was a tough time for a lot of us. It took Bloom a few years to process all that, and now we have the result: Death, Let Me Do My Special on Netflix. Bloom joins us to talk about her special. We get into what it was like to see the world grieve the loss of his writing partner, Adam Schlesingler, so publicly. Plus, we talk about Bobi, a dog who lived to be over thirty years old!

We honor the late Quincy Jones' extraordinary jazz legacy with our host Christian McBride, who bonded with the media mogul and musical icon over the years

Ginger Root's new album, SHINBANGUMI, is a mix of bedroom and city pop that frontman Cameron Lew calls "aggressive elevator soul."