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The Inaugural Brighten The Podcast

Someone decided it would be a good idea to let Jeff and Kendall (and their ADHD) host a podcast! They’ll tell you all about their favorite Brighten The Corners tracks from the past week and inevitably also about their favorite TV shows and Kendall’s theater and other random stuff. But it’s worth listening to because they’re pretty funny…in their opinion… 

On this week’s episode, THE INAUGURAL ONE, they talk about Grammy king Finneas, Cage The Elephant teaming up with Iggy Pop, Orville Peck being on the cover of GQ, and of course Dr. Who and Octonauts.

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