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Mary and Patrick bring together friends of the podcast to discuss 15 favorite songs to cap off 2016.

On this week's episode from the archives of USA TODAY's Dad Rock podcast, hosts Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan pick their favorite holiday songs, along with a few listener suggestions.

Happy Tuesday! Christmas is this Sunday, so Patrick and Mary are sharing four Indie songs to add to the top of your Noel-inspired playlists. Tuesdays With Mary is a a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Tuesdays With Mary on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people find the show: apple.co/1rEVWaK Thanks for listening!

Three (semi)wise-men get a visit from the Tom Petty vinyl angel. They are left with the massive, impressive and (literally) heavy box sets that encompass pretty much every important Tom Petty record ever released. Listen to see if the guys figure out how to have a happy holiday.

Yes, listener, Mary has returned. And you can call her Al(ice). Tuesdays With Mary is a a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Tuesdays With Mary on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people find the show: http://apple.co/1rEVWaK Thanks for listening!

Singer, songwriter, producer, trendsetter and now the subject of an exhaustive (you have no idea) examination by Patrick and special guest Dave Bishop (The Bish), this Tuesday is all about Todd Rundgren. From Nazz to The Band to Runt to XTC, hit play for a rambling look at this icon who just wants to bang the drum all day. Tuesdays With Mary is a a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Tuesdays With Mary on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people find the show: http://apple.co/1rEVWaK Thanks for listening!

It's been 25 year since the release of R.E.M.'s "Out of Time.". In November, a deluxe edition of breakthrough album hit shelves — making it a perfect time to dig out this episode from the Dad Rock archives. Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan look back at the band's second period, when Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe moved up to a major label. This episode was a follow-up to Dad Rock Ep. 7, which focused on R.E.M.'s I.R.S. years. It features fan and GFOP (good friend of the pod) Justin Gay. Dad Rock is a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan. Subscribe on iTunes and tell your friends about Dad Rock — and please leave us a review! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher or TuneIn. Learn more about Dad Rock at dadrock.usatoday.com Follow us on Twitter: @DadRockShow Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/dadrockshow Email us: dadrock@usatoday.com Call us on the hotline: (571)424-1984 Find playlists on Spotify by searching "Dad Rock Show"

As a follow-up to a previous Tuesdays episode about the music of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes (https://soundcloud.com/dadrockshow/tuesdays-with-mary-wye-oak-and-jenn-wasner), Patrick Foster and GFOP (Good Friend of the Pod) Tug Baker talk with Jenn Wasner about her many musical guises, her creative process and chopping firewood. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people discover the show! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom. Twitter: @DadRockShow Facebook: facebook.com/dadrockshow To learn more: dadrock.usatoday.com You can also email Patrick and Mary at dadrock@usatoday.com or leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline at (571) 424-1984. Thanks for listening!

50 and 25 years ago, our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that every human has a right to Dad Rock. Dad Rock is a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan. Subscribe on iTunes and tell your friends about Dad Rock — and please leave us a review! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher or TuneIn. Learn more about Dad Rock at dadrock.usatoday.com Follow Dad Rock on Twitter @DadRockShow Like Dad Rock on Facebook at facebook.com/dadrockshow Email Patrick & Jim at dadrock@usatoday.com Leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline: 571-424-1984 Listen to playlists of songs from Dad Rock on Spotify: Search "Dad Rock Show"

At the end of very long week (and election cycle), let's take some time to relax, throw a K-Tel album on the turntable and dig some "explosive musical explosions." Dad Rock is a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan. Subscribe on iTunes and tell your friends about Dad Rock — and please leave us a review! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher or TuneIn. Learn more about Dad Rock at dadrock.usatoday.com Follow Dad Rock on Twitter @DadRockShow Like Dad Rock on Facebook at facebook.com/dadrockshow Email Patrick & Jim at dadrock@usatoday.com Leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline: 571-424-1984 Listen to playlists of songs from Dad Rock on Spotify: Search "Dad Rock Show"

USA TODAY Washington Correspondent (that's him in the picture)Paul Singer tells us it's going to be OK, no matter what happens. Why? Because Fleetwood Mac has always been a thing. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people discover the show! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom. Twitter: @DadRockShow Facebook: facebook.com/dadrockshow To learn more: dadrock.usatoday.com You can also email Patrick and Mary at dadrock@usatoday.com or leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline at (571) 424-1984. Thanks for listening!

In honor of the impending opening of the polls, USA TODAY Washington Correspondent Paul Singer drops by to chat about 'Who's Next,' playing music in a Capitol Hill bar, covering the Al Gore campaign and more. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people discover the show! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom. Twitter: @DadRockShow Facebook: facebook.com/dadrockshow To learn more: dadrock.usatoday.com You can also email Patrick and Mary at dadrock@usatoday.com or leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline at (571) 424-1984. Thanks for listening!

With the news this week that Leonardo DiCaprio is going to play Sam Phillips in a movie based on Peter Guralnick's 2015 book "Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll," we thought it appropriate to remind Dad Rock Nation of the chat we had with Peter. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people discover the show! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom. Twitter: @DadRockShow Facebook: facebook.com/dadrockshow To learn more: dadrock.usatoday.com You can also email Patrick and Mary at dadrock@usatoday.com or leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline at (571) 424-1984. Thanks for listening!

In honor of Día de los Muertos, Tuesdays With(out) Mary host Patrick Foster and guest host Justin Gay celebrate the lives of those who have left us through song with the help of friends from the USA TODAY newsroom. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from the USA TODAY Network. Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people discover the show! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom. Twitter: @DadRockShow Facebook: facebook.com/dadrockshow To learn more: dadrock.usatoday.com You can also email Patrick and Mary at dadrock@usatoday.com or leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline at (571) 424-1984. Thanks for listening!

A Very Special Dad Rock examines the greatest pairs in musical history and veers dangerously close to Hall and Oates. Plus, Dad Rock co-host Jim Lenahan shares some important news.

In a new Dad Rock musical experiment, we present a relationship in eight songs. Dad Rock host Patrick Foster and producer Taylor Maycan are joined by Shannon Rae Green, co-host of USA TODAY's 'I Tell My Husband the News' podcast. Shannon's song selections connect to major moments in her relationship with her husband (and podcast co-host), Dusty. 'Tuesdays With Mary'/'Tuesdays With(out) Mary' is a weekly feature of Dad Rock, a music podcast from USA TODAY hosted by Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan. Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes. You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom. Please tell your friends about Dad Rock and rate/review the show on iTunes (it helps the show get seen by more people!). Learn more about Dad Rock at dadrock.usatoday.com You can follow Dad Rock on Twitter @DadRockShow or like us on Facebook at facebook.com/dadrockshow. You can email Patrick, Jim & Mary at dadrock@usatoday.com or leave a message on the Dad Rock Hotline at (571) 424-1984 Thanks for listening!

Our main man Mike Snider talked with Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich of Whitney before a show in DC earlier this month. Patrick joined Mike for the show. Mike and Patrick talk words about it all.

In which good friend of the pod John Geddes talks about bands he saw back in the day ("then") and again when they reformed ("now"). Also featuring that Big Country story.

Ep. 87: Bob Dylan, a noble and Nobel man by USA TODAY

In which Chris Drummond takes Dad Rock Nation on a heavy metal journey that almost lasts as long as a real episode... horns up