Give It A Chance with Kevin Devine and Casey Jost

About Give It A Chance with Kevin Devine and Casey Jost

With open-minds, Kevin and Casey start the podcast listening to one famously despised pop song - obviously, since we can’t play the track for legal reasons, this is a quick homework assignment for our listeners to stream on their own. Kevin and Casey will give their first impressions of hearing the song as well as some insight into what the time was like when it was originally released. Next, since they are both musicians, they’ll break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the tune’s musical attributes and lyricism. They’ll compare this song to similar songs (that are loved!) and discuss why the world has decided this song is a famous turd.

Publisher

iHeartPodcasts

Category

comedy · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Apr 2024

Latest episode

4 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 46 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   "Remedy (I Won't Worry)"

   Host Kevin Devine and guest Casey Jost explore Jason Mraz's "Remedy (I Won't Worry)" and its themes of authenticity versus overproduction in this interview.

2. 

   14 May 2026

   "Rude"

   Kevin and Casey finally give MAGIC!’s “Rude” the chancy treatment, diving into reggae cosplay, Matthew Davids energy, the world’s most confusing wedding storyline, and a guitar solo so bad it almost circles back to genius. Along the way they debate ska waves, Kurt Cobain, Vampire Weekend, and whether “Why you gotta be so rude?” is actually one of the funniest hooks ever written. Also: do the singer and the dad become “boys” at the altar or not? See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   30 Apr 2026

   "Shots"

   Kevin and Casey revisit Shots by Lil Jon & LMFAO and immediately spiral--from college party flashbacks to a full breakdown of early 2000s drinking culture. They debate whether the song is secretly genius at capturing pure chaos, or just the dumbest thing ever recorded… while admitting the “shots, shots, shots” hook might be physically impossible to resist. It’s loud, ridiculous, and somehow effective... but are we giving it a chance, or leaving it back at the frat? See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Inside a recent episode

"Remedy (I Won't Worry)"

Published 4 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Casey's on fire. It's really good. On the episode five one where you do the song and I back it up and I'm playing all the wrong notes, but I do, I do like little, I also do little hip hop moments. So close every day of my life. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's what this is. I never thought that I had like, I was doing that as well, but I 100% do that in that version of like a character that's like, and that always came out of this guy, Matthew David that I play and Jason Mraz before he became Jason Mraz is fully the open mic guy. Totally. The open mic guy, that's the thing. So many people have reached out that are musicians that at some point played an open mic, and there was this guy that was sort of the star of the open mic. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

419,108,275

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

31 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

65 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

77

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