Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast

About Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast

Make it Stop is a podcast dedicated to dissecting terrible albums. Hosted by musicians Heather Mack and Mike Dunn and featuring a variety of quirky guests from the Boston arts and music scene, Make it Stop braves the putrid depths of the worst albums ever made. By the end, you'll be begging them for more...while screaming "make it stop!" Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

Publisher

Heather Mack; Mike Dunn

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Dec 2017

Latest episode

29 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

108 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2025

   The Mars Volta - Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio with Ben Stein

   FINALLY, after a long hiatus (sorry Stoppies!) we are thrilled/enraged to bring you a truly confounding episode of Make it Stop, where our intrepid hosts engage in the critical work of unraveling the Mars Volta's deeply ill conceived 9th studio album, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio. Joining us to wade through the murky depths is perpetual pod bestie Ben Stein, who shares Mike's love for the often infuriating, but undoubtedly talented band. Will the love endure through 14 painfully plodding tracks that lack hooks, drums, guitars, and any semblance of a coherent song structure? Will Heather learn to appreciate the obscure lyrical meanderings and intricate layers of jazzy jams or will she crash out entirely? And ultimately, is this the rare story of a band that maybe needs to be doing drugs in order to make a decent album? Find out on this episode of Make it Stop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   3 Jun 2025

   The Worst of Queen

   Mike and unnamed co-hosts dissect Queen's discography to unearth the band's ten worst songs, revealing misguided musical experiments and Freddie Mercury's less successful vocal choices.

3. 

   13 May 2025

   Christina Aguilera - Bionic with Dave of Battlemode

   Dave of Battlemode joins the hosts of Make it Stop to dissect Christina Aguilera's Bionic album, exploring its electro-pop ambitions and place in the pop culture landscape of 2010 in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dave of Battlemode
• Dicky Stock
• Tom Saunders
• Brian
• Julia

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

51 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

50

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