This Song Changed My Life

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No. 134 - Lady Gaga’s “Hair” changed my life
The song that saved Aaron Stewart
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No. 112 - Cocteau Twins’ “Pitch the Baby” changed my life
Cosmo Halterman de Ochoa, their cool mom, and making up the words
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No. 110 - Modest Mouse’s “Float On” changed my life
The healing power of Rock Band 2 for Shawna Pochan
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No. 096 - Garbage’s “Queer” changed my life
A gift, a transition, and Layne Crawford’s full circle moment
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No. 094 - LCD Soundsystem’s “Freak Out/Starry Eyes” changed my life
A song in a fish shack and a movie star in a Whole Foods — P. Henry’s unforgettable family trip to Vancouver
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No. 093 - NIKI’s “La La Lost You” changed my life
After a summer of revelation and romance, Angelisa Cunniff still sings along
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No. 088 - Kevin Abstract’s “Yellow” changed my life
Overwhelmed by loneliness in small-town Texas, Claire Robinson finally submits to her whimsy
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No. 084 - Tori Amos’s “Cornflake Girl” changed my life
Emily Curran rekindles her love for a forgotten favorite
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No. 074 - Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” changed my life
Erin Byrne Siskind on loathing, leaving, and finally loving the city she grew up in
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No. 073 - Ali Sethi & Shae Gill’s “Pasoori” changed my life
Salena Malhotra on the 1947 Partition of India, ancestral stories never fully told, and the invisible borders we cross in search of self
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No. 062 - Ani DiFranco’s “Evolve” changed my life
Yonina Hoffman takes us back to 2004 and talks 20 years of evolution
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No. 044 - Raveena's “Time Flies” changed my life
The song that reminds Kathryn Curtis that the cost of love is worth it
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