Blank Cassette is back from hiatus for a very special set of episodes celebrating the intersection of sequential and musical art. It's Comics Month, y'all! We're kicking things off with the fantastic Kieron Gillen sharing the integral role music has played in his comics via a snippet of his mega-popular playlist from The Wicked + The Divine. 

Writer/producer Gary Lucy (hot off the new Nerdologues podcast LET'S GET IT ON) shares a mix and a story about how soul music actually saved his life. A perfect primer for Let's Get It On as well as for anyone who needs a sonic pick-me-up!

We wrap up our look back on the first season of the show with more tributes to our guest mixologists plus songs from Paul McCartney, Wolf Parade, Rilo Kiley, and more!

A Best Of episode? WTF is this?!

It takes two, baby... two guests to share a playlist they co-created at the beginning of their relationship! This episode is as sweet as Def Leppard's biggest hit (but there is, adamantly, no metal on it. Pretty much.)

It's not uncommon on this podcast -- or in, like, real life -- for folks to look back on their past mixes with a combination of shame and regret. This week, Chicago media producer Aaron Amendola tackles that idea head on as he confronts his musical choices on a rampantly emo 1999 mix CD -- and he also has to confront the kind of person who made that CD. 

This week, Eric shares another one of his own mixes, a friend-requested overview of his very favorite performer. 

This week, musician, instructor, and friend Jim Snedeker shares a crucial tape he got at a young age that changed the course of his guitar playing and also changed how he thought about family.

This week, iO Creative Director Alex Honnet shares his All-Timers, a playlist that tracks the evolution of his music taste -- and, well, pretty much everything else in his life. 

On this week's Blank Cassette, game designer Will Hindmarch gives us a musical crash course in living with oneself.