Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig

Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig
Genre Radio show
Running time 2 hours
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
Home station Beats 1
Starring Ezra Koenig, Jake Longstreth
Created by Ezra Koenig
Produced by Seinfeld2000
Recording studio Beats 1 Studio in L.A.
Original release July 12, 2015 – present
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 78 (as of October 07, 2018)
Opening theme One of Us by ABBA
Website https://itunes.apple.com/au/curator/time-crisis/993269786

Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig is a fortnightly radio show created and hosted by Ezra Koenig that began airing on July 12, 2015 on Apple Music's radio service, Beats 1.[1] The show covers a variety of topics, such as politics, corporate food history, 1970s rock music, as well as frequently analysing the latest in contemporary pop music by contrasting it with music released in another era. In addition to Koenig, a variety of guest hosts have appeared over the show's history, including Jonah Hill, Rashida Jones and Jamie Foxx.[2] Generally, Koenig is accompanied by his L.A. co-host, Jake Longstreth, who regularly discusses his love for the "tasteful" palette of rock music, mostly 70s rock, such as The Grateful Dead, Ween and Guided by Voices.[3]

The show airs every two weeks. As of October 07, 2018, 78 episodes have aired. The show is currently airing its fourth season.[4]

Format and Segments

The show follows a general format each episode during its two-hour runtime, usually with listener emails and other discussions in the first half of the show and the Top Five on iTunes at the episode's conclusion.

News Discussions

The most common segment on the call, in which Koenig and his co-hosts discuss the most relevant and obscure news topics of the week, generally relating to politics or current happenings in the world of entertainment.[5][6]

Corporate Food History Discussions

Frequently, Koenig and guests analyse the current landscape of the corporate food industry, as well as looking back on the history of snack foods across the world. In 2016, Jennifer Saenz, chief marketing executive of the Frito-Lay corporation appeared.[7] Additionally, the show has discussed Subway on multiple episodes and their obscure promotions, such as the Five Dollar Footlong deal. In 2018, the show highly criticised the Lady Dorito proposition by hosting a Lady Dorito's Town Hall,[8] featuring Rashida Jones and Longstreth's wife and filmmaker, Hannah Fidell.

Time Crisis Hotline

Koenig regularly takes phone calls and has intimate discussions with notable journalists, political commentators, corporate food professionals and celebrities. Notable calls have included Seinfeld theme composer, Jonathan Wolff, Reading Rainbow composer, Steve Horelick[9] and more.

Official Twitter

Time Crisis Heads Twitter.com/@TimeCrisisHeads [10] Official number 1 fan Twitter Handle

User Emails

This has been a regular segment since the show's third season. Initially, the segment began after a fan located Jake Longstreth's personal email. The segment now utilizes the email 8minutecapecod@gmail.com a reference to an episode aired in July 2017 where they joked about the prospect of an 8 minute Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa to be played on the next Vampire Weekend tour.[11]

Fans generally send in questions regarding 1970s music and suggest artists to the hosts that they believe are "tasteful" and fit Longstreth's ideal palette. Another popular topic submitted by fans relates to the corporate food history segment of the show.

Jake's Takes

A recurring segment in which Longstreth recommends or discusses music, with notable recommendations such as The Grateful Dead, Guided by Voices, Ween, Phish, Neil Young, Small Faces and more. Occasionally, Longstreth compiles playlists for Apple Music, notably The Tasteful Palette of Seventies Rock[12] and more recently, Jake's New Age and Ambient Playlist.[13]

Top Five on iTunes

Koenig and Longstreth regularly compare and contrast the iTunes chart from the current week with another music chart from the same week in another year. Notably, the show has regularly jokingly criticized the music of Ed Sheeran, such as his 2017 hit, Shape of You.[14] Koenig and Longstreth commonly refer to the song as Bed Sheets, in reference to one of the song's lines. Fan response to this criticism has been overwhelmingly positive, with one particular fan even compiling the discussions into a complete 32-minute compilation.[15]

Other Segments

Other segments have included New York News.

Cast

Main Hosts

Guest Appearances

Episodes

Season 1 (2015-2016)

Season 1 aired from 2015 to 2016. Notable guests included Rashida Jones, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ronson, Jonah Hill and Azealia Banks.

  • Episode 1. Mark Ronson, Desus & Mero
  • Episode 2. Florence Welch, Another Round
  • Episode 3. In L.A. with Azealia Banks
  • Episode 4. With Jamie Foxx
  • Episode 5. Emma Koenig & Ethan Silverman
  • Episode 6. Jake and Dave Longstreth
  • Episode 7. Rashida Jones
  • Episode 8. Jonah Hill & ILoveMakonnen
  • Episode 9. Jerrod Carmichael & Rashida Jones
  • Episode 10. Seinfeld and Starbucks
  • Episode 11. Chromeo’s Dave 1
  • Episode 12. Alana Haim & Jerrod Carmichael
  • Episode 13. Christmas Special
  • Episode 14. The Campaign Trail

Season 2 (2016)

Season 2 aired in 2016. Notable guests included Jerrod Carmichael, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Saenz and Ariel Rechtshaid.

  • Episode 15. Town Hall
  • Episode 16. A Tribute to Prince
  • Episode 17. Ariel Rechtshaid
  • Episode 18. New York Style
  • Episode 19. Harambe & PepsiCo
  • Episode 20. Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste
  • Episode 21. 4th of July Spectacular
  • Episode 22. With Mike D
  • Episode 23. Primary Season
  • Episode 24. Olympics Fever
  • Episode 25. Jerrod Carmichael
  • Episode 26. Fashion Week
  • Episode 27. Where Are They Now?
  • Episode 28. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
  • Episode 29. Old Dudes and Snack Foods
  • Episode 30. Frito-Lay’s Jennifer Saenz
  • Episode 31. Trump Wins
  • Episode 32. What is a Liberal?
  • Episode 33. East Meets West
  • Episode 34. The Chrismukkah Show

Season 3 (2017)

Season 3 aired in 2017. Notable guests included Jerrod Carmichael, Cazzie David, Tim Heidecker, Zachary Fox and Seinfeld theme composer, Jonathan Wolff.

  • Episode 35. Coca Cola & The Founder
  • Episode 36. GRAMMY Special
  • Episode 37. Oscars & Corporate Playlists
  • Episode 38. The Rock vs. Vin Diesel 2020
  • Episode 39. The Seinfeld Theme Song
  • Episode 40. About That Pepsi Ad
  • Episode 41. Coachella Vibes
  • Episode 42. Let’s Talk Niall Horan
  • Episode 43. NYC with Lizzy Goodman
  • Episode 44. Post-Punk
  • Episode 45. POP Quiz with Cazzie David
  • Episode 46. The Dorito Effect
  • Episode 47. Live Concerts and TV Jingles
  • Episode 48. Jerrod, Steve & RJ
  • Episode 49. Vermont’s Finest
  • Episode 50. The Full Crisis Crew
  • Episode 51. Zachary Fox
  • Episode 52. Surprise! It's James Corden
  • Episode 53. Tribute to Tom Petty
  • Episode 54. Eminem & The Tragically Hip
  • Episode 55. Tim Heidecker and Portugal. The Man
  • Episode 56. Grateful T-Shirts
  • Episode 57. Cazzie David & Grammy Nominees
  • Episode 58. A Charli XCX Christmas

Season 4 (2018)

Season 4 began on January 14, 2018. Notable guest stars so far include Carson Mell, Rashida Jones, T-Pain, Chris Baio, Alanis Morissette, Dave Longstreth and Cazzie David.

  • Episode 59. Sandwich Math (January 14, 2018)
  • Episode 60. Sublime Goldfish (January 28, 2018)
  • Episode 61. Dystopian Diet Coke (February 11, 2018)
  • Episode 62. Lady Doritos Town Hall (February 25, 2018)
  • Episode 63. The Two-Fridge Vibe (March 11, 2018)[16]
  • Episode 64. It Wasn't Baio (March 25, 2018)
  • Episode 65. Life Hacks with T-Pain (April 8, 2018)
  • Episode 66. Juice Island (April 22, 2018)
  • Episode 67. Dev, Dave, Ariel, Despot (May 6, 2018)
  • Episode 68. Sweet Chili Heat (May 20, 2018)
  • Episode 69. OMG It’s Alanis Morissette (June 3, 2018)
  • Episode 70. Live From Ojai (June 17, 2018)
  • Episode 71. Dear Nora & Summer Hits (July 1, 2018)
  • Episode 72. Dave Longstreth (July 15, 2018)
  • Episode 73. ’77 vs ‘84 (July 29, 2018)
  • Episode 74. This Show Rules (August 12, 2018)
  • Episode 75. Cazzie David Returns (August 26, 2018)
  • Episode 76. Seinfeld2000’s Origin Story (September 09, 2018)
  • Episode 77. Classic Rock Icons (September 23, 2018)
  • Episode 78. Welcome To My Life (October 07, 2018)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Listen to the first episode of Ezra Koenig's Time Crisis radio show". Consequence of Sound. 13 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ezra Koenig and Jamie Foxx Talk Politics and Pop Music on Beats 1's "Time Crisis" | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  3. ↑ "Hear Ezra Koenig & Azealia Banks Talk Summer Jams On Beats 1 Radio". Stereogum. 10 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Time Crisis on Apple Music". W3Util.FB.siteName.iTunesBrand.
  5. ↑ "Listen to Ezra Koenig Impersonate Alex Jones on "Time Crisis" | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  6. ↑ "Ezra Koenig Discusses His Love of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'": Listen | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  7. ↑ Koenig, Ezra (NaN). "today on Time Crisis we have Jennifer Saenz, Chief Marketing Officer of Frito-Lay + @ByYourLogic Chief Marketing Officer of Chapo Trap House". @arze. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Connecting to the iTunes Store". itunes.apple.com.
  9. ↑ "Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Interviews "Reading Rainbow" Composer and Kid Rock's Son: Listen | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  10. ↑ [twitter.com/TimeCrisisHeads twitter.com/TimeCrisisHeads] Check |url= value (help). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ Twitter https://twitter.com/timecrisis2000/status/969405707228405760. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ "The Tasteful Palette of Seventies Rock, 1959 - 2016 on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  13. ↑ "Jake's New Age & Ambient Playlist, 1975 - 2017 on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  14. ↑ "Listen to Ezra Koenig Impersonate Alex Jones on "Time Crisis" | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  15. ↑ "Time Crisis: 'Shape of You' compilation - Clyp". Clyp.
  16. ↑ "Podcast: TC Ep 63". itunes.apple.com. Time Crisis, Beats1, Apple Music. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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