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This episode goes into how the NCAA Mens Soccer Tournament went, the ket matchups for the upcoming Womens basketball game vs Louisville, and what to look out for headed into the 2026 Baseball and Softball seasons!
A new year, a new semester, and it only felt right to start this season with a familiar voice.
In this episode, I’m joined by our old and well-known friend Abdullah Najjar for a conversation that feels like coming home. We talk about approaching strangers, starting conversations, awkward silences, curiosity, fear, and the courage it takes to say the first hello, whether in a coffee shop, a classroom, or life in general.
This episode is less about having the perfect words and more about showing up as you are. It’s about listening, making mistakes, laughing them off, and realizing that some conversations are meant to last, and some are simply meant to happen.
If this new year has you craving connection, this episode is for you.
Welcome back to The Identity Library.
Let’s start the season by starting the conversation.
Julia and Kieran kick off this episode of That’s What They Said with a vibrant rebrand and a relatable look at the chaos of morning routines and the first day of classes. The duo shares a series of humorous personal updates, covering everything from Julia’s conversations with her wooden lobster to their experiences with scam texts, color-coded calculus notes, and the trials of returning to dating apps.
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TRHÄ | tahaccet ga qëcha com ibajn | Self-Released |
| 2 | VEILBURNER | Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy | Transcending Obscurity |
| 3 | VOIDCEREMONY | Abditum | 20 Buck Spin |
| 4 | KOSTNATĚNÍ | Přílišnost (Excess) | Willowtip |
| 5 | BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS | The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me | Prosthetic |
| 6 | AGRICULTURE | The Spiritual Sound | The Flenser |
| 7 | THE ACACIA STRAIN | You Are Safe from God Here | Rise |
| 8 | VILE APPARITION | Malignity | Me Saco Un Ojo |
| 9 | HOODED MENACE | Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration | Season of Mist |
| 10 | DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT | Innern | Season of Mist |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HELADO NEGRO | The Last Sound On Earth [EP] | Big Dada |
| 2 | HARVEY SUTHERLAND | Debt | Clarity/The Orchard |
| 3 | HAAI | Humanise | Mute |
| 4 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Tranquilizer | Warp |
| 5 | POLYANA | Pollyanna | Self-Released |
| 6 | MACHINE GIRL | PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X | Future Classic |
| 7 | PICTUREPLANE | Sex Distortion | Music.Website |
| 8 | INDIGO CYPRESS | The Witness | Self-Released |
| 9 | NIGHT TAPES | portals//polarities | Nettwerk |
| 10 | DESTRATA | CDMUSIC013 [EP] | Club Designs |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HELADO NEGRO | The Last Sound On Earth [EP] | Big Dada |
Hi everyone, The Identity Library is back, and I’m so excited for the semester ahead!
This episode is a personal New Year check-in. I share a few honest updates about the podcast, reflect on the past year, and talk about why I’ve started approaching New Year’s resolutions differently. Instead of pressure or perfection, I focus on choosing a theme for the year, something that offers direction without rigidity.
We talk about reflection without judgment, realistic intentions, long-term versus short-term thinking, and how growth doesn’t have to be dramatic to be meaningful. This episode is part update, part reflection, and an invitation to slow down, realign, and move into 2026 with clarity and self-trust.
If you’re entering the new year feeling motivated, uncertain, or somewhere in between, this episode is for you.
Thank you for listening and for being part of this journey.
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALFA MIST | Roulette | Sekito |
| 2 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Magic, Alive! | City Slang |
| 3 | DELIVERY BOYS | MUD | Self-Released |
| 4 | DANNY BROWN | Stardust | Warp |
| 5 | CARRTOONS | Space Cadet | +1 |
| 6 | HARD MAYBE | More Of The Usual Stuff | Self-Released |
| 7 | KEIYAA | hooke’s law | XL |
| 8 | MANWOLVES, CRASHPREZ, CRASHWOLVES | it all comes for me [EP] | Manwolves |
| 9 | TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN | The Perfect Blue | Real Bad Man |
| 10 | YUKIMI | Yume [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MAVI | The Pilot | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | OLIVER NIGHT | Between The Lines | Tru Thoughts |
| 3 | ERROL EATS EVERYTHING | “Round N Round” (Statik Selektah Remix) [Single] | Big Chune |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ENTRE AMIGOS | Magpie | Self-Released |
| 2 | ALFA MIST | Roulette | Sekito |
| 3 | NICK FINZER | The Jazz Orchestra Volume 1 | Outside In |
| 4 | SEAN NELSON NEW LONDON BIG BAND | Don’t Stop Now | All In |
| 5 | SASHA BERLINER | Fantome | Outside In |
| 6 | BRAD MEHLDAU | Ride Into The Sun | Nonesuch |
| 7 | DANYA STEPHENS | Hopium | Contagious |
| 8 | PETER BERNSTEIN | Better Angels | Smoke Sessions |
| 9 | KENNY BARRON | Songbook | Artwork |
| 10 | HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA | Nueva Timba | Blue Note |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARLO VASHTI AND ECHOSLIM | “Muse” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | OUT OF/INTO | Motion II | Blue Note |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | “Love On The Big Screen” [Single] | Domino |
| 2 | FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE | “This Is Real” [Single] | Saddle Creek |
| 3 | FOXWARREN | 2 (Two) | Anti- |
| 4 | HEMLOCK | Orange Streak Glow [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | LOTS OF HANDS | into a pretty room | Fire Talk |
| 6 | MEI SEMONES | Kurayami/Get Used To It + Itsumo [EP] | Bayonet |
| 7 | MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER | Unclouded | Domino |
| 8 | NATIVE SUN | Concrete Language | TODO |
| 9 | PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE | Taurus | Topshelf |
| 10 | APRIL MARCH | “Surfing Castafiore” [Single] | Bong Load |
| 11 | DAFFO | Where The Earth Bends | Concord |
| 12 | DOUBLE WISH | Double Wish | Hit The North |
| 13 | FIND MY FRIENDS | Find My Friends [EP] | Bloody Knuckles |
| 14 | GANSER | Animal Hospital | felte |
| 15 | GOOD FLYING BIRDS | Talulah’s Tape | Carpark |
| 16 | JOYER | On The Other End Of The Line… | Julia’s War |
| 17 | LIGHTHEADED | Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! | Slumberland |
| 18 | NO JOY | Bugland | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| 19 | PHOEBE RINGS | Aseurai | Carpark |
| 20 | POT-POT | Warsaw 480km | felte |
| 21 | ROCKET | R Is For Rocket | Transgressive |
| 22 | SEA LEMON | Diving For A Prize | Luminelle |
| 23 | SHARP PINS | Balloon Balloon Balloon | K/Perennial |
| 24 | STEREOLAB | Instant Holograms On Metal Film | Warp/Duophonic |
| 25 | SUNBATHE | Myself To You | Time Release |
| 26 | ABIGAIL DOWD | Saints & Warriors | Self-Released |
| 27 | BLONDSHELL | Another Picture | Partisan |
| 28 | CAMERON STENGER | Lighter | Hearing Aid |
| 29 | CANUT DE BON | no esperan por nadie | Sello Cototo |
| 30 | DINING DEAD | Is This A House? | Self-Released |
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RIVER SINCLAIRE | four friends say nothing | Guilt Ridde |
In this episode of That’s What They Said, Julia reflects on her past relationships and shares her latest rotation of vocal stims and catchphrases. Meanwhile, Kieran discusses her New Year’s resolution to master homemade butter and reveals her surprisingly intense, irrational fear of potato roots.