Slow States Podcast #35: B1G Wrap, Beer & Music

Brace yourself for:

The difference between NY hipsters and West Des Moines hipsters (hit, dairy related).
Wilco, the heartland and cowbells.
Evaluation of Michigan State - Just Penn State with a quarterback, right?
Zook Or Be Zooked: The End of an Era.
Conference surprises & duds.
A half-hearted attempt at the conference championship game, and why Orson is a modern day Sherlock Holmes.
Beer & music, per Slow States rules.

Slow States Podcast #26: Bowl Previews And Our Albums Of The Year

Podcasts this big only come around but once a year. We touch on all the Big Ten bowl games (the first of which kicks off tonight at 10:00 pm Eastern) and then switch gears and hit all of our favorite albums of 2010.

Can anyone from the Slow States reasonably expect to win their bowl game? Is the Kanye West album really as good it sounded the first time through? What is the best variety in the Robitussin Christmas Variety Pack? (Spoiler: all of them.)