Fix Your Heart Or Die!

Until now, FYHOD has carried the odd distinction of being a Twin Peaks podcast with no direct discussion of Twin Peaks. But no more! Introducing "Fish In The Percolator", our new sub-series in which the FYHOD crew of Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels journeys episode-by-episode through the show properly, all while offering cutting-edge 2025 insights!This inaugural entry of FitP covers the first episode of the show, "Pilot" AKA "Northwest Passage". Musician and podcast super-producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti comes along for the ride as we tackle the task of analyzing one of the most totemic, influential pieces of media ever to grace television. Should skipping an intro sequence so beautiful be illegal? Is Dale Cooper the most effortless instant autistic icon of all time? And which of the dozens of cast members will be crowned our MVP of the pilot?Come hop into the piping-hot coffee pot of contemplation with us, as we steep ourselves in the atmosphere and deeper themes of Twin Peaks!FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ)FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai)FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod)FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst)STREAM "FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE: SONGS FROM THE PODCAST" ON SPOTIFY OR PURCHASE IT ON BANDCAMP!

Shy Fox here with a special report: the official soundtrack to our podcast now has 5 extra tracks AND is available on all major streaming platforms including the reprehensible Spotify! We hope you decide to check it out, especially on Bandcamp where they treat creators right. As a special treat, the album's composer (AKA our beloved super-producer) has recorded this special message all about his process creating it.One of the most fascinating things about this past year of FYHOD has been working with Daniel Sanford. When I first approached him last year for collaboration, I did not know him very well, and we had only interacted fleetingly as decades-long fans of Jonathan Off Road Rules. I was a huge fan of his work with The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off Podcast and Talking To Women About Video Games, and frankly I was quite envious of how close he had managed to get with Jonathan. Plus, I just thought he seemed like a really funny, interesting guy.So when I caught the podcasting bug again last year, I introduced myself to him properly an improv comedy podcast to him, much in the vein of our beloved Boston's Favorite Son. The files I sent him for reference of my old show called SMUNCH failed to ignite his imagination, so he declined at the time. But I didn't give up! Twin Peaks had taken over my mind by the end of 2024, and the doppelganger in my body had EXTREME confidence. Thus, I once again approached him about producing a new show all about David Lynch.He was more intrigued this time, with one caveat: he barely knew anything about David Lynch, and quite disliked what he DID know of his work. But I assured him that I had a bizarre enough plan to make it worth his while. In the months since, I have watched an entirely new creative persona blossom within my fellow Daniel: the mood-music superstar Danielo Sanfordalamenti!Named after a bizarre portmanteau of his actual name and that of famed Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti, this newly-Severed Sanford took his assignment seriously. He watched all of Twin Peaks (despite despising about 70% of it), all the while internalizing the emotions of its music.Long story short, his resultant work--which recreates the spirit and power of Twin Peaks while remaining entirely original--is something that makes me tremendously proud to be associated with. The entire FYHOD project simply would not be the same without it. And honestly, my life today would not be nearly as rich had I not come to know Daniel as a collaborator, and as a friend.

Just in time for Halloween, the FYHOD gang goes for a deep dive into the modern horror masterpiece "I Saw the TV Glow"!This 2024 movie explores themes of televisual nostalgia and transgender tribulations in a lovingly-Lynchian way that only a true "Twin Peaks" acolyte like Jane Schoenbrun could muster. The result is an instantly-iconic piece of media that shows even the most stalwart allies whole new dimensions of dysphoria, and how to defeat it from within.FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai)FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ)FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod)FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST!FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst)FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND HEAR HER ON PODQUISITION WITH CONRAD AND LAURA EVERY WEEK

FYHOD returns for Season 2, with our first investigation into the realm of Lynchian anime!Hosts Shy Fox and Marcy O'Daniels are joined by old-school anime aficionados Allen Ortega and Conrad Zimmerman to take a weird, wired dive into the sullenly sinister cyber-scapes of 1998's Serial Experiments Lain. This bizarrely prescient cult-classic may be nearly 30 years old, but feels more relevant than ever in our "Present Day, Present Time"!What would it be like if you always existed online, and could never log off? What would happen if infinite truths had to coexist in the collective consciousness at the same time, in a miasma of misinformation? COULD YOU EVEN IMAGINE?!FIND CONRAD ZIMMERMAN ON BLUESKY (@CONRADZIMMERMAN) AND FIND HIS MERCH AT MERCENARY CREATIVE!FIND ALLEN ORTEGA ON BLUESKY (@KENJISALK)FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai)FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ)FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod)FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST!FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst)FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND HEAR HER ON PODQUISITION WITH CONRAD AND LAURA EVERY WEEK

Season 2 of FYHOD continues with a new Lynch's Log! Hosts Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels take an in-depth look at the incredibly "freakish" normalcy of Lynch's 1980 film The Elephant Man.What makes this disturbingly straightforward semi-biopic uniquely captivating among the works of David Lynch? And might this movie still be the most uniquely, captivatingly beautiful film in his entire catalog, even 45 years from release?Listen along as we find ways to relate to the titular "Elephant Man", and fix our hearts in the face of his trials and tribulations!FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai)FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ)FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod)FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST!FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst)FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND HEAR HER ON PODQUISITION WITH CONRAD AND LAURA EVERY WEEK

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE!The next season of Fix Your Heart Or Die! is coming next week, with our deep-dive on the fascinatingly-Lynchian anime Serial Experiments Lain!In the meantime, spooky season is coming up, so we thought we would share another perfectly-themed BONUS EPISODE from our archives.In another life, I hosted a show called "the Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal. This early installment saw myself and Allen Ortega looking on the Sunsoft-sponsored bright side of 2 of the darkest 8-bit games: Fester's Quest and Gremlins 2: The New Batch.Please enjoy another weird old show from our bygone era, as you ask yourselves: "What Year Is It?"