Celebrating fifteen years of PodQuiz, this week's rounds are Music (Backbeat), the Number Fifteen, Directorial Debuts (Quickfire), and the Natural World.
The music is The Pendulum Swings's (It Must Be) Somebody's Birthday.

This week's rounds are Music (Connections), The Vietnam War, Movies, and Music Too.
The music is Turn Me Back from Vietnam Cowboy.

This week's rounds are Music (Mangled by MIDI), Creation Myths, TV Theme Songs (Quickfire), and Places.
The music is from saQi with a song called Creation's Call.

This week's rounds are Music (Annual Anthems), The A-Team, Old News, and Anagrams.
The music is Shane by Orca Team.

This week's rounds are Music (Terrible Twins), Quotes, A Year in the Life (Quickfire), and Food and Drink.
The music is Anitek, with a song called Drums.

This week's rounds are Music (Connections), Bananas, Mystery Sounds, and Famous People.
The music is from The Vivisectors with a song called Loco Banana.

This week's rounds are Music (Covers), Ethiopia, TV Animals (Quickfire), and Pot Luck.
The music is Handheld Recordings, with Wolaita & Derashe, Ethiopia 2009.

This week's rounds are Music (Annual Anthems), Copper, Famous Voices, and Television.
The music is Copper Kettle by Kathleen Martin.

This week's rounds are Music (Intros), Dictionaries, Dog Idioms (Quickfire), Transport and an extra Prize Round!
There is no music this week because of the prize round.
Prize Round Picture Question:

Which letter of the Greek alphabet?

This week's rounds are Music (Connection), 2019, Musical Instruments, and Literature.
The music is New Year A by Lobo Loco.

This week's rounds are Music (Christmas Songs), The Nativity, Food Origins (Quickfire), and Science and Technology.
The music is Greg Atkinson with Pantomime Cow.

This week's rounds are Music (Annual Anthems), Microstates, Television, and Geography.
The music is Liechtenstein with Roses in the Park.

This week's rounds are Music (Mashup Madness), Trees in Literature, Animated Disney Movies (Quickfire), and Sport.
The music is from Springtide with the Teahouse and Bamboo Trees.

This week's rounds are Music (Connections), Atlanta, Movies and History.
The music is Peach Tree by Matteah Baim.

This week's rounds are Music (Classical), Dragons, Cartoon Families (Quickfire), and Who Am I?
The music is Gone in the Wind by Dragon.

This week's rounds are Music (Annual Anthems), Famous Roads, Languages, and Art.
The music is from Punk Rock Opera with a song called The Road.

This week's rounds are Music (Themes), Julius Caesar, International Border Rivers (Quickfire), and the Natural World.
The music is Star Caesar from Possimiste.

This week's rounds are Music (Connections), Aviation, Famous Voices, and Music Too.
The music is Lady of My Dreams by Jay Tobin.

This week's rounds are Music (Intros), Cetaceans, Football Club Nicknames (Quickfire), Places and an extra Prize Round!
There is no music this week because of the prize round.
Prize Round Picture Question:

Which country?

If you take a vacation this summer to New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or any other city, here’s one thing you won’t see much of: children.

We date the beginning of our nation not from the first shots fired against the kingdom of Great Britain in Lexington and Concord in 1775 but from 1776, when delegates, elected by popular vote, issued the Declaration of Independence. In doing so, the United States of America recognizes that our legitimacy comes not from brute force but from the consent of the governed.

Many celebrities are full of sermons about how you need to save the planet. Often, they are the very same ones maximizing their own carbon footprints by flying on private jets. This has long been known, but the internet has now made it significantly easier to quantify their hypocrisy.

A recent poll showed that large numbers of Democrats and young people would rather flee the United States than “stay and fight” if the nation were attacked. This alarming revelation has caused many to criticize Democrats, but the bigger focus should be on why they are wrong.

Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Rob Portman of Ohio should all be praised for their efforts to produce bipartisan legislation that invests in the nation’s roads and bridges. But the final product is also a missed opportunity that includes far too many wasteful partisan projects, fails to credibly pay for itself, and fails to reform our nation’s inefficient infrastructure construction process.

It cannot be easy to lead the agency that handles infectious diseases in the midst of an international pandemic. Still, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should at least be able to prove she is up to the task. Dr. Rochelle Walensky has repeatedly proved herself unfit and unreliable. She needs to go.

While we all debate what critical race theory is and whether lawmakers should ban it from public schools, every honest person should agree on one thing: This theory is behind the curricula in school districts all over the country, shaping the minds of unsuspecting, malleable children.

At this point, it may be fair to say President Joe Biden’s criticisms of his predecessor have nothing to do with principles. It was all politics, all the way down.

Anonymity, in ordinary times, is a tough topic to wrestle with. These days, however, it’s easy: Dissent, and thus democracy, will only survive in today’s culture if anonymity is preserved.

On Thursday, Xi Jinping addressed his 1.4 billion citizens in celebration of the Chinese Communist Party’s centenary. Xi said he would spare no effort in ensuring that China becomes a “great modern socialist country” by 2049. Those who sought to restrain China’s advance, Xi said, would face a bloody riposte.