# Episode #55- That's Why God Made the Radio

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Podcast: [Good Timin’ - A Beach Boys Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-timin-a-beach-boys-podcast-6736593)
Published: 2025-07-16T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/good-timin-podcast/episodes/Episode-55--Thats-Why-God-Made-the-Radio-e35k484
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Duration seconds: 6230

## Resource

On this 55th episode of Good Timin’, we cover the Beach Boys’ 29th and final studio album, That’s Why God Made the Radio. As usual with our album discussion episodes, we first go over some of the history behind the record and talk about how it came together, and then we discuss each of the tracks one by one and share our own thoughts and opinions on them. Lastly, to close out the episode we go over a couple of extra Beach Boys related tracks relating to the album, as well as the band’s live reunion album from 2013.

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