Mixtapes are indelibly connected to relationships. This week, Chicago comedian Brandon Kirkman looks back on some of his. 

Can a mix bring you happiness? That's what Ben hopes to find out. 

This week, podcaster and friend of the Nerds Gary Lucy shares an uber-mix that covers all the mixmaxing stages of his life!

This week, the host becomes the mixmaker!

This week, med school student Laura Burkett shares a playlist of songs she used to help get through her undergrad freshman year of college at Loyola Chicago, which also happened to be her first extended time away from home/in a big city. Lots of life changes bring on lots of emo.

On this week's Blank Cassette, Nora Seidman shares a CD she made for a college mix exchange group entitled "Everything Is a Love Song," except almost nothing is a love song. OR IS IT??

For the pilot episode of Blank Cassette, our friend Chris Crotwell shares the first mix CD he ever created once he gained the awesome power to download music off the internet. Well I guess this is growing up.

An introduction to Blank Cassette.