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We begin our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s conceptual double album Swimming In Circles. This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit .

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its second track, “Hurt Feelings.” Produced by J Cole, the song finds Mac establishing one of the central themes of the album: the multiplicity of emotions -- how we can feel one way one minute, and another way the next.

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its third track, “What’s The Use?” It’s here that Mac at once asks the fundamental existential question (“what’s the use?”) and dismisses the need to ask questions at all (“what’s the use?”).

S9 co-writer Camden Ostrander joins Cole to discuss their approach to Swimming In Circles before dissecting Faces, Mac's 2014 mixtape that recently hit streaming services.

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its fourth track, “Perfecto.”

Cole and Cam sit down with Donna-Claire Chesman to talk about her new book "The Book of Mac: Remembering Mac Miller."

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its fifth track, “Self Care.”

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its sixth track, “Wings.”

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its seventh track, “Ladders.”

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its eighth track, “Small Worlds.”

In this bonus episode, Cole and Cam talk through Mac Miller’s “Conversations Pt. 1.” While the song feels like one big flex, as always, there’s layers beneath Mac’s bravado, including guilt, confusion, and paranoia.

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with two tracks united by clouds: “Dunno” and “Jet Fuel.”

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with the album’s crown jewel: 2009.

We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with it’s final track “So It Goes.” Among the many revelations made in this episode is how “So It Goes” intentionally sets up Swimming’s companion album, Circles.

We resume our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming In Circles with the opening track of his posthumous album Circles.

We resume our analysis of Mac Miller’s Circles with its beautiful lead single “Good News.”

We resume our analysis of Mac Miller’s Circles with “Woods,” a gorgeous song that finds Mac speaking intimately about love and love lost.

We continue our analysis of Mac Miller’s Circles with “Hand Me Downs,” an gentle anthem dedicated to those who hold us down when we lose our grip.

Australian artist Baro Sura joins the show to talk about meeting Mac Miller for the first time and making the song “Hand Me Downs” with him just 72 hours later.

We continue our analysis of Mac Miller’s Circles with “Surf.”

We continue our analysis of Mac Miller’s Circles with its final track “Once a Day” – one of the most intimate, honest, and heartfelt expression in Mac’s entire catalog.

Recorded live on Greenroom, Cole and Cam end Season 9 by choosing their favorite 9 Mac Miller songs followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Then we hear the remaining listener submissions sharing their biggest takeaways from Swimming In Circles.

We conclude our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming In Circles. We examine the albums’ artwork, discuss its most prominent thematic motifs, and draw some final conclusions about Mac’s parting musical statement. Then we hear from Dissect listeners around the world sharing their biggest takeaways from the albums.