June 14, 2025, Laptop on NTS Radio’s “Hot Mess” In this special episode of “Hot Mess” on NTS Radio, Jesse Hartman of Laptop joined host Babak Ganjei for a deep-dive into the art of reinvention — tracing a crooked line from his chaotic college band Worrying Thing, through the post-postmodern guitar pop of Sammy, and into the sardonic synth-world of Laptop. Along the way, they unpacked false starts, weird detours, major label purgatory, and the unlikely return of a cult project now rebooted as a father-son duo. It all led up to Weirder, Laptop’s latest single and a pointedly perfect title for a career that never quite fit the mold — but somehow keeps hitting its stride.