Episode Details

The Academy Awards are only a week away, and today we’re discussing the Oscar nominees for Original Song. My guests — Chris Molanphy (chart analyst and podcast host), Louis Weeks (score composer), and Tom Peyton (song writer) — offer an assessment of these nominees that encompasses both the technical and the meta.

The 2023 Nominees for Original Song:

•"The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot" 

•"I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" 

•"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony" 

•"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon" 

•"What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie"