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Both Sides Singing
Season 5 Episode 511
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Today we meet an artist who doesn’t blow the doors off with volume or choreography, but with something quieter—and in many ways, just…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Supreme Intentions
Season 5 Episode 510
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Our story begins not with sequins but with a housing project.
Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard both grew up in Detroit’s Brewster-Doug…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Feedback and Fire
Season 5 Episode 509
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Today, we turn to a musician whose care there were moves separations long stretches were Jimmy simply simply had to figure things out…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Queen of Soul
Season 5 Episode 508
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Today we turn to a voice that has become a kind of measuring stick. A singer you can’t ignore, can’t casually imitate, and certainly …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Dylan and the Fall
Season 5 Episode 507
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If you grew up in a certain era, his name isn’t just a performer on a poster. It’s a weather system. A shift in air pressure. A bulle…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
California Counterpoints
Season 5 Episode 506
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Today’s pairing may look odd until you start really listening:
The Beach Boys and The Grateful Dead.
Two California bands. Two American…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Tickets and Conscience
Season 5 Episode 505
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Today I want to put two names in the same frame—Joan Baez and Taylor Swift—not because they sound alike or have the same values but b…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Enduring Stones
Season 5 Episode 504
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In a recent episode, we spent time with a man who changed popular culture and then became a warning about what fame, isolation, and a…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Beatles Blueprint
Season 5 Episode 503
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I’d like to begin, not in Liverpool or Hamburg or Abbey Road, but in an American living room—mine, and millions of others—on a Sunday…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Elvis Trap
Season 5 Episode 502
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Today we’re stepping into complicated territory.
Not a personal hero of mine.
Not a composer whose scores I pore over, or a bandleader …
7 months, 3 weeks ago