Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchICYMI: The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX
Episode 202
Is it true that all pop music sounds the same today? For the past year the “pop-drop” has dominated the airwaves. This new form of EDM infused pop ca…
5 years, 3 months ago
ICYMI: Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
Episode 102
Auto-Tune may be the most divisive effect in music. Artists have protested it publicly at the Grammys, and critics have derided the effects for its i…
5 years, 3 months ago
Wham! Op. 84, “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales
Episode 200
Wham’s 1984 contribution to the holiday cannon, “Last Christmas,” has surprising staying power. When Grammy-winning pianist Chilly Gonzales set out t…
5 years, 3 months ago
"evermore" of a good thing
Episode 199
Just five months after releasing her Grammy-nominated album “folklore,” Taylor Swift surprised fans with a continuation of sorts — her ninth studio a…
5 years, 3 months ago
Women's Rap Renaissance
Episode 198
Producer Bridget Armstrong shares her top tracks from women who are running hip-hop in 2020: Megan Thee Stallion, Tierra Whack, Rico Nasty, Flo Milli…
5 years, 3 months ago
Red Hot + Blue with Meshell Ndegeocello
Episode 197
In 1990 John Carlin and Leigh Carrol pioneered a new kind of charity album. Together they co-founded Red Hot, a non-profit music label that uses musi…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Cyndi Lauper Conspiracy (with Sam Sanders)
Episode 196
Every song Cyndi Lauper writes is pop perfection according to Sam Sanders, host of NPR’s “It’s Been A Minute.” Many fall for “Girls Just Want To Have…
5 years, 4 months ago
ANTHEMS: Missy Elliot — Work It
Episode 194
Cultural critic Ivie Ani breaks down how Missy Elliot broke into the pantheon of anthems, and how she changed the scope of who could belong.
Songs …
5 years, 4 months ago
ANTHEMS: Smash Mouth - All Star
Episode 194
When Smash Mouth wrote "All Star,” they knew that it was going to change their lives. But they never expected it would become an anthem played in spo…
5 years, 4 months ago
ANTHEMS: Jock Jams — Get Ready For This
Episode 193
In 1995, ESPN launched Jock Jams Volume 1, a compilation record that would define the sound of sports for the next quarter century. We listen to the …
5 years, 5 months ago