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Songs of Summer Call-in Special
Episode 130
Every year, critics and media outlets the world over put out definitive song-of-summer guides based on... well, we’re not always entirely sure. Certa…
6 years, 7 months ago
Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder
Episode 129
The sound of R&B is difficult to pin down. Since the 1950s, the label has been used both as a genre and as a catch-all for the entirety of black popu…
6 years, 7 months ago
Beyoncé's Gift To Africa (with Ivie Ani)
Episode 128
For the live action remake of the Lion King, Beyoncé, (who voices Nala in the film), recorded and curated a companion soundtrack called The Gift. She…
6 years, 7 months ago
LCD Soundsystem and the Unbearable Sameness of Restaurant Playlists
Episode 127
Why is it that every hip restaurant plays the same music? When Eater restaurant editor Hillary Dixler Canavan kept hearing similar songs while dining…
6 years, 8 months ago
The $50M Beat Marketplace That Broke the Billboard
Episode 126
Lil Nas X licensed the beat for “Old Town Road” from an e-commerce platform. He originally bought a non-exclusive copy of the backing track for just …
6 years, 8 months ago
Shawn Mendes and the Rhythm of Rhyme
Shawn Mendes’ hit song “If I Can’t Have You” is so ridiculously catchy that Charlie had it stuck in his head after the first chorus. How is that poss…
6 years, 8 months ago
Space, The Final Frontier: Madonna, Stephen Puth and Street Studios
Episode 124
Find out how music creates a feeling of space in this three part episode. First, we may not realize it when we listen to Madonna's new record, but th…
6 years, 8 months ago
What BTS's "Boy With Love" ft. Halsey Can Teach Us About K-pop
Episode 124
How should we listen to K-pop? This music has become a global phenomenon, charting on the Billboard Hot 100, taking over social media feeds, and tour…
6 years, 9 months ago
"Prince Ali" and Why We're All Music Theorists
Fans are not happy with Will Smith's update of the classic Disney song "Prince Ali" in the live-action Aladdin. Their complaint? The new "Prince Ali"…
6 years, 9 months ago
Jamestown and the Quest to Build a Utopia in America (with Avery Trufelman)
Nice Try! is a new podcast from Curbed and the Vox Media Podcast Network that explores stories of people who have tried to design a better world, and…
6 years, 9 months ago