Pop Pantheon
By DJ Louie XIV
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The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.
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Is the Music Video Dead? (with Michael Cragg)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Brittany Spanos, Nora Princiotti & Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview)
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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NIRVANA (with Bandsplain's Yasi Salek)
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Listener Mailbag! Taylor, Pop Pet Peeves & a *Very* Special Guest
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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BRANDY (with Naomi Zeichner)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Patreon Preview)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Beyoncé, Black Country & the Long Road to Cowboy Carter (With Dr. Francesca Royster & Taylor Crumpton)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Finding Bliss in Existentialism on Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well (with Jewly Hight) (Patreon Preview)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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CALVIN HARRIS & DAVID GUETTA (with Lina Abascal)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Britney and Janet Aren’t Justin Timberlake’s Only Problem (with Vox's Kyndall Cunningham) (Patreon Preview)
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Do You Still Listen to Kanye West and Michael Jackson? (with Tre Johnson & Kemi Olivia Alemoru)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Novel & Familiar Thrills of Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine (with Bustle's Nolan Feeney) (Patreon Preview)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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ARIANA GRANDE: PART 2 (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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ARIANA GRANDE: PART 1 (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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NYC Live Show! Talking Taylor at the Bellhouse on 4/22
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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JLo, Beyoncé & the Surprisingly Long History of the Visual Album (with Sydney Urbanek)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Can We Justify Justin Timberlake's Justified? (with Rachel Brodsky) (Patreon Preview)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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SHERYL CROW (with Natalie Weiner)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Beyoncé's Surprise Singles + Usher's Halftime Show + New Music Speed Round (with Variety's Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Second Spin: USHER (with Rawiya Kameir)
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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N*cki, M*gan & Why it's Time to Rethink Stan Culture (with Rolling Stone's Mankaprr Conteh)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The Grammys Still Have a Problem with Black Women (with Variety's Chris Willman) (Patreon Preview)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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FERGIE (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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THE BLACK EYED PEAS (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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How Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Made Her a Main Pop Girl (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca) (Patreon Preview)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Why Can't Pop Stars Score Two Hits Off One Album? (with Andrew Unterberger & Eric Bennett)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Ariana Returns! Plus New Music from Lil Nas X & Jennifer Lopez (Patreon Preview)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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DEMI LOVATO (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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What Pantheon Rankings Did I Get Wrong in 2023?: Shakira, The Simpson Sisters, Lana & More!
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Hard Candy is a Sweet Spot in Madonna's Late Period (with Miles Marshall Lewis) (Patreon Preview)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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How Has Lady Gaga's Chromatica Held Up? (with Matthew Perpetua & Molly Mary O'Brien) (Patreon Rerun)
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Pop Stars We Lost This Year: Sinéad O'Connor, Tony Bennett & Tina Turner (with Annie Zaleski, Brian Newman & Melissa Vincent)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Who TF is Tate McRae? Making Sense of Pop's New Main Girl (Patreon Preview)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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MARIAH CAREY: PART 3 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Is Pink Friday 2 a Worthy Sequel? (with Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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MARIAH CAREY: PART 2 (with NPR's Aisha Harris)
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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How Mariah Carey Became the Queen of Christmas (with The Wall Street Journal's John Jurgensen) (Patreon Preview)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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MARIAH CAREY: PART 1 (with Dr. Brittnay L. Proctor)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Best Pop Music of 2023 (with Shaad D'Souza)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Bonnie McKee on the Song Machine, Pop Stardom & Ego Death
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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AALIYAH (with Kathy Iandoli)
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Pop Pantheon Live! Britney's Memoir, Music & Legacy (with Jason King, Troy McEady and Kirbie Johnson) (Patreon Preview)
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Lizzo & The Nature of Celebrity Scandal (with Megan Agnew & Hanna Phifer)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Taylor Touchdown! (1989 TV! Eras Tour Film! Travis!) (Patreon Preview)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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BRUNO MARS (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Where are All the New Pop Stars? (with Billboard's Elias Leight)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Searching for Queer Utopias on Troye Sivan's Something to Give Each Other (Patreon Preview)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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JESSICA & ASHLEE SIMPSON (with Beyond the Blinds' Troy McEady)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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How Country Bros Took Over Pop (with Spencer Kornhaber & Marissa R. Moss)
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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The Ease of Kylie Minogue's Tension (with Michael Cragg) (Patreon Preview)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Doja Cat Walls Herself In on Scarlet (with Rawiya Kameir) (Patreon Preview)
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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DOJA CAT (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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PRINCE: PART 3 (with Miles Marshall Lewis)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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PRINCE: PART 2 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Olivia Rodrigo Makes the Sophomore Jump on Guts (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan) (Patreon Preview)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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PRINCE: PART 1 (with Dr. Elliott H. Powell)
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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BIG Announcement! + Britney Spears' Blackout Unlocked (with Troy McEady) (Originally Published on Patreon on 12/22/2022)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Jack Antonoff: Friend or Foe? (with Mitch Therieau)
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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JENNIFER LOPEZ (with Billboard's Leila Cobo)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Pop Punk: Past & Present (With Ryan Piers)
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Carly Rae Jepsen's New Paths on The Loveliest Time (with Brennan Carley) (Patreon Preview)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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GWEN STEFANI PART 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with NPR's Hazel Cills)
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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GWEN STEFANI PART 1: NO DOUBT (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Revisiting Robyn's Honey (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger) (Patreon Preview)
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Listener Mailbag: Dua, Charli, The Idol, Behind-The-Scenes & More!!
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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PAULA ABDUL (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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A Deep Dive into Speak Now, OG and TV (with Every Single Album's Nora Princiotti) (Patreon Preview)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Send Us Your Questions for Our Listener Mailbag Episode!
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Checking in on Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings So Far (with Charlie Harding, Larisha Paul & Nora Princiotti)
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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CHARLIE PUTH (with Steven J. Horowitz)
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The Bebe Rexhafication of Kim Petras on Feed the Beast (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank) (Patreon Preview)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The Holy Bond Between Queer Men & Pop Divas (with Dr. Craig Jennex)
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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LITTLE RICHARD (with Jason King)
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Does Mariah Carey's Glitter Deserve #Justice? (with Matt Jacobs) (Patreon Preview)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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What Makes a Great Pride Anthem? (with Canada's Drag Race Winner Priyanka)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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KIM PETRAS (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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New Music Speed Round: Janelle Monáe, Kylie Minogue, G-Flip & More (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber) (Patreon Preview)
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May 29, 2023 |
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ARETHA FRANKLIN (with Mark Bego)
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May 25, 2023 |
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The Best Pop Music of 2023 (So Far) (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer)
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May 18, 2023 |
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How Has Lady Gaga's Chromatica Held Up? (with Matthew Perpetua & Molly Mary O'Brien) (Patreon Preview)
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May 15, 2023 |
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SHAKIRA (with Rolling Stone's Julyssa Lopez)
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May 11, 2023 |
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Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! & the State of the Disco Revival (Patreon Preview)
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May 08, 2023 |
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(Almost) One Year Of Renaissance: Where Does It Rank In Beyoncé's Catalog? (with Hunter Harris, Ira Madison III & Puja Patel)
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May 04, 2023 |
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How Tik Tok Has Changed Pop Stardom (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Ariana Grande's Positions (with Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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FIFTH HARMONY (with Service 95's Brennan Carley)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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What's Gone Wrong for Chlöe Bailey? (Patreon Preview)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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TLC (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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THE RONETTES, THE SHIRELLES, THE MARVELETTES & THE SHANGRI-LAS (with Dr. Jacqueline Warwick)
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Lana Del Rey's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (with Shaad D'Souza)
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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LANA DEL REY (with Kathy Iandoli)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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KACEY MUSGRAVES (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger)
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Miley Cyrus' Endless Summer Vacation (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Do We Still Need Poptimism? (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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New Music Speed Round: Sam Smith, Ava Max, Lana, Ice Spice & More! (with Main Pod Girl's AJ Marks) (Patreon Preview)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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JA RULE, NELLY, LUDACRIS & 50 CENT (with Jordan Sargent)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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The State of Streaming: How It's Impacted Pop Stars, Music & Us (with Trapital's Dan Runcie)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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FRANK SINATRA (with You Must Remember This' Karina Longworth)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Was Rihanna's Halftime Show Good? (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Rihanna Super Bowl Setlist Draft Extravaganza!! (with Lindsey Weber, Jason Lipshutz & Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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We Need to Talk About The Grammys... (Patreon Preview)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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THE WEEKND (with Anupa Mistry)
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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What Pantheon Rankings Have I Gotten Wrong?: Kesha, ABBA, Miley, Your Calls & More!
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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MADONNA: PART 4 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak) [Originally Published on 4/21/2021]
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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MADONNA: PART 3 (with Annie Zaleski)
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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MADONNA: PART 2 (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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New Music Speed Round: Meghan Trainor, Paramore, Lana Del Rey & More (Patreon Preview)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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MADONNA: PART 1 (with Inside The Groove's Edward Russell)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift's Reputation (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (Patreon's Version)
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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KATY PERRY: PART 2 (with Variety's Daniel D'Addario)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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KATY PERRY: PART 1 (with Variety's Daniel D'Addario)
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Imperial Phases: What Are They, Who's Had One and Do They Still Exist? (with Tom Ewing)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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The Best (and Worst) Pop Music of 2022 (with NPR's Hazel Cills)
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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AMY WINEHOUSE (with Sasha Frere-Jones)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me and the State of the Pop Doc (with New York Magazine's Rachel Handler)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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BELINDA CARLISLE, DEBBIE GIBSON, TIFFANY & TAYLOR DAYNE: Forgotten Ladies of the 1980s (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Can the Super Bowl Put Rihanna in Tier 1?? (Preview)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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The Joys & Terrors of Stan Culture (with The New York Times' Joe Coscarelli)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Announcement!
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Taylor Swift's Midnights (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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SPICE GIRLS (with Owen Myers)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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GEORGE MICHAEL (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Listener Mailbag! Britney, Bowie, Flops, Divas and More!!
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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BTS (with Tamar Herman)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball (with Steven Avalos, Omri Rolan & Lala Thompson)
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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DONNA SUMMER (with Black Girl Songbook's Danyel Smith)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Disco: Past & Present (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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MERCH ALERT!
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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USHER (with Rawiya Kameir)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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MTV VMAs: Past, Present & Our Favorite Moments (with Dunzo's Troy McEady)
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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MILEY CYRUS (with Shaad D'Souza)
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Billboard's Hot 100: Hits, History and Kinks (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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BEYONCÉ'S RENAISSANCE (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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BEYONCÉ PART 3: AMERICAN ICON (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne A. Brooks)
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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BEYONCÉ PART 2: SOLO SUPERSTAR (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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BEYONCÉ PART 1: DESTINY'S CHILD (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Song of the Summer: History, Favs and Predictions (with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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DURAN DURAN (with Annie Zaleski)
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Bey-Side: Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" and Renaissance Predictions
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Father's Day Special (with my dad)
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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KELLY CLARKSON (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Bloghouse (with Lina Abascal)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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SCISSOR SISTERS (with Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua)
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Best Pop Music of 2022 So Far (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber)
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May 26, 2022 |
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SHANIA TWAIN (with Kate Dries)
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May 19, 2022 |
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MTV's Total Request Live (with Dunzo's Troy McEady)
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May 12, 2022 |
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BILLIE EILISH (with Molly Lambert)
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May 05, 2022 |
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One Year of Pop Pantheon: Reassessing All the Rankings
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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ABBA (with Carl Magnus Palm)
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Charli XCX's Crash (with Owen Myers)
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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CHRISTINA AGUILERA (with Evan Ross Katz)
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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NORMANI (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Grammys Special! (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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KESHA (with Pitchfork's Cat Zhang)
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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LISTENER MAILBAG!: Answering Your Questions on Dua, Beyonce, Kylie, Charli, Kacey and.... Ava Max!
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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DIANA ROSS PT. 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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DIANA ROSS PT. 1: THE SUPREMES (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Bonus: Louie and Rich Juzwiak on the Janet Jackson Documentary
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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NICKI MINAJ (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Super Bowl Halftime Show Extravaganza! (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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NELLY FURTADO (with Bianca Gracie)
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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CYNDI LAUPER (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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SELENA GOMEZ (with The New York Times' Joe Coscarelli)
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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RIHANNA PT. 2 (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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RIHANNA PT. 1 (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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ONE DIRECTION (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Charli, Charli, More Charli, Hailee Steinfeild's Career, Katy and Tinashe, Girl Groups and ME!
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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CHARLI XCX (with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan)
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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POST MALONE (with Larry Fitzmaurice)
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Toni, Tamar, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake and Iconic Pop Stars With Terrible Debut Singles
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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TONI BRAXTON (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Britney, The Pantheon and The Best Pop Songs of the Year
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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JUSTIN BIEBER (with Pitchfork Contributing Editor Rawiya Kameir)
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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LORDE (with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz)
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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KYLIE MINOGUE (with HuffPost's Noah Michelson)
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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CARDI B (with Pitchfork's Clover Hope)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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MAX MARTIN (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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CELINE DION (with Call Your Girlfriend's Aminatou Sow)
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (with Jordan Sargent)
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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MISSY ELLIOTT (with Steven J. Horowitz)
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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LADY GAGA (with NY Times Contributor Lindsay Zoladz)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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ROBYN (with The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino)
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May 20, 2021 |
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DRAKE (with The WSJ Mag's Myles Tanzer)
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May 06, 2021 |
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MADONNA (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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CARLY RAE JEPSEN (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber)
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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CIARA (with Chris Stedman)
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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ARIANA GRANDE (with Steven J. Horowitz)
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Mini-sode: What Exactly is the Pop Pantheon?
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Pop Pantheon Teaser
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Mar 08, 2021 |