• Popcast (Deluxe): Morgan Wallen, Indie Sleaze and ‘Survivor’ (Wed, May 31, 2023)
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• On TikTok, Pop Music Speeds Up (Wed, May 24, 2023)
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• Jessie Ware Is Dancing Into Her Second Act (Wed, May 17, 2023)
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• Ed Sheeran Is Vindicated, But Other Copyright Battles Rage On (Wed, May 10, 2023)
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• Jai Paul Emerges From the Shadows, Somewhat (Thu, May 4, 2023)
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• How Fred again.. Jolted Dance Music (Mon, Apr 24, 2023)
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• A Spree of Country Music Divorce Albums (Mon, Apr 17, 2023)
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• The Friendship Harmonies of boygenius (Thu, Apr 6, 2023)
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• How Taylor Swift Shapes the Story of Her Eras (Fri, Mar 31, 2023)
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• The Inevitability of Ice Spice (Wed, Mar 22, 2023)
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• The Return of Morgan Wallen (Who Never Went Away) (Thu, Mar 16, 2023)
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• Celebrating De La Soul, With Questlove (Wed, Mar 8, 2023)
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• Pharrell and Luxury Fashion’s Hip-Hop Obsession (Wed, Mar 1, 2023)
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• SZA’s Very Roundabout Path to Success (Sat, Feb 18, 2023)
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• Lil Yachty Breaks Boundaries and Takes on Rap Conservatism (Fri, Feb 10, 2023)
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• Grammys 2023: Hip-Hop Wins, Beyoncé Wins (Sort of) (Tue, Feb 7, 2023)
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• Blackpink, Aespa, NewJeans: The Evolution of K-Pop Girl Groups (Thu, Jan 26, 2023)
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• Ticketmaster Under the Magnifying Glass (Thu, Jan 19, 2023)
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• Jazz’s Year of Reckoning With Tradition (Thu, Jan 12, 2023)
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• The Year of Bad Bunny (Fri, Jan 6, 2023)
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• Year-End Listener Mailbag: Your 2022 Questions, Part 2 (Sat, Dec 31, 2022)
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• Year-End Listener Mailbag: Your 2022 Questions, Part 1 (Wed, Dec 28, 2022)
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• 2022: The Songs of the Year (Wed, Dec 14, 2022)
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• The Best Albums of 2022? Let’s Discuss. (Wed, Dec 7, 2022)
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• 2022: The Year in Atlanta Rap (Thu, Dec 1, 2022)
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• Separating Big Business and Bad Behavior in ‘Tár’ (Wed, Nov 16, 2022)
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• 50 Years of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’ (Wed, Nov 9, 2022)
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’: Listener Mailbag (Wed, Nov 2, 2022)
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’: Let’s Discuss (Tue, Oct 25, 2022)
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• Remembering Loretta Lynn (Thu, Oct 20, 2022)
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• The Young Women Who Make TikTok Weep (Wed, Oct 12, 2022)
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• The Sudden Rise of Zach Bryan (Wed, Oct 5, 2022)
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• Popcast Live! The New Faces of 2022 (Thu, Sep 22, 2022)
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• The Perseverance of Megan Thee Stallion (Wed, Sep 14, 2022)
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• What Is a ‘Fake’ Artist in 2022? (Wed, Aug 31, 2022)
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• Rage Against the Machine, Roaring On (Wed, Aug 24, 2022)
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• Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’: The Speed Round (Wed, Aug 17, 2022)
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• A Renaissance in American Hardcore Music (Thu, Aug 11, 2022)
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• The Robust Return of Beyoncé (Tue, Aug 2, 2022)
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• Lizzo’s Complicated, Joyful Pop (Wed, Jul 27, 2022)
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• ‘Elvis’ vs. Elvis (Wed, Jul 13, 2022)
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• What’s Next for Jack Harlow? (Thu, Jul 7, 2022)
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• Where Is Jazz Most at Home? (Wed, Jun 29, 2022)
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• Drake Hits the Nightclub (Wed, Jun 22, 2022)
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• Digging Into Bob Dylan and Lou Reed’s Archives (Wed, Jun 15, 2022)
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• Mailbag Madness: Adele, Jack Harlow, the State of Rock’s Return (Wed, Jun 8, 2022)
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• Can Harry Styles’s Music Catch Up to His Fame? (Wed, Jun 1, 2022)
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• Kendrick Lamar’s Anxiety Era (Tue, May 24, 2022)
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• How Gossip Is Remaking Online Hip-Hop Media (Wed, May 18, 2022)
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• Why We Collect (Wed, May 11, 2022)
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• A Decade of Drill Rap (Sun, May 8, 2022)
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• Machine Gun Kelly’s Pop-Punk Pivot (Wed, Apr 27, 2022)
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• Will Smith, Before the Slap (Thu, Apr 21, 2022)
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• The 2022 Grammys: Let’s Discuss (Tue, Apr 5, 2022)
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• Charli XCX’s Ever-Evolving Pop (Wed, Mar 30, 2022)
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• The Many Worlds of Rosalía (Wed, Mar 23, 2022)
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• The Sounds of Ukrainian Pop (Tue, Mar 15, 2022)
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• Reggaeton’s Global Expansion and Wide-Open Future (Tue, Mar 8, 2022)
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• The Enigma of Big Thief (Wed, Mar 2, 2022)
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• Remembering Betty Davis, a Futuristic Funk Force (Wed, Feb 23, 2022)
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• Mitski, In and Out of the Spotlight (Wed, Feb 16, 2022)
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• Spotify’s Ongoing Joe Rogan Problem (Wed, Feb 9, 2022)
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• Remembering Greg Tate, Critic and Catalyst (Tue, Feb 1, 2022)
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• A Killing Jolts Sweden’s Rap Scene (Wed, Jan 26, 2022)
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• What’s Left for the Weeknd to Conquer? (Tue, Jan 18, 2022)
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• 2021 in Jazz: Intimacy and Conversation (Wed, Jan 12, 2022)
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• Bonus Episode: Lana Del Rey’s American Fever Dreams (Sat, Jan 1, 2022)
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• What We Forgot to Talk About in 2021 (Tue, Dec 28, 2021)
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• TikTok’s Music Critics Reflect on 2021 (Tue, Dec 21, 2021)
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• The Best Albums of 2021? Let’s Discuss. (Tue, Dec 14, 2021)
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• Remembering Stephen Sondheim, Musical Theater Visionary (Tue, Dec 7, 2021)
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• Adele Returns, From Beyond Space and Time (Tue, Nov 30, 2021)
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• The Emotional and Financial Business of Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ (Wed, Nov 17, 2021)
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• Remembering the Velvet Underground Through the Mirror of Film (Tue, Nov 16, 2021)
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• How the Mosh Pit and ‘Raging’ Came to Hip-Hop (Tue, Nov 9, 2021)
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• Popcast Mailbag! Halsey, Nicki, TikTok and, of Course, Taylor (Wed, Nov 3, 2021)
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• glaive and Hyperpop’s Breakthrough Moment (Tue, Oct 19, 2021)
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• The Music Lost to Coronavirus, Part 3 (Tue, Oct 12, 2021)
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• The Reporters Who Covered R. Kelly on His Trial and Conviction (Tue, Oct 5, 2021)
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• Bringing Aaliyah Into the Streaming Era (Tue, Sep 28, 2021)
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• Kacey Musgraves, Country Music Chameleon (Tue, Sep 21, 2021)
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• Is Drake Tired of Drake? (Tue, Sep 14, 2021)
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• Miss the Old Kanye? Try the New Kanye. (Tue, Sep 7, 2021)
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• Lorde Steals Her Sunshine Back (Mon, Aug 30, 2021)
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• The Style of Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Era (Tue, Aug 24, 2021)
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• The Lox, Triumphant at Verzuz (Mon, Aug 16, 2021)
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• Billie Eilish’s New Pop Perspective (Mon, Aug 9, 2021)
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• Lil Nas X in the Pop Stratosphere (Fri, Jul 23, 2021)
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• When Pop Music Trolls Grow Up (Mon, Jul 19, 2021)
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• The (Not So?) Tentative Return of Live Music (Mon, Jul 12, 2021)
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• Britney Spears Takes On Her Conservatorship (Thu, Jul 1, 2021)
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• In the Weeds of ‘In the Heights’ (Fri, Jun 18, 2021)
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Breakthrough (Fri, Jun 4, 2021)
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• J. Cole, Triumphant (at His Own Pace) (Sat, May 29, 2021)
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• The Beatific Re-emergence of Beverly Glenn-Copeland (Fri, May 14, 2021)
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• Where Is Country Music Making Room for Women? (Sun, May 9, 2021)
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• The Sing-Rap Generation Branches Out (Mon, Apr 26, 2021)
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• When a TikTok Influencer Dances, Who Gets Credit? (Fri, Apr 16, 2021)
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• The Telling of DMX’s Life Story (Sun, Apr 11, 2021)
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• Taylor, Billie, Demi, Blackpink: The Pop Star Documentary Boom (Fri, Apr 2, 2021)
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• The Grammys, Improbably, Made It Work (Tue, Mar 16, 2021)
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• TikTok and the Pop Music Rough Draft (Sat, Mar 13, 2021)
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• New Jazz That Agitates for Change (Tue, Mar 2, 2021)
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• Remembering Sophie, Architect of Future Pop (Mon, Feb 15, 2021)
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• The Music Lost to Coronavirus, Part 2 (Fri, Feb 5, 2021)
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• Olivia Rodrigo and ‘Drivers License’ Aren’t Going Anywhere (Sun, Jan 31, 2021)
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• Inside the Bull Market for Songwriting Rights (Tue, Jan 19, 2021)
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• How Zev Love X Became MF Doom (Thu, Jan 7, 2021)
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• 2020 Popcast Listener Mailbag: Taylor, Dua, MGK and More (Wed, Dec 23, 2020)
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’: Let’s Discuss (Tue, Dec 15, 2020)
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• The Best Albums of 2020? Let’s Discuss. (Wed, Dec 9, 2020)
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• Saweetie, City Girls and the Female Rapper Renaissance (Sun, Nov 29, 2020)
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• Who Will Control Britney Spears’s Future? (Wed, Nov 18, 2020)
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• Ariana Grande, a Pop Star for the Post-Pop Star Age (Tue, Nov 10, 2020)
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• The Many Mariah Careys (Thu, Oct 22, 2020)
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• Luke Combs’s Country Stardom and the Remaking of the Bro (Sun, Oct 4, 2020)
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• Will Pop Music of the Future Rely on Actual Musicians, or Avatars? (Mon, Sep 28, 2020)
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• Is TikTok a Music Industry Friend or Troll? (Thu, Sep 17, 2020)
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• Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Preserving Pop’s Old Guard (Wed, Sep 9, 2020)
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• Remembering Riley Gale of Power Trip, a Thrash Titan (Tue, Sep 1, 2020)
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• How Merchandise Bundles Undid the Album Chart (Sat, Aug 22, 2020)
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• The Music Lost to Coronavirus, Part 1 (Tue, Aug 18, 2020)
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• The Welcome Return of the Chicks (Mon, Aug 10, 2020)
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• Answering Your Questions About Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ (Tue, Aug 4, 2020)
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: Let’s Discuss (Tue, Jul 28, 2020)
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• Remembering Ennio Morricone, the Film Score Maestro (Mon, Jul 20, 2020)
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• The Timely Agitation of Run the Jewels (Thu, Jul 9, 2020)
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• Pop Superfans Are Getting Politically Active. What Happens Next? (Tue, Jun 30, 2020)
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• Lil Baby Is Warming Up to the Spotlight (Sun, Jun 21, 2020)
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• The Long, Complicated History of ‘Urban’ Music (Mon, Jun 15, 2020)
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• How Did The Source Cover the 1992 Los Angeles Uprisings? (Sun, Jun 7, 2020)
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• After Missteps, Pop Stars Apologize … and Sometimes Push Back (Mon, Jun 1, 2020)
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• The Many Lives of Doja Cat (Mon, May 18, 2020)
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• Remembering Tony Allen and Florian Schneider, Two Pillars of Rhythm (Mon, May 11, 2020)
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• The Triumphant Return of Fiona Apple, Pop Music Renegade (Thu, Apr 30, 2020)
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• Beyond ‘Trolls’ and ‘Frozen’: What Are Our Kids Listening To? (Sun, Apr 19, 2020)
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• Dua Lipa, Dance-Pop Crusader (Sat, Apr 11, 2020)
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• Sam Hunt and Kenny Rogers, Country Music Rule-Benders (Sun, Apr 5, 2020)
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• What Is the Role of Criticism in a Crisis? (Fri, Mar 27, 2020)
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• What Music Should I Listen to in a Crisis? (Fri, Mar 20, 2020)
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• How Will Pop Music Respond to the Coronavirus? (Thu, Mar 19, 2020)
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• The Unrelenting Space Jams of Tame Impala (Sun, Mar 8, 2020)
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• The Death of Pop Smoke and the Future of Brooklyn Drill (Fri, Feb 28, 2020)
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• Justin Bieber Is Back With Confessions, Personal and Musical (Fri, Feb 21, 2020)
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• Answering Your Questions About Britney, Billie, Aaliyah and More (Fri, Feb 14, 2020)
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• Answering Your Questions About Taylor, Mitski, Emo and More (Fri, Feb 7, 2020)
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• When Did the Super Bowl Halftime Show Become Political? (Sat, Feb 1, 2020)
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• The Grammys, Dissected: Out With the Old, in With the Billie, Lizzo and Tyler (Tue, Jan 28, 2020)
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• How TikTok Is Killing the Radio Songwriter (Fri, Jan 17, 2020)
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• In 2019, Jazz Reckoned With Old Boundaries, and Marched Past Them (Sat, Jan 11, 2020)
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• Were These the Best Albums of the 2010s? (Tue, Dec 31, 2019)
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• Debating the Best Albums of 2019 (Fri, Dec 20, 2019)
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• Juice WRLD and the Crisis of SoundCloud Rap-Era Fame (Fri, Dec 13, 2019)
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• Would Prince Have Wanted His Rough Drafts Made Public? (Sun, Dec 8, 2019)
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• Dissecting the 2020 Grammy Nominations (Fri, Nov 22, 2019)
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• Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Lana Del Rey: Pop Stars (and Their Fans) Clap Back (Wed, Nov 20, 2019)
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• Can Reality Television Produce a Plausible Rap Star? (Mon, Nov 11, 2019)
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• Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Is King,’ From the Gospel Perspective (Wed, Oct 30, 2019)
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• The Rise of DaBaby, From Memes to the Mosh Pit (Sat, Oct 19, 2019)
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• The Highwomen, Miranda Lambert and the Women Invigorating Country Music (Fri, Oct 11, 2019)
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• Is 100 gecs the End of Pop, or a New Beginning? (Sat, Oct 5, 2019)
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• A New Flood of English-Spanish Pop Is Here. Is It Opportunism or Progress? (Sun, Sep 29, 2019)
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• How Does Post Malone Sound Like Everything and Nothing? (Sun, Sep 22, 2019)
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• Young Thug Gets His Due, But Is It Too Late? (Sat, Sep 7, 2019)
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• What’s the Point of Album Covers in the Post-Album Era? (Thu, Aug 29, 2019)
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• Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ the Beginning or the End of an Era? (Tue, Aug 27, 2019)
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• A Tribute to David Berman, Who Never Hid His Truth (Fri, Aug 16, 2019)
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• Funkmaster Flex and Tyler, the Creator’s Unlikely Buddy Comedy (Fri, Aug 2, 2019)
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• How Many Streams Is a T-Shirt Worth? Breaking Down Chart Dilemmas. (Fri, Jul 26, 2019)
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• The Loudness of João Gilberto, Bossa Nova’s King of Quiet (Fri, Jul 19, 2019)
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• How Hootie & the Blowfish Inspired Both Love and Hate (Mon, Jul 8, 2019)
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• Taylor vs. Scooter: The Pop Music Civil War of 2019 (Wed, Jul 3, 2019)
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• The Unexpectedly Deep Musical Roots of Hootie & the Blowfish (Mon, Jul 1, 2019)
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• Why Are the Movies So Obsessed With Pop Stars? (Fri, Jun 21, 2019)
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• Can Record Labels Be Trusted to Preserve Music History? (Thu, Jun 13, 2019)
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• Bob Dylan’s Excellent Adventure (Tue, Jun 11, 2019)
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• Megan Thee Stallion and Rap’s Rising Generation of Women (Sat, May 25, 2019)
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• Are AirPods Worth the Costs? (Mon, May 20, 2019)
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• Vampire Weekend, Indie Rock Heretics Turned Anxious Jam Band (Mon, May 13, 2019)
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• The Return of Bikini Kill and the Long Tail of Riot Grrrl (Sun, May 5, 2019)
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• How Gospel and Pop Learn From Each Other (Tue, Apr 30, 2019)
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• Is Billie Eilish the Future of Pop? (Fri, Apr 19, 2019)
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• Lil Nas X and the Long History of Country-Rap (Sun, Apr 7, 2019)
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• Boy Bands, Now Featuring Grown Men (Fri, Mar 29, 2019)
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• How a Viral Rap Star Rocketed From Meme to Hit (Thu, Mar 21, 2019)
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• Can Michael Jackson’s Legacy Ever Really Be Derailed? (Thu, Mar 7, 2019)
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• The Hip-Hop Superstar as Local Newsmaker (Fri, Mar 1, 2019)
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• Behind the Ryan Adams Investigation (Mon, Feb 18, 2019)
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• The 2019 Grammys Make Up for Last Year, Somewhat (Tue, Feb 12, 2019)
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• Maggie Rogers and Sharon Van Etten Break Free From Old Expectations (Fri, Feb 1, 2019)
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• Fyre Festival’s Post-Mortems: We’ve Still Got Questions (Fri, Jan 25, 2019)
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• Listening to Pop Music’s Class of 2019 (Fri, Jan 18, 2019)
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• Bad Bunny Is Just Getting Started (Sat, Jan 12, 2019)
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• The New Battles Over the Direction of Jazz (Fri, Jan 4, 2019)
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• Your Questions About Pop Music, Answered (or Ruled Unanswerable) (Thu, Dec 27, 2018)
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• A New Kind of Pop Star Has Arrived (Fri, Dec 21, 2018)
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• Listening to the Best Songs of 2018 (Thu, Dec 13, 2018)
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• How the Grammy Nominations Really Made Us Feel (Sat, Dec 8, 2018)
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• Debating the Best Albums of 2018: Janelle Monáe, Soccer Mommy and More (Fri, Dec 7, 2018)
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• 6ix9ine’s Troubled Past and Uncertain Future (Sat, Dec 1, 2018)
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• The Gentle Return of Mariah Carey (Thu, Nov 29, 2018)
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• Kane Brown, Pistol Annies and Country Music’s Inclusion Problem (Sat, Nov 17, 2018)
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• Remembering Roy Hargrove, Who Brought Jazz History Into Tomorrow (Fri, Nov 9, 2018)
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• Robyn, Pop’s Reluctant Pacesetter (Fri, Nov 2, 2018)
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• BTS Conquered America. What’s Next for K-Pop? (Fri, Oct 26, 2018)
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• For Those About to Rock, An Uncertain Fate (Sat, Oct 20, 2018)
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• ‘A Star Is Born’ Is Here. Let’s Discuss. (Thu, Oct 11, 2018)
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• How Lil Wayne Became One of Hip-Hop’s Most Durable Stars (Fri, Oct 5, 2018)
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• Should They Stay or Should They Go? Pop Stars and Retirement (Fri, Sep 28, 2018)
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• What Makes for a Great Celebrity Profile? (Thu, Sep 20, 2018)
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• Remembering Mac Miller, Low-Key Hip-Hop Bellwether (Sat, Sep 15, 2018)
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• Remembering The Village Voice, Music Criticism's Crucible: Part 2 (Mon, Sep 10, 2018)
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• Remembering The Village Voice, Music Criticism's Crucible: Part 1 (Mon, Sep 10, 2018)
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• How We Arrived at Ariana Grande’s Big Moment (Tue, Aug 28, 2018)
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• Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott, Rivals With Common Problems (Tue, Aug 21, 2018)
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• Aretha Franklin: The Artist We Knew, and the Woman We Didn’t (Fri, Aug 17, 2018)
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• The Shrinking Space Between Band T-Shirt and High Fashion (Fri, Aug 10, 2018)
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• Can Guns N’ Roses, or Any Artist, Erase an Unflattering Moment? (Sat, Aug 4, 2018)
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• Who’s in Charge of Telling Whitney Houston’s Story? (Fri, Jul 27, 2018)
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• When Superfans Attack (Sat, Jul 21, 2018)
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• Drake: Platinum in a Day, but Still at a Crossroads (Thu, Jul 5, 2018)
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• Kanye West: You Asked, We Answered (Wed, Jun 27, 2018)
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• XXXTentacion, Mourning and Morality (Fri, Jun 22, 2018)
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• Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes, Would-Be Pop Kings (Sat, Jun 16, 2018)
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• Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ Is Here: Let’s Discuss (Wed, Jun 6, 2018)
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• Drake vs. Pusha-T, Unpacked (Thu, May 31, 2018)
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• Yes, We Stuck With ‘American Idol’ (Sat, May 26, 2018)
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• Pursuing R. Kelly: The Reporter Who Never Gave Up (Wed, May 23, 2018)
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• ‘Girls’ Gone Wrong: Who Gets to Make a Gay Love Song? (Fri, May 18, 2018)
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• Avicii: Overexposed and Underappreciated? (Fri, May 4, 2018)
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• Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Break Boundaries (Wed, Apr 25, 2018)
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• Pop’s Category Killers, From Live Nation to Spotify, Under the Microscope (Fri, Apr 20, 2018)
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• Cardi B Arrives at the Top (Thu, Apr 12, 2018)
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• Logic, XXXTentacion and Hip-Hop Morality in 2018 (Fri, Apr 6, 2018)
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• Kacey Musgraves and Ashley McBryde, Country Traditionalists With a Twist (Fri, Mar 30, 2018)
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• Ashlee Simpson: You Asked, We Answered (Fri, Mar 16, 2018)
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• Was Ashlee Simpson Underappreciated? Discuss (Fri, Mar 9, 2018)
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• Lucy Dacus, Soccer Mommy, the Breeders and the Future of Indie Rock (Fri, Mar 2, 2018)
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• In Defense of Soundtracks. And Fergie. (Sat, Feb 24, 2018)
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• The Complex Intersection Where Rap and the Legal System Collide (Fri, Feb 16, 2018)
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• Justin Timberlake Down, Meek Mill Up: How Twitter Swings Public Opinion (Fri, Feb 9, 2018)
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• Can the Grammys Be Fixed? (Tue, Jan 30, 2018)
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• Hear What Music Will Sound Like in 2018 (Fri, Jan 26, 2018)
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• Remembering the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan (Fri, Jan 19, 2018)
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• In Streaming, One Goliath Creates Many Davids (Fri, Jan 12, 2018)
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• Is Today’s Jazz Finally Outrunning the Past? (Fri, Jan 5, 2018)
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• Will Eminem Ever Change? (Fri, Dec 22, 2017)
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• The Popcast Answers Your Burning Questions About Pop Music in 2017 (Mon, Dec 18, 2017)
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• In 2017, Pop Music Made Triumph Out of Tough Times (Fri, Dec 8, 2017)
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• After 40 Years, U2 Is Still Huge. Why? (Sat, Dec 2, 2017)
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• Remembering Lil Peep (Wed, Nov 22, 2017)
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Has Arrived. Let’s Discuss. (Tue, Nov 14, 2017)
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Is Almost Here. Let’s Discuss. (Thu, Nov 9, 2017)
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• How Will Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Be Remembered? (Fri, Nov 3, 2017)
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• What Are the Billboard Charts Really Measuring? (Fri, Oct 27, 2017)
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• The Persistence of Pink and Kelly Clarkson, Outspoken Pop Survivors (Fri, Oct 20, 2017)
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• Shania Twain Was Country’s Crossover Queen. What Is She Now? (Fri, Oct 13, 2017)
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• Tom Petty, a Secret Punk on Rock’s Mount Rushmore (Wed, Oct 4, 2017)
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• National Anthem Protests, From ‘Jazzing the Banner’ to Taking a Knee (Fri, Sep 29, 2017)
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• Bye, Bro. In Country Music, It’s the Year of the Gentleman. (Fri, Sep 22, 2017)
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• From Instagram to ‘Bodak Yellow,’ Cardi B Has Arrived (Fri, Sep 15, 2017)
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• Women Dominating Rock: There’s More to the Conversation (Mon, Sep 11, 2017)
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• The Popcast Answers Your Questions About Beyoncé, Music Videos and More (Sat, Sep 2, 2017)
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• Is SoundCloud a Business or a Community? (Fri, Aug 25, 2017)
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• Kesha and Taylor Swift Find New Voices (Fri, Aug 18, 2017)
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• What Keeps Phish Fans Coming Back for More? (Fri, Aug 11, 2017)
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• Is Arcade Fire Its Own Worst Enemy? (Fri, Aug 4, 2017)
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• Celebrating Two of Rock’s Big Voices, Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell (Fri, Jul 28, 2017)
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• Streaming Is Taking Over Pop, but It’s Far From Flawless (Fri, Jul 21, 2017)
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• From Jay-Z to Prodigy, It’s Time to Talk About Hip-Hop’s Elders (Fri, Jul 14, 2017)
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• Can K-pop Conquer America? (Fri, Jun 30, 2017)
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• Hip-Hop’s Punk Moment Has Arrived (Fri, Jun 23, 2017)
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• Katy Perry, Lorde and Halsey: How to Make a Pop Album in 2017 (Fri, Jun 16, 2017)
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• Why We’re Still Listening to the Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ (Fri, Jun 9, 2017)
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• Latin Pop Thrives, No Bieber Required (Fri, Jun 2, 2017)
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• Festivals That Inspire Awe, and Festivals That Lead to Criminal Investigations (Fri, May 26, 2017)
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• Harry Styles and John Mayer, Teardrops on Their Guitars (Fri, May 19, 2017)
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• Paramore Returns, Headed Straight For the 1980s (Fri, May 12, 2017)
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• Finding Feist’s Pleasure and Pain (Fri, May 5, 2017)
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• How Lil Uzi Vert Turned Rap Into Rock and Became a Pop Star (Fri, Apr 28, 2017)
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• A Deep Dig on Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole’s Hip-Hop’s Values (Fri, Apr 21, 2017)
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• How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Chainsmokers? (Fri, Apr 14, 2017)
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• Jazz in 2017: The Music Is Thriving, Though Support Is in Peril (Fri, Apr 7, 2017)
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• Drake Changed Hip-Hop’s Sound. Can He Change the Business? (Mon, Mar 27, 2017)
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• How Chuck Berry Became a Rock ’n’ Roll Mastermind (Wed, Mar 22, 2017)
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• The Billboard Charts Are Wackier Than Ever: What’s Going On? (Fri, Mar 17, 2017)
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• The Greatest Trick Ed Sheeran Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World He’s an Underdog (Fri, Mar 10, 2017)
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• What Future and Migos Tell Us About Atlanta’s Rap Dominance (Fri, Mar 3, 2017)
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• What Happens When Nashville Outsiders Become Country’s Big Stars? (Fri, Feb 24, 2017)
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• Were There Any Real Winners at the Grammys? (Tue, Feb 14, 2017)
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• Will the Grammy Awards End With a Big Surprise? (Fri, Feb 10, 2017)
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• Punk Rock Is Alive and Well, No Politics Required (Fri, Feb 3, 2017)
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• The War Over ‘La La Land’: Gotta Hear Both Sides (Fri, Jan 27, 2017)
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• The Crooner in Chief: Barack Obama’s Musical Legacy (Fri, Jan 20, 2017)
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• Hip-Hop’s Elders and Youth Go to Battle (Again) (Fri, Jan 13, 2017)
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• Mariah Carey and New Year’s Eve: Is the Fantasy Over? (Fri, Jan 6, 2017)
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• 10 Songs That Tell the Story of 2016 (Fri, Dec 30, 2016)
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• The Year in Jazz Music (Fri, Dec 23, 2016)
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• Pop Music Trends in 2016 (Fri, Dec 16, 2016)
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• The Best Albums of 2016 (Fri, Dec 9, 2016)
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• For Bruno Mars and the Weeknd, the Past as Muse (Fri, Dec 2, 2016)
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• Revisiting Kanye West's 'The Life of Pablo' (Fri, Nov 25, 2016)
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• Mourning the Greats: Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell and Mose Allison (Fri, Nov 18, 2016)
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• Popcast: Division and Unity in Pop, and Beyond (Sat, Nov 12, 2016)
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• Popcast: A Tribe Called Quest Returns (Sat, Nov 5, 2016)
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• Popcast: What’s Next for Kesha? (Sat, Oct 29, 2016)
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• Popcast: Nu-Dance Rises With Help From Streaming (Sat, Oct 22, 2016)
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• Dylancast: Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize! (Sat, Oct 15, 2016)
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• Popcast: Tyler Glenn at the Crossroads (Sat, Oct 8, 2016)
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• Popcast: Finding the Joy (and Humor) in Bon Iver’s Pain (Fri, Sep 30, 2016)
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• Popcast: The Next Teen Star Machine (Fri, Sep 23, 2016)
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• Popcast: Fall Preview (Fri, Sep 16, 2016)
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• Popcast: The Return of New York Rap (Sat, Sep 10, 2016)
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• Popcast: Stardom in the Age of Social Media (Fri, Sep 2, 2016)
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• Popcast: Frank Ocean Returns (Thu, Aug 25, 2016)
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• Popcast: Race and Hip-Hop, a Conversation (Fri, Aug 19, 2016)
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• Popcast: Janet Jackson and the Legacy of ‘Control’ (Fri, Aug 12, 2016)
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• Popcast: A Send-Off for Ben Ratliff (Fri, Aug 5, 2016)
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• Popcast: Gucci Mane and Atlanta Hip-Hop (Fri, Jul 29, 2016)
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• Popcast: Dissecting the Legacy of Alan Vega and Suicide (Fri, Jul 22, 2016)
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• Popcast: The Return of Pop-Punk and Emo (Fri, Jul 15, 2016)
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• Popcast: J Balvin’s Reggaeton Mission (Fri, Jul 8, 2016)
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• Popcast: Prince’s Fateful Flight and Judith Hill’s Story (Fri, Jun 24, 2016)
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• Popcast: Techno’s Dual Identity (Fri, Jun 10, 2016)
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• Popcast: Hip-Hop Concerts and the Police (Fri, Jun 3, 2016)
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• Popcast: Arthur Russell (Fri, May 27, 2016)
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• Popcast: Chance the Rapper and Drake (Fri, May 20, 2016)
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• Popcast: Radiohead and James Blake (Thu, May 12, 2016)
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• Popcast: Britney Spears (Sun, May 8, 2016)
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• Popcast: Beyoncé Serves Up ‘Lemonade’ (Tue, Apr 26, 2016)
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• Popcast: Caetano Veloso (Fri, Apr 22, 2016)
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• Popcast: Remembering Prince (Fri, Apr 22, 2016)
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• Popcast:Country Music Agitators (Sat, Apr 16, 2016)
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• Popcast: Jazz Artists in Exile (Fri, Apr 8, 2016)
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• Popcast: Jazz in Museums (Fri, Mar 25, 2016)
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• Popcast: Gwen Stefani Returns (Fri, Mar 18, 2016)
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• Popcast: The Art and Future of Criticism (Fri, Mar 11, 2016)
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• Popcast: Macklemore’s Aesthetic Mission (Fri, Feb 26, 2016)
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• Popcast: Kanye West”s Unfinished Album (Fri, Feb 19, 2016)
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• Popcast: Beyonce and Rihanna Take a Different Approach (Fri, Feb 12, 2016)
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• Popcast: R&B’s New Identity (Fri, Jan 29, 2016)
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• Popcast: Tropical House Movement (Fri, Jan 22, 2016)
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• Popcast: Love, Death and David Bowie (Wed, Jan 13, 2016)
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• Popcast: Jazz Moments of 2015 (Fri, Jan 8, 2016)
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• Popcast: Making Sense of 2015 in Music (Wed, Dec 30, 2015)
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• Popcast: Best Songs of 2015 (Wed, Dec 23, 2015)
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• Popcast: Best Albums of 2015 (Fri, Dec 18, 2015)
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• Popcast: Joe Casey of Protomartyr (Fri, Dec 11, 2015)
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• Popcast: Sophie and Grimes (Fri, Dec 4, 2015)
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• Popcast: The Return of Adele (Fri, Nov 13, 2015)
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• Popcast: Taylor Swift and Drake, Friendship vs. Partnership (Fri, Nov 6, 2015)
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• Popcast: Joanna Newsom (Fri, Oct 30, 2015)
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• Popcast: Justin Bieber Is Back. Thank Poo Bear. (Fri, Oct 16, 2015)
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• Popcast: The Influence of ‘808s and Heartbreak’ (Fri, Oct 9, 2015)
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• Popcast: Janet Jackson Returns With ‘Unbreakable’ (Fri, Oct 2, 2015)
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda On How Hip-Hop Influenced Him and ‘Hamilton’ (Fri, Sep 25, 2015)
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• Popcast: Jen Shyu Explores the Unknown (Fri, Sep 18, 2015)
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• Popcast: Jon Batiste and ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ (Thu, Sep 10, 2015)
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• Popcast: 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (Tue, Sep 1, 2015)
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• Popcast: The Weeknd (Fri, Aug 28, 2015)
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• Popcast: ‘Where Are Ü Now’ (Tue, Aug 25, 2015)
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• Carly Rae Jepsen Grows Up (Fri, Aug 21, 2015)
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• Popcast: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ (Fri, Aug 14, 2015)
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• Drake’s Bully Pulpit (Fri, Aug 7, 2015)
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• Popcast: Titus Andronicus (Fri, Jul 31, 2015)
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• Popcast: Prince Royce, Pitbull and Multilingual Pop Music (Fri, Jul 24, 2015)
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• Reggae’s Summer Flirtation (Fri, Jul 17, 2015)
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• Hip-Hop’s Silent Majority (Fri, Jul 10, 2015)
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• Apple Music and Beats 1 (Fri, Jun 26, 2015)
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• Popcast: “Tomatoes” Giving Country Its Bite (Fri, Jun 19, 2015)
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• Popcast: Tenement’s Bright Double Album (Fri, Jun 12, 2015)
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• Jason Derulo Glides Across Genres (Fri, Jun 5, 2015)
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• ASAP Rocky Returns to a Haze (Fri, May 29, 2015)
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• Shamir’s Distinctive Voice (Fri, May 22, 2015)
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• Joey Alexander, the Young Jazz Sensation (Fri, May 15, 2015)
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• U2 Prepares to Go on Tour (Fri, May 8, 2015)
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• New Albums By Zac Brown Band and Tyler Farr (Fri, May 1, 2015)
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• Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down (Fri, Apr 24, 2015)
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• How Much Festival Is Too Much Festival? (Fri, Apr 17, 2015)
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• The Ongoing Evolution of Charles Lloyd (Fri, Apr 10, 2015)
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• Kendrick Lamar, Dissenting From the Mainstream as He Influences It (Fri, Mar 27, 2015)
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• On ‘Empire’: The Show, the Music and the Calamitous Finale (Fri, Mar 20, 2015)
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• Blurred Legal Lines (Fri, Mar 13, 2015)
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• Madonna is Still Madonna On ‘Rebel Heart’ (Fri, Mar 6, 2015)
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• Who Is Boots? (Fri, Feb 20, 2015)
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• Grammys Post-Mortem (Tue, Feb 10, 2015)
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• Björk Gets Personal (Fri, Jan 30, 2015)
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• Departed Tastemakers: ASAP Yams and Kim Fowley (Fri, Jan 23, 2015)
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• Sleater-Kinney Returns (Fri, Jan 16, 2015)
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• All About Meghan Trainor (Fri, Jan 9, 2015)
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• The Year in Jazz 2014 (Fri, Jan 2, 2015)
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• The Year in Pop 2014 (Fri, Dec 19, 2014)
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• The Best Albums of 2014 (Fri, Dec 12, 2014)
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• The Pop Savvy of ‘Beyond the Lights’ (Fri, Dec 5, 2014)
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• London Calls Mary J. Blige (Fri, Nov 21, 2014)
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• How Bobby Shmurda Danced Into the Hot 100 (Fri, Nov 14, 2014)
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• Dave Grohl’s ‘Sonic Highways’ (Fri, Nov 7, 2014)
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• Listening to Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ (Mon, Oct 27, 2014)
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• The Myth of Scott Walker (Fri, Oct 17, 2014)
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• Tinashe, FKA Twigs and the Semantics of R&B (Fri, Oct 10, 2014)
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• Parsing Steve Coleman’s Genius (Fri, Sep 26, 2014)
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• What We Talk About When We Talk About Chris Brown (Fri, Sep 19, 2014)
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• U2’s ‘Songs of Innocence’: Gift or Spam? (Fri, Sep 12, 2014)
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• Our Vacations with Ariana Grande and Kate Bush (Fri, Sep 5, 2014)
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• The Alchemist (Fri, Aug 8, 2014)
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• Songs of the Summer (Fri, Aug 1, 2014)
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