Pop Pantheon
The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.Podcasts
Ice Spice's Y2K Is Surprisingly 2024 Coded (with Nadirah Simmons) (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 29, 2024, 9:29 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds
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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 3: THRILLER (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
Published: July 25, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 17 seconds
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Revisiting Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (with Olivia Horn) (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 22, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 10 seconds
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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 2: THE KING OF POP RISES (with Joseph Vogel)
Published: July 18, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 40 seconds
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Katy Perry's Not So Grand Return + Kesha, Lana Del Rey & More (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 15, 2024, 5:46 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 31 seconds
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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 1: THE JACKSON 5 (with Emily Lordi)
Published: July 11, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 3 seconds
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Megan Thee Stallion Reps for the South and Herself on Megan (with Taylor Crumpton) (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 8, 2024, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds
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The Winners and Losers of the Touring Boom (with Matthew Perpetua, Zach Schonfeld & Emily Stewart)
Published: July 4, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 32 seconds
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The Chaos and Calculations of Camila Cabello's C,XOXO (with Omri Rolan) (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 1, 2024, 11:33 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 37 seconds
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KATE BUSH (with Mic the Snare)
Published: June 27, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 15 seconds
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Ranking the Main Pop Girl Albums of 2024 (So Far) (with Ira Madison III)
Published: June 20, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 44 seconds
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Normani's Album is Good. Now What? (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul) (Patreon Preview)
Published: June 18, 2024, 9:51 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 1 second
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FRANK OCEAN (with Tre Johnson)
Published: June 13, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 27 seconds
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Charli XCX Breaks New Ground on Brat (Patreon Preview)
Published: June 10, 2024, 7:58 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 51 seconds
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Queer Women are Taking Over Pop (with Trish Bendix & Mel Woods)
Published: June 6, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 59 seconds
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PINK (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
Published: May 30, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 26 seconds
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Why are Music Biopics so Bad? (with Keith Phipps)
Published: May 23, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 25 seconds
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Love Hits Hard, Soft & Everything in Between on Billie Eilish's New Album (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood) (Patreon Preview)
Published: May 20, 2024, 11:36 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
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TINA TURNER (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne Brooks)
Published: May 16, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 27 seconds
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Anitta's Global Pop Takeover (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview)
Published: May 13, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds
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Mariah, Nirvana & The Story of MTV Unplugged (with Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks)
Published: May 9, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 15 seconds
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Dua Lipa Disappears on Radical Optimism (with Owen Myers) (Patreon Preview)
Published: May 7, 2024, 3:45 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds
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HILARY DUFF (with Legends Only's T. Kyle)
Published: May 2, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 49 seconds
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Is the Music Video Dead? (with Michael Cragg)
Published: April 25, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 2 seconds
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Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Brittany Spanos, Nora Princiotti & Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview)
Published: April 23, 2024, 1:27 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds
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NIRVANA (with Bandsplain's Yasi Salek)
Published: April 18, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 39 seconds
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Listener Mailbag! Taylor, Pop Pet Peeves & a *Very* Special Guest
Published: April 11, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 48 seconds
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BRANDY (with Naomi Zeichner)
Published: April 4, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 57 seconds
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Beyonce's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Patreon Preview)
Published: April 1, 2024, 9:59 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 58 seconds
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Beyonce, Black Country & the Long Road to Cowboy Carter (With Dr. Francesca Royster & Taylor Crumpton)
Published: March 28, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 40 seconds
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Finding Bliss in Existentialism on Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well (with Jewly Hight) (Patreon Preview)
Published: March 26, 2024, 2:10 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 29 seconds
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CALVIN HARRIS & DAVID GUETTA (with Lina Abascal)
Published: March 21, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 50 seconds
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Britney and Janet Arent Justin Timberlakes Only Problem (with Vox's Kyndall Cunningham) (Patreon Preview)
Published: March 19, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 25 seconds
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Do You Still Listen to Kanye West and Michael Jackson? (with Tre Johnson & Kemi Olivia Alemoru)
Published: March 14, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 48 seconds
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The Novel & Familiar Thrills of Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine (with Bustle's Nolan Feeney) (Patreon Preview)
Published: March 11, 2024, 7:24 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 23 seconds
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ARIANA GRANDE: PART 2 (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca)
Published: March 7, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 38 seconds
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ARIANA GRANDE: PART 1 (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood)
Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 15 seconds
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NYC Live Show! Talking Taylor at the Bellhouse on 4/22
Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
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JLo, Beyonce & the Surprisingly Long History of the Visual Album (with Sydney Urbanek)
Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 22 seconds
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Can We Justify Justin Timberlake's Justified? (with Rachel Brodsky) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds
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SHERYL CROW (with Natalie Weiner)
Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 13 seconds
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Beyonce's Surprise Singles + Usher's Halftime Show + New Music Speed Round (with Variety's Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Feb. 12, 2024, 11:13 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds
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Second Spin: USHER (with Rawiya Kameir)
Published: Feb. 10, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 32 seconds
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N*cki, M*gan & Why it's Time to Rethink Stan Culture (with Rolling Stone's Mankaprr Conteh)
Published: Feb. 8, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 47 seconds
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The Grammys Still Have a Problem with Black Women (with Variety's Chris Willman) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Feb. 5, 2024, 9:08 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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FERGIE (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 33 seconds
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THE BLACK EYED PEAS (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
Published: Jan. 25, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 56 seconds
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How Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Made Her a Main Pop Girl (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Jan. 22, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds
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Why Can't Pop Stars Score Two Hits Off One Album? (with Andrew Unterberger & Eric Bennett)
Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 38 seconds
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Ariana Returns! Plus New Music from Lil Nas X & Jennifer Lopez (Patreon Preview)
Published: Jan. 15, 2024, 11:12 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds
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DEMI LOVATO (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
Published: Jan. 11, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 59 seconds
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What Pantheon Rankings Did I Get Wrong in 2023?: Shakira, The Simpson Sisters, Lana & More!
Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 53 seconds
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Hard Candy is a Sweet Spot in Madonna's Late Period (with Miles Marshall Lewis) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 2 seconds
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Pop Stars We Lost This Year: Sinead O'Connor, Tony Bennett & Tina Turner (with Annie Zaleski, Brian Newman & Melissa Vincent)
Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 18 seconds
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Who TF is Tate McRae? Making Sense of Pop's New Main Girl (Patreon Preview)
Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds
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MARIAH CAREY: PART 3 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)
Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 17 seconds
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Is Pink Friday 2 a Worthy Sequel? (with Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Dec. 12, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes
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MARIAH CAREY: PART 2 (with NPR's Aisha Harris)
Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 11 seconds
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How Mariah Carey Became the Queen of Christmas (with The Wall Street Journal's John Jurgensen) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Dec. 4, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 9 seconds
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MARIAH CAREY: PART 1 (with Dr. Brittnay L. Proctor)
Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 55 seconds
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The Best Pop Music of 2023 (with Shaad D'Souza)
Published: Nov. 22, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 53 seconds
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Bonnie McKee on the Song Machine, Pop Stardom & Ego Death
Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 56 seconds
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AALIYAH (with Kathy Iandoli)
Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 13 seconds
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Pop Pantheon Live! Britney's Memoir, Music & Legacy (with Jason King, Troy McEady and Kirbie Johnson) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 6:06 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 23 seconds
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Lizzo & The Nature of Celebrity Scandal (with Megan Agnew & Hanna Phifer)
Published: Nov. 2, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 59 seconds
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Taylor Touchdown! (1989 TV! Eras Tour Film! Travis!) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds
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BRUNO MARS (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
Published: Oct. 26, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 38 seconds
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Where are All the New Pop Stars? (with Billboard's Elias Leight)
Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds
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Searching for Queer Utopias on Troye Sivan's Something to Give Each Other (Patreon Preview)
Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 22 seconds
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JESSICA & ASHLEE SIMPSON (with Beyond the Blinds' Troy McEady)
Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 12 seconds
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How Country Bros Took Over Pop (with Spencer Kornhaber & Marissa R. Moss)
Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 43 seconds
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The Ease of Kylie Minogue's Tension (with Michael Cragg) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds
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Doja Cat Walls Herself In on Scarlet (with Rawiya Kameir) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 12 seconds
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DOJA CAT (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)
Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 22 seconds
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PRINCE: PART 3 (with Miles Marshall Lewis)
Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 36 seconds
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PRINCE: PART 2 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)
Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 34 seconds
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Olivia Rodrigo Makes the Sophomore Jump on Guts (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 1 second
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PRINCE: PART 1 (with Dr. Elliott H. Powell)
Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 22 seconds
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BIG Announcement! + Britney Spears' Blackout Unlocked (with Troy McEady) (Originally Published on Patreon on 12/22/2022)
Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 30 seconds
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Jack Antonoff: Friend or Foe? (with Mitch Therieau)
Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 30 seconds
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JENNIFER LOPEZ (with Billboard's Leila Cobo)
Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 9 seconds
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Pop Punk: Past & Present (With Ryan Piers)
Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 55 seconds
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Carly Rae Jepsen's New Paths on The Loveliest Time (with Brennan Carley) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds
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GWEN STEFANI PART 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with NPR's Hazel Cills)
Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 22 seconds
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GWEN STEFANI PART 1: NO DOUBT (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
Published: July 27, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 42 seconds
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Revisiting Robyn's Honey (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger) (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 24, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 43 seconds
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Listener Mailbag: Dua, Charli, The Idol, Behind-The-Scenes & More!!
Published: July 20, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 46 seconds
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PAULA ABDUL (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
Published: July 13, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 6 seconds
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A Deep Dive into Speak Now, OG and TV (with Every Single Album's Nora Princiotti) (Patreon Preview)
Published: July 12, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 1 second
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Send Us Your Questions for Our Listener Mailbag Episode!
Published: July 8, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 46 seconds
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Checking in on Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings So Far (with Charlie Harding, Larisha Paul & Nora Princiotti)
Published: July 6, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 11 seconds
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CHARLIE PUTH (with Steven J. Horowitz)
Published: June 29, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 30 seconds
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The Bebe Rexhafication of Kim Petras on Feed the Beast (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank) (Patreon Preview)
Published: June 27, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 24 seconds
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The Holy Bond Between Queer Men & Pop Divas (with Dr. Craig Jennex)
Published: June 22, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes
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LITTLE RICHARD (with Jason King)
Published: June 15, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 50 seconds
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Does Mariah Carey's Glitter Deserve #Justice? (with Matt Jacobs) (Patreon Preview)
Published: June 12, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds
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What Makes a Great Pride Anthem? (with Canada's Drag Race Winner Priyanka)
Published: June 8, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds
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KIM PETRAS (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)
Published: June 1, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 32 seconds
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New Music Speed Round: Janelle Monae, Kylie Minogue, G-Flip & More (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber) (Patreon Preview)
Published: May 29, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds
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ARETHA FRANKLIN (with Mark Bego)
Published: May 25, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 19 seconds
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The Best Pop Music of 2023 (So Far) (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer)
Published: May 18, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 50 seconds
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How Has Lady Gaga's Chromatica Held Up? (with Matthew Perpetua & Molly Mary O'Brien) (Patreon Preview)
Published: May 15, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 36 seconds
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SHAKIRA (with Rolling Stone's Julyssa Lopez)
Published: May 11, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 43 seconds
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Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! & the State of the Disco Revival (Patreon Preview)
Published: May 8, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds
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(Almost) One Year Of Renaissance: Where Does It Rank In Beyonce's Catalog? (with Hunter Harris, Ira Madison III & Puja Patel)
Published: May 4, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 13 seconds
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How Tik Tok Has Changed Pop Stardom (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)
Published: April 27, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 57 seconds
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Ariana Grande's Positions (with Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)
Published: April 24, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 19 seconds
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FIFTH HARMONY (with Service 95's Brennan Carley)
Published: April 20, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 43 seconds
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What's Gone Wrong for Chloe Bailey? (Patreon Preview)
Published: April 17, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 1 second
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TLC (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Felix)
Published: April 13, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 3 seconds
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THE RONETTES, THE SHIRELLES, THE MARVELETTES & THE SHANGRI-LAS (with Dr. Jacqueline Warwick)
Published: April 6, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 42 seconds
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Lana Del Rey's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (with Shaad D'Souza)
Published: March 30, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 55 seconds
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LANA DEL REY (with Kathy Iandoli)
Published: March 23, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 52 seconds
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KACEY MUSGRAVES (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger)
Published: March 16, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 39 seconds
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Miley Cyrus' Endless Summer Vacation (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)
Published: March 14, 2023, 10:24 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 6 seconds
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Do We Still Need Poptimism? (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)
Published: March 9, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 56 seconds
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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)
Published: March 6, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 20 seconds
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JA RULE, NELLY, LUDACRIS & 50 CENT (with Jordan Sargent)
Published: March 2, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 1 second
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The State of Streaming: How It's Impacted Pop Stars, Music & Us (with Trapital's Dan Runcie)
Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 10 seconds
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FRANK SINATRA (with You Must Remember This' Karina Longworth)
Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 47 seconds
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Was Rihanna's Halftime Show Good? (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview)
Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 6:13 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds
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Rihanna Super Bowl Setlist Draft Extravaganza!! (with Lindsey Weber, Jason Lipshutz & Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 59 seconds
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We Need to Talk About The Grammys... (Patreon Preview)
Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 8:49 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds
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THE WEEKND (with Anupa Mistry)
Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 11 seconds
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What Pantheon Rankings Have I Gotten Wrong?: Kesha, ABBA, Miley, Your Calls & More!
Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 10 seconds
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MADONNA: PART 4 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak) [Originally Published on 4/21/2021]
Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 5 seconds
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MADONNA: PART 3 (with Annie Zaleski)
Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 39 seconds
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MADONNA: PART 2 (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)
Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 32 seconds
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New Music Speed Round: Meghan Trainor, Paramore, Lana Del Rey & More (Patreon Preview)
Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 25 seconds
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MADONNA: PART 1 (with Inside The Groove's Edward Russell)
Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 24 seconds
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Taylor Swift's Reputation (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (Patreon's Version)
Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 35 seconds
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KATY PERRY: PART 2 (with Variety's Daniel D'Addario)
Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 56 seconds
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KATY PERRY: PART 1 (with Variety's Daniel D'Addario)
Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 56 seconds
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Imperial Phases: What Are They, Who's Had One and Do They Still Exist? (with Tom Ewing)
Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 22 seconds
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The Best (and Worst) Pop Music of 2022 (with NPR's Hazel Cills)
Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 35 seconds
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AMY WINEHOUSE (with Sasha Frere-Jones)
Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 36 seconds
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Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me and the State of the Pop Doc (with New York Magazine's Rachel Handler)
Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds
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BELINDA CARLISLE, DEBBIE GIBSON, TIFFANY & TAYLOR DAYNE: Forgotten Ladies of the 1980s (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 21 seconds
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Can the Super Bowl Put Rihanna in Tier 1?? (Preview)
Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 50 seconds
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The Joys & Terrors of Stan Culture (with The New York Times' Joe Coscarelli)
Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 24 seconds
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Taylor Swift's Midnights (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
Published: Oct. 26, 2022, 3:43 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 11 seconds
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SPICE GIRLS (with Owen Myers)
Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 8 seconds
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GEORGE MICHAEL (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 18 seconds
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Listener Mailbag! Britney, Bowie, Flops, Divas and More!!
Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 40 seconds
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BTS (with Tamar Herman)
Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 7 seconds
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Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball (with Steven Avalos, Omri Rolan & Lala Thompson)
Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
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DONNA SUMMER (with Black Girl Songbook's Danyel Smith)
Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 41 seconds
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Disco: Past & Present (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)
Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 22 seconds
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USHER (with Rawiya Kameir)
Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 1 second
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MTV VMAs: Past, Present & Our Favorite Moments (with Dunzo's Troy McEady)
Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 39 seconds
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MILEY CYRUS (with Shaad D'Souza)
Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 33 seconds
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Billboard's Hot 100: Hits, History and Kinks (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 23 seconds
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BEYONCE'S RENAISSANCE (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Felix)
Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds
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BEYONCE PART 3: AMERICAN ICON (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne A. Brooks)
Published: July 28, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 21 seconds
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BEYONCE PART 2: SOLO SUPERSTAR (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
Published: July 21, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 36 seconds
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BEYONCE PART 1: DESTINY'S CHILD (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)
Published: July 14, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 53 seconds
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Song of the Summer: History, Favs and Predictions (with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz)
Published: July 7, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 28 seconds
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DURAN DURAN (with Annie Zaleski)
Published: June 30, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 1 second
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Bey-Side: Beyonce's "Break My Soul" and Renaissance Predictions
Published: June 22, 2022, 12:56 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 53 seconds
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Father's Day Special (with my dad)
Published: June 17, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 38 seconds
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KELLY CLARKSON (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)
Published: June 16, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 10 seconds
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Bloghouse (with Lina Abascal)
Published: June 9, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 21 seconds
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SCISSOR SISTERS (with Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua)
Published: June 2, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 57 seconds
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Best Pop Music of 2022 So Far (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber)
Published: May 26, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 58 seconds
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SHANIA TWAIN (with Kate Dries)
Published: May 19, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 39 seconds
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MTV's Total Request Live (with Dunzo's Troy McEady)
Published: May 12, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 7 seconds
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BILLIE EILISH (with Molly Lambert)
Published: May 5, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 54 seconds
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One Year of Pop Pantheon: Reassessing All the Rankings
Published: April 28, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 5 seconds
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ABBA (with Carl Magnus Palm)
Published: April 21, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 11 seconds
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Charli XCX's Crash (with Owen Myers)
Published: April 14, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 35 seconds
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CHRISTINA AGUILERA (with Evan Ross Katz)
Published: April 7, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 42 seconds
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NORMANI (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)
Published: April 1, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 32 seconds
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Grammys Special! (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)
Published: March 31, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 3 seconds
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KESHA (with Pitchfork's Cat Zhang)
Published: March 24, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 58 seconds
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LISTENER MAILBAG!: Answering Your Questions on Dua, Beyonce, Kylie, Charli, Kacey and.... Ava Max!
Published: March 17, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 59 seconds
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DIANA ROSS PT. 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
Published: March 10, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 31 seconds
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DIANA ROSS PT. 1: THE SUPREMES (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)
Published: March 3, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 47 seconds
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Bonus: Louie and Rich Juzwiak on the Janet Jackson Documentary
Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 9 seconds
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NICKI MINAJ (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)
Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 8:15 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 56 seconds
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Super Bowl Halftime Show Extravaganza! (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 9:54 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 34 seconds
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NELLY FURTADO (with Bianca Gracie)
Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 5:54 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 40 seconds
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CYNDI LAUPER (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 20 seconds
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SELENA GOMEZ (with The New York Times' Joe Coscarelli)
Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 43 seconds
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RIHANNA PT. 2 (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 6:51 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 33 seconds
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RIHANNA PT. 1 (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 7:24 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 25 seconds
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ONE DIRECTION (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)
Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 7:31 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 6 seconds
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MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Charli, Charli, More Charli, Hailee Steinfeild's Career, Katy and Tinashe, Girl Groups and ME!
Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 6:56 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 11 seconds
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CHARLI XCX (with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan)
Published: Nov. 4, 2021, 5:49 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 34 seconds
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POST MALONE (with Larry Fitzmaurice)
Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 3:50 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 6 seconds
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MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Toni, Tamar, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake and Iconic Pop Stars With Terrible Debut Singles
Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 4:25 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds
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TONI BRAXTON (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 6:22 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 29 seconds
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MINISODE: Answering Your Questions on Britney, The Pantheon and The Best Pop Songs of the Year
Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 6:01 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds
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JUSTIN BIEBER (with Pitchfork Contributing Editor Rawiya Kameir)
Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 5:48 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 4 seconds
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LORDE (with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz)
Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 6:20 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 3 seconds
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KYLIE MINOGUE (with HuffPost's Noah Michelson)
Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 7:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 12 seconds
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CARDI B (with Pitchfork's Clover Hope)
Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 6:39 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 54 seconds
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MAX MARTIN (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)
Published: July 29, 2021, 5:54 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 32 seconds
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CELINE DION (with Call Your Girlfriend's Aminatou Sow)
Published: July 15, 2021, 6:18 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds
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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (with Jordan Sargent)
Published: July 1, 2021, 6:34 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 40 seconds
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MISSY ELLIOTT (with Steven J. Horowitz)
Published: June 17, 2021, 6:53 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 44 seconds
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LADY GAGA (with NY Times Contributor Lindsay Zoladz)
Published: June 3, 2021, 6:29 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 16 seconds
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ROBYN (with The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino)
Published: May 20, 2021, 5:40 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 12 seconds
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DRAKE (with The WSJ Mag's Myles Tanzer)
Published: May 6, 2021, 6:03 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 56 seconds
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MADONNA (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)
Published: April 22, 2021, 6:35 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 25 seconds
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CARLY RAE JEPSEN (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber)
Published: April 8, 2021, 6:39 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds
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CIARA (with Chris Stedman)
Published: March 25, 2021, 6:22 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 6 seconds
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ARIANA GRANDE (with Steven J. Horowitz)
Published: March 11, 2021, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 22 seconds
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Mini-sode: What Exactly is the Pop Pantheon?
Published: March 9, 2021, 4:39 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds
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Pop Pantheon Teaser
Published: March 8, 2021, 3:58 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
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