E275: Unwrapping Spotify w/ Liz Pelly

An episode of the This Wreckage podcast, hosted by Sean KB and AP Andy, titled "E275: Unwrapping Spotify w/ Liz Pelly" was published on December 30, 2024 and runs 53 minutes.

December 30, 2024 ·53m · This Wreckage

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Episode Description

Music journalist Liz Pelly joins us to discuss her new book The Mood Machine the Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist.

How did the DIY culture of mixtapes and file sharing move towards massive streaming platforms? And with nearly every song freely accessible why are so many listening to elevator music instead?

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Links to Liz's work:

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly

https://thebaffler.com/downstream/streambait-pop-pelly

https://thebaffler.com/downstream/wrapped-and-sold-pelly https://thebaffler.com/latest/podcast-overlords-pelly

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