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The Majesty of Rosalia's Lux (with Suzy Exposito) (Patreon Patreon)

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS (with Troy McEady)

Grammy Nominations Reactions + New Songs From Katy Perry & Hilary Duff (Patreon Preview)

The Best Max Martin Songs of All Time (with Aisha Harris, Molly Mary O'Brien, & Sam Murphy)

Our 2025 Grammy Predictions: Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter & More (Patreon Preview)

Listener Mailbag! Answering Your Questions about Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears & More

Unpacking Lily Allen's West End Girl & Demi Lovato's It's Not That Deep (Patreon Preview)

ERYKAH BADU (with Time's Taylor Crumpton)

Dissecting New Albums from Zara Larsson, Olivia Dean, and Audrey Hobert (Patreon Preview)

Are Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, & Cardi B Moving Up or Down in the Pop Pantheon?

Mariah Carey Does Just Enough on Here For It All (with Rich Juzwiak) (Patreon Preview)

Taylor Swift Season 1 Mailbag!

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl Track by Track (Patreon Preview)

TAYLOR SWIFT PART 3: SPEAK NOW (with The Guardian's Laura Snapes)

Doja Cat's Vie + Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, Lorde's Ultrasound Tour & More (Patreon Preview)

TAYLOR SWIFT PART 2: FEARLESS (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)

Cardi B's Am I the Drama? + Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour and Super Bowl Predictions (Patreon Preview)

TAYLOR SWIFT PART 1: DEBUT (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)

Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball + Justin Bieber's Swag & Jade's That's Showbiz Baby (Patreon Preview)

Main Pop Girl Power Ranking 2025 (with Reanna Cruz)

The Highs and Many, Many Lows of the 2025 VMAs (Patreon Preview)

Was There a Song of Summer?

Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend + Taylor’s Getting Married! (Patreon Preview)

Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Hunter Harris, Brittany Spanos, & Nora Princiotti) (Originally aired 4/23/24)

Justin Bieber's Purpose 10 Years Later (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer) (Patreon Preview)

SECOND SPIN: CYNDI LAUPER (with Rob Harvilla)

Is Miley Cyrus' Bangerz a Classic Without Its Singles? (Patreon Preview)

Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl (Patreon Preview)

KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 4 (with Owen Myers, Sam Murphy, Michael Cragg, Joan Summers, & Katherine St. Asaph)

Revisiting Doechii's Alligator Bites Never Heal (with Lakin Imani Starling) (Patreon Preview)

An Important Message for our Spotify Listeners

KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 3 (with Katherine St. Asaph)

KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 2 (with Paper's Joan Summers)

Country New Music Speed Round (with Jewly Hight) (Patreon Preview)

KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 1 (with Michael Cragg)

Lady Gaga's Joanne: Track-By-Track (Patreon Preview)

The 10 Greatest Canadian Pop Stars of All Time (with Carly Lewis)

Justin Bieber Surprises With Swag, Plus New Music From Cardi B, Drake, Katseye & More (with Troy McEady) (Patreon Preview)

PARIS HILTON & LINDSAY LOHAN (with Nora Princiotti)

Kesha Finds Her Independence on Period (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (Patreon Preview)

Reacting To Unpopular Opinions about Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan + more (with Reanna Cruz)

Lorde Deconstructs Herself on Virgin (Patreon Preview)

Are Miley Cryus, Drake, The Weeknd, & Ed Sheeran Moving Up Or Down in the Pop Pantheon?

Haim Works Harder Than Ever on I Quit (with Alex Frank) (Patreon Preview)

ELTON JOHN: PART 2 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)

ELTON JOHN: PART 1 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)

It's Addison Rae's World. We're Just Living in It (Patreon Preview)

The Best Pop of 2025 You Might Have Missed (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour, Taylor Swift's Masters & Miley Cyrus' Something Beautiful (Patreon Preview)

The Best Pop of 2025 So Far (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)

Hot 100 Dumpster Dive (Patreon Preview)

Listener Mailbag: Grammy Album of the Year Frontrunners, Gaga Copying Taylor(?!), & More!

What Went Wrong on Lorde's Solar Power: A Track by Track Analysis (Patreon Preview)

HAIM (with Ilana Kaplan)

What Will Be the Song of Summer 2025?

Is Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Misunderstood? (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)

Britney Mailbag! (with Alim Kheraj)

Lorde Returns, Katy Perry's Latest Flop & More (Patreon Preview)

PITBULL (with Reanna Cruz)

Latin Pop Speed Round: Bad Bunny, Nathy Peluso & more (with Isabella Gomez Sarmiento) (Patreon Preview)

Where Are All the Queer Male Superstars? (with USC's Jason King)

Gagachella + new songs from Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus & more (with Nora Princiotti) (Patreon Preview)

Are Lady Gaga, Drake, & Selena Gomez Moving Up or Down in the Pop Pantheon?

Gaga Mailbag! + Kylie's Tour & Louie's Book (Patreon Preview)

The Best Pop Songs of the 2020s So Far (with Shaad D'Souza, Rob Harvilla, & Puja Patel)

One Year of Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine + Brighter Days Ahead (Patreon Preview)

Is Britney Spears Tier 1? (with Molly Mary O'Brien, Jason King, Doreen St. Félix, Ann Powers, Caryn Ganz, & Troy McEady)

BRITNEY SPEARS: PART 4 (with Beyond the Blinds' Troy McEady)

Chappell Roan Returns + New Music From Lil Nas X, Haim & Lizzo (Patreon Preview)

BRITNEY SPEARS: PART 3 (with The New York Times' Caryn Ganz)

Reborn This Way: Lady Gaga Goes Back to Basics on Mayhem (with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber) (Patreon Preview)

BRITNEY SPEARS: PART 2 (with NPR's Ann Powers)

BRITNEY SPEARS: PART 1 (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)

The Vacuous Comforts of Tate McRae's So Close to What (with Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)

Ranking Every Lady Gaga Album (with Carey O'Donnell, Kristen S. Hé & Naomi Zeichner)

Is Katy Perry's Teenage Dream a Classic Without Its Singles? (Patreon Preview)

Listener Mailbag! Olivia Rodrigo's Next Move, Cher, Gaga, the Lack of Gay Male Pop Stars & More

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl (RIP Drake!) + New Music from Tate McRae, Doechii & More (Patreon Preview)

KENDRICK LAMAR: PART 2 (with Stephen Kearse)

Reacting to Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" Reactions! (Patreon Preview)

KENDRICK LAMAR: PART 1 (with Rolling Stone's Mankaprr Conteh)

FKA Twigs' Eusexua (with Rich Juzwiak) (Patreon Preview)

The Best Pop Albums of the 2020s So Far (with Joe Coscarelli, Aisha Harris & Mic The Snare)

Madonna's Rebel Heart is 10. Has It Aged Well? (with Annie Zaleski) (Patreon Preview)

CHER: PART 2 (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

CHER: PART 1 (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

Beyoncé's Xmas Performance & Sza's Lana (with Connor Garel) (Patreon Preview)

Sabrina Carpenter Hits the Short 'n Sweet Spot (Originally Published on Patreon on 9/2/2024)

Reacting to MORE of Your Unpopular Opinions About Dua Lipa, Katy Perry & More! (Patreon Preview)

Second Spin: BEYONCÉ PART 3 (with Dr. Daphne Brooks)

2024 Rap Up: Doechii, GloRilla, Meg Thee Stallion & more (with Clover Hope) (Patreon preview)

What Pantheon Rankings Did We Get Wrong in 2024?

Our Best and Worst Concerts of 2024 (Patreon Preview)

The Best Pop Albums of 2024 LIVE! (with Sam Murphy, Larisha Paul & Nora Princiotti)

Top of the Flops 2024! (with Omri Rolan) (Patreon Preview)

The Best Pop Songs of 2024 LIVE! (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Jason P. Frank & Nora Princiotti)

A Convo About Kendrick Lamar's GNX But Also Taylor, Drake, Jack Antonoff & More (with Tom Breihan) (Patreon Preview)

Second Spin: ROBYN (with The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino)

Will Wicked Make Ariana Grande a Movie Star? (with Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson) (Patreon Preview)

ADELE: PART 2 (with Michael Cragg)