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PRINCE: PART 3 (with Miles Marshall Lewis)

PRINCE: PART 2 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)

Olivia Rodrigo Makes the Sophomore Jump on Guts (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan) (Patreon Preview)

PRINCE: PART 1 (with Dr. Elliott H. Powell)

BIG Announcement! + Britney Spears' Blackout Unlocked (with Troy McEady) (Originally Published on Patreon on 12/22/2022)

Jack Antonoff: Friend or Foe? (with Mitch Therieau)

JENNIFER LOPEZ (with Billboard's Leila Cobo)

Pop Punk: Past & Present (With Ryan Piers)

Carly Rae Jepsen's New Paths on The Loveliest Time (with Brennan Carley) (Patreon Preview)

GWEN STEFANI PART 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with NPR's Hazel Cills)

GWEN STEFANI PART 1: NO DOUBT (with Molly Mary O'Brien)

Revisiting Robyn's Honey (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger) (Patreon Preview)

Listener Mailbag: Dua, Charli, The Idol, Behind-The-Scenes & More!!

PAULA ABDUL (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

A Deep Dive into Speak Now, OG and TV (with Every Single Album's Nora Princiotti) (Patreon Preview)

Send Us Your Questions for Our Listener Mailbag Episode!

Checking in on Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings So Far (with Charlie Harding, Larisha Paul & Nora Princiotti)

CHARLIE PUTH (with Steven J. Horowitz)

The Bebe Rexhafication of Kim Petras on Feed the Beast (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank) (Patreon Preview)

The Holy Bond Between Queer Men & Pop Divas (with Dr. Craig Jennex)

LITTLE RICHARD (with Jason King)

Does Mariah Carey's Glitter Deserve #Justice? (with Matt Jacobs) (Patreon Preview)

What Makes a Great Pride Anthem? (with Canada's Drag Race Winner Priyanka)

KIM PETRAS (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)

ARETHA FRANKLIN (with Mark Bego)

The Best Pop Music of 2023 (So Far) (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer)

How Has Lady Gaga's Chromatica Held Up? (with Matthew Perpetua & Molly Mary O'Brien) (Patreon Preview)

SHAKIRA (with Rolling Stone's Julyssa Lopez)

Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! & the State of the Disco Revival (Patreon Preview)

(Almost) One Year Of Renaissance: Where Does It Rank In Beyoncé's Catalog? (with Hunter Harris, Ira Madison III & Puja Patel)

How Tik Tok Has Changed Pop Stardom (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)

Ariana Grande's Positions (with Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)

FIFTH HARMONY (with Service 95's Brennan Carley)

TLC (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)

THE RONETTES, THE SHIRELLES, THE MARVELETTES & THE SHANGRI-LAS (with Dr. Jacqueline Warwick)

Lana Del Rey's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (with Shaad D'Souza)

LANA DEL REY (with Kathy Iandoli)

KACEY MUSGRAVES (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger)

Miley Cyrus' Endless Summer Vacation (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)

Do We Still Need Poptimism? (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)

JA RULE, NELLY, LUDACRIS & 50 CENT (with Jordan Sargent)

The State of Streaming: How It's Impacted Pop Stars, Music & Us (with Trapital's Dan Runcie)

FRANK SINATRA (with You Must Remember This' Karina Longworth)

Rihanna Super Bowl Setlist Draft Extravaganza!! (with Lindsey Weber, Jason Lipshutz & Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)

THE WEEKND (with Anupa Mistry)

What Pantheon Rankings Have I Gotten Wrong?: Kesha, ABBA, Miley, Your Calls & More!

MADONNA: PART 4 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak) [Originally Published on 4/21/2021]

MADONNA: PART 3 (with Annie Zaleski)

MADONNA: PART 2 (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)

MADONNA: PART 1 (with Inside The Groove's Edward Russell)

Taylor Swift's Reputation (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (Patreon's Version)

KATY PERRY: PART 2 (with Variety's Daniel D'Addario)

KATY PERRY: PART 1 (with Variety's Daniel D'Addario)

Imperial Phases: What Are They, Who's Had One and Do They Still Exist? (with Tom Ewing)

The Best (and Worst) Pop Music of 2022 (with NPR's Hazel Cills)

AMY WINEHOUSE (with Sasha Frere-Jones)

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me and the State of the Pop Doc (with New York Magazine's Rachel Handler)

BELINDA CARLISLE, DEBBIE GIBSON, TIFFANY & TAYLOR DAYNE: Forgotten Ladies of the 1980s (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)

The Joys & Terrors of Stan Culture (with The New York Times' Joe Coscarelli)

Taylor Swift's Midnights (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)

SPICE GIRLS (with Owen Myers)

GEORGE MICHAEL (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)

Listener Mailbag! Britney, Bowie, Flops, Divas and More!!

BTS (with Tamar Herman)

Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball (with Steven Avalos, Omri Rolan & Lala Thompson)

DONNA SUMMER (with Black Girl Songbook's Danyel Smith)

Disco: Past & Present (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)

MERCH ALERT!

USHER (with Rawiya Kameir)

MTV VMAs: Past, Present & Our Favorite Moments (with Dunzo's Troy McEady)

MILEY CYRUS (with Shaad D'Souza)

Billboard's Hot 100: Hits, History and Kinks (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

BEYONCÉ'S RENAISSANCE (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)

BEYONCÉ PART 3: AMERICAN ICON (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne A. Brooks)

BEYONCÉ PART 2: SOLO SUPERSTAR (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)

BEYONCÉ PART 1: DESTINY'S CHILD (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)

Song of the Summer: History, Favs and Predictions (with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz)

DURAN DURAN (with Annie Zaleski)

Bey-Side: Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" and Renaissance Predictions

Father's Day Special (with my dad)

KELLY CLARKSON (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)

Bloghouse (with Lina Abascal)

SCISSOR SISTERS (with Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua)

Best Pop Music of 2022 So Far (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber)

SHANIA TWAIN (with Kate Dries)

MTV's Total Request Live (with Dunzo's Troy McEady)

BILLIE EILISH (with Molly Lambert)

One Year of Pop Pantheon: Reassessing All the Rankings

ABBA (with Carl Magnus Palm)

Charli XCX's Crash (with Owen Myers)

CHRISTINA AGUILERA (with Evan Ross Katz)

NORMANI (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)

Grammys Special! (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos)

KESHA (with Pitchfork's Cat Zhang)

LISTENER MAILBAG!: Answering Your Questions on Dua, Beyonce, Kylie, Charli, Kacey and.... Ava Max!

DIANA ROSS PT. 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

DIANA ROSS PT. 1: THE SUPREMES (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

Bonus: Louie and Rich Juzwiak on the Janet Jackson Documentary

NICKI MINAJ (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)

Super Bowl Halftime Show Extravaganza! (with Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak)