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Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Townshend

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Lady Gaga's Monster Return

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How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World

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Playing "Hide and Seek" with Imogen Heap

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The Umbrella Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit Changed Pop Music Forever

106

Learning to love: Tate McRae

107

Does It Trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs

108

How Spotify hacked our ears (and our data)

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25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more

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Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico

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The biggest theme song fail

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Have Disney musicals lost their edge?

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Going Off Book

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Auto-Tune always and forever

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Santa Claus is coming to town and stalking America

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Breaking Through: Doechii, Mk.gee, Rosé

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The best (and worst) of holiday music in 2024

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Kendrick Lamar: from Pulitzer to pop

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We're off to see the "Wicked"

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Listening 2 Madonna: Ray of Light

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Listening 2 Madonna: Spanish Eyes

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Listening 2 Madonna: Who's That Girl?

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Fleetwood Mac perfected turning drama into hits

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Still Freaky After All These Years: Gaga, Tyler, The Cure

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Did Kendrick Lamar kill hip-hop?

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Where are all the scary songs?

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The virtuosity of Stevie Wonder

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The last decade of pop explained

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Learning to love: Coldplay

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Fall Out Boy and the worst earworm ever

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Mexican pop is bigger than you think

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How Megan Thee Stallion brought Japanese hip hop to the Hot 100

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Learning to love: Oasis

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Newcomers: Porter Robinson

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Sabrina Carpenter is more than Short n' Sweet

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Newcomers: Jhayco

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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars bring back the duet

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Newcomers: Magdalena Bay

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Tinashe’s “Nasty” takes on Janet and Beyoncé + Are songs getting simpler?

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Kesha v Katy + Tayla Parx on pop’s obsession with eras

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Introducing One Song

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brat but it's a podcast about the album by CharliXCX

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Why Chappell Roan is the sound of 2024

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Is country the new hip hop?

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The music industry's AI fight

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Switched-On Wendy Carlos

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The song of the summer is DEAD with Today Explained

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Lawrence: the kick-ass eight-piece family band reshaping the music business

149

The Imperfect Feminine: Camila, Charli, and Sabrina

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Empress Of asks for your consideration (with Empress Of)

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Bootsy Collins is gonna funk you up (with Bootsy Collins)

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Freaking out about songwriting with Nile Rodgers

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Begging songs and basketball's musicality (with Hanif Abdurraqib)

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Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist (with Charlie Puth)

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Billie Eilish hits both hard and soft

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Gastropod: Why are restaurants so loud? Plus the science behind the perfect playlist

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Is pop music just fast food? (with Gastropod)

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Rosie Tucker's unending bliss

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Eurovision 2024: from Baby Lasagna to Windows95Man

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Justice is never-ending

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Best of 2024 so far: hip hop feuds, Hozier’s pop surprise and espresso shots

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Taylor Swift's Literary Era

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Lost Notes: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA

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Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize

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Chasing old sounds: Djo's "End of Beginning" with Joe Keery

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Cowboy Carter: This Ain't Country

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Hip-hop's Sea Change at Rolling Loud

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Rhapsody in Blue, Reimagined

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Eternal Sunshine of Ariana Grande's Mind

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How to DIY a Music Career (with Amelia Meath and David Gray at SXSW)

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Is Beyoncé's music #sponcon? And other mysteries LIVE in Brooklyn

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Jacob Collier unites the world

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Beyoncé's Country

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Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHROMEO)

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The Star Spangled Banger!

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Brittany Howard's Chaos Theory (with Brittany Howard)

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The b*tch of loving musical theater (with Bridger Winegar)

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Kali Uchis takes on the world

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Soundalikes: Lil Nas X and Ariana Grande

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The case of the missing vocals, and other listener questions

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Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon - ICYMI

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Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales - ICYMI

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"Did I mention that it's Christmas in this club?" (w Matt Rogers)

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Nicki Minaj's Roman Empire

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Hear the Year: The music we loved in 2023

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Behind the Scenes of Switched on Pop on Harman Audio Talks

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Noah Kahan’s Folk Pop Revival

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Why Country Music Dominated 2023's Charts

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The Beatles: "Now and Then" and Forever

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Rerecording Taylor Swift's 1989, Dark Side of the Moon, and Demi Lovato

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Chartbreakers: Mitski tops the TikTok chart

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How Talking Heads reinvented the concert film (with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz)

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Feeling Fine with Faye Webster

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Metro Boomin Wants Some More

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In Defense of Crunk

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Made In America: Jay-Z & Toby Keith ICYMI

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The Art of Flow (with DJ Jazzy Jeff) ICYMI

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Doja Cat’s Satanic Suite

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Jimmy Buffett: Next Year in Margaritaville

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Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Era ICYMI