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The B-Sides — 62 episodes

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56. A Mailbag for the Road
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55. Almost Famous: Nepo Siblings & the Pop World

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54. It's the Climb: Why Artists' Inflection Points Matter

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53. Avril Lavigne: An Investigative Report

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52. New Year, New Artists We're Excited About

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51. Surveying the Super Bowl Halftime Show
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50. Our 50th Episode Retrospective!

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49. A Moment Like This: What Kelly Clarkson’s Staying Power Shows Us About Pop Culture

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48. Astroworld Revisited: We Still Need to Talk About What Happened
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47. Selener's Celebrity: Reviewing "My Mind & Me"
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46. We Came Back For You, Baby: Reviewing "The Loneliest Time"

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45. It's Us, Hi: Reviewing "Midnights"

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BONUS: Carly Rae Jepsen Concert Review

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44. The Long 2009

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43. The Ethics of Speculating about Taylor Swift's Sexuality

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42. With Arms Wide Open: How Christian Rock Crossed Over into Mainstream

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41. Witness to Wokeness: Katy Perry and the Pretense of Purposeful Pop

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40. When Reinvention Goes Awry

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39. Will Dear Evan Hansen Ruin Ben Platt's Career?

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38. ARTFlop and GlitterBomb

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37. What's in a Feud?

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36. California Here We Come Chasing Cars... Mm, Whatcha Say?

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35. Who Am I If Not Exploited: Olivia Rodrigo's Meteoric Rise to Fame and Where She Goes from Here

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34. The Trials and Tribulations of GirlBossery

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33. Let's Go Girls: Country-Pop and the Women Who Are Shaping It

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32. Demi Lovato and the Heaviness of Fandom

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31. Our Star-Spangled Banner, Ourselves

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30. Tik Tok on the Clock

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29. Lil Nas X, Big Conservative Backlash

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28. Free Britney

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27. Our #GirlBoss Vanguard Award Goes To (& Grammys Recap)

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26. It's Dolly Parton's World ft. Jacob Heath Henriquez

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25. Money Can't Buy You Class, But Can It Buy You a Pop Song?

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24. What Did 2020 Do to Music?

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23. A Tale of Two Girl Groups: Little Mix and Blackpink ft. Victor Carlesi

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Evermore: The E(mergency)-Sides

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22. She’s Just Being Miley

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21. The Chicks Are All Punk
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20. Our Positions on "Positions"
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19. Why it's Sexist to Hate Pop Music

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Miniseries: The Glee-Sides, Part 3
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Miniseries: The Glee-Sides, Part 2

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Miniseries: The Glee-Sides, Part 1

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Folklore: The E(mergency)-Sides

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Mini Episode: The Death of Pop
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17. The Rise And Rise Of Kesha

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16. Music, Activism, and Accelerated Capitalism ft. Dan Baggarly

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15. From Broadway to Beverly Hills

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14. Pop Music Qs And As

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12. Pop and Masculinity ft. Logan Bayroff

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11. The Golden Age Of Disney Stars ft. Miranda Feneberger

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10. Non-Sequitur Songs of Summer 1999

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09. The Who, What, When, Where, Why of Jack Antonoff

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Lover Album Review: The E(mergency)-Sides

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08. Literally WHAT Is Pop Music?

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07. Musical Conspiracy Theories

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06. What Lizzo Means in Tr*mp's America

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05. Songs That Almost Went To Other Artists

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04. It Was Br*tney, B*tch

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03. A Deep-Dive Into The History Of Music Videos

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02. Resistance Music

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The B-Sides Trailer

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