Napster Nostalgia: The Original Playlist?

Send us Fan MailDo you remember when downloading a single song to your desktop computer took literal hours? Are you a fan of teenagers inventing illegal technology?If you still have burned CD mixes that you downloaded from your Napster playlist, you might be a Xennial. And we are too. Katie and Dani share their own experience using Napster from 1999 - 2001 and talk about how the platform paved the way for modern streaming giants like Spotify and Apple Music. And decide for yourself just HOW illegal it actually was -- and what music artists actually liked having Napster share their songs. This episode was made possible by the following sources:Napster: The Day Music was Set Free (via The Guardian)A Short History of Napster (Via LifeWire)Napster: The File-Sharing Service that Started It All? (via NPR)Napster (via Wikipedia)Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below:PatreonTikTokInstagramFacebookEmail us at [email protected] an episode topic here