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Jul 5 2022: ICYMI: The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Baz Luhrmann)Direct links:
Jun 28 2022: Beyoncé's HouseDirect links:
Jun 21 2022: Robert Glasper on jazz, basketball, and his score for "Winning Time"Direct links:
Jun 16 2022: Scoring Stranger Things with Kyle Dixon & Michael SteinDirect links:
Jun 14 2022: Kate Bush, Stranger Things, and a hit song four decades in the making Direct links:
Jun 7 2022: So your song went viral on TikTok. What’s next?Direct links:
May 31 2022: The 1980s jam that gave Latto and Mariah Carey Big D*** Energy Direct links:
May 24 2022: Kendrick Lamar and the big samplesDirect links:
May 17 2022: Modern Classics: PJ Morton made Nas’s Stevie Wonder dream come trueDirect links:
May 10 2022: Will Ukraine win Eurovision 2022?Direct links:
May 3 2022: Belle and Sebastian on the value of staying "young and stupid"Direct links:
Apr 26 2022: The New AlternativeDirect links:
Apr 19 2022: Jump-starting the creative process with Allison PonthierDirect links:
Apr 12 2022: A Higher Power BalladDirect links:
Apr 5 2022: How sound becomes hearingDirect links:
Mar 29 2022: Listening 2 Britney: Gimme MoreDirect links:
Mar 22 2022: Listening 2 Britney: ToxicDirect links:
Mar 15 2022: Listening 2 Britney: I'm a Slave 4 UDirect links:
Mar 8 2022: Listening 2 Britney: ...Baby One More TimeDirect links:
Mar 1 2022: Chartbreakers (ft. Megan Thee Stallion and the Red Hot Chili Peppers)Direct links:
Feb 15 2022: Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of TexasDirect links:
Feb 8 2022: Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan EssoDirect links:
Feb 1 2022: We *do* talk about BrunoDirect links:
Jan 25 2022: 32 Albums in, Elvis Costello is Just Getting Started Direct links:
Jan 19 2022: Accidental K-pop star Eric Nam risks it all to go his own wayDirect links:
Jan 11 2022: The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a little help from Jim Carrey)Direct links:
Dec 21 2021: Why do new Christmas songs fail? Direct links:
Dec 14 2021: Tai Verdes TikTok-ed his way to a breakout hitDirect links:
Dec 7 2021: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The RoofDirect links:
Nov 30 2021: The Beatles get back to their rootsDirect links:
Nov 23 2021: Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonic’s broken hearts club (with Brittany Luse)Direct links:
Nov 16 2021: Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protestDirect links:
Nov 9 2021: The State of the Pop UnionDirect links:
Nov 2 2021: Why ABBA songs just hit differentDirect links:
Oct 26 2021: The Healing Power of Pop with Esperanza SpaldingDirect links:
Oct 22 2021: Janet Jackson's Legacy After 'Control' from It's Been A Minute with Sam SandersDirect links:
Oct 19 2021: James Bond's Spycraft SoundDirect links:
Oct 12 2021: James Blake & The Return of HarmonyDirect links:
Oct 7 2021: Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her her career.Direct links:
Sep 28 2021: ICYMI: The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)Direct links:
Sep 21 2021: Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up songwriting credits Direct links:
Sep 14 2021: CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horrorDirect links:
Sep 7 2021: From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical CommunityDirect links:
Aug 31 2021: Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"Direct links:
Aug 24 2021: The Joy of Music FestivalsDirect links:
Aug 17 2021: The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer FestivalDirect links:
Aug 10 2021: How Coachella took the Woodstock lookDirect links:
Aug 3 2021: Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"Direct links:
Jul 30 2021: Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt”Direct links:
Jul 27 2021: Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of SoulDirect links:
Jul 23 2021: The Appealing Uneasiness of Listening to L’Rain (Live at JBL)Direct links:
Jul 20 2021: Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt)Direct links:
Jul 16 2021: Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)Direct links:
Jul 13 2021: Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)Direct links:
Jul 6 2021: Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)Direct links:
Jul 2 2021: Growing Pains with Lucy DacusDirect links:
Jun 29 2021: Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)Direct links:
Jun 22 2021: Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily WarrenDirect links:
Jun 15 2021: 40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)Direct links:
Jun 8 2021: J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle Direct links:
Jun 1 2021: ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00sDirect links:
May 25 2021: Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been politicalDirect links:
May 18 2021: Introducing Galaxy BrainsDirect links:
May 11 2021: Turns out Willow Smith rocksDirect links:
May 4 2021: Julia Michaels’ Songwriting SuperpowersDirect links:
Apr 30 2021: How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview)Direct links:
Apr 27 2021: The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)Direct links:
Apr 20 2021: Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)Direct links:
Apr 13 2021: 5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According to Teddy Geiger and Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021)Direct links:
Apr 6 2021: Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)Direct links:
Mar 30 2021: AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra'Direct links:
Mar 23 2021: Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Down Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and Nile RodgersDirect links:
Mar 16 2021: What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of popDirect links:
Mar 9 2021: Kimbra reflects on a song that we used to knowDirect links:
Mar 2 2021: Kaytranada's journey from basement beat-making to the GrammysDirect links:
Feb 23 2021: JP Saxe Didn’t Mean for His Grammy Hit ‘If the World Was Ending’ to Be So LiteralDirect links:
Feb 16 2021: Adrian Younge's new project sounds like James Baldwin meets Marvin GayeDirect links:
Feb 9 2021: The Scandalous Sounds of Bridgerton (w Kris Bowers)Direct links:
Feb 2 2021: How The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” used retro sounds and modern bass to break every recordDirect links:
Jan 26 2021: Epik High is our gateway into Korean hip hop (with Tablo)Direct links:
Jan 19 2021: Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” is a full throttle power balladDirect links:
Jan 12 2021: D.O.C. (Death of the Chorus) with Emily WarrenDirect links:
Jan 5 2021: ICYMI: The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCXDirect links:
Dec 29 2020: ICYMI: Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?Direct links:
Dec 21 2020: Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly GonzalesDirect links:
Dec 15 2020: Taylor Swift has "evermore" of a good thingDirect links:
Dec 8 2020: Women's Rap RenaissanceDirect links:
Dec 1 2020: Red Hot + Blue with Meshell NdegeocelloDirect links:
Nov 24 2020: The Cyndi Lauper Conspiracy (with Sam Sanders)Direct links:
Nov 17 2020: ANTHEMS: Missy Elliott — Work ItDirect links:
Nov 10 2020: ANTHEMS: Smash Mouth — All StarDirect links:
Nov 3 2020: ANTHEMS: Jock Jams — Get Ready For ThisDirect links:
Oct 27 2020: ANTHEMS: Queen — We Are The ChampionsDirect links:
Oct 20 2020: Cory Henry has Something to SayDirect links:
Oct 14 2020: The Pop Music Forecast (with Lauren Michele Jackson)Direct links:
Oct 7 2020: Brandy Clark's Life Is A RecordDirect links:
Oct 2 2020: Keith Urban on The Speed of Now Part 1Direct links:
Sep 29 2020: Mickey Guyton sings truth to Country MusicDirect links:
Sep 22 2020: Disclosure: Where Energy FlowsDirect links:
Sep 18 2020: THE 5TH — MOVEMENT IV, What Beethoven Would Have WantedDirect links:
Sep 15 2020: THE 5TH — MOVEMENT III, Putting the Classism in Classical Direct links:
Sep 11 2020: THE 5TH — MOVEMENT II, From Struggle to Victory Direct links:
Sep 8 2020: THE 5TH — MOVEMENT I, A Battle BrewingDirect links:
Sep 1 2020: The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets (ICYMI)Direct links:
Aug 26 2020: Benee and the Art of the Sad Banger Direct links:
Aug 18 2020: 90s Music CanonDirect links:
Aug 11 2020: Bruno Major restyles the Great American SongbookDirect links:
Aug 4 2020: Black Is King (ICYMI Beyoncé's Gift To Africa ft. Ivie Ani)Direct links:
Jul 28 2020: folklore: taylor swift's quarantine dreamDirect links:
Jul 21 2020: The Women Reclaiming Nu-Metal ft. Rina SawayamaDirect links:
Jul 14 2020: Rosie: Investigating a Crime at the Heart of the Music IndustryDirect links:
Jul 7 2020: Song of Summer 2020: TikTok Jams, Protest Anthems, Breezy Bops & Bummer BangersDirect links:
Jun 30 2020: The Many Colors of Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’Direct links:
Jun 30 2020: I Am America (w Shea Diamond and Justin Tranter)Direct links:
Jun 23 2020: Baz Luhrmann’s “Sunscreen Song” — The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Avery Trufelman)Direct links:
Jun 19 2020: Jacob Collier on staying creative and his 646 track song “All I Need”Direct links:
Jun 16 2020: What it means to make music in 2020Direct links:
Jun 9 2020: Big Floyd And The Influence Of Houston Chopped N Screwed MusicDirect links:
May 26 2020: Carly Rae Jepsen: Meeting The MuseDirect links:
May 19 2020: Why lo-fi is the perfect background musicDirect links:
May 12 2020: Eurovision Lives! (with Netta)Direct links:
May 5 2020: How To Soundtrack A Villain: Killing Eve Direct links:
Apr 28 2020: Did Fiona Apple Just Release a Perfect Album?Direct links:
Apr 21 2020: Doja Cat’s “Say So” is a Masterclass in Good TimesDirect links:
Apr 14 2020: Were We Wrong About Kanye West? Direct links:
Apr 7 2020: Aussie2Aussie: 5SOS on Tame Impala (with Luke Hemmings & Calum Hood)Direct links:
Apr 5 2020: The (murder) Ballad of Joe Exotic “Tiger King” (with Robert Moor)Direct links:
Mar 31 2020: D’Angelo and the Legacy of Voodoo (with Faith Pennick)Direct links:
Mar 24 2020: "Happy Birthday" is the Worst (with Anne-Marie)Direct links:
Mar 17 2020: Bad Bunny Has A Message For Your MomDirect links:
Mar 10 2020: The Fire & Fury Of OvercoatsDirect links:
Mar 3 2020: Can't Help Falling in Lauv (the interview)Direct links:
Feb 25 2020: What Happens When Justin Bieber Samples Your MusicDirect links:
Feb 18 2020: Return Of The Guitar: Halsey, 5 Seconds of Summer, JojiDirect links:
Feb 11 2020: Look At Selena Gomez Now with Justin Tranter & Ian KirkpatrickDirect links:
Feb 4 2020: Five Directions: How do the solo efforts of One Direction stack up?Direct links:
Jan 28 2020: Post Malone has us Running in CirclesDirect links:
Jan 21 2020: Hopes and Fears of Mac Miller, Future, Drake, and Billie Eilish Direct links:
Jan 14 2020: Dua Lipa’s Disco FeverDirect links:
Jan 7 2020: ICYMI: Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak FelderDirect links:
Dec 31 2019: ICYMI: Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS)Direct links:
Dec 24 2019: Dolly Parton's America (with Jad Abumrad)Direct links:
Dec 17 2019: Who's Afraid of the Sound of TikTok? (w Cat Zhang)Direct links:
Dec 10 2019: Paper Planes, Chandelier & What the #@%! is Timbre? (with Constance Grady)Direct links:
Dec 3 2019: Prelude & Feud on a 'G' Thang: Biggie vs TupacDirect links:
Nov 26 2019: Pop is the Sound We Need Right Now (with Electric Guest)Direct links:
Nov 19 2019: The Past, Present, and Future of EMO (with Allegra Frank)Direct links:
Nov 12 2019: When Pop and Classical Collide (with James Bennett II)Direct links:
Nov 5 2019: Unlocking the Rhythms of RosalíaDirect links:
Oct 29 2019: Rihanna Party! (with Gina Delvac)Direct links:
Oct 22 2019: Why U Love 2 Listen 2 Prince (with Anil Dash)Direct links:
Oct 15 2019: A Brief History of Men Singing Really HighDirect links:
Oct 7 2019: Total Request Live! Taylor, Lana, Kim, and More (with Sam Sanders)Direct links:
Oct 1 2019: Mastering Music (with Dallas Taylor of Twenty Thousand Hertz)Direct links:
Sep 24 2019: Jazz 1959Direct links:
Sep 22 2019: BONUS: Charli XCX and The Future of Music (with Dani Deahl)Direct links:
Sep 17 2019: The “Baby Shark” Phenomenon (with Andrea Silenzi)Direct links:
Sep 13 2019: BONUS: Who are the Picassos of pop? (with Ross Golan)Direct links:
Sep 10 2019: Switched Off Book the Improvised Musical (with Jess McKenna and Zach Reino)Direct links:
Sep 3 2019: ICYMI: How to 'Make Me Feel' with LizzoDirect links:
Aug 27 2019: ICYMI: Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?Direct links:
Aug 20 2019: Songs of Summer Call-in SpecialDirect links:
Aug 13 2019: Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak FelderDirect links:
Aug 6 2019: Beyoncé's Gift To Africa (with Ivie Ani)Direct links:
Jul 30 2019: LCD Soundsystem and the Unbearable Sameness of Restaurant PlaylistsDirect links:
Jul 23 2019: The $50M Beat Marketplace That Broke the BillboardDirect links:
Jul 16 2019: Shawn Mendes and the Rhythm of RhymeDirect links:
Jul 9 2019: Space, The Final Frontier: Madonna, Stephen Puth and Street StudiosDirect links:
Jul 2 2019: What BTS's "Boy With Love" ft. Halsey Can Teach Us About K-popDirect links: