527 Episodes

  1. Taylor, Billie, Demi, Blackpink: The Pop Star Documentary Boom

    Published: 4/2/2021
  2. The Grammys, Improbably, Made It Work

    Published: 3/16/2021
  3. TikTok and the Pop Music Rough Draft

    Published: 3/13/2021
  4. New Jazz That Agitates for Change

    Published: 3/2/2021
  5. Remembering Sophie, Architect of Future Pop

    Published: 2/15/2021
  6. The Music Lost to Coronavirus, Part 2

    Published: 2/5/2021
  7. Olivia Rodrigo and ‘Drivers License’ Aren’t Going Anywhere

    Published: 1/31/2021
  8. Inside the Bull Market for Songwriting Rights

    Published: 1/19/2021
  9. How Zev Love X Became MF Doom

    Published: 1/7/2021
  10. 2020 Popcast Listener Mailbag: Taylor, Dua, MGK and More

    Published: 12/23/2020
  11. Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’: Let’s Discuss

    Published: 12/15/2020
  12. The Best Albums of 2020? Let’s Discuss.

    Published: 12/9/2020
  13. Saweetie, City Girls and the Female Rapper Renaissance

    Published: 11/29/2020
  14. Who Will Control Britney Spears’s Future?

    Published: 11/18/2020
  15. Ariana Grande, a Pop Star for the Post-Pop Star Age

    Published: 11/10/2020
  16. The Many Mariah Careys

    Published: 10/22/2020
  17. Luke Combs’s Country Stardom and the Remaking of the Bro

    Published: 10/4/2020
  18. Will Pop Music of the Future Rely on Actual Musicians, or Avatars?

    Published: 9/28/2020
  19. Is TikTok a Music Industry Friend or Troll?

    Published: 9/17/2020
  20. Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Preserving Pop’s Old Guard

    Published: 9/9/2020

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