Best Troy McEady Podcasts (2024)

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BACKSTREET BOYS VS. *NSYNC (with NPR's Aisha Harris) 2:30:33

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Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live! Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and the Millennial Diva Conundrum on 9/30 at Dynasty Typewriter in LA (DISCOUNT BEGINS AT 12AM on 9/20!) Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Presents Main Pop Girls Dance Party on 10/4 at Parkside Lounge in NYC In a SUPERSIZED episode of Pop Pantheon, critic, writer and NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour po…

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Star Magazine, Nov. 4th, 2013 with Cover Girls Kendall and Kylie Jenner 50:29

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VMAs Recap: Chappell, Sabrina, Katy, Taylor & More! (Patreon Preview) 10:25

4d ago10:25

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, The 40th Annual MTV Video Music Awards were held last night and featured marquee performances from It Girls like Sabrina Carpenter, GloRilla, Lisa & Chappell Roan while presenting their prestigious Video Vanguard award to Katy Perry. But with MTV flailing, music videos in their flop era …

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What is the Pop Pantheon? 1:13:49

7d ago1:13:49

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Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live! Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and the Millennial Diva Conundrum on 9/30 at Dynasty Typewriter in LA Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Presents Main Pop Girls Dance Party on 10/4 at Parkside Lounge in NYC Sure, we're all listening to a podcast called "Pop Pantheon". But what exactly is the Pop Pantheon? This is a question Louie h…

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Cosmopolitan, March 2008 with Cover Girl Rihanna 1:25:12

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MEGHAN TRAINOR (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber) 2:04:29

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Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live! Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and the Millennial Diva Conundrum on 9/30 at Dynasty Typewriter in LA Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Presents Main Pop Girls Dance Party on 10/4 at Parkside Lounge in NYC Who Weekly’s Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger return to Pop Pantheon to discuss one of pop’s most perplexing but enduring workho…

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Sabrina Carpenter Hits the Short 'n Sweet Spot (Patreon Preview) 11:41

11d ago11:41

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Disney-star-turned-"Drivers License"-third-wheel-turned-ascendent-pop-girlie Sabrina Carpenter has been on quite a roll lately. Her most recent two singles have been smashes and her sixth studio album, Short 'n Sweet, arrived last Friday among a swirl of expectations even she probably co…

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NYLON Magazine, November 2009 with Cover Girl Blake Lively 1:08:01

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Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Originally Published on Patreon on 4/1/2024) 59:38

20d ago59:38

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Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live! Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and the Millennial Diva Conundrum on 9/30 at Dynasty Typewriter in LA Happy Labor Day Weekend! Louie is still off on vacation so as a treat, we're republishing our Patreon review of Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter from back in April. If you like this episode and want to hear more like it, you can subs…

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Playboy, September 2006 with Cover Girls Next Door Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson 1:40:09

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In this very special episode, Troy and Dara discuss an issue close to their hearts, Playboy Magazine from September 2006 featuring the Girls Next Door, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson. Subscribe to our Patreon, follow us on IG @whatsyourissueshow and please leave us a rating and review (preferably in the style of a letter to …

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Listener Mailbag: Brat, Rihanna, Divas Live, Louie's Weird Vocabulary & More! 59:32

28d ago59:32

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Louie and Russ gather to answer YOUR questions! We're talking all our fantasy Brat remixes and a VH1 Divas Live revival, playing out thought experiments about Beyoncé and Rihanna and Louie gets personal about his career and vocab tics. Buy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live! Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and the Millennial Diva Conundrum on 9/30 at Dynasty Typew…

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Tinashe Meditates on Love and Sex on Quantum Baby with Kyann-Siann Williams (Patreon Preview) 8:53

24d ago8:53

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, NME's Kyann-Sian Williams joins Russ to discuss Tinashe's brand new seventh studio album Quantum Baby – the second in a trilogy of albums she's rolling out. Can she capitalize on the virality of "Nasty"? Or is that even on her mind? And is Tinashe expanding her artistry or letting us in …

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Interview with Dirty Pop's Michael Johnson: Teen Magazines, Boy Bands, Britney Spears, Fergie, and More! 1:26:39

25d ago1:26:39

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Our first interview is a banger! Michael Johnson is the executive producer of the Netflix docuseries Dirty Pop and the drummer of the boyband Natural. Michael gives us incredible insight into being a boy band member, the teen magazine world, coming of age in the bubblegum factory that was Orlando, Florida in the 90s and early 2000s, and more! Liste…

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Popstar! Magazine, April 2002 with Dirty Pop's Michael Johnson 57:44

28d ago57:44

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In this episode we cover Popstar! Magazine with double covers: Hilary Duff and boy band Natural. Plus! A snippet of our first guest interview with Michael Johnson, drummer of Natural and creator of the Netflix docuseries, Dirty Pop! We'll be posting the full hour + interview on its own because it's a banger! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f…

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TINASHE (with The Cut's Cat Zhang) 1:48:06

1M ago1:48:06

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Ahead of the release of Tinashe’s seventh studio album, Quantum Baby, The Cut’s Cat Zhang joins Pop Pantheon to discuss Tinashe’s rollercoaster career. Cat and DJ Louie dig into Tinashe’s upbringing in Lexington, Kentucky, her work as a child actor on Two and a Half Men and the girl group she was briefly in with fellow pop star Hayley Kiyoko, The S…

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Paris Hilton Saw the Future on Paris (with Troy McEady) (Patreon Preview) 10:49

1M ago10:49

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, When Paris Hilton released her debut album, 2006's Paris, the world largely saw it as a joke. Despite it's lead single "Stars Are Blind" becoming a top 20 hit, the album tanked, was savaged by critics and Paris never released another one. Now, on the eve her long-awaited sophomore effort…

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Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez/Benny Blanco, It Ends With Us, RHOC, Zac Efron 39:40

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@xknowsall on InstagramBy Christy

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New Pop Girl Power Ranking ft. Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan & More (with Mikael Wood & Jason P. Frank) 1:38:37

1M ago1:38:37

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We thought 2024 was going to be dominated by a waterfall of new releases from Old Guard Superstars like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande and Dua Lipa. But while they've each had success, the main story of the last 12 months has been the auspicious establishment of a new generation of pop divas led by Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, but als…

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Entertainment Weekly from November 14th, 1997 with Cover Girl Jennifer Love Hewitt 1:04:25

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Troy and Dara discuss Hollywood's new Brat Pack of 1997, plus a tiff between Whitney Houston and Rosie O'Donnell, the film Boogie Nights, I Know What You Did Last Summer, the Spice Girls, and more! For bonus episodes, subscribe to our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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LA LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! Talking Katy & Gaga at Dynasty Typewriter on 9/30 1:31

1M ago1:31

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BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE The rollout for Katy Perry’s seventh studio album, 143, has been a disaster. Sixteen years into her pop career, Katy’s facing a textbook struggle for a pop star more than a decade into her career: irrelevance. By contrast, Katy’s pop peer Lady Gaga has charted a very different second act, swerving into acting and rebranding he…

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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 4: LEGACY (with Dr. Fredara Hadley) 2:25:49

2M ago2:25:49

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Professor of Ethnomusicology at Julliard Dr. Fredara Hadley joins Pop Pantheon for the culmination of our four-part series on the King of Pop. In the final installment, DJ Louie and Dr. Hadley tackle Michael Jackson’s music post-Thriller, starting with the signature ‘80s blockbuster Bad (1987) and 1991’s successful pivot toward New Jack Swing, Dang…

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US Weekly from September 7th, 1987 with Cover Girl Madonna 55:44

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This week, it's Dara's issue: US Weekly September 7th, 1987. To read along while you listen (plus bonus episodes) subscribe to our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ice Spice's Y2K Is Surprisingly 2024 Coded (with Nadirah Simmons) (Patreon Preview) 10:03

2M ago10:03

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Ice Spice just dropped her debut record Y2K, an under 25 minute tour through drill beats, Jersey club and Ice's signature puerile humor and nonchalant flow. How does it work as her first official album statement? Who is this music playing to? And does it sound like 2000 at all? Writer Na…

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Celebrity makeup brands and Love Island feat. Torry from RTBP(R) 1:08:09

2M ago1:08:09

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Kylie Cosmetics Khy Sprinter SKIMS Lemme Poosh Rare Beauty Fenty R.e.m. beauty Haus Labs JLo Beauty The Row Follow us on socials! @xknowsall on IG @rtbppodcast on IG @readytoberomancedBy Christy

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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 3: THRILLER (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan) 2:12:44

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There are albums. And then there’s Thriller. For the third installment of our four-part series on the King of Pop, Stereogum’s Tom Breihan returns for Pop Pantheon’s first ever A-Side devoted to a single album: Michael Jackson’s definitive 1982 pop blockbuster, Thriller. DJ Louie and Tom dig into every aspect of the best-selling album of all time, …

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Blender Magazine from March 2008 with Cover Girl Britney Spears 1:13:34

2M ago1:13:34

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Troy McEady and Dara Laine Sussman discuss the March 2008 issue of Blender Magazine, plus two of their favorite topics, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. Get the magazine pdf and bonus episodes on Patreon and follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Revisiting Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (with Olivia Horn) (Patreon Preview) 11:10

2M ago11:10

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Olivia Horn reviewed Chappell Roan's debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in Pitchfork when it dropped last September. Back then, she was a fringy pop upstart with some nice critical notices and a small cult audience. Now, she's one of the biggest new pop superstars of t…

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Trending Topics - Alex Cooper, Katy Perry, Tom Sandoval and Mauricio Umansky with Kate Riccio 1:11:08

2M ago1:11:08

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@xknowsall on IG Girls Unscripted podcast @katericcio on TikTok @katericc on IGBy Christy

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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 2: THE KING OF POP RISES (with Joseph Vogel) 1:53:07

2M ago1:53:07

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Joe Vogel, author of Man in the Music: The Creative Life of Michael Jackson, joins Pop Pantheon for the second in our four-part series on the King of Pop. DJ Louie and Joe dig into MJ’s early solo work, from his 1972 debut Got to Be There to his first solo number one, “Ben,” his changing voice as grew older and his final Motown album, 1975’s Foreve…

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CosmoGirl! from April 2004 with Cover Girl Sarah Michelle Gellar 1:15:25

2M ago1:15:25

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In the first episode, Troy McEady and Dara Laine Sussman dissect the April 2004 issue of CosmoGirl! Follow the pod on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Read along with the magazine and get bonus content by subscribing to our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Katy Perry's Not So Grand Return + Kesha, Lana Del Rey & More (Patreon Preview) 11:31

2M ago11:31

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Katy Perry's much anticipated new single, the Dr. Luke-produced "Woman's World", finally dropped on Friday along with it's music video and the response has been.... not so great. Louie and Russ talk all things Katy before pivoting to new songs from Kesha, Lana and Tinashe and a Taylor Sw…

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen feat. Troy McEady 1:01:03

2M ago1:01:03

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@troyjeanspears on Instagram @xknowsall on InstagramBy Christy

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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 1: THE JACKSON 5 (with Emily Lordi) 2:01:30

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For the first of our four-part series on the King of Pop, writer, professor and critic Emily Lordi joins Pop Pantheon to help us begin to untangle one of the most knotty legacies in pop history: the story of Michael Jackson. Emily and DJ Louie discuss Michael’s extremely strict upbringing, sadistic abuse at the hands of his father Joe, and the crea…

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Megan Thee Stallion Reps for the South— and Herself— on Megan (with Taylor Crumpton) (Patreon Preview) 10:48

2M ago10:48

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Megan Thee Stallion's third studio album, Megan, her first as an independent artist and since her infamous beef with Nicki Minaj, dropped last week. Taylor Crumpton is here to help Louie and Russ break down the record's inherent regionality, Megan's new and old poses and themes and what …

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The crazy things we learned in the Lauren Spierer Book, "College Girl Missing" by Shawn Cohen with Sophie Ross 1:10:41

2M ago1:10:41

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We also talk shit on Jake Shane at the beginning...dark energy.. Follow us on Instagram: @xknowsall @soph_rossBy Christy

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The Winners and Losers of the Touring Boom (with Matthew Perpetua, Zach Schonfeld & Emily Stewart) 58:59

3M ago58:59

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After the pandemic, fans wanted to see their favs (and even their less favs) so much that the concert touring industry boomed, breaking records and culminating in astronomically expensive blockbuster stadium treks from Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. But more recently, the live show gambit has gone bust for superstars like Jennifer Lopez, The Black Keys,…

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The Chaos and Calculations of Camila Cabello's C,XOXO (with Omri Rolan) (Patreon Preview) 9:37

2M ago9:37

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Is Camila Cabello's fourth studio album, C, XOXO, a cold-hearted Single White Female-ing of other, cooler pop stars? Or is it an earnest— if chaotic— attempt by the former girl group star to find her authentic voice as a grown up pop diva? Louie, Russ and Friend of the Pod Omri Rolan are…

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Taylor and Travis, Hailey and Justin, the Kardashians, and our personal recs feat. Shannon from Fluently Forward 1:07:37

3M ago1:07:37

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Listener Questions from Instagram!! Travis coming on stage with Taylor being a diversion from BRAT going #1 Justin Timberlake PR Bieber Name Mania Kardashians and their relevancy, beauty standards Our hobbies and how we keep away from our phones What it's like working with a friend Our personal recommendations - shows, books, things we like to do F…

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KATE BUSH (with Mic the Snare) 2:02:42

3M ago2:02:42

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Mic The Snare joins Pop Pantheon to unpack the wild, unbridled genius of pop’s ultimate enigma, Kate Bush. Louie & Mic The Snare dig into Kate’s teenage record deal and her debut single, 1978’s “Wuthering Heights.” From there they discuss her debut album The Kick Inside, her legendary first – and only – full live tour and her early, pre-MTV adoptio…

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Nashville Lore with Liz Mace (of Megan and Liz!) 1:10:33

3M ago1:10:33

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Join me and the sweetest person ever, Liz Mace, to talk about what it was like being a young musician catapulted into stardom in 2007 when the ~digital age~ and Youtube first started to become a thing. We then dive into the Nashville lore - celebrity tea, spots to catch celebrities, and the best influencer events she's been to. Follow us on Instagr…

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Ranking the Main Pop Girl Albums of 2024 (So Far) (with Ira Madison III) 1:15:11

3M ago1:15:11

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It seems like every single Main Pop Girl has dropped an album this year: Ariana, Kacey, Beyoncé, Taylor, Dua, Billie and Charli. And we're only six months in! It's been a whole lot of new music to process but now that we've had a minute to sit with these records, Keep It's Ira Madison III joins DJ Louie to reflect on all of these records, what they…

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Normani's Album is Good. Now What? (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul) (Patreon Preview) 11:01

3M ago11:01

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Normani's debut solo album has been over five years in the making. Now that Dopamine is finally here, was it worth the wait? And with the heat having died down on her career, does it matter? Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul joins the show to help break it all down. To hear the rest of the th…

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True Crime - Maura Murray Theories with Alexandra Bunting 1:17:32

3M ago1:17:32

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Recently released police records referenced in the episode @owlbunting on Instagram @xknowsall on Instagram Solo episode I did on Maura: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/x-knows-all/id1605393259?i=1000640252689By Christy

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FRANK OCEAN (with Tre Johnson) 2:05:54

3M ago2:05:54

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Tre Johnson returns to Pop Pantheon for a special Pride episode about one of pop's greatest disruptors, Frank Ocean. Louie and Tre discuss Frank’s first foray into the industry, writing for artists like Brandy and Justin Bieber and his rapturous breakthrough mixtape, 2011’s Nostalgia Ultra, which instantly turned Frank into a critical darling and r…

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Chat with Nicky Ng, Nancy Ng's sister - and how we can help the family 52:04

3M ago52:04

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Important links for listeners to follow Nancy's GoFundMe - Please consider donating - any donation, big or small, helps the investigation and our quest for justice for Nancy For updates, please follow @helpusfindnancy on IG X Knows All Podcast episode on Nancy Ng’s disappearance for background on the case @xknowsall on Instagram HOW WE CAN HELP: Pl…

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Charli XCX Breaks New Ground on Brat (Patreon Preview) 8:51

3M ago8:51

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Charli XCX's sixth studio album Brat, which dropped Friday, was posited as a dance album. What we actually got was something quite a bit more complicated. On this week's episode, Louie and Russ break the whole thing down. To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus epi…

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Nick Viall and Natalie Joy Cheating Scandal (+ a bit of Lauren Spierer) feat. Sophie Ross 1:00:40

3M ago1:00:40

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0:00 - 18:09 Lauren Spierer 18:09 - end Natalie and Nick cheating scandal Follow us on Instagram: @xknowsall @soph_rossBy Christy

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Queer Women are Taking Over Pop (with Trish Bendix & Mel Woods) 56:34

3M ago56:34

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To kick off Pride Month, Freelance Music Writer Trish Bendix and Senior Editor at Xtra Magazine Mel Woods join Louie to track the conspicuous rise of sapphic-ness in mainstream pop. From BoyGenius to Chappell Roan to Billie Eilish, girls who like girls and make that a huge feature in the music are crossing over onto the top of the Billboard charts.…

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"What's Your Issue?" Teaser Episode! 32:16

3M ago32:16

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Introducing What's Your Issue? a new pop culture podcast hosted by Troy McEady and Dara Laine Sussman, where each week they discuss a different magazine issue from the past. The first official episode premieres July 19th, but in today's episode, Troy and Dara tease you with what's to come. Follow What's Your Issue? on Instagram & TikTok @whatsyouri…

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Summer House Showdown feat. Emily Rose of @itsbecomeawholething 1:13:11

3M ago1:13:11

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Welcome to our special crossover episode of X Knows All and It's Become a Whole Thing! Join Christy and Emily as they dive into the drama, dynamics, and delightful chaos of Bravo's Summer House. In this round-robin discussion, we'll dissect every housemate, from their wild party antics to their deep-seated traumas. Episodes about Summer House with …

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