Best Troy McEady Podcasts (2024)

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

1d 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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Listener Mailbag: Brat, Rihanna, Divas Live, Louie's Weird Vocabulary & More! 59:12

40m ago59:12

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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

1h 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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TINASHE (with The Cut's Cat Zhang) 1:47:46

5d ago1:47:46

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

1d ago39:40

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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) 1:38:17

12d ago1:38:17

1:38:17

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

17d 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) 2:25:28

23d ago2:25:28

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

15d ago10:03

10:03

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

15d ago1:08:09

1:08:09

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) 2:12:24

26d ago2:12:24

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

23d 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

22d ago1:11:08

1:11:08

@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) 1:52:47

1M ago1:52:47

1:52:47

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

29d 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

1M ago1:01:03

1:01:03

@troyjeanspears on Instagram @xknowsall on InstagramBy Christy

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MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 1: THE JACKSON 5 (with Emily Lordi) 2:01:10

1M ago2:01:10

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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

1M 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

1M ago1:10:41

1:10:41

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) 58:39

2M ago58:39

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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

1M 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

2M ago1:07:37

1:07:37

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) 2:02:21

2M ago2:02:21

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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

2M ago1:10:33

1:10:33

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) 1:14:51

2M ago1:14:51

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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

2M 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

2M ago1:17:32

1:17:32

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) 2:05:33

2M ago2:05:33

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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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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) 57:10

3M ago57:10

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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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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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PINK (with Molly Mary O'Brien) 1:52:37

3M ago1:52:37

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Molly Mary O’Brien returns to Pop Pantheon to unpack the unlikely longevity of Pink. Louie and Molly chart Pink’s emergence in Philadelphia clubs as a teenager through to her brief girl group career and her pop debut as a blue-eyed R&B product at the turn of the millennium with 2000’s Can’t Take Me Home. From there they discuss “Lady Marmalade,” Pi…

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Trending Topics: Bieber Baby, Kathryn Dennis, Sofia Richie Grainge, Diddy, Colton Underwood 46:17

3M ago46:17

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@xknowsall on InstagramBy Christy

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Why are Music Biopics so Bad? (with Keith Phipps) 53:36

3M ago53:36

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The most recent in a long lineage of music biopics, Back to Black, which purports to chronicle the life of the late great Amy Winehouse came out in the US last week. The film received mostly negative reviews and underperformed at the box office. So why are these movies, generally speaking, so unsuccessful and why do we keep making then? Movie Criti…

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Love Hits Hard, Soft & Everything in Between on Billie Eilish's New Album (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood) (Patreon Preview) 9:43

3M ago9:43

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Billie Eilish released her third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, last Friday. The LA Times' Mikael Wood joins DJ Louie to chronicle the latest evolution in Billie and Finneas' ongoing collaboration and how it fits into the broader glut of Main Pop Girl releases in 2024. To hear the rest of …

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True Crime - The disappearance of Lauren Spierer 56:17

3M ago56:17

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@xknowsallBy Christy

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TINA TURNER (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne Brooks) 1:43:38

3M ago1:43:38

1:43:38

Yale University’s Dr. Daphne Brooks returns to Pop Pantheon to unpack one of the foundational blueprints for pop stardom as we know it, Tina Turner. Dr. Brooks and Louie trace Tina’s roots in Tennessee, her debut as a nightclub act in St. Louis and her early work with Ike Turner, from their hit single “A Fool in Love” to their string of R&B hits, f…

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Anitta's Global Pop Takeover (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview) 11:14

3M ago11:14

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Brazilian pop sensation Anitta's most recent recored, Funk Generation, dropped a few weeks ago. Julianne Escobedo Shepherd joins Louie and Russ to break down her rise to global stardom, this record's celebration of Brazilian Baile Funk and put us all on to a couple more rising Brazilian …

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Swift Sisterhood: A Week with Taylor & our take on The Tortured Poets Department 1:05:51

3M ago1:05:51

1:05:51

https://www.instagram.com/xknowsall/?hl=en Join my sister Audrey and I for an episode filled with ~sisterly tales~ and musical insights as we delve into the world of Taylor Swift and the evocative sounds of Tortured Poets Department. My sister spent a week with Taylor Swift during the release of her Speak Now album tour, and we've got all the behin…

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Mariah, Nirvana & The Story of MTV Unplugged (with Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks) 56:26

3M ago56:26

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After recent episodes on Mariah and Nirvana, two artists who had massive career-defining moments on MTV's iconic live showcase Unplugged, Louie invited authors of the book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum to chronicle the history of the series: how it started, why it was important, an…

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Dua Lipa Disappears on Radical Optimism (with Owen Myers) (Patreon Preview) 13:16

3M ago13:16

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Dua Lipa returned with her much anticipated third album Radical Optimism on Friday. Music writer Owen Myers joins Louie and Russ to parse out the messy rollout and framing, underperforming singles and, after so much hype, how this music actually sounds and who exactly Dua Lipa is on it. …

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HILARY DUFF (with Legends Only's T. Kyle) 1:40:59

4M ago1:40:59

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Legends Only co-host T. Kyle makes his Pop Pantheon debut to discuss Hilary Duff’s brief ascension from Disney starlet to massive pop diva. Louie and T. Kyle discuss Hilary’s origins via the Disney assembly line with the early 2000s juggernaut The Lizzie McGuire Show and how it helped launch her pop career, from her debut album of holiday songs to …

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Is the Music Video Dead? (with Michael Cragg) 57:12

4M ago57:12

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In the past few years, we've seen a serious decline in the centrality of and views for music videos across the board, even for the biggest pop stars. Journalist Michael Cragg recently chronicled this phenomenon in his piece for The Guardian, "'This is an Art Form— and We're Losing it': Is the Music Video Dying?" and today, he joins DJ Louie to disc…

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Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Brittany Spanos, Nora Princiotti & Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview) 14:39

4M ago14:39

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, last night in front of a live audience at The Bell House in Brooklyn, Pop Pantheon gathered Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos, Every Single Album's Nora Princiotti and Hung Up's Hunter Harris to discuss Taylor Swift's 11th studio album(s?) The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Loui…

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NIRVANA (with Bandsplain's Yasi Salek) 1:36:50

4M ago1:36:50

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Bandsplain’s Yasi Salek joins DJ Louie to trace Nirvana's brief, iconoclastic trail through pop's mainstream in the early 1990s. Louie and Yasi unpack the group's origins in Aberdeen, Washington, their time on famed indie label Sub Pop, known for popularizing the "grunge" sound, and their bleak, sparse debut in 1989, Bleach, which garnered them a c…

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Listener Mailbag! Taylor, Pop Pet Peeves & a Very Special Guest 1:04:59

5M ago1:04:59

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It's listener mailbag time! Louie and Russ are answering all your questions about their expectations for Taylor's The Tortured Poets Department, their personal pop pet peeves, the formula for following up a blockbuster album, why there are no more male pop stars and so much more. Plus, stay tuned until the end of the episode for a very special surp…

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BRANDY (with Naomi Zeichner) 2:02:08

5M ago2:02:08

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Critic and writer Naomi Zeichner joins Pop Pantheon to explore the career of the “vocal bible,” Brandy. Louie and Naomi unpacked Brandy’s self-titled 1994 debut, released when she was just 15, her landmark acting roles as Moesha and Cinderella, and 1998’s Darkchild-assisted Never Say Never, which reimagined her at the vanguard of R&B futurism and b…

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Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Patreon Preview) 10:58

4M ago10:58

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In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Beyoncé eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, dropped last Friday. Once perceived as a foray into country music, this sprawling 80 (!!) minute epic turned out to be so much more than that and, as with any Bey project, begs for some serious unpacking. DJ Louie, Russ and Oxford American's Da…

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