Best Smashing Magazine Podcasts (2024)

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Suzanne Heywood // Wavewalker: Breaking Free 1:07:04

12m ago1:07:04

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Suzanne Heywood was raised on a sailboat. What started as a three year circumnavigation with her family turned into a decade of living aboard, sailing, and struggling to get an education. Suzanne's book, 'Wavewalker,' tells the story of that voyage. In this episode, Emma and Suzanne talk about 'Wavewalker,' Suzanne's relationship to sailing now, an…

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Ep. - 71: Shakespear in the Hills with the Black Hills Playhouse 38:50

6h ago38:50

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The 605 Show! Returns again for another episode with your hosts, Alana Snyder and Dan Card. This month we're joined by Linda Anderson of the Black Hills Playhouse. Tune in to hear all about events, updates and more.By The 605 Show

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The “amniotic throb” of modern pop, the eternal life of the Top Gear theme and the Blue Nile’s lucky break 47:48

1h ago47:48

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With Mark Ellen in foreign parts David Hepworth and Alex Gold light cigars, pass the port in the correct direction and discuss….. …..the fact that there is only one way to play a Beatles song and that is the way the Beatles did it. …..the chances that Taylor Swift is reaching her imperial phase and nobody is prepared to tell her what she really nee…

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Spring music, part 2 9:10

9h ago9:10

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco selects new music for the spring, from Khruangbin to Ege Zulu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle

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Alex Laline // Clipper Round The World Skipper 1:12:30

5d ago1:12:30

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Alex Laline is a lifelong sailor and one of our full-time staff at 59º North. Growing up in a multinational family, he sailed dinghies as a kid in the UK, Spain and Indonesia, then got inspired to sail around the world when he saw an ad for the Clipper Round the World Race. As a teenager he saved all his money and joined Clipper as a paying crewmem…

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🚿 “We're In The Shower With Her.” Kitsch Founder Cassandra Morales Thurswell on Creating Your “Everything Shower” Favourites, from Solid Shampoo Bars to Heatless Rollers and Her Next Big Idea: Cute Shower ... 46:39

7d ago46:39

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Whether it’s the satin pillowcase, minimalist scrunchies or the viral, XL heatless rollers, there’s a good chance that you have a Kitsch favourite in your beauty routine already. Today, Founder and CEO Cassandra Morales Thurswell traces the brand’s humble beginnings, from selling handmade hair ties door to door at the tender age of 25 to creating a…

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Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood 58:43

3d ago58:43

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We lobbed the feathered arrows of enquiry at the rock and roll dartboard this week and these got the highest scores … … rock stars v the new league of the Super-Rich. … package tours of the mid-‘60s – eight acts, an interval, a compere plus God Save the Queen. … ‘Hits, Flops and Other Illusions’ by Edward Zwick and the fantastic tale about arroganc…

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Spring music, part 1 9:40

7d ago9:40

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco selects new music for the spring, from Beyoncé to Dabeull. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle

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Neil Tennant remembers life “with dyed red Bowie hair and clattering platforms” 43:54

7d ago43:54

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Neil’s an old friend from our days back at Smash Hits in the early ‘80s. The first Pet Shop Boys demos were played on the office tape machine, though he was a bit self-conscious about “the one with the rap on it”. He’s always had a journalistic capacity for story-telling, remembering everything in famously entertaining detail, and we had so much ma…

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Richard Thompson – “you know it’s time to go when the audience starts throwing chairs” 24:01

8d ago24:01

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Richard Thompson first appeared onstage aged 14 playing Beatles covers in a school group “so bad we were pelted with pennies”. Sixty years later his range of operations includes touring solo and with his band, occasional reunions with Fairport Convention, residencies on Adriatic cruise ships and running a Guitar Camp in the Catskill Mountains (alon…

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🛒 The #DamnGood Loyalty Shopping Guide! From Sephora to Ulta, Drugstores and More – Plus, The Products We’d Spend Our Points On Now 46:05

14d ago46:05

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Memberships, perks and points, oh my! This week we’re dissecting the world of beauty loyalty programs to see how they stack up against each other. Listen in as we reveal which loyalty programs really make it worth your membership, along with the one place we believe serves the most covetable G-with-P (gift with purchase) and the best, lowkey source…

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Neil Tennant remembers the pop press and “the last great era of forward-looking songs" 36:37

9d ago36:37

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Neil’s an old friend from our days back at Smash Hits in the early ‘80s. The first Pet Shop Boys demos were played on the office tape machine, though he was a bit self-conscious about “the one with the rap on it”, and he’s one of the few people who’s seen the music press from every angle - as a reader in the ‘70s, as a writer and interviewer and as…

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Lutz Kohne // Golden Globe Manager turned Racer 1:10:57

14d ago1:10:57

1:10:57

Sailing was never a part of Lutz Kohne’s life growing up — it hit him square in the face as an adult, and completely changed his trajectory. He has since worked as a professional skipper, as Race Director for the OGR and the GGR, and he is now preparing to set sail himself, around the world, solo, retro and unassisted as a participant in the Golden…

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The Stones’ clothes, our love affair with Abba & rock’s most appalling spectacle 47:26

10d ago47:26

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We lobbed the cracked wooden ball of enquiry at the rock and roll coconut shy this week and a few choice items dropped off their perch, among them … … was Kate Bush ‘the Queen of Prog’? … ELP, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple playing to 350,000 people on a Speedway track. … the three things that sparked the Abba revival. … the Further Adventures of De…

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Top music markets, part 2 10:12

14d ago10:12

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens to the top songs in some of the world’s biggest music markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle

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Henry Mickel & Bayley Richardson // Sailing REVELRY Home to Oz 1:12:50

14d ago1:12:50

1:12:50

Henry Mickle & Bayley Richardson are self-described "Mates from the Land Down Under", cruising around the world in an old Beneteau. These two twenty-something friends made a pact, worked their asses off, saved their money, bought a boat and are living the dream — figuring it out as they go, but with knowledge and experience earned from working prof…

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Legendary Hairstylist and Mane Founder Jen Atkin On The One Hair Tool That Got Her Celebrity Friends Buzzing, Pro Tips For Styling Curls That Last and Why It’s High Time We Retire Trends 46:15

21d ago46:15

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Today we’re welcoming Jen Atkin, dubbed “The Most Influential Hairstylist in the World,” by The New York Times. Prior to founding Ouai, Mane Addicts and now Mane, Jen lent her highly polished hair skills to a veritable who’s who of young Hollywood – everyone from the Kardashians, the Jenner sisters, Hailey Bieber, Chrissy Teigen and even Madonna! L…

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Big Characters we have loved and why the Clash wouldn’t last ten minutes in 2024 46:51

18d ago46:51

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We’ve applied our celebrated sheep/goats separation technique to the rock and roll pasture and shepherded the following into this week’s pod … … Beyoncé and why it’s hard to connect with songs written by committee. … are we too old for biopics? … Marvel films, the Arctic Monkeys and other things you either love or avoid. … reviewing Human Touch and…

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Top 5 music markets 9:49

21d ago9:49

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in the five largest music markets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle

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How Paul Cook broke into Hammersmith Odeon to see the Who, Slade, Queen & Alex Harvey 18:16

21d ago18:16

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Paul Cook’s post-Pistols band the Professionals were once, rather surprisingly, on the cover of Smash Hits - “the pinnacle of our success!” – and they’re including the 100 Club on their upcoming tour, the location of another career highlight. He talks to us here about how the first time he played live was also the Pistols’ first appearance (Saint M…

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The Power of Aromatherapy, Affordable "Clean" Beauty and Staying Relevant with Pacifica Founder Brook Harvey-Taylor 48:35

28d ago48:35

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Just ahead of Earth Month, this week we’re welcoming Brook Harvey-Taylor, Founder and President of Pacifica Beauty, the affordable, clean beauty brand that’s been championing vegan beauty for nearly 30 years. Join in to hear about Brook’s journey, from selling her first aromatherapy fragrance at a Grateful Dead show in Eugene, Ore. in the early 199…

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Sharleen Spiteri saw Joe Strummer onstage and thought “that’s what I want to be” 35:14

23d ago35:14

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exas are touring in the autumn and she talks to us here about what’s required to make it all look easy, a conversation that includes … … why working in a Glaswegian hair salon was the perfect preparation for pop stardom. … the difference between the first second onstage and everything that follows. … the advantage of being a singer with an instrume…

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Jojo Pickering // From the Sea to the Theatre & Back Again 57:39

23d ago57:39

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Jojo Pickering grew up with sailing as a central part of her life, vagabonding on the high seas with her family and sailing from Africa to the UK. As she got older, she spent more time ashore, starting a traveling theatre company with her husband and kids and bouncing around the UK, France and Spain. But the sea called her back — she recently compl…

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Album sleeves as lifestyle statements and 5 seconds that made Phil Manzanera a fortune 36:40

29d ago36:40

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The all-seeing telescope of truth scanned this week’s rock and roll heavens and noticed a few patterns emerge, among them … … the real story of the writing of Layla and who nicked what from where. And who didn’t get paid. … why Sally Grossman was on the cover of Bringing It All Back Home. … album sleeves with overflowing ashtrays that screamed ‘wel…

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Phil Manzanera Part 2: an insider’s guide to Roxy Music (and a great Bob Dylan story) 43:07

26d ago43:07

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Phil Manzanera – who thought “every day in the band felt like Christmas” – has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a rammed and captivated audience at London’s 21Soho, an evening so full of detail, intrigue and revelation we’re putting it out as two podcasts. This is the second. He lifts the bonnet o…

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Phil Manzanera’s enviable life in Roxy Music and beyond 38:45

27d ago38:45

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Phil Manzanera – whose relatives include a Colombian pirate, a spy and an Italian opera musician - has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a packed and enthralled house at London’s 21Soho, a life so fascinating, detailed and colourful we’re releasing the conversation as a two-part podcast. Here’s Par…

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Finland 10:05

28d ago10:05

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco joins Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, to listen to the best of Finnish music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle

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Fish is bowing out to become a Hebridean shepherd. What’s he learnt in 45 years onstage? 46:11

1M ago46:11

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Fish has announced a Farewell Tour in 2025. “I’ve been there, done that and sold the t-shirt.” He’s moving to a croft on a remote Scottish island with nesting eagles, a flock of sheep named after the Hibernian FC team of 1972 and part-ownership of what’s just been voted “the best beach in the world”. Getting there is like the journey in Brigadoon. …

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Solo Episode! Celebrating Our 7th Anniversary, Revealing Our Top 10 Episodes Ever and Fashion’s Middle-Age Takeover 49:04

1M ago49:04

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Who are we?! With the first day of spring comes Breaking Beauty Podcast’s 7th anniversary and today we’re celebrating with some of our brightest throwback memories, unlocked. If you’re new around here, we’re hitting you with an explainer on who we are and how we got here, along with some real talk on the struggles we’ve been experiencing lately – a…

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Liz Wardley // A Sailor Smashing Records in the Worlds Toughest Row 1:02:37

1M ago1:02:37

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Sailor, kitesurfer, and paddler Liz Wardley returns to the show to talk with Emma about her record-breaking row across the Atlantic. She completed the World's Toughest Row at the end of January after 44 days at sea. She beat the previous record by 15 days. Liz has competed many times in The Ocean Race and was last on the podcast in 2019 when she wa…

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The extraordinary story of Steve Harley’s greatest hit 6:57

1M ago6:57

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Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) was a slow-paced, vicious dirge about the band members who forsook and betrayed him which magically evolved into what appeared to be an optimistic love song, a radio staple that never stopped selling. David and Mark remembered its transformation. Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - a…

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Great divorce albums, Powerpop snobs and dark tales of 1999 1:01:10

1M ago1:01:10

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Various items set off the alarm in the rock and roll bag-check this week and were hauled back for closer inspection, among them … … when did records first try to sound like the past? … why Karl Wallinger and Robbie Williams fell out over She’s the One. ... how Marillion and Chuck D changed the digital landscape. … the only word for the sound of Fre…

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Ep. - 70: People of 605, Frost Yourselves - The Diamond Room 41:49

1M ago41:49

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The 605 Show! is back again, this time Dan found the time and good health to join us again in the studio. Sit down, an join us as we welcome our friends from The Diamond Room into the studio to talk bling, St. Paddy's Day, and the sacred vows of matrimony. As always, you can catch episodes on most reputable streaming platforms, and our YouTube!…

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A guide to new Brazilian music 9:03

1M ago9:03

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco plays some of this week’s best Brazilian music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle

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Stephen Fall’s reviewed 3,333 of his albums. Buy the book! 22:35

1M ago22:35

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Stephen Fall wrote reviews of his records, one a day, to make him a better listener. A decade later he published them in a book so colossal that we drop it on a desk to prove it’s passed the Boff Test. ‘Reviewing My Record Collection: 3,333 Albums from A to Zuma’ is a laudable labour of love, records he bought years ago and revisited, records he fo…

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Exposing Multi-Level Marketing – aka MLM – Scams with Award-Winning Host of “The Dream” Podcast and Author of “Selling The Dream,” Jane Marie 54:56

1M ago54:56

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MLM company scams are everywhere. So, just what is an MLM company? Better known as multi-level marketing companies, MLMs are businesses that involve selling products to family and friends while recruiting other people to do the same (think: Avon, Doterra, Arbonne, Rodan and Fields, and more). Except that only 1% of people who join an MLM company wi…

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It’s Arthur Brown, the god of hellfire … paging Health & Safety! 20:28

1M ago20:28

20:28

Arthur Brown – enduring psychedelic godfather – is out on tour again 57 years after first performing Fire in a flaming metal crown. He’s nearly 82. This is the most old-school podcast we’ve ever done, talk of seeing Salvador Dali in his audience in a Paris nightclub, jazz bands on the back of trucks, his grandmother’s hotel being bombed in WW2, the…

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Capt. Jennifer Kaye // Schooner WOODWIND & Trans-Atlantic on FALKEN 1:04:08

1M ago1:04:08

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Capt. Jen of Schooner WOODWIND returns to the podcast after having just sailed with Andy aboard FALKEN on the 2,100 mile passage across the Atlantic! Jen and Andy reflect on Jen's first big ocean crossing and what it was like to leave the wintry Chesapeake Bay for tropical Tradewind sailing. They also talk about challenges of running a small busine…

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Suzi Ronson - Bowie’s stylist - knows why rock and roll is all about hair 37:48

1M ago37:48

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Suzi Ronson was working in a hairdressers in Beckenham in 1970 when a Mrs Jones dropped in for a shampoo and set talking gaily about her son, “an artistic boy who plays guitar and piano”. The same son who’d had a hit with Space Oddity and occasionally drifted down the High Road in a dress. Within weeks she’d become the first rock stylist, transform…

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How the Beatles invented pop video and acts we love who always sound the same 33:51

1M ago33:51

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Nutritious items on the rock and roll tasting menu this week include … … the curious life of Tom Verlaine, his grocery cart and his 50,000 books. … was March 9 1984 the worst week ever for the British album charts? … what all great records have in common. … Yesterday’s news today! ‘Soundies’ at the cinema and the Scopitone colour video jukebox. … w…

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Meet Our #DamnGood Spring 2024 Beauty Finds! From Victoria Beckham’s Smash Skincare Collab to “Lash Cocaine”(?!) and Onion Water For Thicker Hair. Plus! The Hot Fire Beauty Brands Entering North America ... 50:27

2M ago50:27

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On the heels of M.A.C’s epic 40th anniversary party, Carlene and Jill take a trip down memory lane as they chat about the nostalgic matte lipstick shades that helped form their lifelong beauty obsessions. Then, listen in as your seasoned hosts reveal the latest beauty brand imports that have got them legit excited, from the Scandi ‘no makeup makeup…

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Is social media killing pop music? And where have all the bands gone? 43:08

2M ago43:08

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Caught in the piercing super-trouper of perusal this week … ... the BRITS 2024, a howling embarrassment. … Medieval Beatles! She Came In Through the Privy Window, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Kestrel, Comely Rita, I’m Happy Just To Joust With You … … the wisdom of Tony Hancock. … The Last Dinner Party and other ‘art concepts’.…

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Smash Hits - 4-17 October 1979 with Simon Price 2:22:50

2M ago2:22:50

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Buy us a coffee and help keep the carousel spinning: https://ko-fi.com/giddypoppod Welcome to The Giddy Carousel of Pop! In this episode, Gav and Si are joined by pop critic, author, DJ and Chart Music podcast regular, Simon Price. The carousel spins us back to October 1979, Simon's very first issue, and inside we discover punk, mod, disco and a wh…

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