Popcast

‘A Star Is Born’ Is Here. Let’s Discuss.

Oct. 11, 2018

01:14:37

How Lil Wayne Became One of Hip-Hop’s Most Durable Stars

Oct. 5, 2018

01:23:43

Should They Stay or Should They Go? Pop Stars and Retirement

Sept. 28, 2018

00:34:14

What Makes for a Great Celebrity Profile?

Sept. 20, 2018

01:04:36

Remembering Mac Miller, Low-Key Hip-Hop Bellwether

Sept. 15, 2018

01:12:05

Remembering The Village Voice, Music Criticism's Crucible: Part 2

Sept. 10, 2018

01:05:02

Remembering The Village Voice, Music Criticism's Crucible: Part 1

Sept. 10, 2018

01:13:37

How We Arrived at Ariana Grande’s Big Moment

Aug. 28, 2018

00:58:40

Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott, Rivals With Common Problems

Aug. 21, 2018

00:55:44

Aretha Franklin: The Artist We Knew, and the Woman We Didn’t

Aug. 17, 2018

01:12:48

The Shrinking Space Between Band T-Shirt and High Fashion

Aug. 10, 2018

01:19:19

Can Guns N’ Roses, or Any Artist, Erase an Unflattering Moment?

Aug. 4, 2018

01:13:02

Who’s in Charge of Telling Whitney Houston’s Story?

July 27, 2018

01:06:17

When Superfans Attack

July 21, 2018

01:11:50

Drake: Platinum in a Day, but Still at a Crossroads

July 5, 2018

01:17:58

Kanye West: You Asked, We Answered

June 27, 2018

01:23:53

XXXTentacion, Mourning and Morality

June 22, 2018

00:58:14

Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes, Would-Be Pop Kings

June 16, 2018

01:09:00

Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ Is Here: Let’s Discuss

June 6, 2018

01:14:24

Drake vs. Pusha-T, Unpacked

May 31, 2018

00:56:46

Yes, We Stuck With ‘American Idol’

May 26, 2018

00:54:20

Pursuing R. Kelly: The Reporter Who Never Gave Up

May 23, 2018

00:37:52

‘Girls’ Gone Wrong: Who Gets to Make a Gay Love Song?

May 18, 2018

00:53:40

Avicii: Overexposed and Underappreciated?

May 4, 2018

01:05:33

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Break Boundaries

April 25, 2018

01:16:56

Pop’s Category Killers, From Live Nation to Spotify, Under the Microscope

April 20, 2018

00:43:56

Cardi B Arrives at the Top

April 12, 2018

01:06:09

Logic, XXXTentacion and Hip-Hop Morality in 2018

April 6, 2018

01:09:34

Kacey Musgraves and Ashley McBryde, Country Traditionalists With a Twist

March 30, 2018

00:57:53

Ashlee Simpson: You Asked, We Answered

March 16, 2018

01:18:21

Was Ashlee Simpson Underappreciated? Discuss

March 9, 2018

01:14:25

Lucy Dacus, Soccer Mommy, the Breeders and the Future of Indie Rock

March 2, 2018

00:56:58

In Defense of Soundtracks. And Fergie.

Feb. 24, 2018

01:13:18

The Complex Intersection Where Rap and the Legal System Collide

Feb. 16, 2018

00:45:50

Justin Timberlake Down, Meek Mill Up: How Twitter Swings Public Opinion

Feb. 9, 2018

01:17:49

Can the Grammys Be Fixed?

Jan. 30, 2018

00:58:15

Hear What Music Will Sound Like in 2018

Jan. 26, 2018

01:06:56

Remembering the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan

Jan. 19, 2018

00:52:33

In Streaming, One Goliath Creates Many Davids

Jan. 12, 2018

01:02:53

Is Today’s Jazz Finally Outrunning the Past?

Jan. 5, 2018

01:05:01

Will Eminem Ever Change?

Dec. 22, 2017

00:54:12

The Popcast Answers Your Burning Questions About Pop Music in 2017

Dec. 18, 2017

01:05:17

In 2017, Pop Music Made Triumph Out of Tough Times

Dec. 8, 2017

01:13:32

After 40 Years, U2 Is Still Huge. Why?

Dec. 2, 2017

00:41:55

Remembering Lil Peep

Nov. 22, 2017

00:58:22

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Has Arrived. Let’s Discuss.

Nov. 14, 2017

01:11:42

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Is Almost Here. Let’s Discuss.

Nov. 9, 2017

00:47:59

How Will Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Be Remembered?

Nov. 3, 2017

00:40:42

What Are the Billboard Charts Really Measuring?

Oct. 27, 2017

00:54:16

The Persistence of Pink and Kelly Clarkson, Outspoken Pop Survivors

Oct. 20, 2017

00:55:24

Shania Twain Was Country’s Crossover Queen. What Is She Now?

Oct. 13, 2017

00:47:11

Tom Petty, a Secret Punk on Rock’s Mount Rushmore

Oct. 4, 2017

00:33:42

National Anthem Protests, From ‘Jazzing the Banner’ to Taking a Knee

Sept. 29, 2017

00:47:57

Bye, Bro. In Country Music, It’s the Year of the Gentleman.

Sept. 22, 2017

01:03:02

From Instagram to ‘Bodak Yellow,’ Cardi B Has Arrived

Sept. 15, 2017

00:55:10

Women Dominating Rock: There’s More to the Conversation

Sept. 11, 2017

00:56:13

The Popcast Answers Your Questions About Beyoncé, Music Videos and More

Sept. 2, 2017

01:07:27

Is SoundCloud a Business or a Community?

Aug. 25, 2017

00:30:53

Kesha and Taylor Swift Find New Voices

Aug. 18, 2017

00:45:12

What Keeps Phish Fans Coming Back for More?

Aug. 11, 2017

00:41:47

Is Arcade Fire Its Own Worst Enemy?

Aug. 4, 2017

00:35:53

Celebrating Two of Rock’s Big Voices, Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell

July 28, 2017

00:59:21

Streaming Is Taking Over Pop, but It’s Far From Flawless

July 21, 2017

00:46:57

From Jay-Z to Prodigy, It’s Time to Talk About Hip-Hop’s Elders

July 14, 2017

01:13:34

Can K-pop Conquer America?

June 30, 2017

00:55:42

Hip-Hop’s Punk Moment Has Arrived

June 23, 2017

01:05:22

Katy Perry, Lorde and Halsey: How to Make a Pop Album in 2017

June 16, 2017

00:55:13

Why We’re Still Listening to the Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’

June 9, 2017

00:30:26

Latin Pop Thrives, No Bieber Required

June 2, 2017

00:47:29

Festivals That Inspire Awe, and Festivals That Lead to Criminal Investigations

May 26, 2017

00:46:38

Harry Styles and John Mayer, Teardrops on Their Guitars

May 19, 2017

00:39:04

Paramore Returns, Headed Straight For the 1980s

May 12, 2017

00:30:35

Finding Feist’s Pleasure and Pain

May 5, 2017

00:25:48

How Lil Uzi Vert Turned Rap Into Rock and Became a Pop Star

April 28, 2017

00:46:43

A Deep Dig on Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole’s Hip-Hop’s Values

April 21, 2017

00:55:20

How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Chainsmokers?

April 14, 2017

00:49:21

Jazz in 2017: The Music Is Thriving, Though Support Is in Peril

April 7, 2017

00:39:26

Drake Changed Hip-Hop’s Sound. Can He Change the Business?

March 27, 2017

00:57:55

How Chuck Berry Became a Rock ’n’ Roll Mastermind

March 22, 2017

00:23:52

The Billboard Charts Are Wackier Than Ever: What’s Going On?

March 17, 2017

00:56:13

The Greatest Trick Ed Sheeran Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World He’s an Underdog

March 10, 2017

00:43:57

What Future and Migos Tell Us About Atlanta’s Rap Dominance

March 3, 2017

00:58:35

What Happens When Nashville Outsiders Become Country’s Big Stars?

Feb. 24, 2017

01:10:46

Were There Any Real Winners at the Grammys?

Feb. 14, 2017

00:57:27

Will the Grammy Awards End With a Big Surprise?

Feb. 10, 2017

00:37:50

Punk Rock Is Alive and Well, No Politics Required

Feb. 3, 2017

00:44:39

The War Over ‘La La Land’: Gotta Hear Both Sides

Jan. 27, 2017

00:49:57

The Crooner in Chief: Barack Obama’s Musical Legacy

Jan. 20, 2017

00:53:57

Hip-Hop’s Elders and Youth Go to Battle (Again)

Jan. 13, 2017

00:52:00

Mariah Carey and New Year’s Eve: Is the Fantasy Over?

Jan. 6, 2017

00:52:20

10 Songs That Tell the Story of 2016

Dec. 30, 2016

00:58:27

The Year in Jazz Music

Dec. 23, 2016

00:42:35

Pop Music Trends in 2016

Dec. 16, 2016

00:38:10

The Best Albums of 2016

Dec. 9, 2016

00:53:13

For Bruno Mars and the Weeknd, the Past as Muse

Dec. 2, 2016

00:43:17

Revisiting Kanye West's 'The Life of Pablo'

Nov. 25, 2016

00:53:28

Mourning the Greats: Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell and Mose Allison

Nov. 18, 2016

00:29:25

Popcast: Division and Unity in Pop, and Beyond

Nov. 12, 2016

00:52:30

Popcast: A Tribe Called Quest Returns

Nov. 5, 2016

00:42:31

Popcast: What’s Next for Kesha?

Oct. 29, 2016

00:29:11

Popcast: Nu-Dance Rises With Help From Streaming

Oct. 22, 2016

00:37:06

Dylancast: Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize!

Oct. 15, 2016

00:26:51

Popcast: Tyler Glenn at the Crossroads

Oct. 8, 2016

00:23:46

Popcast: Finding the Joy (and Humor) in Bon Iver’s Pain

Sept. 30, 2016

00:31:25

Popcast: The Next Teen Star Machine

Sept. 23, 2016

00:35:11

Popcast: Fall Preview

Sept. 16, 2016

00:30:43

Popcast: The Return of New York Rap

Sept. 10, 2016

00:57:05

Popcast: Stardom in the Age of Social Media

Sept. 2, 2016

00:51:47

Popcast: Frank Ocean Returns

Aug. 25, 2016

00:52:52

Popcast: Race and Hip-Hop, a Conversation

Aug. 19, 2016

00:37:19

Popcast: Janet Jackson and the Legacy of ‘Control’

Aug. 12, 2016

00:32:52

Popcast: A Send-Off for Ben Ratliff

Aug. 5, 2016

00:47:30

Popcast: Gucci Mane and Atlanta Hip-Hop

July 29, 2016

00:37:04

Popcast: Dissecting the Legacy of Alan Vega and Suicide

July 22, 2016

00:37:36

Popcast: The Return of Pop-Punk and Emo

July 15, 2016

00:31:31

Popcast: J Balvin’s Reggaeton Mission

July 8, 2016

00:20:28

Popcast: Prince’s Fateful Flight and Judith Hill’s Story

June 24, 2016

00:25:35

Popcast: Techno’s Dual Identity

June 10, 2016

00:34:52

Popcast: Hip-Hop Concerts and the Police

June 3, 2016

00:43:15

Popcast: Arthur Russell

May 27, 2016

00:24:35

Popcast: Chance the Rapper and Drake

May 20, 2016

00:32:44

Popcast: Radiohead and James Blake

May 12, 2016

00:24:17

Popcast: Britney Spears

May 8, 2016

00:33:56

Popcast: Beyoncé Serves Up ‘Lemonade’

April 26, 2016

00:39:16

Popcast: Caetano Veloso

April 22, 2016

00:41:30

Popcast: Remembering Prince

April 22, 2016

00:38:26

Popcast:Country Music Agitators

April 16, 2016

00:36:32

Popcast: Jazz Artists in Exile

April 8, 2016

00:37:24

Popcast: Jazz in Museums

March 25, 2016

00:33:40

Popcast: Gwen Stefani Returns

March 18, 2016

00:29:14

Popcast: The Art and Future of Criticism

March 11, 2016

01:00:15

Popcast: Macklemore’s Aesthetic Mission

Feb. 26, 2016

00:56:26

Popcast: Kanye West”s Unfinished Album

Feb. 19, 2016

00:53:03

Popcast: Beyonce and Rihanna Take a Different Approach

Feb. 12, 2016

00:52:42

Popcast: R&B’s New Identity

Jan. 29, 2016

00:26:33

Popcast: Tropical House Movement

Jan. 22, 2016

00:29:41

Popcast: Love, Death and David Bowie

Jan. 13, 2016

00:47:06

Popcast: Jazz Moments of 2015

Jan. 8, 2016

00:35:02

Popcast: Making Sense of 2015 in Music

Dec. 30, 2015

00:30:46

Popcast: Best Songs of 2015

Dec. 23, 2015

00:33:44

Popcast: Best Albums of 2015

Dec. 18, 2015

00:39:21

Popcast: Joe Casey of Protomartyr

Dec. 11, 2015

00:25:55

Popcast: Sophie and Grimes

Dec. 4, 2015

00:24:10

Popcast: The Return of Adele

Nov. 13, 2015

00:32:57

Popcast: Taylor Swift and Drake, Friendship vs. Partnership

Nov. 6, 2015

00:35:12

Popcast: Joanna Newsom

Oct. 30, 2015

00:30:20

Popcast: Justin Bieber Is Back. Thank Poo Bear.

Oct. 16, 2015

00:13:31

Popcast: The Influence of ‘808s and Heartbreak’

Oct. 9, 2015

00:37:37

Popcast: Janet Jackson Returns With ‘Unbreakable’

Oct. 2, 2015

00:16:16

Lin-Manuel Miranda On How Hip-Hop Influenced Him and ‘Hamilton’

Sept. 25, 2015

00:59:17

Popcast: Jen Shyu Explores the Unknown

Sept. 18, 2015

00:30:01

Popcast: Jon Batiste and ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’

Sept. 10, 2015

00:25:52

Popcast: 2015 MTV Video Music Awards

Sept. 1, 2015

00:20:29

Popcast: The Weeknd

Aug. 28, 2015

00:55:46

Popcast: ‘Where Are Ü Now’

Aug. 25, 2015

00:14:04

Carly Rae Jepsen Grows Up

Aug. 21, 2015

00:30:46

Popcast: ‘Straight Outta Compton’

Aug. 14, 2015

01:20:30

Drake’s Bully Pulpit

Aug. 7, 2015

01:07:17

Popcast: Titus Andronicus

July 31, 2015

00:26:36

Popcast: Prince Royce, Pitbull and Multilingual Pop Music

July 24, 2015

00:37:08

Reggae’s Summer Flirtation

July 17, 2015

00:24:32

Hip-Hop’s Silent Majority

July 10, 2015

01:10:33

Apple Music and Beats 1

June 26, 2015

00:28:23

Popcast: “Tomatoes” Giving Country Its Bite

June 19, 2015

00:33:15

Popcast: Tenement’s Bright Double Album

June 12, 2015

00:28:25

Jason Derulo Glides Across Genres

June 5, 2015

00:26:05

ASAP Rocky Returns to a Haze

May 29, 2015

00:21:25

Shamir’s Distinctive Voice

May 22, 2015

00:22:49

Joey Alexander, the Young Jazz Sensation

May 15, 2015

00:28:18

U2 Prepares to Go on Tour

May 8, 2015

00:21:07

New Albums By Zac Brown Band and Tyler Farr

May 1, 2015

00:22:26

Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down

April 24, 2015

00:26:05

How Much Festival Is Too Much Festival?

April 17, 2015

00:33:33

The Ongoing Evolution of Charles Lloyd

April 10, 2015

00:27:35

Kendrick Lamar, Dissenting From the Mainstream as He Influences It

March 27, 2015

00:26:12

On ‘Empire’: The Show, the Music and the Calamitous Finale

March 20, 2015

00:47:31

Blurred Legal Lines

March 13, 2015

00:32:44

Madonna is Still Madonna On ‘Rebel Heart’

March 6, 2015

00:19:08

Who Is Boots?

Feb. 20, 2015

00:22:36

Grammys Post-Mortem

Feb. 10, 2015

00:30:02

Björk Gets Personal

Jan. 30, 2015

00:26:57

Departed Tastemakers: ASAP Yams and Kim Fowley

Jan. 23, 2015

00:21:15

Sleater-Kinney Returns

Jan. 16, 2015

00:23:11

All About Meghan Trainor

Jan. 9, 2015

00:23:13

The Year in Jazz 2014

Jan. 2, 2015

00:36:52

The Year in Pop 2014

Dec. 19, 2014

00:29:07

The Best Albums of 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

00:43:29

The Pop Savvy of ‘Beyond the Lights’

Dec. 5, 2014

00:27:21

London Calls Mary J. Blige

Nov. 21, 2014

00:31:41

How Bobby Shmurda Danced Into the Hot 100

Nov. 14, 2014

00:27:34

Dave Grohl’s ‘Sonic Highways’

Nov. 7, 2014

00:33:07

Listening to Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’

Oct. 27, 2014

00:38:24

The Myth of Scott Walker

Oct. 17, 2014

00:29:56

Tinashe, FKA Twigs and the Semantics of R&B

Oct. 10, 2014

00:29:16

Parsing Steve Coleman’s Genius

Sept. 26, 2014

00:20:15

What We Talk About When We Talk About Chris Brown

Sept. 19, 2014

00:30:01

U2’s ‘Songs of Innocence’: Gift or Spam?

Sept. 12, 2014

00:23:22

Our Vacations with Ariana Grande and Kate Bush

Sept. 5, 2014

00:31:15

The Alchemist

Aug. 8, 2014

00:31:50

Songs of the Summer

Aug. 1, 2014

00:29:09