The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.
VMAs Recap: Chappell, Sabrina, Katy, Taylor & More! (Patreon Preview)
Sept. 12, 2024
10:25
What is the Pop Pantheon?
1:13:48
MEGHAN TRAINOR (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber)
Sept. 5, 2024
2:04:28
Sabrina Carpenter Hits the Short 'n Sweet Spot (Patreon Preview)
Sept. 2, 2024
11:41
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Originally Published on Patreon on 4/1/2024)
Aug. 29, 2024
59:38
Listener Mailbag: Brat, Rihanna, Divas Live, Louie's Weird Vocabulary & More!
Aug. 22, 2024
59:31
Tinashe Meditates on Love and Sex on Quantum Baby with Kyann-Siann Williams (Patreon Preview)
Aug. 20, 2024
8:53
TINASHE (with The Cut's Cat Zhang)
Aug. 15, 2024
1:48:05
Paris Hilton Saw the Future on Paris (with Troy McEady) (Patreon Preview)
Aug. 12, 2024
10:49
New Pop Girl Power Ranking ft. Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan & More (with Mikael Wood & Jason P. Frank)
Aug. 8, 2024
1:38:36
LA LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! Talking Katy & Gaga at Dynasty Typewriter on 9/30
Aug. 6, 2024
1:31
MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 4: LEGACY (with Dr. Fredara Hadley)
Aug. 1, 2024
2:25:48
Ice Spice's Y2K Is Surprisingly 2024 Coded (with Nadirah Simmons) (Patreon Preview)
July 29, 2024
10:03
MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 3: THRILLER (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
July 25, 2024
2:12:43
Revisiting Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (with Olivia Horn) (Patreon Preview)
July 22, 2024
11:10
MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 2: THE KING OF POP RISES (with Joseph Vogel)
July 18, 2024
1:53:06
Katy Perry's Not So Grand Return + Kesha, Lana Del Rey & More (Patreon Preview)
July 15, 2024
11:31
MICHAEL JACKSON PT. 1: THE JACKSON 5 (with Emily Lordi)
July 11, 2024
2:01:29
Megan Thee Stallion Reps for the South— and Herself— on Megan (with Taylor Crumpton) (Patreon Preview)
July 8, 2024
10:48
The Winners and Losers of the Touring Boom (with Matthew Perpetua, Zach Schonfeld & Emily Stewart)
July 4, 2024
58:59
The Chaos and Calculations of Camila Cabello's C,XOXO (with Omri Rolan) (Patreon Preview)
July 1, 2024
9:37
KATE BUSH (with Mic the Snare)
June 27, 2024
2:02:41
Ranking the Main Pop Girl Albums of 2024 (So Far) (with Ira Madison III)
June 20, 2024
1:15:10
Normani's Album is Good. Now What? (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul) (Patreon Preview)
June 18, 2024
11:01
FRANK OCEAN (with Tre Johnson)
June 13, 2024
2:05:53
Charli XCX Breaks New Ground on Brat (Patreon Preview)
June 10, 2024
8:51
Queer Women are Taking Over Pop (with Trish Bendix & Mel Woods)
June 6, 2024
56:34
PINK (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
May 30, 2024
1:52:01
Why are Music Biopics so Bad? (with Keith Phipps)
May 23, 2024
53:00
Love Hits Hard, Soft & Everything in Between on Billie Eilish's New Album (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood) (Patreon Preview)
May 20, 2024
9:43
TINA TURNER (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne Brooks)
May 16, 2024
1:43:02
Anitta's Global Pop Takeover (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview)
May 13, 2024
11:14
Mariah, Nirvana & The Story of MTV Unplugged (with Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks)
May 9, 2024
55:50
Dua Lipa Disappears on Radical Optimism (with Owen Myers) (Patreon Preview)
May 7, 2024
13:16
HILARY DUFF (with Legends Only's T. Kyle)
May 2, 2024
1:40:24
Is the Music Video Dead? (with Michael Cragg)
April 25, 2024
56:37
Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Brittany Spanos, Nora Princiotti & Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview)
April 23, 2024
14:39
NIRVANA (with Bandsplain's Yasi Salek)
April 18, 2024
1:36:14
Listener Mailbag! Taylor, Pop Pet Peeves & a *Very* Special Guest
April 11, 2024
1:04:23
BRANDY (with Naomi Zeichner)
April 4, 2024
2:01:32
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Patreon Preview)
April 1, 2024
10:58
Beyoncé, Black Country & the Long Road to Cowboy Carter (With Dr. Francesca Royster & Taylor Crumpton)
March 28, 2024
1:07:15
Finding Bliss in Existentialism on Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well (with Jewly Hight) (Patreon Preview)
March 26, 2024
10:29
CALVIN HARRIS & DAVID GUETTA (with Lina Abascal)
March 21, 2024
2:12:25
Britney and Janet Aren’t Justin Timberlake’s Only Problem (with Vox's Kyndall Cunningham) (Patreon Preview)
March 19, 2024
Do You Still Listen to Kanye West and Michael Jackson? (with Tre Johnson & Kemi Olivia Alemoru)
March 14, 2024
1:27:23
The Novel & Familiar Thrills of Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine (with Bustle's Nolan Feeney) (Patreon Preview)
March 11, 2024
11:23
ARIANA GRANDE: PART 2 (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca)
March 7, 2024
1:56:13
ARIANA GRANDE: PART 1 (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood)
Feb. 29, 2024
1:46:50
NYC Live Show! Talking Taylor at the Bellhouse on 4/22
Feb. 26, 2024
2:10
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