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#13: Same Old Song and Dancehall

Jul 29th, 2016 17m 55s

When Rihanna released her song “Work,” one publication described its style as “tropical house-flavored.” That didn’t sit well with today’s special guest, music writer Bianca Gracie, who argued that the song owes more of a debt to the genre call

#12: House of the Rising Hanson

May 16th, 2016 16m 23s

Hanson’s “MMMBop”—one version of it, anyway—turned twenty years old this March. While discussing the anniversary in a recent interview, the Hanson brothers revealed that we’ve all been singing it wrong this whole time. In this episode, we take

#11: With a Little Helper from My Friends

Apr 4th, 2016 13m 12s

More often than not, April Fools' jokes just aren’t that funny. Especially when they’re part of a company’s branding strategy. But this year General Mills bucked that trend with the release of a five-track, Hamburger Helper-themed mixtape—cuts

#10: Here, There, and Everywhere You Look

Mar 4th, 2016 15m 30s

The opening of ABC’s “Full House” is full of memorable moments: the Golden Gate Bridge, the beautiful old house, the family out on a picnic. But most memorable of all is the show’s theme song, “Everywhere You Look.” When Netflix launched a sequ

#9: Can You Seal the Love Tonight

Feb 8th, 2016 16m 44s

Fans love to debate musical genres: which ones we like, which ones we don’t, which songs fit into which genres—you know the drill. But, it turns out, genre is really hard to define. This week, we use the idea that genre might be more like a con

#8: Ain't No Valli Low Enough

Jan 25th, 2016 17m 59s

In the pantheon of pop classics, Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” has to rank near the top. A funny thing about classics, though, is that their fame and reputation can lull us into thinking that they’re all-too-normal. So, this week

Tiny Tuner: Frankincense, Gold, and Mariah

Dec 25th, 2015 12m 14s

Twenty-one years after its debut, Mariah Carey’s Christmas anthem “All I Want For Christmas Is You” finally broke into the Billboard Top Twenty for the first time this year. In this special Tiny Tuner bonus episode, we listen to the ways it use

#6: Bat Out Adele

Dec 14th, 2015 13m 46s

Adele is setting insane records with her new album. Everyone is talking about her, and it seems like everyone loves her. Well, almost everyone. On today's show, we look at Adele's "Hello" to try to get to the bottom of why John doesn't like one

#5: If I Needed Some One Direction

Nov 23rd, 2015 14m 27s

Boy bands come and boy bands go. But the Beatles seem like they might stick around forever. This week, we listen to “Olivia,” a track off of One Direction’s new (and probably last) album to hear how the pop vocabulary of the Beatles continues t

#4: Hamiltuner

Nov 9th, 2015 18m 2s

The musical “Hamilton” and its cast album have become something of a sensation. Today, we look at the song “My Shot” to explore how it uses musical tactics both old and new to introduce us to an ambitious founding father.

#3: Thrill Crazy After All These Years

Oct 26th, 2015 17m 23s

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is arguably the greatest pop song ever. And it's definitely the scariest. This Halloween, we thought we'd take a crack at finding out what makes it so spooky, and why we can't stop listening to it.

#2: Sittin' on the Dock of the Bey

Oct 12th, 2015 17m 1s

If there's one pop song practically everybody loves, it'd have to be "Single Ladies." In this episode, we listen for what makes that song so great. As we find out, "Single Ladies" might be more about what it doesn't do than what it does.

#2: Sittin' on the Dock of the Bey

Oct 12th, 2015 17m 1s

#1: Shut Up and Podcast

Sep 28th, 2015 17m 29s

On this, our first episode, we take apart Walk The Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” to try to find out why we like it so much. That search takes us through music history, theory, and nostalgia to get at what makes this song so catchy.