Now that the election fatigue has hopefully worn off, we bring you episode 8 - the final episode in Season 1 of Your Playlist Sucks Podcast. What a wild ride it has been, a huge thank you goes to our listeners for sticking with us! Recorded pri

7.5 The Jingle King: Interview with Music Director and Keyboardist Alan Shiner

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 2m

This episode Dr. Alan Shiner regales us with stories that span his career of over 50 years in the music industry. From composing his first jingle (967-1111 Call Pizza Pizza) in high school, a jingle so famous it has been cited in case law for b

I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head, But Your Playlist Sucks

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h

We're back this week with an episode about ear worms that might just make their way onto your rotation! Mark and Enbani talk about the song that you have on repeat, the song that got stuck in your head and then you couldn't get it out, no matte

6.5 Your Brain On Music: Interview with Professor Olivia Podolak Lewandowska

Oct 8th, 2020 52m 3s

Hosts Enbani and Mark interview Olivia Podolak Lewandowska, PhD, Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough, delving into the interdisciplinary field of music cognition, which combines music,

Boys Don't Cry But Your Playlist Sucks: Masculinity

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 7m

Episode 6, AKA the episode when Mark and Enbani finally tear into each other and go for the jugular. The time for puff pieces and complimenting each other has passed. In this episode, our hosts investigate how masculinity is depicted in popul

5.5. Snakehold: R&B Artist Sebastian Gaskin on the Healing Role of Artists During the Pandemic

Sep 23rd, 2020 37m 33s

Hosts Enbani and Mark catch up with multi-instrumentalist and fellow Winnipegger Sebastian Gaskin to discuss his leap of faith into a career as a professional musician, his feelings towards the marketing of indigenous artists in Canada and his

We Belong Together But Your Playlist Sucks: Soundtrack to a Relationship

Sep 16th, 2020 1h 7m

Hosts Mark and Enbani get to know each other on a completely new level, talking love (or something like it). In this episode, our hosts dissect the 10-song playlists they each made to show the arc of a relationship (beginning, middle and end),

You Got It From Your Mama, But Your Playlist Sucks: Mom Songs

Sep 9th, 2020 54m 48s

Hosts Enbani and Mark share stories about their childhoods as they continue to piece together the origins of their musical taste, starting with none other than their moms, Arlene and Linda. Listen to the full playlists here. In this episode, w

3.5. Dancing Queen: How DJ Lauren Mayhew Discovered Dance Music and Started Dominating the New York Scene

Sep 1st, 2020 37m 52s

Enbani and Mark sit down with DJ/Singer Lauren "Lolo" Mayhew, taking it back to the beginning of her music career and growing up in Tampa, Florida. Lauren describes everything from getting signed by Epic Sony as a teen with girl band P.Y.T. ope

I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor But Your Playlist Sucks

Aug 26th, 2020 53m 56s

Sure, you can sway to a great tune, bob, tap your foot or fist pump, but none of these will get you noticed for this week's theme - ultimate songs to get you on the dance floor. Hosts Enbani and Mark break down their top ten greatest dance tra

Call Me Old School But Your Playlist Sucks: Genre-Bending Covers and Transformational Sounds

Aug 19th, 2020 55m 31s

Even for the avid music listener, reactions ranging from "mind blown" to "shook" are perfectly valid responses when finding out that Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" is, in fact, a cover. This week, Your Playlist Sucks hosts Mark Horosko and Enbani M

2. Call Me Old School But Your Playlist Sucks

Aug 19th, 2020 55m 31s

I Don't Know You But Your Playlist Sucks: Ode to Fourteen

Aug 12th, 2020 1h 17m

Hosts Mark Horosko and Enbani Moore meet for the second time ever and get to know each other through the music playlists they made as “odes to their 14-year-old selves.” Mark and Enbani reflect on a recent New York Times study of Spotify listen

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