538 Episodes

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

    Published: 5/18/2018

  2. Avicii: Overexposed and Underappreciated?

    Published: 5/4/2018

  3. Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Break Boundaries

    Published: 4/25/2018

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

    Published: 4/20/2018

  5. Cardi B Arrives at the Top

    Published: 4/12/2018

  6. Logic, XXXTentacion and Hip-Hop Morality in 2018

    Published: 4/6/2018

  7. Kacey Musgraves and Ashley McBryde, Country Traditionalists With a Twist

    Published: 3/30/2018

  8. Ashlee Simpson: You Asked, We Answered

    Published: 3/16/2018

  9. Was Ashlee Simpson Underappreciated? Discuss

    Published: 3/9/2018

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

    Published: 3/2/2018

  11. In Defense of Soundtracks. And Fergie.

    Published: 2/24/2018

  12. The Complex Intersection Where Rap and the Legal System Collide

    Published: 2/16/2018

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

    Published: 2/9/2018

  14. Can the Grammys Be Fixed?

    Published: 1/30/2018

  15. Hear What Music Will Sound Like in 2018

    Published: 1/26/2018

  16. Remembering the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan

    Published: 1/19/2018

  17. In Streaming, One Goliath Creates Many Davids

    Published: 1/12/2018

  18. Is Today’s Jazz Finally Outrunning the Past?

    Published: 1/5/2018

  19. Will Eminem Ever Change?

    Published: 12/22/2017

  20. The Popcast Answers Your Burning Questions About Pop Music in 2017

    Published: 12/18/2017

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The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.