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The Pop Girl Song Draft
Nora and Nathan are here to choose their favorite songs from the hit albums of this spring and summer!
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What’s the Best Song on Outkast’s ‘Stankonia’?
Join ‘Dissect’ host Cole Cuchna and The Ringer’s Charles Holmes as they revisit the album’s history and themes, stump each other with album trivia, and debate the songs that should be in contention for Outkast’s greatest ever
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The Celtics Sale, USMNT’s Flop, Lakers Hail Marys, and ‘The Bear’ Season 3 With Rob Stone and Van Lathan
Bill and Van also talk about their hope for ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’
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J.Lo’s Finances, Celebrity Sightings at Glastonbury, Justin Timberlake, and More
Plus, a review of ‘A Family Affair,’ Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron’s Netflix movie
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Charles Holmes on Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Control’ Verse
Join Charles Holmes as he looks back at the night Kendrick Lamar set the rap game ablaze
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“Girl, So Confusing” Remix, ‘Perfect Wife’ Docuseries, and Eras Tour Celeb Sightings
Jodi and Chelsea also chat about the announcement that filming for ‘Freaky Friday 2’ has begun!
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‘The Secret of Us’
Nora and Nathan get into the new Gracie Abrams album, Taylor Swift’s influence on Abrams, whether that influence is helpful or harmful, when Abrams’s songs feel the strongest, and more
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‘Deep Six’ With Kim Thayil
An early document of a nascent Seattle scene, ‘Deep Six’ features Melvins, Soundgarden, and more. Kim Thayil of Soundgarden joins the show to talk about how the compilation came about.
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MF DOOM Song Draft
Cole, Cam, and Justin celebrate the end of the Season 12 with an MF DOOM song draft, selecting DOOM tracks across five categories
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“Sometimes You Gotta Pop Out and Show …”
Jason talks the Sky-Wings game, the Alex Caruso trade, and Kendrick Lamar’s Pop Out show on Juneteenth
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Birdman Versus Books, Van’s Summer Era, and the Electricity From Ken and Friends
Van and Rachel also talk about the interest in Verzuz’s distribution deal with X/Twitter, the surprising new election polling numbers, and reactions to their Bible talk from the last episode
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‘Brat’
Nora and Nathan are here to give all their thoughts on Charli XCX’s sixth studio album!
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‘No Alternative’ With Chris Ryan
Chris joins the show to break down the cultural artifact ‘No Alternative,’ the third in the Red Hot series benefiting AIDS relief
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“That’s That” by MF DOOM (Finale)
Our season-long analysis of MF DOOM concludes with a line-by-line dissection of "That’s That" off DOOM’s final solo album, ‘Born Like This’
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Black Country Music With Alice Randall
Plus, whether or not Taylor Swift is a country artist comes into consideration
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‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’
Nora and Nathan talk about the meteoric rise of Chappell Roan and her 2023 album, ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,’ and Nora talks about her experience at the Eras Tour in Edinburgh, Scotland
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‘The Death of Slim Shady’ or Not, You Can’t Kill Eminem. Not Really.
His hit single, "Houdini," is the latest example of Eminem, for more than a decade now, successfully defying every aging critic and each disillusioned fan imploring him to grow up
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Dinosaur Jr. With Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew joins to navigate the long and storied path of Dinosaur Jr.
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“One Beer”/“Rapp Snitch Knishes” by MF DOOM
Our penultimate episode on MF DOOM features line-by-line dissections of two standout tracks on ‘MM..FOOD’: "One Beer" and "Rapp Snitch Knishes"
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The Definitive Ranking of Dragons
‘House of the Dragon’ is about to return, which means it’s time to consult The Ringer’s foremost dragon authorities to determine the all-time greats
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J.Lo, Glen Powell, Sabrina Carpenter, and More
Juliet and Amanda get into Sabrina Carpenter’s new music video featuring Barry Keoghan
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Mailbag With Rob Harvilla
It is time once again to hear from our beloved listeners, so we opened up the mail bag to answer some of your most pressing questions
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The So-Called Vinyl Wars and Other Pop Music News and Notes
Nora and Nathan talk Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, ‘Short n’ Sweet,’ and whether or not Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish are feuding over vinyl variants
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24 Question Party People: Clairo
Claire Cottrill, a.k.a. Clairo, drops by the pod to talk about her sexy new album, ‘Charm’
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“Beef Rap” by MF DOOM
We continue our season-long dissection of MF DOOM with a two part survey of 2004’s ‘MM..FOOD’ and a line-by-line analysis of its first track, "Beef Rap"
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How “Born in the U.S.A.” Became an Anthem for Everything That It Wasn’t
On the deep, rich history and many misinterpretations (accidental or otherwise) of the Bruce Springsteen classic, which turns 40 on Tuesday
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The 2024 Summer Concert Tour Draft
Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw each draft four musical acts that will be touring this summer, which will be judged based on the gross totals for the tours
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More Trump Misses, Drake’s New Defender, and Understanding the Airstrikes With Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Plus, an important question for the Thought Warriors
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Stone Temple Pilots With Sean Fennessey
Yasi and Sean wade through the history of a misunderstood and sometimes tragic band
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‘Eternal Sunshine’
Nora and Nathan chat about this album’s lack of hits, what the album is really about, and more!
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“Rhinestone Cowboy” by Madvillain
Our analysis of MF DOOM and Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ concludes with its final cut
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24 Question Party People: Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux, RTX, and Black Bananas
Jennifer comes by the pod to talk about personal style, early-2000s reality television, lychee fruit, memes from loving husbands, and more
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How Music Videos Invented Bruce Springsteen, the Idea
In an excerpt from his new book, ‘There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s "Born in the U.S.A." and the End of the Heartland,’ Steven Hyden explores how the Bruce Springsteen Character was forged on MTV in the mid-’80s
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Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?
Matt is joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss the U.S. government’s monopoly lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation