534 Episodes

  1. Remembering The Village Voice, Music Criticism's Crucible: Part 1

    Published: 9/10/2018
  2. How We Arrived at Ariana Grande’s Big Moment

    Published: 8/28/2018
  3. Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott, Rivals With Common Problems

    Published: 8/21/2018
  4. Aretha Franklin: The Artist We Knew, and the Woman We Didn’t

    Published: 8/17/2018
  5. The Shrinking Space Between Band T-Shirt and High Fashion

    Published: 8/10/2018
  6. Can Guns N’ Roses, or Any Artist, Erase an Unflattering Moment?

    Published: 8/4/2018
  7. Who’s in Charge of Telling Whitney Houston’s Story?

    Published: 7/27/2018
  8. When Superfans Attack

    Published: 7/21/2018
  9. Drake: Platinum in a Day, but Still at a Crossroads

    Published: 7/5/2018
  10. Kanye West: You Asked, We Answered

    Published: 6/27/2018
  11. XXXTentacion, Mourning and Morality

    Published: 6/22/2018
  12. Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes, Would-Be Pop Kings

    Published: 6/16/2018
  13. Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ Is Here: Let’s Discuss

    Published: 6/6/2018
  14. Drake vs. Pusha-T, Unpacked

    Published: 5/31/2018
  15. Yes, We Stuck With ‘American Idol’

    Published: 5/26/2018
  16. Pursuing R. Kelly: The Reporter Who Never Gave Up

    Published: 5/23/2018
  17. ‘Girls’ Gone Wrong: Who Gets to Make a Gay Love Song?

    Published: 5/18/2018
  18. Avicii: Overexposed and Underappreciated?

    Published: 5/4/2018
  19. Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Break Boundaries

    Published: 4/25/2018
  20. Pop’s Category Killers, From Live Nation to Spotify, Under the Microscope

    Published: 4/20/2018

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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.