Bandsplain
Los Angeles-based culturista Yasi Salek has given a voice to the voiceless: people who are total freaks for their favorite band. Salek brings on experts to explain cult bands and iconic artists, and exactly why they’re worthy of obsession.
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Song Exploder
If you've ever thought "I wonder what so-and-so was thinking about when they wrote this lyric..." do we have a podcast for you! Song Exploder brings on a new artist for every episode and lets them break down a track — including inspirations, lyrics, beats, anecdotes, and more — for more rich details than you ever knew you wanted.
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Dissect
Dissect goes deep, covering one album per season and one song per episode. Across its six seasons, it’s dissected the works of Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, and more. Real heads, this one’s for you.
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Tape Notes
Music production fans will completely lose it for Tape Notes, a podcast that reunites an artist and producer to talk about the highlights of their collaboration in the studio.
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Broken Record
Broken Record is a music podcast for boomers who are very much a broken record about how “music isn’t the same anymore.”
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Lost Notes
Lost Notes is another deep dive. Poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib explores a single year in music and its lasting legacy in culture, and this season, it’s all about 1980.
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Questlove Supreme
Music legends only! Questlove and Team Supreme bring their fun irreverence to this weekly podcast that digs into music and culture’s biggest icons, and how they got there.
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Dolly Parton's America
Oh, you “love music” but “don’t care” about Dolly Parton? Get out of here! But first listen to this nine-part non-fiction series from 2019 based on Dolly Parton's career and enduring legacy.
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