538 Episodes

  1. When Pop Music Trolls Grow Up

    Published: 7/19/2021
  2. The (Not So?) Tentative Return of Live Music

    Published: 7/12/2021
  3. Britney Spears Takes On Her Conservatorship

    Published: 7/1/2021
  4. In the Weeds of ‘In the Heights’

    Published: 6/18/2021
  5. Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Breakthrough

    Published: 6/4/2021
  6. J. Cole, Triumphant (at His Own Pace)

    Published: 5/29/2021
  7. The Beatific Re-emergence of Beverly Glenn-Copeland

    Published: 5/14/2021
  8. Where Is Country Music Making Room for Women?

    Published: 5/9/2021
  9. The Sing-Rap Generation Branches Out

    Published: 4/26/2021
  10. When a TikTok Influencer Dances, Who Gets Credit?

    Published: 4/16/2021
  11. The Telling of DMX’s Life Story

    Published: 4/11/2021
  12. Taylor, Billie, Demi, Blackpink: The Pop Star Documentary Boom

    Published: 4/2/2021
  13. The Grammys, Improbably, Made It Work

    Published: 3/16/2021
  14. TikTok and the Pop Music Rough Draft

    Published: 3/13/2021
  15. New Jazz That Agitates for Change

    Published: 3/2/2021
  16. Remembering Sophie, Architect of Future Pop

    Published: 2/15/2021
  17. The Music Lost to Coronavirus, Part 2

    Published: 2/5/2021
  18. Olivia Rodrigo and ‘Drivers License’ Aren’t Going Anywhere

    Published: 1/31/2021
  19. Inside the Bull Market for Songwriting Rights

    Published: 1/19/2021
  20. How Zev Love X Became MF Doom

    Published: 1/7/2021

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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.