539 Episodes

  1. How Lil Wayne Became One of Hip-Hop’s Most Durable Stars

    Published: 10/5/2018

  2. Should They Stay or Should They Go? Pop Stars and Retirement

    Published: 9/28/2018

  3. What Makes for a Great Celebrity Profile?

    Published: 9/20/2018

  4. Remembering Mac Miller, Low-Key Hip-Hop Bellwether

    Published: 9/15/2018

  5. Remembering The Village Voice, Music Criticism's Crucible: Part 2

    Published: 9/10/2018

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

    Published: 9/10/2018

  7. How We Arrived at Ariana Grande’s Big Moment

    Published: 8/28/2018

  8. Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott, Rivals With Common Problems

    Published: 8/21/2018

  9. Aretha Franklin: The Artist We Knew, and the Woman We Didn’t

    Published: 8/17/2018

  10. The Shrinking Space Between Band T-Shirt and High Fashion

    Published: 8/10/2018

  11. Can Guns N’ Roses, or Any Artist, Erase an Unflattering Moment?

    Published: 8/4/2018

  12. Who’s in Charge of Telling Whitney Houston’s Story?

    Published: 7/27/2018

  13. When Superfans Attack

    Published: 7/21/2018

  14. Drake: Platinum in a Day, but Still at a Crossroads

    Published: 7/5/2018

  15. Kanye West: You Asked, We Answered

    Published: 6/27/2018

  16. XXXTentacion, Mourning and Morality

    Published: 6/22/2018

  17. Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes, Would-Be Pop Kings

    Published: 6/16/2018

  18. Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ Is Here: Let’s Discuss

    Published: 6/6/2018

  19. Drake vs. Pusha-T, Unpacked

    Published: 5/31/2018

  20. Yes, We Stuck With ‘American Idol’

    Published: 5/26/2018

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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.