539 Episodes

  1. Pursuing R. Kelly: The Reporter Who Never Gave Up

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

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

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

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

    Published: 4/20/2018
  6. Cardi B Arrives at the Top

    Published: 4/12/2018
  7. Logic, XXXTentacion and Hip-Hop Morality in 2018

    Published: 4/6/2018
  8. Kacey Musgraves and Ashley McBryde, Country Traditionalists With a Twist

    Published: 3/30/2018
  9. Ashlee Simpson: You Asked, We Answered

    Published: 3/16/2018
  10. Was Ashlee Simpson Underappreciated? Discuss

    Published: 3/9/2018
  11. Lucy Dacus, Soccer Mommy, the Breeders and the Future of Indie Rock

    Published: 3/2/2018
  12. In Defense of Soundtracks. And Fergie.

    Published: 2/24/2018
  13. The Complex Intersection Where Rap and the Legal System Collide

    Published: 2/16/2018
  14. Justin Timberlake Down, Meek Mill Up: How Twitter Swings Public Opinion

    Published: 2/9/2018
  15. Can the Grammys Be Fixed?

    Published: 1/30/2018
  16. Hear What Music Will Sound Like in 2018

    Published: 1/26/2018
  17. Remembering the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan

    Published: 1/19/2018
  18. In Streaming, One Goliath Creates Many Davids

    Published: 1/12/2018
  19. Is Today’s Jazz Finally Outrunning the Past?

    Published: 1/5/2018
  20. Will Eminem Ever Change?

    Published: 12/22/2017

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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.