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Apr 2021
35m 16s

Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)

Vulture
About this episode
Earth Day 2021 gives us the chance to pause our usual programming and consider the role pop music plays in our deepening climate emergency. On Side A, we listen to artists who have confronted the climate crisis head-on. Side B considers the environmental cost of streaming music with Kyle Devine, author of Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music. Songs Dis ... Show More
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