Jun 2025

Bring Her Back

The hit Australian horror movie Talk To Me was both very good and deeply unsettling. Now its directors (Danny and Michael Philippou) have returned with Bring Her Back, which ups the ante when it comes to disturbing, nightmarish storytelling. The film stars Sally Hawkins as a woma ... Show More

18m 52s

Nov 2023

Peso Pluma And The Rise Of Regional Mexican Music

Regional Mexican music has taken the music industry by storm. Earlier this year, Mexican artist Peso Pluma and band Eslabon Armado made history when their song "Ella Baila Sola" topped the Billboard Global 200 chart. But this musical trend didn't come out of nowhere. In this epis ... Show More

33m 53s

Nov 2023

Rethinking Killers Of The Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is everything an Oscar contender might be: long, epic, morally complicated and expensive. While many movie-goers left theaters moved, others called the film a problematic disaster. Today, we're bringing you an episode of NPR's It's Bee ... Show More

20m 22s

Jul 2024

A Summer Pop Mailbag | Every Single Album

Nora and Nathan open up the mailbag to answer a few questions about our year in pop music so far. They make some predictions about who will win the Big Four Grammy Awards (Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year) (1:00), discuss Kamala Harris' ... Show More

1h 16m

Jul 2014

Pop Shop Podcast 7/24/14: Jack Antonoff Interview, 5 Seconds of Summer, 'Weird Al'

This week's special guest is Bleachers mastermind/fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff, who talks about his new album "Strange Desire," how a solo album sprouted from fun.'s last world tour, the quiet sadness of "I Wanna Get Better" and what the future holds for fun. and Bleachers. Jason ... Show More

45m 4s

Nov 2024

Pop News Grab Bag: Sabrina Carpenter, Beyoncé, and Gracie Abrams

Nora and Nathan talk about a mix of pop music news from the week, including the end of the U.S. leg of Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet tour (1:00), the news that Beyoncé will perform at the halftime show during a Christmas Day NFL game and whether this is the start of her Gram ... Show More

1h 7m

Aug 2024

'Emails I Can't Send' | Every Single Album: Sabrina Carpenter

After having the two songs of the summer in "Espresso" and "Please Please Please," Sabrina Carpenter is gearing up to release 'Short n' Sweet.' So first, Nora and Nathan go back to her album 'Emails I Can't Send.' They talk about her transition from a "lowercase pop girl" to an " ... Show More

1h 3m

Jul 2024

The Pop Girl Song Draft | Every Single Album

Nora and Nathan each draft and discuss their 10 favorite songs from all of the pop albums that they've talked about this spring and summer, including 'The Tortured Poets Department,' 'Brat,' 'Cowboy Carter,' 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,' and 'Hit Me Hard and Soft.' ... Show More

1h 8m

Nov 2024

New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 22

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers are your guides to the last big Friday of 2024. Plus a deep dive into an epic new Red Hot compilation titled TRAИƧA.Featured albums: • Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More• Father John Misty, Mahashmashana• Say Lou Lou, Dust• Michael Kiwanu ... Show More

53m 15s

Jul 2025

Summer Music Roundup: Justin Bieber, Kesha, and Reneé Rapp

Nora and Nathan talk about some releases they missed while they were out, including Justin Bieber's surprise album, 'Swag' (1:00), Kesha's 'Period,' her first album since she left her record label (30:13), and a couple more singles off of Reneé Rapp's forthcoming album, 'Bite Me' ... Show More

1h 1m

Aug 2024

'Short n' Sweet' | Every Single Album: Sabrina Carpenter

As a capstone to Pop Girl Summer, Sabrina Carpenter's new album, 'Short n' Sweet,' is here. Nora and Nathan talk about the wit and playfulness that runs throughout this album (1:00); how Carpenter is trying out a variety of sounds on this album, from R&B to yacht rock (26:21); an ... Show More

1h 26m

Song Of The Summer