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The New York Times’s weekly pop culture chat show, with interviews and analysis from the critic Jon Caramanica and the reporter Joe Coscarelli. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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.

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  1. 2026-11-13 · 1 hr 13 min · Episode 590

    Offset, who rose to fame alongside Quavo and Takeoff in the superstar Atlanta rap trio Migos, was one of the artists who remade the sound of hip-hop at the dawn of streaming in the 2010s and helped cement Atlanta as a…

  2. 2026-11-06 · 1 hr 4 min · Episode 589

    Dominic Fike sat down with Joe and Jon to chat about his new album, “How To Quit Smoking,” as well as the recent success of his 2018 song “Babydoll,” which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 — his biggest song to…

  3. 2026-10-30 · 1 hr 17 min · Episode 588

    Ahead of his new album “Fresh,” out Nov. 6, the Atlanta rap superstar Lil Baby sat down with Joe and Jon to chat about the project — including his recent Pharrell-produced single “Dead Fresh” — and how it marks a new…

  4. 2026-10-23 · 1 hr 40 min · Episode 587

    Billy Corgan, the frontman and creative engine of the 90s alt-rockers the Smashing Pumpkins, sat down with Joe and Jon for a frisky conversation about his personal and professional rebirth — including his passion for…

  5. 2026-10-16 · 1 hr 7 min · Episode 586

    The Swedish pop star Zara Larsson sat down with Joe and Jon to discuss her stratospheric year of taking control of her career and stepping into a new era of bonafide pop superstardom. She spoke about her surge in…

  6. 2026-10-09 · 1 hr 2 min · Episode 585

    The Colombian pop star Karol G sat down with Joe and Jon to discuss her recent stadium run of touring her albums – 2025’s “Tropicoqueta” and 2026’s “No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto” – as well as headlining Coachella…

  7. 2026-10-02 · 1 hr 11 min · Episode 584

    Miranda Lambert rose as one of country’s true female superstars throughout the 2000s and 2010s — an era when women with her level of success in Nashville were few and far between. Lambert sat down with Joe and Jon to…

  8. 2026-09-24 · 1 hr 19 min · Episode 583

    Jeff Probst – host, showrunner and executive producer of ‘Survivor’ – sat down with Joe and Jon ahead of the show’s Sep. 23 Season 51 premiere to discuss the new “Open Era”: A cast of rookies are subject to gameplay…

  9. 2026-09-18 · 1 hr 6 min · Episode 582

    Audrey Hobert has been one of the defining new pop stars of 2026, rising to fame — gradually — with her 2025 album “Who’s the Clown?” after co-writing some of her longtime friend Gracie Abrams’s biggest hits. She sat…

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11/2026
Typical length
1 hr 13 min
Format
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