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Hit Parade: Smells Like Christmas Spirit, Part 2
In Part 2 of this episode of Hit Parade, we continue the story of how Nirvana’s Nevermind ousted Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from the top of the Billboard album chart,
46 min
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Culture Gabfest: Live From Lockdown
65 min
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The Authority: Æsahættr
63 min
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Working: You Asked, We Advised
42 min
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Culture Gabfest: Pongs of the Past
55 min
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The Authority: Malice
37 min
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Decoder Ring: The Blue Steak Experiment
What took blue food so long to catch on?
37 min
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Working: George C. Wolfe on His New Film Ma Rai...
The director and playwright on how he adapted August Wilson’s 1982 play into a feature film.
57 min
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Outward: Queer Holiday Movies: Naughty or Nice?
Ruth Coker Burks on AIDS in the South, and the gang unwraps the gift of LGBTQ Christmas movies.
50 min
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Culture Gabfest: Mile High, Inch Deep
59 min
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The Authority: The Scholar
41 min
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Hit Parade: Smells Like Christmas Spirit, Part 1
This month, Chris Molanphy examines the chart dynamics that not only ushered in the grunge era but also invented a new music sales strategy, the post-Christmas album
29 min
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Hang Up and Listen: The Last Last Dance
53 min
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Flashback: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Revisiting the Hollywood epic that grappled with questions of colonialism and morality.
119 min
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Working: When Music Is the Family Business: Suz...
54 min
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Spoiler Specials: Mank
Dana Stevens and Mathew Dessem spoil the technically dazzling film, Mank.
55 min
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Culture Gabfest: Algorithmic Rosebud
59 min
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The Authority: The Tower of the Angels
47 min
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Working: Why Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespea...
47 min
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Culture Gabfest: Happiest Scaffolding
57 min
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The Authority: Theft
39 min
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Working: How Klancy Miller Designs Recipes for ...
35 min
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Spoiler Specials: Happiest Season
Christina Cauterucci and June Thomas spoil a charmingly queer Christmas rom-com.
50 min
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Hit Parade: Friends in Low Places, Part 2
Brooks took on chart competitors from Guns n’ Roses to Madonna to Mariah Carey and bested them all … until he tried taking on the Beatles.
38 min
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Culture Gabfest: Girls on Film
58 min