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2426
Hit Parade: The AC/DC Rule, Part 1
From AC/DC to Lady Gaga, follow-up albums often do better on the charts than more-loved classics.
42 min
2427
Culture Gabfest: $13,000 Bottle of Whine
52 min
2428
Working: Choreographer Annie-B Parson Expresses...
45 min
2429
Spoiler Specials: Bridgerton
Willa Paskin and Nichole Perkins spoil the new Netflix series Bridgerton.
57 min
2430
Culture Gabfest: Magic or Manipulation?
56 min
2431
Working: Translator Damion Searls Explains Why ...
43 min
2432
Culture Gabfest: Revenge is a Dish Best Served ...
57 min
2433
Working: Musician Kathleen Kelly on Conducting,...
42 min
2434
Spoiler Specials: Promising Young Woman
Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman.
46 min
2435
Outward: Detransition, Baby and #GaysOverCOVID
Exploring queer adult fiction, and asking if shaming ever works.
65 min
2436
Culture Gabfest: Sound of Marvel
59 min
2437
Hit Parade: These Are the Good Times, Part 1
How the sleek disco group Chic spawned hip-hop and new wave and shaped acts from Diana Ross to Duran Duran.
52 min
2438
Working: Novelist Jonathan Lethem Likes to Be S...
46 min
2439
Culture Gabfest: Country So Unreal
58 min
2440
Working: Biographer Heather Clark on Giving Syl...
44 min
2441
Slate Money: Movies: Trading Places
34 min
2442
Spoiler Specials: Soul
Karen Han and Dan Kois spoil the new animated film Soul.
40 min
2443
Culture Gabfest: Snag a Duke
58 min
2444
Working: Our Creative New Year’s Resolutions
43 min
2445
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
2446
Culture Gabfest: Live From Lockdown
65 min
2447
The Authority: Æsahættr
63 min
2448
Working: You Asked, We Advised
42 min
2449
Culture Gabfest: Pongs of the Past
55 min
2450
The Authority: Malice
37 min