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Podcast: The Colin McEnroe Show
Episode: Rocking the charts and reckoning with inequity: The dichotomy of country music
Description: The Nose is off. In its stead: Country music dominated the charts for most of the summer. But the genre has also been the subject of controversy. This hour, we take stock of the state of country music. GUESTS:Â Jason Lipshutz: Executive director of music at Billboard Amanda Marie Martinez: Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is currently working on a book project titled The Industry Is Playing the People Cheap: Race and the Country Music Business from Nixon to 9/11 Chris Molanphy: C...