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Pop Pantheon

The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britney and Janet Aren’t Justin Timberlake’s Only Problem (with Vox's Kyndall Cunningham) (Patreon Preview)

10 mins; March 19, 2024

Do You Still Listen to Kanye West and Michael Jackson? (with Tre Johnson & Kemi Olivia Alemoru)

86 hours 11 mins; March 14, 2024

The Novel & Familiar Thrills of Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine (with Bustle's Nolan Feeney) (Patreon Preview)

11 mins; March 11, 2024

ARIANA GRANDE: PART 2 (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca)

115 hours 1 min; March 07, 2024

ARIANA GRANDE: PART 1 (with the LA Times' Mikael Wood)

105 hours 38 mins; February 29, 2024

NYC Live Show! Talking Taylor at the Bellhouse on 4/22

2 mins; February 26, 2024

JLo, Beyoncé & the Surprisingly Long History of the Visual Album (with Sydney Urbanek)

65 hours 45 mins; February 22, 2024

Can We Justify Justin Timberlake's Justified? (with Rachel Brodsky) (Patreon Preview)

13 mins; February 19, 2024

SHERYL CROW (with Natalie Weiner)

97 hours 36 mins; February 15, 2024

Beyoncé's Surprise Singles + Usher's Halftime Show + New Music Speed Round (with Variety's Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)

10 mins; February 12, 2024

Second Spin: USHER (with Rawiya Kameir)

105 hours 31 mins; February 10, 2024

N*cki, M*gan & Why it's Time to Rethink Stan Culture (with Rolling Stone's Mankaprr Conteh)

61 hours 10 mins; February 08, 2024

The Grammys Still Have a Problem with Black Women (with Variety's Chris Willman) (Patreon Preview)

7 mins; February 05, 2024

FERGIE (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)

96 hours 57 mins; February 01, 2024

THE BLACK EYED PEAS (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)

115 hours 19 mins; January 25, 2024

How Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Made Her a Main Pop Girl (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca) (Patreon Preview)

14 mins; January 22, 2024

Why Can't Pop Stars Score Two Hits Off One Album? (with Andrew Unterberger & Eric Bennett)

56 mins; January 18, 2024

Ariana Returns! Plus New Music from Lil Nas X & Jennifer Lopez (Patreon Preview)

10 mins; January 15, 2024

DEMI LOVATO (with Molly Mary O'Brien)

119 hours 22 mins; January 11, 2024

What Pantheon Rankings Did I Get Wrong in 2023?: Shakira, The Simpson Sisters, Lana & More!

64 hours 16 mins; January 04, 2024

Hard Candy is a Sweet Spot in Madonna's Late Period (with Miles Marshall Lewis) (Patreon Preview)

8 mins; January 03, 2024

How Has Lady Gaga's Chromatica Held Up? (with Matthew Perpetua & Molly Mary O'Brien) (Patreon Rerun)

61 hours 11 mins; December 28, 2023

Pop Stars We Lost This Year: Sinéad O'Connor, Tony Bennett & Tina Turner (with Annie Zaleski, Brian Newman & Melissa Vincent)

58 mins; December 21, 2023

Who TF is Tate McRae? Making Sense of Pop's New Main Girl (Patreon Preview)

9 mins; December 18, 2023

MARIAH CAREY: PART 3 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)

110 hours 40 mins; December 14, 2023

Is Pink Friday 2 a Worthy Sequel? (with Hunter Harris) (Patreon Preview)

10 mins; December 12, 2023

MARIAH CAREY: PART 2 (with NPR's Aisha Harris)

110 hours 34 mins; December 07, 2023

How Mariah Carey Became the Queen of Christmas (with The Wall Street Journal's John Jurgensen) (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; December 04, 2023

MARIAH CAREY: PART 1 (with Dr. Brittnay L. Proctor)

131 hours 18 mins; November 30, 2023

The Best Pop Music of 2023 (with Shaad D'Souza)

66 hours 16 mins; November 22, 2023

Bonnie McKee on the Song Machine, Pop Stardom & Ego Death

46 mins; November 16, 2023

AALIYAH (with Kathy Iandoli)

109 hours 36 mins; November 09, 2023

Pop Pantheon Live! Britney's Memoir, Music & Legacy (with Jason King, Troy McEady and Kirbie Johnson) (Patreon Preview)

13 mins; November 03, 2023

Lizzo & The Nature of Celebrity Scandal (with Megan Agnew & Hanna Phifer)

53 mins; November 02, 2023

Taylor Touchdown! (1989 TV! Eras Tour Film! Travis!) (Patreon Preview)

9 mins; October 30, 2023

BRUNO MARS (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)

113 hours 1 min; October 26, 2023

Where are All the New Pop Stars? (with Billboard's Elias Leight)

43 mins; October 19, 2023

Searching for Queer Utopias on Troye Sivan's Something to Give Each Other (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; October 17, 2023

JESSICA & ASHLEE SIMPSON (with Beyond the Blinds' Troy McEady)

117 hours 35 mins; October 12, 2023

How Country Bros Took Over Pop (with Spencer Kornhaber & Marissa R. Moss)

70 hours 6 mins; October 05, 2023

The Ease of Kylie Minogue's Tension (with Michael Cragg) (Patreon Preview)

11 mins; October 02, 2023

Doja Cat Walls Herself In on Scarlet (with Rawiya Kameir) (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; September 29, 2023

DOJA CAT (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)

114 hours 45 mins; September 28, 2023

PRINCE: PART 3 (with Miles Marshall Lewis)

92 hours 0 mins; September 21, 2023

PRINCE: PART 2 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak)

123 hours 57 mins; September 14, 2023

Olivia Rodrigo Makes the Sophomore Jump on Guts (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan) (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; September 13, 2023

PRINCE: PART 1 (with Dr. Elliott H. Powell)

130 hours 46 mins; September 07, 2023

BIG Announcement! + Britney Spears' Blackout Unlocked (with Troy McEady) (Originally Published on Patreon on 12/22/2022)

59 mins; August 31, 2023

Jack Antonoff: Friend or Foe? (with Mitch Therieau)

66 hours 54 mins; August 24, 2023

JENNIFER LOPEZ (with Billboard's Leila Cobo)

110 hours 32 mins; August 17, 2023

Pop Punk: Past & Present (With Ryan Piers)

55 mins; August 10, 2023

Carly Rae Jepsen's New Paths on The Loveliest Time (with Brennan Carley) (Patreon Preview)

13 mins; August 07, 2023

GWEN STEFANI PART 2: THE SOLO YEARS (with NPR's Hazel Cills)

102 hours 45 mins; August 03, 2023

GWEN STEFANI PART 1: NO DOUBT (with Molly Mary O'Brien)

111 hours 5 mins; July 27, 2023

Revisiting Robyn's Honey (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger) (Patreon Preview)

14 mins; July 24, 2023

Listener Mailbag: Dua, Charli, The Idol, Behind-The-Scenes & More!!

63 hours 9 mins; July 20, 2023

PAULA ABDUL (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

109 hours 29 mins; July 13, 2023

A Deep Dive into Speak Now, OG and TV (with Every Single Album's Nora Princiotti) (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; July 12, 2023

Send Us Your Questions for Our Listener Mailbag Episode!

45 secs; July 08, 2023

Checking in on Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings So Far (with Charlie Harding, Larisha Paul & Nora Princiotti)

77 hours 35 mins; July 06, 2023

CHARLIE PUTH (with Steven J. Horowitz)

101 hours 53 mins; June 29, 2023

The Bebe Rexhafication of Kim Petras on Feed the Beast (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank) (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; June 27, 2023

The Holy Bond Between Queer Men & Pop Divas (with Dr. Craig Jennex)

57 mins; June 22, 2023

LITTLE RICHARD (with Jason King)

100 hours 13 mins; June 15, 2023

Does Mariah Carey's Glitter Deserve #Justice? (with Matt Jacobs) (Patreon Preview)

14 mins; June 12, 2023

What Makes a Great Pride Anthem? (with Canada's Drag Race Winner Priyanka)

51 mins; June 08, 2023

KIM PETRAS (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)

101 hours 55 mins; June 01, 2023

New Music Speed Round: Janelle Monáe, Kylie Minogue, G-Flip & More (with Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber) (Patreon Preview)

8 mins; May 29, 2023

ARETHA FRANKLIN (with Mark Bego)

96 hours 42 mins; May 25, 2023

The Best Pop Music of 2023 (So Far) (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer)

90 hours 13 mins; May 18, 2023

How Has Lady Gaga's Chromatica Held Up? (with Matthew Perpetua & Molly Mary O'Brien) (Patreon Preview)

12 mins; May 15, 2023

SHAKIRA (with Rolling Stone's Julyssa Lopez)

111 hours 6 mins; May 11, 2023

Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! & the State of the Disco Revival (Patreon Preview)

10 mins; May 08, 2023

(Almost) One Year Of Renaissance: Where Does It Rank In Beyoncé's Catalog? (with Hunter Harris, Ira Madison III & Puja Patel)

77 hours 36 mins; May 04, 2023

How Tik Tok Has Changed Pop Stardom (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)

57 mins; April 27, 2023

Ariana Grande's Positions (with Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)

11 mins; April 24, 2023

FIFTH HARMONY (with Service 95's Brennan Carley)

101 hours 6 mins; April 20, 2023

What's Gone Wrong for Chlöe Bailey? (Patreon Preview)

14 mins; April 17, 2023

TLC (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)

117 hours 27 mins; April 13, 2023

THE RONETTES, THE SHIRELLES, THE MARVELETTES & THE SHANGRI-LAS (with Dr. Jacqueline Warwick)

94 hours 6 mins; April 06, 2023

Lana Del Rey's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (with Shaad D'Souza)

63 hours 18 mins; March 30, 2023

LANA DEL REY (with Kathy Iandoli)

116 hours 16 mins; March 23, 2023

KACEY MUSGRAVES (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger)

106 hours 2 mins; March 16, 2023

Miley Cyrus' Endless Summer Vacation (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)

9 mins; March 14, 2023

Do We Still Need Poptimism? (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)

54 mins; March 09, 2023

New Music Speed Round: Sam Smith, Ava Max, Lana, Ice Spice & More! (with Main Pod Girl's AJ Marks) (Patreon Preview)

9 mins; March 06, 2023

JA RULE, NELLY, LUDACRIS & 50 CENT (with Jordan Sargent)

114 hours 24 mins; March 02, 2023

The State of Streaming: How It's Impacted Pop Stars, Music & Us (with Trapital's Dan Runcie)

64 hours 9 mins; February 23, 2023

FRANK SINATRA (with You Must Remember This' Karina Longworth)

104 hours 10 mins; February 16, 2023

Was Rihanna's Halftime Show Good? (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview)

11 mins; February 13, 2023

Rihanna Super Bowl Setlist Draft Extravaganza!! (with Lindsey Weber, Jason Lipshutz & Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)

76 hours 22 mins; February 07, 2023

We Need to Talk About The Grammys... (Patreon Preview)

7 mins; February 06, 2023

THE WEEKND (with Anupa Mistry)

115 hours 35 mins; February 02, 2023

What Pantheon Rankings Have I Gotten Wrong?: Kesha, ABBA, Miley, Your Calls & More!

73 hours 9 mins; January 26, 2023

MADONNA: PART 4 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak) [Originally Published on 4/21/2021]

57 mins; January 23, 2023

MADONNA: PART 3 (with Annie Zaleski)

118 hours 3 mins; January 19, 2023

MADONNA: PART 2 (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)

119 hours 55 mins; January 12, 2023

New Music Speed Round: Meghan Trainor, Paramore, Lana Del Rey & More (Patreon Preview)

6 mins; January 09, 2023

MADONNA: PART 1 (with Inside The Groove's Edward Russell)

111 hours 47 mins; January 05, 2023

Taylor Swift's Reputation (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (Patreon's Version)

66 hours 34 mins; December 29, 2022

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