Episode 1
Auto-Tune
Love it or hate it, Auto-Tune has changed pop music. From Cher's "Believe" to Kanye West's "Love Lockdown," th...
Episode 2
Hail Britpop!
Britpop. The word can elicit an eye roll, an itch to get on the dance floor, or a sudden urge to cry and sing...
Episode 3
Stockholm Syndrome
Since 1974, when a little-known group named ABBA won Eurovision's song contest with their track "Waterloo," Sw...
Episode 4
The Boyz II Men Effect
Before Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and 98 Degrees, there was a "boy band" from Philadelphia called Boyz II Men th...
Episode 5
When Country Goes Pop
It's a tale as old as time – a country song goes "pop" and country music fans protest. From Dolly Parton to Sh...
Episode 6
The Brill Building in 4 Songs
New York City's Brill Building and pop music go together like bread and butter, or in this case, like King n'...
Episode 7
What Can A Song Do?
For decades, musicians have been using music as their weapon of choice against social injustice, discriminatio...
Episode 8
Festival Rising
There is no rite of passage quite like the music festival. Millions of people attend them each year and now mo...