Who’s more culturally relevant: Taylor Lautner from theTwilightfranchise, or Jar-Jar Binks fromThe Phantom Menace? This is just one of the myriad questions explored by the second episode ofDon’t Let This Flop,the newRolling Stonepodcast about TikTok and internet culture, hosted by senior writers Brittany Spanos and Ej Dickson and brought to …
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Ava DuVernay has announced that her first Spotify-produced podcast will be an unscripted series centered on the Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP). TheWhen They See Us andSelma filmmaker — who inked a multi-year partnership with the audio platform in January — announced the project’s synopsis as part of Spotify’s Stream …
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In early 1966, the Beach Boys arrived at Los Angeles’ Western Studios to hear what Brian Wilson had been up to. The touring version of the band –Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine and Dennis Wilson – had been on the road in Japan, singing surf hits like “Fun, Fun …
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What if it turned out your favorite song had been written by the CIA? That’s exactly what a new podcast aims to determine. In 1990, just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, West German band the Scorpions released their prescient ballad “Wind of Change.” With earnest lyrics about togetherness …
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