Life as a Playlist
21 episodes
Debbie Gibson and Swing Out Sister
The future for Life as a Playlist and my eight happiest childhood memories. #DebbieGibson #SwingOutSister
The Spinners and The Four Tops
How Covid-19 has exacerbated injustices in our criminal justice system, and honoring the life of a beloved student #Covid-19 #EndMassIncarceration #Motown #FourTops #TheSpinners
My Top 10 Divas of the 2010s
Your favorite diva for the 2010s based on audience vote is Lizzo! Hear all about her and my 9 favorites of the decade here. #divas
The Calling and The Pointer Sisters
Luke Allen, host of Christmas Actually, joins me to discuss the soundtrack of Love Actually and its top-40 songs. #thecalling #pointersisters #loveactually #christmas
Frank Sinatra and Florence + The Machine
Childhood rejection, the subsequent fear of failure, self-forgiveness, and forging a new identity. #frank sinatra #florenceandthemachine #atichyphobia
27 Male Vocalists
I ranked your nominations for the most emotionally resonant pop/rock male vocalists of all time in an unscientific and highly subjective order. See where your favorite landed!
Martha and the Vandellas, George Jones & Brenda Carter, Public Enemy, Bruce Springsteen, and Ray Charles
Songs for the 5 states that flipped from red to blue, and a huge thank you to Navajo Nation, Rural Utah Project, Fair Fight, and Black Voters Matter. #FairFight #BlackVotesMatter #StaceyAbrams #LaToshaBrown #Georgia #Pennsylvania #ChuckD #RayCharles
Everlast and Ani DiFranco and Marilyn Manson
From Roe v. Wade to 2020 Part 2: the 19 most pro-choice Billboard-charting artists and why we must fight to keep abortion legal in the U.S. #abortion #RoevWade #Everlast #AniDiFranco #MarlynManson
P.O.D. and Digable Planets
From Roe v. Wade to 2020: 60 years of abortion song history in the U.S. by Billboard-charting artists. #RoevWade #abortion #SupremeCourt #AmyConeyBarrett #P_O_D #DigablePlanets
TLC and Korn
My 48 hours in a psych ward at age 23. #endstigma #defundthepolice
Lauryn Hill and Peggy Seeger
The long history of eugenics in the U.S.; forced sterilization for women of color and forced births for white women; how white supremacist Christofascists are seizing power through the courts #AmyConeyBarrett #LaurynHill #PeggySeeger
Alicia Keys and Jennifer Lopez
Follow black activist women on twitter, don't be a TERF, and 8 other steps you can take to dismantle the patrarchy.
Lizzo and Alanis Morissette
Feminist anthems, sexism in podcasting, and a day in the life of one American woman. #Lizzo #Alanis
Incubus and Kasey Musgraves
The second part of an overview of my life experience with music, and marriage. #Incubus #KaseyMusgraves #playlists
Patty Smyth and Destiny's Child
The first part of an overview of my life experience with music, different genres, different songs. #PattySmyth #DestinysChild #playlists
Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Wonder
Political campaign songs, my ideological evolution, and how to get involved in the 2020 election before it's too late. #FleetwoodMac #StevieWonder #campaignsongs #misogyny #feminism #politics
Madonna and Cardi B
Sex, The Talk, first fantasies, and feminist icons. #madonna #cardib
Amy Winehouse and The Cure
Robert and Luke, the hosts of Two Minutes About Time, join me to discuss the soundtrack of About Time and its top-40 songs. #amywinehouse #thecure #abouttime
NKOTB and Blind Melon
Discussing middle school mishaps, boy bands, and finding your fellow freaks. #nkotb #blindmelon
Britney and Mariah
Discussing 90s pop culture, first loves, parasocial relationships, and mental health. #BritneySpears #MariahCarey #divas
Pilot Episode
An introduction and an explanation of what is to come.