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Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times, and Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Is this show right for you?
Fine if you can follow simple news
- 67% of the episodes are B1.
- 182 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 9 episodes with a full transcript.
Episodes(573)
1 hr 40 min
1 hr 7 min
B11 hr 2 minKarol G on Bringing Latin Culture to the World’s Biggest StagesOct 9, 2026Subtitles
B11 hr 11 min
B11 hr 19 minJeff Probst Tells All About ‘Survivor’: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’Sep 24, 2026Subtitles
1 hr 6 min
1 hr 12 min
B254 minHow Busta Rhymes Turned 300 Unreleased J Dilla Beats Into His New AlbumAug 21, 2026Subtitles
B21 hr 20 minStavros Halkias Was Forced to Get Political: ‘I Hate It!’Aug 14, 2026Subtitles
B11 hr 2 minThe Mindful Punk: Travis Barker on Music, Family & TraumaAug 7, 2026Subtitles
B251 minThe 8 Biggest Songs of This Summer Face OffJul 31, 2026Subtitles
B11 hr 12 minHow Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst Came Back From The BrinkJul 24, 2026Subtitles
B11 hr 7 minThe Internet – Steve Lacy! Syd! Matt Martians! – ReunitesJul 17, 2026Subtitles
59 min
30 minPopcast LIVE! Lizzo Addresses the BacklashJul 2, 2026
1 hr 16 min
1 hr 15 min
1 hrHow Slayyyter Became 2026’s Breakout Pop StarJun 12, 2026
1 hr 15 min
1 hr 16 min
1 hr 28 min
1 hr 28 min
1 hr 2 min
33 min
Showing 1 to 24 of 5731–24 / 573
Is this show right for you?
B1 · Intermediate
Fine if you can follow simple news
- 67% of the episodes are B1.
- 182 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 9 episodes with a full transcript.
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