ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The B-Sides is a podcast for progressives who love pop music. Subscribe today wherever you listen to get biweekly musings from hosts Becky, Hannah, and Mimi on pop’s place in our world, and the music you should put in your ears to fuel your reckoning with the trashfires all around us.
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
61 minutes
English
United States
65 episodes
since May 31, 2019
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
We're back one last time with a bittersweet symphony to close out season 3 of the B-Sides.
In this mailbag episode, we're answering a flurry of questions, reading listeners' (almost exclusively Taylor Swift-related) comments, and ending with a favorite quote about how music sneaks up on us — and …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
On today's episode we talk about nepo-siblings. Who are they? And what creates a power imbalance?
Nepo-siblings are a rare breed. Being a nepo-sibling pair relies on talent from both siblings – what level of talent separates each sibling we’ll get into in today's ep. It also relies on a hustle fr…
There are moments in pop culture where an artist makes a choice - and there’s no turning back.
Those moments, those inflection points, remind us that nothing is inevitable or predetermined, and we are all a part of history.
Join us to unpack 4 inflection points in detail and name a buncha others.…
So sorry, but: Why'd she have to go and make things so complicated?
Avril is such a rare artist. She made a splash right away with Let Go, which had a rebellious yet old soul sort of vibe to it. And her early eras and albums are still so special to so many of us. She changed the moment, she …
Now for something a little different: on today's podcast Mimi, Hannah and Becky take listeners through a few artists they're excited about. Getting yourself, or others, to listen to new artists can sometimes be a challenge. Our brains are literally hardwired to replay stuff we like and know. So let…
First thing's first: Go birds; E-A-G-L-E-S; and Fly, Eagles, Fly.
Whew, okay. Here we find ourselves again at the intersection of music and sports. We're getting into the NFL's dreadful politics, we're gabbing about the iconic Super Bowl halftime shows of yore, we're speculating not-so-wildl…
It’s our 50th episode!! We are so proud of US! <3
So - let’s reflect.
We’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror…until today.
Join us on a trip down memory lane. We talk about how pop music has changed since we launched in 2019, revisit our old takes (find out which ones di…
It's September 4, 2002. You're ten years old. You're huddled around your parents' TV, quickly dialing on your landline for vote for Kelly Clarkson. She is crowned the winner of American Idol. Hot tears are falling out your eyes. Kelly is belting a moment like this. You're wondering if like will eve…
When 10 people died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in November of 2021, it was incredibly difficult and painful to make sense of the news. Over a year later, we are here to pull lessons learned from the tragedy.
TRIGGER WARNING for this episode: mass casualty events, substance use
Part 1…
This week we've got just one more review for you, and then we'll move on to our not-reviewing-a-new-album-or-film-every-episode programming.
We watched Selena Gomez's new documentary, "My Mind & Me," and now it's time to share some thoughts on the fallacies of celebrity activism, great expecta…
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