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Episode 158: Andrew Gretes / XTC [Part 2]
From Political Beats by National Review
May 31, 2026 · 2h 41m · Episode 159
About this episode
Scot and Jeff discuss the second part of XTC’s career with guest Andrew Gretes.
People in this episode
Hosts: Scot Bertram, Jeff Blehar
Guest: Andrew Gretes
Topics covered
- XTC
- music history
- postpunk
- pop music
- album analysis
Keywords
- XTC
- Andrew Gretes
- Skylarking
- music analysis
- postpunk
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Georgetown University, George Washington University
Books & works: XTC, Skylarking
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