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Kacey Musgraves Goes Back to Basics + Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter & Zara Larsson (Patreon Preview)
May 4, 2026
Unknown duration
Hot 100 Dumpster Dive 2026
Apr 30, 2026
1h 17m 40s
An Empty Michael Jackson Biopic and a Lush Kehlani Album (with Mya Abraham) (Patreon Preview)
Apr 27, 2026
10m 58s
EN VOGUE (with NPR's Brittany Luse)
Apr 23, 2026
2h 01m 03s
Madonna and Olivia Rodrigo End the Main Pop Girl Drought (Patreon Preview)
Apr 20, 2026
12m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/4/26 | Kacey Musgraves Goes Back to Basics + Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter & Zara Larsson (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ ponder the latest Madonna single, "Bring Your Love" featuring Sabrina Carpenter, Zara Larsson's remix album Midnight Sun: Girls Trip, and Kacey Musgraves' latest, Middle of Nowhere.To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/30/26 | Hot 100 Dumpster Dive 2026✨ | Billboard Hot 100music exploration+3 | Russ | Billboard | LANYC | Billboard Hot 100music+5 | — | 1h 17m 40s | |
| 4/27/26 | An Empty Michael Jackson Biopic and a Lush Kehlani Album (with Mya Abraham) (Patreon Preview)✨ | Michael Jackson biopicKehlani album+3 | Mya Abraham | MichaelKehlani's self titled studio album | — | Michael JacksonKehlani+3 | — | 10m 58s | |
| 4/23/26 |  EN VOGUE (with NPR's Brittany Luse)✨ | En Vogue1990s music+3 | Brittany Luse | NPRBorn To Sing+2 | — | En VogueBrittany Luse+5 | — | 2h 01m 03s | |
| 4/20/26 | Madonna and Olivia Rodrigo End the Main Pop Girl Drought (Patreon Preview)✨ | new musicpop music+3 | Russ | Pop PantheonPatreon+1 | — | MadonnaOlivia Rodrigo+4 | — | 12m 41s | |
| 4/16/26 | Are Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, and Zara Larsson Moving Up or Down in the Pop Pantheon?✨ | Pop musicCareer developments+3 | Russ | — | — | Harry StylesBruno Mars+5 | — | 1h 13m 02s | |
| 4/14/26 | Coachella Weekend 1 + Lady Gaga and Doechii's New Single & Lily Allen Live (Patreon Preview)✨ | Coachella performancesLady Gaga+3 | Russ | RunwayWest End Girl | — | CoachellaLady Gaga+5 | — | 10m 58s | |
| 4/9/26 | The Best Lana Del Rey Songs of All Time (with Jason P. Frank, Walden Green, & Lauren Michele Jackson)✨ | Lana Del Reymusic ranking+3 | Jason P. FrankWalden Green+1 | VulturePitchfork+1 | — | Lana Del Reybest songs+3 | — | 2h 05m 11s | |
| 4/6/26 | Raye’s This Music May Contain Hope + Slayyyter’s Worst Girl in America (with Steffanee Wang) (Patreon Preview)✨ | music commentaryalbum review+5 | Steffanee Wang | The FaderPop Pantheon+3 | — | RayeSlayyyter+5 | — | 10m 54s | |
| 4/2/26 |  MAROON 5 (with Mic The Snare)✨ | Maroon 5's careermusic evolution+4 | Mic The Snare | Maroon 5NBC+3 | — | Maroon 5Mic The Snare+5 | — | 2h 25m 15s | |
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| 3/30/26 | Robyn and Charlie Puth Embrace Cringe + Zara Larsson Live (Patreon Preview)✨ | music commentaryalbum reviews+3 | Russ | Pop PantheonApple Podcasts+2 | — | Zara LarssonCharlie Puth+5 | — | 17m 00s | |
| 3/26/26 | The Best Pop Albums of the 21st Century So Far (with Shaad D'Souza & Reanna Cruz)✨ | pop musicalbum review+3 | Shaad D'SouzaReanna Cruz | Pop PantheonAcast | — | pop albums21st century music+3 | — | 1h 31m 26s | |
| 3/24/26 | BTS, Blackpink + the State of K-Pop (with Crystal Bell) (Patreon Preview) | Journalist and editor Crystal Bell joins Russ from Seoul, South Korea to break down BTS' big comeback. Last week, the K-pop boy band released their first studio album in six years, Arirang, following each member of the group completing South Korea's mandatory military service. Crystal and Russ break down the album, BTS' live performance comeback and their new Netflix documentary BTS: The Return. Then they discuss BLACKPINK's recent EP, Deadline, and discuss how K-Pop has changed since both groups rose to prominence and helped to popularize K-Pop around the world. Read Crystal's cover story profile of Jung Kook in Rolling StoneRead Crystal's review of BTS: The Return in MashableFollow Crystal on InstagramSign up for updates about Louie's book, Queen! Icon! Legend!Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | Do #1 Hits Matter Anymore? (With Chris Molanphy & Sam Murphy) | Friend of the Pod Sam Murphy recently posted a TikTok positing an interesting question about whether Hot 100 #1s have the same salience as they used to have. To parse this question out further, Louie is joined by Sam and Chris to talk about the state of the #1 single, the Billboard charts, and what it all says about the music listen functions in 2026. Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | The Best Diane Warren Songs of All Time (with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber) (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Happy Oscars! To celebrate the big day and our fav prolific Oscars also-ran, we're dropping All Access early and drafting the 20 best Diane Warren songs of all time with our pals Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber of Who? Weekly. Tell us your Diane favs in the comments and enjoy this wild ride through one of the best songwriting discographies in pop history. To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | Is Whitney Houston Tier 1? | For the conclusion of our Whitney Houston Series, Louie and Russ play clips from all three guests— Emily Lordi, Jason King, & Gerrick Kennedy— plus take listener calls to finally determine if Whitney Houston is in Tier 1 of the Pop Pantheon.Whitney Houston Essentials PlaylistBuy tickets to Gorgeous Gorgeous NYC on 3/20Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | Are the Boys Okay? Harry Styles vs. Bruno Mars (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Two of the biggest male pop stars of the day, Harry Styles and Bruno Mars, just returned with new albums after relatively long absences. What's new with these two and what do they have to say after years out of the spotlight? On this episode, Louie and Russ unpack Bruno Mars' The Romantic and Harry Styles' Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/5/26 |  WHITNEY HOUSTON: PART 3 (with Gerrick D. Kennedy) | Gerrick Kennedy, author of Didn't We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston, joins Pop Pantheon for the third in our four-part series on the pop supernova Whitney Houston. Louie and Gerrick discuss Whitney’s most consistent and idiosyncratic album, 1998’s My Love Is Your Love, and its follow-up, the defensive flop, 2002’s Just Whitney, her only without Clive Davis at the helm. They unpack Whitney’s devolving public image through the late '90s and aughts, her appearances in the 2005 reality series Being Bobby Brown, unpack her final album, 2009's I Look to You, her final days and untimely death in 2012, and her enduring legacy. Join us next week, in which we’ll rank Whitney Houston in The Official Pop Pantheon.Whitney Houston Essentials PlaylistBuy tickets to Gorgeous Gorgeous NYC on 3/20Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | One Year of Lady Gaga's Mayhem: A Track-by-Track Deep Dive (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Lady Gaga's 7th studio album, Mayhem, turns one year old this week. To celebrate, Louie and Russ look back on the Grammy winner, going track-by-track on the record that had Gaga proclaiming, "my nachos are mine, I invented them, and I’m proud of them!"To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 |  WHITNEY HOUSTON: PART 2 (with Jason King) | Dean of the USC Thornton School of Music Jason King returns to Pop Pantheon for the second in our four-part series on the late, great pop Whitney Houston. Louie and Jason dissect Whitney’s unprecedented run of cultural dominance through the '90s, from her iconic Super Bowl 1991 performance to 1992's The Bodyguard, the best-selling soundtrack of all time. They then discuss Whitney’s troubled marriage to Bobby Brown, her continued run of film and soundtrack success with 1995’s Waiting to Exhale and 1996's The Preacher’s Wife, and how her pristine public image, blockbuster commercial success, and messy personal life began to conflict as the '90s wore on.Join us next week, in which we’ll discuss Whitney’s creative peak in 1998 with My Love Is Your Love, her later era work, her untimely passing, and legacy.Whitney Houston Essentials PlaylistBuy tickets for Main Pop Girls on 2/27 in NYCJoin Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | Rihanna's Anti Turns Ten: A Track-by-Track Deep Dive (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Rihanna's 8th (and last?????) studio album Anti dropped a decade (!!) ago. To celebrate ten years, Louie and Russ look back on the record, going track-by-track on RiRi's loosest, most internal, and adventurous album, both a crowning achievement and frustrating cornucopia of unfulfilled potential.To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 |  WHITNEY HOUSTON: PART 1 (with Emily Lordi) | Author of the forthcoming book Holding Lightning: The Life, Loves, and Art of Whitney Houston Emily Lordi returns to Pop Pantheon to kick off our special four-part on a pop star known as “The Voice” – perhaps the single greatest singer to ever grace the charts— Whitney Houston. Louie and Emily dig into Whitney’s origins in New Jersey, her musical family and first taste of the industry as a teenage model and session singer. Then they discuss her providential link-up with record man Clive Davis, her 1985 self-titled debut album, and first string of blockbuster singles. Next they unpack 1987’s Whitney, her infamous appearance at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, and finally, her musical pivot towards R&B on 1990’s I’m Your Baby Tonight.Join us next week, in which we’ll discuss Whitney's 1991 Super Bowl National Anthem, The Bodyguard, and her run of smash movies and soundtracks.Whitney Houston Essentials PlaylistBuy tickets for Main Pop Girls on 2/27 in NYCPre-order Emily's book, Holding Lightning: The Life, Loves, and Art of Whitney HoustonJoin Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | Listener Mailbag: Grimes, Boy Bander Singles, & Our Niche Legend Mt. Rushmore (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ take more listener questions on Grimes, the best solo singles from former boy banders and girl groupers, who's on their Niche Legend Mount Rushmore, and more!To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | Mailbag: Gay Guy Music Video Night, Lorde’s Missed Moment, Letterboxd top 4 + More | Louie and Russ crack open the mailbag and answer listener questions about everything from the lack of buzz for Lorde post Virgin to what videos we like to put on at Gay Guy Music Video Night, our Letterboxd Top 4 and more.Buy tickets for Main Pop Girls on 2/27 in NYCBuy tickets to Gorgeous Gorgeous LA 2/13Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl + Charli XCX in The Moment (with Reanna Cruz) (Patreon Preview) | In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Friend of the Pod Reanna Cruz joins Louie and Russ to break down Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl halftime show performance and Charli XCX's.... less historic new film, The Moment.To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive weekly bonus episodes of Pop Pantheon, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. You can also subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app.Note for iOS users: Subscribe using your desktop or mobile browser, not the iOS Patreon app, for cheaper rates on Pop Pantheon: All Access.Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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