I gave myself an early Christmas present a few weeks ago and bought a pair of AirPods. I use them every time I walk my dog, among other things. That gives me roughly an hour a day to fill with audio.
Over the several weeks I've had them, I pretty quickly exhausted my normal podcast rotation. I listen to NPR's Up First every day, but that's only a 15-minute tour of the day's news. All my other usual fare is less frequently updated, like Men in Blazers or 99% Invisible or Dan LeBatard's South Beach Sessions (which is a good listen - LeBatard is an excellent interviewer).
And so I found myself needing new material, which led me (indirectly via a recommendation by 99pi's Roman Mars) to Song Exploder. I'm pretty sure at least a couple of you have commented about it in the past, but I'd never taken your recommendation. Because you're all a little fucked up, if we're being real.
Man, do I have some catching up to do. I just got done walking the pup while I listened to the episode about Run the Jewels' JU$T, and it's some mind-bending distillation of genius, from El-P's initial inspiration to Killer Mike's exploration of both sides of capitalism, to Zack de la Rocha fire-spitting contribution to Pharrell's understanding of RTJ's whole deal. I can't recommend it enough.
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