Best Eurovision 2024 Podcasts (2025)

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217. Bread and Roses, and Coffee 37:24

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5d ago37:24

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In their heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, there were more than 200 - possibly more than 400 - feminist restaurants and coffee shops in the USA and Canada. These places were aiming to change ways of working, and upend the hierarchies of restaurants; to provide food that was ethically sourced and affordable to customers, while providing staff with a de…

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Stockholm syndrome: Why we can't resist Swedish pop (ft. Zara Larsson) 43:29

5d ago43:29

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How does a country of 10 million people dominate the global pop charts? From ABBA's Eurovision breakthrough to Max Martin's methodical hit-making, Sweden has quietly engineered a kind of musical Stockholm Syndrome: we've all become captives to their sound without realizing it. Listen to the crystalline vocal production and deceptively simple chord …

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Episode 45: Wear It Purple Day 6:39

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Kaleidoscope Kids is a podcast created by students at the International Grammar School in Sydney, Australia. If you would like to take part in our podcast, please email us at [email protected] International Grammar School

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The music theory behind K Pop Demon Hunters' chart dominance 42:26

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It's time. Nate and Charlie break down the K Pop Demonhunters soundtrack to uncover the musical secrets behind its unprecedented success. From West Side Story to Gregorian chant, Phrygian modes to musical theater clichés, we 'll explain why you can't stop listening to the sounds of Huntr/x and Saja Boys. Songs Discussed Huntr/x - How It's Done, Gol…

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The architecture of the album with Djo (Joe Keery live at NYU) 55:11

14d ago55:11

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Halfway through the opening track of Joe Keery's The Crux, a line emerges that sounds like casual conversation: "My dog is at my house again, but I live somewhere else." The song refuses to settle into predictable pop architecture, drifting from whispered confession to baroque strings that recall Pachelbel more than indie rock. Recorded live at NYU…

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Finneas and Ashe want you to start a band 52:09

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Everyone should be in a band at some point—and Finneas and Ashe prove why. The Grammy-winning producer and rising singer-songwriter discuss how their friendship evolved into The Favors, a new band debuting their album The Dream on September 19th, 2025. We explore what it means to create as a band, how stepping back from confessional songwriting fre…

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216. Four Letter Words: Terisk 26:43

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Watching the film Legally Blonde one day with the subtitles on, numerous perfectly innocuous words were partially asterisked out, because of a technological problem I can't name here lest this episode be blocked from your podfeed, thus becoming an example of the problem itself. Who's to blame? A 900-year-old man from Lincolnshire. Although he didn'…

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Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns After 50 Years 54:25

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Fleetwood Mac has had a phenomenal resurgence in recent years, from TikTok viral fame to Broadway plays and streaming TV series inspired by the band. Their growing fandom among a new generation has created demand for the long out-of-print album Buckingham Nicks, the 1973 album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks recorded before they joined Fleet…

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S03 Ep02 - Dublin 1971 2:13:13

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Welcome back to Eurovision from A to Z! Summer is usually a period of holidays, also for Eurovision, but music never has a rest. For this episode, we count again with our friend Lukas from Austria, who talked about the pros and cons of the cities candidates to host the festival in 2026 (which finally was Vienna). Also, we talk about rumours and rec…

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215. Two-Letter Words 19:25

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Listener Erica commented: "Perhaps an idea for a bonus ep of Four Letter Word season would be one on two-letter words: there’s an established list that Scrabble nerds end up memorizing, and it’s full of weirdness." In fact, there are TWO established lists, NASPA, the North American Scrabble Players Association, which has currently 107 two-letter wo…

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The classical rebel who infiltrated pop music 51:35

1M ago51:35

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You've heard those shimmering disco strings in Miley Cyrus's "Flowers," the cinematic arrangements on Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher, and the orchestral flourishes across Taylor Swift's catalog, but you probably didn't know they're all the work of one person: Rob Moose. The violinist and multi-instrumentalist has contributed to nearly 1,000 albums, quie…

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All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and Cardi 52:36

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The conversation around the new music this summer has been a dour one. Some of the biggest songs in the country right now are downtempo stomp-clap anthems and wistful Cranberries pastiche. Even on this very show, Nate and Charlie have asked: where's the fun? As it turns out, the party (as always) is happening in hip-hop, led by a formidable influen…

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214. Four Letter Words: Bane Bain Bath 35:43

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For today’s instalment of Four Letter Word season, we’re hopping from ‘bane’ to ‘bain’ to ‘bath’, via poison gardens, doll’s eyes, alchemists, placentas and waterborne curses. Visit theallusionist.org/bane for more information about today's topics, plus a transcript of the episode. Support the show at theallusionist.org/donate and as well as keepin…

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A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders) 43:05

2M ago43:05

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Why do bad lyrics happen to good people? From "suckin' on a chili dog" to "making love to his tonic and gin," even the biggest hits from our favorite artists can feature lyrical turns that make us feel quizzical, offended, or even downright nauseated. With the help of Sam Sanders, brilliant host of The Sam Sanders Show, we plumb the depths of the w…

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Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud) 37:01

2M ago37:01

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Every music critic seems to agree: 2025 has no true song of summer. Last August, Teddy Swims’s “Lose Control” dominated the charts. This year…Teddy Swims’s “Lose Control” dominates the charts. What’s going on? Why is there no new summer song to unite us in collective listening, and will there ever be again? Elamin Abdelmahmoud, host of the CBC’s da…

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Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag 43:51

2M ago43:51

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Justin Bieber is back with his seventh studio album: the aptly-titled SWAG. The lo-fi, reverb-laden record is a remarkably candid look inside the world of Bieber, using the palette of both underground pop and 90's R&B to accentuate lyrics about his wife, his struggles, and his "standing on business." Notably, it's his first album post-split with ma…

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How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cylinder 46:19

2M ago46:19

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What if the entire sound of modern podcasting can be traced back to a single Grateful Dead song uploaded in 2001? We uncover the musical lineage that connects NPR's classical gravitas to dubstep wobbles, from the very first RSS feed experiment to the mysterious masked composer who's scored over 200 podcast themes and shaped what millions of people …

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213. Four Letter Words: Dino 51:19

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The latest four letter word of Four Letter Word season is dino. 'Dinosaur' is derived from Greek 'terrible lizard', and they could have called it 'whopping great lizard' or 'sublime lizard' or 'hey cool lizard', but no. TERRIBLE. Professor Hannah McGregor of Material Girls podcast and author of the book Clever Girl: Jurassic Park explains humans' r…

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Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell 49:49

3M ago49:49

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The robots have arrived, and they're making protest songs about boots on the ground. When an AI band called The Velvet Sundown fooled over a million Spotify listeners with their psychedelic folk anthems, it raised an unsettling question: have the machines gotten so good we can no longer hear the difference? Charlie puts Nate to the test with a game…

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The Benson Boone-Doggle 32:20

3M ago32:20

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In which we explore the unlikely rise, and surprising backlash against, one Benson Boone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Vulture

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212. Four Letter Words: Park 48:04

3M ago48:04

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Get in, winner: we're going on a field trip. We're spending the day in five of Vancouver's city parks with Justin McElroy, Municipal Affairs Reporter for the CBC and ranker of Vancouver's 243 parks at VancouverParkGuide.ca. Together we ponder: what IS a park? You think you know, then along comes a slab of concrete called a park to test your taxonom…

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Filthy Queens: Christina's 2nd book! 50:39

3M ago50:39

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Our very own Christina released her second book earlier in the year, and we're here to officially celebrate! Listen to a few tidbits, find out the why/how and stories behind Filthy Queens and enjoy a few catchup moments from us all. Links: Filthy Queens on Nine Bean Row: https://ninebeanrowsbooks.com/products/filthy-queens Filthy Queens on Amazon: …

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Can Recession Pop predict the market? 32:08

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Why does the economy look great on paper but feel terrible in your wallet? There might be a more revealing economic indicator hiding in your Spotify queue. "Recession Pop" first emerged during the Great Recession and exploded into playlists, radio formats, and DJ sets in 2024. From melancholy indie anthems to escapist dance tracks, the songs we gra…

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How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul 35:22

3M ago35:22

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As we've been examining over the course of Country Week, country music has found a larger audience, in part by widening its sonic palette. For the final episode of this series, we take a look at a genre on the outskirts of country – Americana music – and how it's being used to connect to the scene's musical roots. Historically, Americana has emb…

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Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera) 32:35

3M ago32:35

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More often than not, country music is seen as an "American" genre – meaning that the music is seen as strictly from the United States. In some ways, that's true; but the genre's iconography, sound, and ethos can actually be traced to the south of the border, in Mexican regional music. The worlds have been more intertwined than you would think, and …

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The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph 28:25

3M ago28:25

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There's often an unspoken (and deeply misogynistic) rule on country music radio: never play two female artists back to back. In this episode of Switched On Pop's country week, we aim to do just that. Looking at two artists on opposite ends of the country music spectrum – traditionalist Lainey Wilson, and genre-bending Jessie Murph – Nate and Charli…

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The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman) 35:39

3M ago35:39

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One of the biggest country hits of the year has been "All The Way," by Texas rapper BigXthaPlug and country rocker Bailey Zimmerman, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is a perfectly mixed cocktail of trap sonics with country melodies, held together by a shared southern drawl between the two artists. As the genre of "country" exp…

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211. Four Letter Words: -gate 37:03

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The other day was the 53rd anniversary of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, which not only caused a lot of political uproar, it had a big linguistic legacy: the suffix -gate to mean a scandal. Today, as part of Four Letter Word season, we have a list of -gates - royal, sporting, political, food, showbiz - it's a non-exhaustive list because there…

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Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music? 35:50

3M ago35:50

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Country music stands at a crossroads between tradition and evolution, and no artist embodies this tension better than Morgan Wallen. His song "I'm the Problem" opens with beautiful bluegrass guitar before hitting you with hard-hitting 808 basslines, creating a sonic reflection of country's current identity crisis. Wallen has this uncanny ability to…

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"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence 29:44

3M ago29:44

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Looking for relationship advice? Skip the self-help books and turn to Sabrina Carpenter's latest single "Manchild" instead. This deep dive into the art of musical insults reveals how pop's newest sensation joins a legendary lineage of women artists who've perfected the craft of calling out incompetent men through song. From Dolly Parton's subversiv…

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S4 Ep18 ~ Season Finale Eurovision 2025 55:07

4M ago55:07

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Send us a text It's the Season 4 Season Finale of I'm Sorry Zero Points and Adrian and Seamus have a lot to discuss. Following on from Austria's win at Eurovision 2025, they reveal their highlights and lowlights from this year's song contest. They also share their thoughts on the results and the voting. And it wouldn't be a season finale without so…

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Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFarlane) 48:26

4M ago48:26

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What if the Chairman of the Board's biggest contribution to music wasn't his voice, but the blueprint he created for modern pop stardom? Frank Sinatra didn't just sing songs: he invented the concept album, injected his full personality into every performance, and created a template for artistic control that today's biggest stars still follow. His i…

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210. Four Letter Words: 4x4x4 Quiz 24:02

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Four Letter Word season continues with a quiz (which is a four-letter word itself) about four letter words. Test your etymological knowledge, and hear about the original nepo baby, John Venn's invention that wasn't the venn diagram, brat, gunk, rube, the time(s) Led Zeppelin changed their name, and plenty more. Play along while you listen - there's…

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Is the future of pop...heavy metal?! 45:59

4M ago45:59

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The UK outfit Sleep Token has done what we once thought impossible: Found commercial success playing heavy metal music in 2025 AD. Their fourth studio album, Even in Arcadia, went to number one on the Billboard 200 upon its release, with all ten of its tracks charting on the Hot 100—this despite the fact that the band has been entirely masked and a…

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Dance Battles and Depression: What Eurovision 2025 Taught Us 19:29

4M ago19:29

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Send us a text Guess who's back in the Eurovision hot seat? After equipment delays and mental cobwebs, your favourite straight-talking podcast host returns to dissect Eurovision 2025 in all its controversial glory. Eurovision 2025 might not have delivered the strongest musical offerings, but it certainly provided enough drama, debates, and dance ba…

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The 2025 Series Basel - The Eurovision Aftermath 1:38:25

4M ago1:38:25

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Hello everyone and welcome to our analysis of the Eurovision Week! Enough time has passed to analyse calmly Eurovision 2025 in its musical aspects and beyond, including of course JJ's victory and almost all happened at Basel. This time we count with the presence of our Austrian friend Lukas. He will give us his personal point of view as a fan who l…

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Episode 44: Rain, Rain and More Rain! 4:53

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Kaleidoscope Kids is a podcast created by students at the International Grammar School in Sydney, Australia. If you would like to take part in our podcast, please email us at [email protected] International Grammar School

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238 – Eurovision Song Contest 2025 1:26:58

4M ago1:26:58

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The Swiss sure do know how to run a tight ship! Julia and Lauren meet up for their annual Eurovision debrief. Listen to the highs, lows, and very best part of the whole Grand Final... ! Who would have gotten your douze points this year? Some links we mentioned:-Curated by Chance: podcast info / Instagram- LT Likes This: Substack…

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Charli XCX threw this party 4 us 38:38

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Five years ago, Charli XCX released the track "party 4 u," a melancholic ode to throwing a function for that one specific person. Now, in 2025, the song has gotten a renewed life – motivated by a foolproof cocktail of TikTok trends, the Billboard Hot 100, and a post-Brat Summer clamor for Charli. It's rare for pop songs like this to get a second wi…

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808: The drum machine that changed music forever (Twenty Thousand Hertz) 27:48

4M ago27:48

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The 808 is arguably the most iconic drum machine ever made. Even if you’ve never heard of it, you’ve definitely heard it. It’s in dozens of hit songs -- from Usher to Marvin Gaye, Talking Heads to The Beastie Boys -- and its sounds have quietly cemented themselves in the cultural lexicon. In this episode, we try to understand how that happened and …

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209. Four Letter Words: Serving C-bomb 50:39

4M ago50:39

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Ten years ago, on the fourth episode of the show, I investigated why the C-word is considered a worse swear than the others. Since then - well really just in the last three years or so - there has been a huge development: the word has hit the mainstream as a compliment, in the forms of serving it and -y. Linguists Nicole Holliday and Kelly Elizabet…