Pop Pantheon
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The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes (414)
TAYLOR SWIFT PART 3: SPEAK NOW (with The Guardian's Laura Snapes)
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Doja Cat's Vie + Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, Lorde's Ultrasound Tour & More (Pa...
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Sep 29, 202511:43pending
TAYLOR SWIFT PART 2: FEARLESS (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
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Sep 25, 20251:43:17pending
Cardi B's Am I the Drama? + Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour and Super Bowl Predictio...
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Sep 22, 202512:51pending
TAYLOR SWIFT PART 1: DEBUT (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
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Sep 18, 20252:02:12pending
Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball + Justin Bieber's Swag & Jade's That's Showbiz Baby (Pat...
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Sep 16, 202513:38pending
Main Pop Girl Power Ranking 2025 (with Reanna Cruz)
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Sep 11, 20251:22:33pending
The Highs and Many, Many Lows of the 2025 VMAs (Patreon Preview)
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Sep 8, 202513:58pending
Was There a Song of Summer?
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Sep 4, 20251:01:11pending
Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend + Taylor’s Getting Married! (Patreon Previ...
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Sep 1, 202511:41pending
Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Hunter Harri...
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Aug 28, 20251:28:16pending
Justin Bieber's Purpose 10 Years Later (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tan...
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Aug 25, 202512:12pending
SECOND SPIN: CYNDI LAUPER (with Rob Harvilla)
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Aug 21, 20251:28:26pending
Is Miley Cyrus' Bangerz a Classic Without Its Singles? (Patreon Preview)
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Aug 18, 202511:49pending
Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl (Patreon Preview)
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Aug 15, 202512:00pending
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 4 (with Owen Myers, Sam Murphy, Michael Cragg, Joan Summers,...
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Aug 14, 20251:16:52pending
Revisiting Doechii's Alligator Bites Never Heal (with Lakin Imani Starling) (Pat...
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Aug 11, 202510:38pending
An Important Message for our Spotify Listeners
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Aug 8, 20253:37pending
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 3 (with Katherine St. Asaph)
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Aug 7, 20251:41:18pending
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 2 (with Paper's Joan Summers)
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Jul 31, 20252:08:22pending
Country New Music Speed Round (with Jewly Hight) (Patreon Preview)
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Jul 28, 20259:46pending
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 1 (with Michael Cragg)
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Jul 24, 20251:54:41pending
Lady Gaga's Joanne: Track-By-Track (Patreon Preview)
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Jul 21, 202511:50pending
The 10 Greatest Canadian Pop Stars of All Time (with Carly Lewis)
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Jul 17, 20251:55:13pending
Justin Bieber Surprises With Swag, Plus New Music From Cardi B, Drake, Katseye &...
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Jul 14, 202510:17pending
PARIS HILTON & LINDSAY LOHAN (with Nora Princiotti)
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Jul 10, 20252:10:27pending
Kesha Finds Her Independence on Period (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (P...
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Jul 8, 202510:11pending
Reacting To Unpopular Opinions about Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan + mo...
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Jul 3, 20251:01:36pending
Lorde Deconstructs Herself on Virgin (Patreon Preview)
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Jun 30, 202511:02pending
Are Miley Cryus, Drake, The Weeknd, & Ed Sheeran Moving Up Or Down in the Pop Pa...
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Jun 26, 202539:08pending
Haim Works Harder Than Ever on I Quit (with Alex Frank) (Patreon Preview)
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Jun 23, 202511:12pending
ELTON JOHN: PART 2 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
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Jun 19, 20251:57:18pending
ELTON JOHN: PART 1 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
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Jun 12, 20251:59:08pending
It's Addison Rae's World. We're Just Living in It (Patreon Preview)
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Jun 9, 202511:12pending
The Best Pop of 2025 You Might Have Missed (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)
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Jun 5, 20251:17:17pending
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour, Taylor Swift's Masters & Miley Cyrus' Something Be...
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Jun 2, 202511:38pending
The Best Pop of 2025 So Far (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)
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May 29, 20251:21:11pending
Hot 100 Dumpster Dive (Patreon Preview)
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May 26, 202510:59pending
Listener Mailbag: Grammy Album of the Year Frontrunners, Gaga Copying Taylor(?!)...
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May 22, 202549:40pending
What Went Wrong on Lorde's Solar Power: A Track by Track Analysis (Patreon Previ...
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May 19, 202512:16pending
HAIM (with Ilana Kaplan)
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May 15, 20251:30:39pending
What Will Be the Song of Summer 2025?
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May 8, 202549:50pending
Is Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Misunderstood? (with Shaad D'Sou...
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May 5, 202511:48pending
Britney Mailbag! (with Alim Kheraj)
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May 1, 202551:22pending
Lorde Returns, Katy Perry's Latest Flop & More (Patreon Preview)
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Apr 28, 202511:38pending
PITBULL (with Reanna Cruz)
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Apr 24, 20252:14:44pending
Latin Pop Speed Round: Bad Bunny, Nathy Peluso & more (with Isabella Gomez Sarmi...
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Apr 21, 202511:57pending
Where Are All the Queer Male Superstars? (with USC's Jason King)
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Apr 17, 202555:34pending
Gagachella + new songs from Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus & more (with Nora Princiot...
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Apr 15, 202511:11pending
Are Lady Gaga, Drake, & Selena Gomez Moving Up or Down in the Pop Pantheon?
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Apr 10, 202558:27pending
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