What topics does Primer cover?

Primer covers topics including: music, history, interviews.

Primer

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Primer is a music podcast about translation and illumination. Host Christian Dueñas is joined by a different co-host each season to explore a genre of music from outside the English-speaking world. In its debut season, music writer Yosuke Kitazawa (PBS SoCal, Light in the Attic) joins Christian and special guests to explore Japanese City Pop. They celebrate the lives of its artists, explore the cultural and historical context of the songs, and reflect on the impact that music had on listeners ev...

Episodes (30)

12. What We Slept On (teaser)

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Aug 28, 202412:25pending

11. What We Learned (Christian & Yosuke)

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Aug 6, 202433:37pending

That's a Wrap! For Now

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Jul 23, 20241:49pending

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Episodes (30)

12. What We Slept On (teaser)

11. What We Learned (Christian & Yosuke)

That's a Wrap! For Now

10. Frogs, Insects, Birds, Harry (Pearl & The Oysters // Haruomi Hosono & Co.)

09. Music for the Dirt Roads (Wyatt Cenac // Tome Asagami)

08. Smells Like Fireworks (Jayson Chun // Tatsuro Yamashita)

07. They Lied to Us (Oscar Montoya // Anri)

Lost Notes: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA

06. Missed Connections (Mark "Frosty" McNeill // Yukihiro Takahashi)

05. Nature Speaks Simply (UMI // Seiko Matsuda)

04. Very 94.7 The Wave (Dam-Funk // Hiroshi Sato)

03. I Hate the City (Patrick St. Michel // Taeko Onuki)

02. Gravy Is Shaped Like a Heart (Devendra Banhart // Yasuko Agawa)

01. Crying in the Club (Linda Marigliano // Miki Matsubara)

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