Sound Stories
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Is music getting dumber?
Every generation thinks music is getting worse. Every generation is wrong， and also a little bit right.The data is real, lyrics have gotten simpler, songs have gotten shorter, and Spotify's algorithm has been quietly flattening every genre ...
McKinley Dixon | Sound Stories
I slid into McKinley Dixon's DMs to help him out when he is on tour in China. He ended up on my podcast. That's just how this works.McKinley Dixon is a rapper and multi-instrumentalist from Virginia, the kind of artist who makes rap musi...
How far does Pink Tax go?
Fair warning: I recorded this episode once already and forgot to press record. So what you're hearing is female rage, twice distilled.Pink tax isn't just about paying more for a pink razor. It's a design system — built to extract money f...
Kwaca | Sound Stories
I met Kwaca two days before this was recorded. He sat down, we just became good friends immediately.Kwaca is a Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist based in Seoul. He's the kind of person who writes music the way other peop...
Everyone wants to be a DJ, but nobody wants to Dance
This episode has been living rent-free in my head for a long time. I almost made it a 5-minute video of me just yelling. I found a direction instead. You're welcome.We're talking about why everyone wants to be a DJ but nobody wants t...