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Popcast

by The New York Times · English · Music

Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times, and Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Y

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New episodes
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 19 min
Latest
2 Oct 2026
Language
English

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

Miranda Lambert on Mentoring Ella Langley, Reconciling with Kacey Musgraves & Country’s New Era

Miranda Lambert rose as one of country’s true female superstars throughout the 2000s and 2010s — an era when women with her level of success in Nashville were few and far between. Lambert sat down with Joe and Jon to discuss country music’s long-running cold war with female performers having a front-row seat to a new version of success as the co-writer of Ella Langley’s record-setting “Choosin’ Texas.” She also talks about her new country disco album “Crisco” — out Oct. 2. — reconciling with Kacey Musgraves on their song “Horses and Divorces, remembering Dolly Parton and more.

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  1. E583 · 24 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    Jeff Probst Tells All About ‘Survivor’: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’

    Jeff Probst – host, showrunner and executive producer of ‘Survivor’ – sat down with Joe and Jon ahead of the show’s Sep. 23 Season 51 premiere to discuss the new “Open Era”: A cast of rookies are subject to gameplay elements that can be resurrected from past seasons, or abandoned. He also spoke about evolving from host to showrunner; how the show lives alongside, and sometimes in conversation with, its imitators; and finding the hero’s journey within both the show’s competitors and himself.

About Popcast

Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times, and Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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Publisher
The New York Times
Language
English
Category
Music
New episodes
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 19 min
Latest episode
2 Oct 2026
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Rights
© 2023 The New York Times Company

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