Pop Excellence

Pop Excellence airs Mondays from 3-5 pm eastern on whcl.org!

I also have a replay scheduled at the same time on Tuesdays, so if you miss a show or if there are technical difficulties you can listen to a rebroadcast the next day. As always, playlists will be posted here after each show!

Twitter: @kaylabeardslee

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My last in-person show, aka the Pop Excellence Ultimate Playlist, some thanks, and stats!

Thank you for paying attention to my show 🥰 Pop Excellence is my favorite thing I’ve done in college, and I think it has genuinely helped me to become a better speaker, music critic, and person in general. My music taste and ideas for the show have significantly expanded since that first episode in Fall …

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

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Playlist for 8/8/22: Logan and Leora Grab Bag II

My friends Logan and Leora were back on as guests this week! Today’s playlist was the second installment of an episode type we first did last summer, where we all collaborated on an eclectic grab bag playlist. Spotify and Apple Music links here! Here’s all the stuff (I think) that we recommended to each other …

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Playlist for 7/25/22: Extended grab bag

No particular theme this week, just a grab bag of good stuff! (Had to postpone the collab episode with Logan and Leora because of scheduling issues, but it’ll still happen in a few weeks.) Spotify and Apple Music playlists for today.

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

Playlist for 7/18/22: Retro Future Nostalgia

Today’s show was all about examining the types of signifiers that contemporary pop songs use to sound “retro” or “throwback”! I put the playlist in roughly chronological order based on the different trends that these tracks invoke. (Jazz/swing/big band, soul and 70s R&B, funk, disco, synthwave, city pop, new jack swing, 90s R&B, Y2K pop, …

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Playlist for 7/4/22: Release roundup and grab bag

I talked about a mix of recent album and single releases for the first hour, including tracks from my two favorite albums of 2022 so far! (Florence and Seventeen.) Spotify and Apple Music. Second hour was a grab bag: Spotify and Apple Music. Next week’s theme is Retro Future Nostalgia!

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

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