Anthony Fantano on the Exploitative Music Industry and Zohran's Rap Career
Current Affairs5 Joulu 2025

Anthony Fantano on the Exploitative Music Industry and Zohran's Rap Career

Anthony Fantano is the biggest music critic on YouTube, and the self-described “internet’s busiest music nerd.” The New York Times calls him “The Only Music Critic Who Matters (if You’re Under 25),” and his show The Needle Drop has over 3 million subscribers. Fantano is known for his provocative takes, like “AI Music is Evil” and “Taylor Swift is a Coward.” He joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson and associate editor Alex Skopic to talk about the state of the music industry, how streaming platforms exploit artists, and whether Zohran Mamdani should rap again.

🎹 The Needle Drop: https://www.youtube.com/theneedledrop

🎹 Fantano: https://www.youtube.com/@fantano

0:00–7:28 What Right Do Critics Have to Judge Music?

7:28–10:34 AI Music and How It Uses Artists’ Work

10:34–17:13 Why So Much Music in 2025 Feels “Mid”

17:13–23:58 Have Music Critics Become Too Nice?

23:58–32:29 Censorship, Algorithms, and Political Lyrics

32:29–37:13 Paying Artists Fairly and Why They Should Unionize

37:13–40:39 Zohran Mamdani’s Rap Career

40:39–44:53 Underrated Artists Fantano Recommends

🦩SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🦩 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/CurrentAffairs

🦩THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(600)

Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster

Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Waqas Ahmed is a Pakistani journalist whose work has appeared in The Intercept and Drop Site News. ...

27 Touko 38min

The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID

The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Nicholas Enrich worked at USAID for more than 12 years, including in its Bureau for Global Health a...

20 Touko 34min

The Democratic Establishment Can Be Defeated

The Democratic Establishment Can Be Defeated

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership It’s not 2016 anymore. We can throw out the party’s sclerotic leadership. 🌹 Read the article: http...

16 Touko 11min

Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek)

Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Rania Khalek is a Lebanese-American journalist based in Beirut and the host of Dispatches on BreakT...

9 Touko 42min

Abdul El-Sayed GOES AFTER Trump, AIPAC, and Corporate Dems

Abdul El-Sayed GOES AFTER Trump, AIPAC, and Corporate Dems

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, public health official, Current Affairs contributor, and Democratic ...

7 Touko 22min

“Progress” Is Making Things Worse (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)

“Progress” Is Making Things Worse (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Sam Miller McDonald is a writer and longtime Current Affairs contributor. He joins Nathan Robinson ...

5 Touko 41min

Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done

Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership As Trump creates economic havoc and commits war crimes, the socialist mayor of New York City demons...

30 Huhti 11min

The Phony Virtue of Cory Booker

The Phony Virtue of Cory Booker

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership After being a leading Democratic enabler of the genocide of Palestinians, Cory Booker now has the a...

25 Huhti 31min

Suosittua kategoriassa Komedia

nikotellen
anni-jaajo
tuplakaak
antin-matka
olipa-kerran-otsikko
hupiklubi
ihan-oikeesti
rss-saarinen-shoy
trippileiri
antin-palautepalvelu
puurojengi
antin-elokuvakerho
rss-kaheli
everypodi
ela-viitti
rss-eiks-nii-aiti
kasper-ja-mikko-suomen-suosituin-podcast
rss-joko-saa-luovuttaa
rss-kuukka-vehvilainen-hartlin
naakkavalta