Episode 17: Maine Music Alliance
Welcome back! This month we are joined by Peter McLaughlin and Scott Mohler of the Maine Music Alliance. They explain how local musicians in Portland, Maine successfully stopped Live Nation from openi...
15 Maj 1h 1min
Episode 16: April 2026 Headlines (PATREON PREVIEW)
We’re back with another Headlines episode, and this month it’s our first time spending the whole episode on one story. You probably already know which one it is. For this month we are begrudgingly wad...
1 Maj 4min
Episode 15: Wendy Eisenberg
For today's episode of Critical Listening we are joined by guitarist, songwriter and improviser Wendy Eisenberg to launch a new segment, "Listening Habits." Wendy joined us a few weeks before the rele...
17 Apr 1h 44min
Episode 13: Following the Money with Henk Willem Smits
What happens when a private equity company takes over a music festival? For this Critical Listening live taping at the ESNS Conference in Groningen, we spoke with Dutch investigative journalist Henk W...
7 Apr 42min
Episode 14: March 2026 Headlines (PATREON PREVIEW)
Hey all, we're back with another headlines episode. This month we start by digging into UMG CEO Lucian Grainge's recent appearance on stage at a NVIDIA-hosted conference described as the "Super Bowl o...
1 Apr 3min
Episode 12: February 2026 Headlines
Welcome back to another episode of Critical Listening. For this month’s Headlines, we’re joined by Hearing Things co-founder and longtime music critic Jill Mapes to discuss her recent piece “The Wasse...
6 Mars 53min
Episode 10: Season Finale w/ Anthony Fantano (The Needle Drop)
As 2025 comes to a close, so does the first season of Critical Listening. And with us to send off the year, we have none other than the internet's busiest music nerd himself: Anthony Fantano of The Ne...
24 Dec 20251h 21min
