The White and Nerdy Edition
Sped-up voices. Wacky instruments. Songs about cavemen, bathtubs, bikinis and mothers-in-law. From the very birth of rock-and-roll, novelty songs were essential elements of the hit parade. Right throu...
31 Jan 20201h 24min
The Bridge: Legacy of the Elusive Chanteuse
In this mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Rich Juzwiak, writer for Jezebel as well as Slate’s advice column How to Do It. The two discuss the most recent full-length episode...
17 Jan 202030min
Make My Wish Come True Edition
Music fans in 2019 are gobsmacked that the No. 1 song in America is not only a Christmas song but a 25-year-old recording: Mariah Carey’s holiday perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Even more...
23 Dec 20191h 10min
The Bridge: Queens Bey, Rih and Robyn Reign Different Kingdoms
In this mid-month mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by The Bridge producer Asha Saluja to discuss the most recent full-length episode of Hit Parade, an exhaustive analysis of t...
13 Dec 201926min
Rolling in God’s Royal Uptown Road Edition.
All decades of pop music swing between trends and fads—but the 2010s was swingier than most. From the maximalist EDM of the early ’10s to the downbeat hip-hop of the late ’10s, the pop pendulum oscill...
27 Nov 20191h 34min
The Bridge: Genre v. Generation, ’80s to ’10s
In this mid-month mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Ned Raggett, freelance music writer for All Music Guide and The Quietus and expert on the ’80s U.K. bands celebrated on t...
15 Nov 201925min
Lost and Lonely Edition
If you were an angsty American teenager in the 1980s—whether in real life, or in a John Hughes movie—the rock you loved probably came from the United Kingdom, complete with droning vocals, brooding ly...
31 Okt 20191h 23min
The Bridge: Rain Sounds and Moody Goths
In this monthly mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Aisha Harris, culture editor for The New York Times’ Opinion section. Aisha and Chris discuss the Janet Jackson album Rhyth...
11 Okt 201924min
