The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.
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The Best Pop of 2025 So Far (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)
Host of the Legends Only podcast Bradley Stern returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss the best pop songs of 2025 so far. First, Louie and Bradley discuss the broader trend...
Hot 100 Dumpster Dive (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ dive deep into the trenches of the Hot 100 to figure out what the hell is going on with ma...
Listener Mailbag: Grammy Album of the Year Frontrunners, Gaga Copying Taylor(?!), & More!
Louie and Russ answer listener questions about the current 2026 Grammy Album of the Year Frontrunners, why Chappell Roan's "The Giver" underperformed, Max Martin's tra...
What Went Wrong on Lorde's Solar Power: A Track by Track Analysis (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, on the cusp of Lorde's forthcoming fourth studio album Virgin, due next month, Louie and Russ revisit her...
HAIM (with Ilana Kaplan)
Writer and editor Ilana Kaplan joins Pop Pantheon to discuss one of pop’s criminally under-appreciated secrets, Haim. Louie and Ilana unpack the sister trio’s origins ...
