Hey y'all, DJ Louis here just dropping a snippet of our latest Pop Pantheon all-axis episode in which

dear friend of the pod, Julianne Escobedo Shepard, is on the show to talk about Anita's new record

funk generation and to share some exciting Brazilian pop artists that she's putting us all onto.

If you enjoy this snippet and you want to hear the rest of the episode, you can subscribe at

patreon.com slash pop pantheon, click the link in the show notes of this episode or subscribe directly in the Apple Podcasts app. Good morning. Hi, Louie. How are you? I'm good, Russ. How are you? I'm good. I'm excited because we have a very special guest here today. we have writer-critic, an obvious friend of the show, past superstar guest.

It's Julianne Escobedo Shepherd.

Hi, Julianne. Good morning.

Hi.

Thank you for that beautiful introduction.

Well deserved.

Very well-deserved.

Yeah.

We've invited Julianne here today because we are talking about Anita.

And last year, Julianne wrote a cover story for Harper's Bazaar, which was this excellent,

comprehensive profile to Anita that I really recommend.

If you are curious about Anita, but maybe don't know a whole lot about her, it's this

excellent introduction to her that also places her

in context, in space and time and pop. And it is just a really wonderful little profile.

Thank you. What was she like? Like, how did you find her when you were with her?

She, just her whole demeanor is like, you know, when people are just stars, like, that's her

vibe. You know, she was just sitting stars, like, that's her vibe.

You know, she was just sitting in a fucking recliner,

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