Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast for long distance festies everywhere.

I'm Amina Tussaud, and I'm Anne Friedman.

Hey Anne Friedman, what's up this week?

Our guest today is the incredible Yassi Salik, who is the host of Vansplain.

Vansplain is a Spotify show that walks listeners through an artist catalog featuring full-length

songs throughout.

And I'll be honest that I started listening to this show because it is executive produced

by one Gina Delvac, our esteemed producer.

But I stuck around because I love Yassi's whole vibe so much.

And I also really loved the way that the show focused my attention on one artist.

I think a lot of people I've really gotten into the habit of playlist listening or like

algorithmic listening.

And the show has reoriented me a little bit toward like diving back into an artist's

full catalog.

My gateway drug was the critic Anne Powers talking about Kate Bush for three hours.

Like let me tell you, treat yourself to that.

But Yassi and I talk about a lot of stuff on this episode.

Bands, obviously.

But also what it means to listen really deeply to an artist, the whole concept of explaining

in a music context, music criticism, and how our fandom styles are shaped by our teen

years.

But when you go with the

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