Hey everyone, it's Melody. If you listen to last week's AAA, you know that Anne ran her fifth marathon over the weekend, so while she recovers, it's up to me to run through some housekeeping.

First, for next week's episode, you have some optional homework. We're talking to Switch John Pop producer Rihanna Cruz about Tate McCray.

They did a deep dive on her music back

in February, and it blew my mind, taught me everything I know, made me feel like I'd been dropped

on another planet. So you may want to give that a listen before we expand upon it in next week's

episode. But again, totally optional, and we will catch you up to speed either way. I also wanted to

fill you in on some new recordings we have booked so that you can start submitting your

questions. We're doing an episode with Melinda Moyer on all things American parenting culture.

We've also lined up an episode with Sophie Gilbert about how pop culture in the early

2000s shaped a generation of women. I know all of your wheels are turning, so take this any

direction you like. Another episode that I'm particularly excited about is one on how private

equity ruins everything. Like many of you, I am distraught at the downfall of Joanne

fabrics, and I know private equity is responsible for it, but I don't really know how or even

exactly what that means. So this episode is going to be super enlightening, and there are no such

things as dumb questions here.

Another episode we're doing is about technology's role in parenting, not just now, but throughout

the 20th and 21st centuries. So you can reach back into the archives for your questions on this

if you want. For some lighter fare, we are going to do an episode on Texas culture with who else,

Sam Sanders.

And we have to do a celebrity image deep dive on Katie Perry.

And we're going to do that with Zach Stafford.

So we are stacked. But as always,

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