Boy Bands

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Behind every manufactured boy band there is what the press calls a Svengali, a puppet master who assembles the group and styles everything about them. This episode will introduce us to the eccentric producers and talent agents who have long shaped pop music from behind the curtain. American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Research and co-writing by Riley Smith Co-produced and edited by Miranda Zickler Voice Acting by Will Rogers and by Riley Smith Become a Patron and support our show! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Find our merch at americanhysteria.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Between forgetting the sellotape,
0:01.6	trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table,
0:04.1	and the cat taking down the tree.
0:06.1	Again!
0:07.1	Christmas can be tricky.
0:10.4	At least with Royal Mail, sending parcels is easy.
0:13.6	You can save time and money when you buy your postage online
0:16.3	and will collect from your door for zero pounds.
0:18.6	Whether you have one, two or twenty to send,
0:21.4	just click, save and will collect.
0:23.6	Visit RoyalMail.com forward slash send.
0:27.2	Simple.
0:27.9	Offer end 31st December for details online.
0:36.7	On this podcast, we explore fantastical thinking,
0:40.4	moral panics, conspiracy theories, and urban legends,
0:44.4	examine the forces that shape our culture,
0:47.8	and tell the stories that create the realities we share,
0:52.0	and sometimes the realities we don't.
0:55.6	I'm your host, Chelsea Weber Smith, and this is American History.
1:02.5	It looks like every person that I put out,
1:05.1	you know, will never stop being a star.
1:07.1	What we're going to do is you're going to be turning
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