Decoder Ring: The New Age Hit Machine

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For this episode, a story from Slate senior producer Evan Chung about how Yanni, John Tesh and a number of other surprising acts made it big in the 1990s. It’s a throwback to a simpler time—when musicians struggled to find their big break, but discovered it could be possible with a telephone, a television, and our undivided attention. This story originally aired in 2019 on Studio 360 from PRX. We hear from George Veras, Pat Callahan, and John Tesh. This Episode was written and produced by Slate’s Evan Chung. Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. Derek John is Slate’s Executive Producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. If you haven’t please yet, subscribe and rate our feed in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And even better, tell your friends. If you’re a fan of the show and want to support us, consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to listen to Decoder Ring without any ads. Their support is also crucial to our work. So please go to Slate.com/decoderplus to join Slate Plus today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Reboot your credit card with Apple card. Apple card is the credit card created by Apple.
0:05.5	It gives you unlimited cash back every day on every purchase, up to 3%.
0:10.2	And you can use that cash right away. No waiting and waiting for rewards.
0:15.1	Just daily cash you can use right away on anything.
0:18.4	Apply now in the wallet app on iPhone and start using it right away.
0:22.7	Subject to credit approval. Daily cash is available via an Apple cash card or as a statement credit.
0:29.6	See Apple card customer agreement for terms and conditions.
0:33.3	Apple cash card is issued by green.bank, a member of the FDIC.
0:44.9	Before 2021, the musician Olivia Rodrigo was best known for appearing on the Disney channel.
0:54.0	She was in high school, the musical, the series.
0:58.4	That's actually what the show is called.
1:00.0	Last season on high school musical, the musical, the series.
1:03.4	Rachel Hampton is the host of ICYMI, the case you missed it.
1:07.4	Slates podcast about internet culture.
1:09.7	And so she already had a musical career.
1:11.4	She was an up and coming Disney kid.
1:13.3	And like a lot of up and coming Disney kids, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande,
1:17.5	other less successful performers, she decided it was time for a solo record.
1:21.8	And so her first single was driver's license.
1:25.0	Call my drivers license last week.
1:28.3	Just like we always talked about.
1:32.1	Driver's license is a breakup song.
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