Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
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Slate Podcasts
4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
It’s hard to make money in the music industry. But if you could flood every streamer with hundreds of “original” songs without having to, you know, write or produce it yourself, there’s money there—and less for everyone else.
Guests:
Chris Molanphy, host of Slate’s Hit Parade podcast.
Kate Knibbs, senior writer at Wired
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| 0:41.7 | It's free to sell on there? |
| 0:43.0 | Free to sell? |
| 0:44.1 | Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. |
| 0:47.4 | You sold my guitar? |
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| 0:57.4 | Things people love. T's and Cs apply, excluses vehicles. |
| 1:00.9 | A quick heads up before we get started, this episode contains adult language and some inappropriate and unfortunately extremely catchy songs. |
| 1:12.3 | All right, you've been warned. |
| 1:21.4 | Why don't you introduce yourself so that TBD listeners know who you are? |
| 1:29.1 | Hi, my name is Chris Malanfi, and I'm the host of the Slate Podcast Hit Parade and the writer of their Why Is This Song Number One series. |
| 1:30.9 | Chris is also a very good sport because he did not know what we were up to. |
| 1:36.7 | I asked you on today because we want to play some music for you and get your opinion on it. |
| 1:45.0 | Okay. |
| 1:45.8 | Let's start, uh, guys, with the first cut. |
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