Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Music Trivia: ’90s Teen-Pop Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Think you know music? Quiz yourself with the latest episode of Hit Parade: The Bridge.
This month, on the heels of the 2018 midterm elections, Host Chris Molanphy is joined by T. J. Raphael, senior producer for the Slate Podcast Network, to talk about musicians who make political endorsements. Chris is joined by one listener contestant to play some music trivia, which is all about '90s teen pop.
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Podcast production by T. J. Raphael.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:04.5 | Hey everybody. |
| 0:06.0 | This is Chris Malanfi, host of Hit Parade, Slate's podcast of Pop Chart History. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome to The Bridge. |
| 0:13.9 | The Bridge is over. |
| 0:15.4 | The bridge is over. |
| 0:17.3 | The bridge is over. |
| 0:19.3 | The bridge is over. |
| 0:30.2 | That's Boogie Down Productions The Bridge is Over, the Late 1980s. We're playing this song to give one last shout out to our last episode about rap's crossover on the pop charts at the turn of the 1990s. KRS1, |
| 0:40.9 | who Raps, The Bridge is Over, was himself a bridge between Rapp's old school and its golden age. |
| 0:48.0 | These mini episodes, Bridge, are full-length monthly episodes and give us a chance to catch up with |
| 0:53.6 | our listeners and enjoy some trivia. |
| 0:56.0 | This month, I'm once again delighted to be joined by Slate Podcast Senior Producer T.J. Rafael. |
| 1:01.9 | Hi, T.J. |
| 1:02.5 | Hey, Chris. |
| 1:03.3 | How are you? |
| 1:03.9 | I'm good. I'm a little tired. |
| 1:05.4 | You know, we were recording this the day after the 2018 midterms. |
| 1:09.6 | Yes, indeed. |
| 1:10.1 | And I stayed up way too late, refreshing 538 and the New York Times. |
| 1:15.7 | I fell asleep on my couch with my television on, on mute, thank heaven. |
| 1:21.7 | But yeah, yeah, I'm pretty zonked myself. |
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