Madonna: Part 3 With Paul Hamann

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 237 minutes

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Yasi is joined by creative director Paul Hamann as they continue the Bandsplain Madonna deep dive. They discuss Madonna’s celebrated acting role in Evita and the lasting vocal changes that came with it, her career-elevating work of Ray of Light, the ahead-of-its-time Music, and how the increasingly fraught political situation in America impacted one of her most misunderstood works, American Life. Plus: motherhood, mysticism, the perfect pop single that landed on the Austin Powers soundtrack, and how Madonna kept finding new ways to bend pop stardom around her own evolution. Episode PlaylistListen to the Madonna: Part 3 playlist here. CREDITS:Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalekGuests: Paul Hamann @hamann.coProducer: Rob SundermannEditor: Adrian BridgesAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's with this band anyway?
0:07.0	I don't get it, can you please explain?
0:12.0	Wait, like, bands played.
0:16.0	Never heard this band in my life.
0:20.0	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
0:23.6	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one.
0:27.6	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain.
0:30.6	I really hate this band!
0:32.6	Whatever, I'm their biggest fan.
0:34.6	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain, bandsplane, bandplain.
0:39.2	Ban splain.
0:42.4	Bandsplane.
0:47.0	Hello and welcome to Bandsplane.
0:48.6	I am your host, Yossi Salick.
0:53.4	This is a show where I invite an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or iconic artist.
0:55.3	Today's episode is part three of four about, again, perhaps the most iconic artist of all time, Madonna. My guest
1:03.7	today, you guys, has got herself a universe gone quickly. It is creative director Paul Hammond.
1:10.2	Thank you. I was just informed two minutes ago that I've been fully saying your last name wrong in private, but also on the last episode of this podcast.
1:19.6	I just need to apologize.
1:20.6	It's technically the correct way to pronounce it, but nobody says that.
1:24.6	What kind of friend am I?
1:25.6	A good one.
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