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Hey there, it's the NPR politics podcast.

I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting and misinformation.

I'm a Shorasco. I cover the White House.

And I'm one of summers. I cover politics.

But today we are covering music and reviving something we did on the pod a couple of years ago and going through the best political music of 2021.

And to help us with that task, us political reporters not make a fool of ourselves.

We're bringing in NPR music experts.

Steven Thompson, one of my personal favorite music writers. Hi, Steven.

Hey, Miles. How's it going?

It is going well. Thank you so much for having me. This is this is a treat.

Yeah. So I think we should probably lay down a few ground rules as we go through our best of 2021.

First of all, best is in the eye of the holder.

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