Studio 360 Presents: Hit Parade

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

PRX

Arts

4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Studio 360 presents a special bonus episode of another great podcast — Hit Parade.

This week, one of music's most iconic personalities — Madonna — is turning 60 years old, and Hit Parade is here to celebrate her. Host Chris Molanphy, a music journalist and pop-chart historian, digs through Madonna's large catalog, particularly at a time when she found herself at a career crossroads.

If you like this episode of Hit Parade, subscribe to their podcast. Every month, you'll get new episodes that explain how some of music's biggest acts became a smash, along with shows that will test your knowledge of music trivia. Find Hit Parade in Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Subscribing is the best way to support the show.

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0:00.0	From PRX.
0:06.4	Hi, this is Kurt Anderson. I'm coming to you today not with a new episode of Studio 360,
0:12.1	but with a bonus episode of another podcast, a great one called Hit Parade.
0:18.1	This week, Madonna happens to be turning 60, and Hit Parade is here to celebrate her.
0:23.9	The host Chris Melanfie, a music journalist and pop chart historian, is here to dig through
0:29.1	Madonna's catalog. And if you like this episode of Hit Parade, I encourage you to subscribe to
0:35.0	the podcast. Once a month, you'll get new episodes explaining how various musical superstars became superstars.
0:42.9	You can find Hit Parade on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:48.2	Now, I give you this special episode of Hit Parade.
0:54.3	Hit Parade is brought to you by Lactaid Milk.
0:58.1	That feeling when a song stays with you all day, groovy.
1:02.5	When that dairy feeling tries to do the same, not so much.
1:07.1	With lactate, you get the milk without the consequences.
1:11.6	One of our advertisers is conducting a short survey at podcastingsurvey.com right now.
1:18.6	And we'd be grateful if you could fill it out and help our show. Thank you.
1:26.1	Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate magazine, about the hits from
1:32.7	coast to coast.
1:34.2	I'm Chris Malanfi, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of Slate's Why Is This Song Number
1:39.8	One series.
1:41.3	On today's show, 20 years ago,
1:44.5	Madonna debuted on Billboard's album chart
1:47.5	with her first studio album in four years,
	...

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