The Billboard Hot 100's doom loop; Plus, a new kind of true crime story

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🗓️ 25 October 2024

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The same songs are sitting at the top of the music charts longer than ever, and that has Brittany Luse wondering, are our listening habits stuck in a doom loop? Brittany chats with NPR music editor Stephen Thompson to get to the bottom of the top of the charts.

Plus, when a daughter or sister disappears how does a family move on without closure? Host Brittany Luse is joined by Fresh Air co-host Tonya Mosley and and her nephew Antonio Wiley to talk about their new kind of true crime podcast, She Has A Name.

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0:29.5	Hello hello I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to it's been a minute from npr a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:37.0	This week we're connecting the dots between the music charts, vinyls, and another
0:47.6	shot of whiskey.
0:48.6	I know, I know.
0:50.4	How are all of these things connected? Well we're're going to find out with NPR Music Editor Stephen Thompson.
0:55.0	Stephen, welcome back to it's been a minute.
0:58.0	It's so great to be here.
0:59.0	Thank you for having me.
1:00.0	Oh, it's so good to have you.
1:01.0	I got to ask you though, before we get started with this conversation.
1:04.0	What is the first record that you ever bought with your own money?
1:07.0	Well, the first album I ever owned that was gifted to me by my parents was Weird Al Yankovic in 3D.
1:12.6	Okay. Well, I think the first time I bought music with my own money, I bought two CD singles
1:20.1	when I was 10 years old, Ray of Light by Madonna.
1:23.0	Mm-hmm, still slaps.
1:25.0	Still slaps, and the Boys Mind by Brandy and Monica.
1:27.0	Oh my God, those are great songs.
1:29.0	I know, and I still love them both.
1:31.0	And fun fact, the boy's mind spent 13 weeks at number one, which was a really
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