The Contenders, Vol. 15: Wisp, Blonde Redhead, Sherelle, more

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Brittany Luse, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, joins us to update our running list of the year's best songs, including new shoegaze from Wisp, heart-thumping dance beats from Sherelle and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Sherelle & George Riley: "Freaky (Just My Type)," from 'With A Vengeance'
2. Blonde Redhead: "Rest Of Her Life (Choir Version)," from 'The Shadow Of The Guest'
3. Natanya: "Moviestar," from 'Feline's Return'
4. Wisp: "Save Me Now," from 'If Not Winter'
5. Ekathé and El Mundo Limón: "Baba" (single)

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0:00.0	You're on vacation last week?
0:01.9	I was on vacation last week.
0:03.3	Did you go somewhere?
0:04.4	Yeah, I went to the beach.
0:06.1	Not really a beach kind of guy, but I like just hang it.
0:10.5	You know, I can sit under an umbrella in the shade with a drink and talk with friends all day.
0:15.6	I think that's perfectly reasonable.
0:17.5	I think that's perfectly reasonable.
0:19.1	Well, it is all songs considered. The World's
0:22.2	Greatest Podcast. I'm Robin Hilton. NPR's Brittany Luce is here this week. You may know her from
0:29.2	such hits as It's Been a Minute, which you've been hosting for a minute now. Yeah, it's been
0:34.4	almost three years now. Yeah, I was thinking it was maybe about three years,
0:37.8	and you all have been crushing it lately. You're going three times a week now. Three times a week,
0:41.6	yeah. And I was just going through some of the recent episodes. Why are people freaking out about
0:47.5	the birth rate? Listen. These are some of your shows. Welcome to Mid millennials are you in crisis yeah uh one of my
0:58.0	personal favorites you did can only fans save the music industry oh yeah i actually know the answer to
1:03.8	that one you already know the answer to that one i do know the answer it's no yeah that's the
1:08.5	one that's the one we have a longer explanation
1:12.0	and we had a really wonderful wonderful reporter from from npr music isabella gomez
1:20.4	armiento um yeah uh who who was with us on that episode but oh my gosh yeah we've we've we've
1:26.6	been having a good time.
1:28.9	Just trying to make sense of the world and make sense of the news. One episode at a time.
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