Eugene and Charis talk about Spotify’s recent acquisition of The Ringer and the effects of media consolidation. They also discuss a personal essay that describes the discomfort felt in hearing black music become the default choice for high end spaces and how black music is cherrypicked as being beneficial to commercial spaces.

00:01:52 Spotify and The Ringer

00:26:26 Black music

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124201/bill-simmons-the-ringer-spotify-acquistion-podcast-purchase

https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/black-music-white-restaurants-gyms-shops.html

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