Jacob & Kieran discuss the big stories of October, including some conservative party conference shitfuckery, a load of rain and what is happening in Palestine.

Resources

• Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
• Myths database
• Séamus Malekafzali (Journalism about the Middle East)
• How Israel Influences Social Media (Video Essay)
• Uncomplicating The "Complicated" (Video Essay)
• It Could Happen Here Podcast (Interview with Sim Kern)
• @SimKern on Tik Tok
• @FakeGyllenhalal on Tik Tok
• @swsstok on Tik Tok

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sevenths (aka Kieran!) has just released an album! In this special bonus episode, Jacob talks to Kieran all about the project!

BUY THE ALBUM ON BANDCAMP!

Stream the album:

Spotify

Apple Music

Deezer

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Jacob dives into the wonderful, colourful and over-promising world of advertising! From catchy songs and sonic idents to companies turning YOU into the advert, we cover a lot of ground in this deep dive.

SOURCE: M&Ms Video

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In September, Jacob & Kieran found out Rishi Sunak hates breathing, train drivers are about to bookend the tory party conference with strikes and XL Bully's aren't even real dogs! Kieran also found an unhinged article about private schools and tax!

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Kieran takes us on a deep dive into AI and its use in the music industry; are machines about to take over the creation of art?

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During August, we saw The British Museum recover a handful of the items stolen from it in the slowest crime wave in the decade, the NHS continues to fall after years of political underfunding and the international chess federation banned trans women in the dumbest shit we've ever heard!

Also, Jacob's been in foraging Conservative Woman...

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month in the news, we saw "Sir Kid Starver" become Keith's new nickname, Twitter became ER and Just Stop Oil kept being awesome! Then, Jacob and Kieran discuss why the soundtrack for Heartstopper was so perfect with Jacob managing a rug pull over Red, White and Royal Blue! Yay July!

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Kieran takes us on a deep dive into the world of being a small artist in the world of streaming, Jacob conducts a mini deep dive into Matty Healy after Rina Sawayama's Glastonbury set, and we take on a deep dive that didn't end well for a few ultra wealthy folk in June.

Sources: Pay Per Stream, Spotify’s Discovery Boost, User-Centric Streaming

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, is Eurovision political? The answer will SHOCK YOU! In Jacob's deep dive, they discover a communist version of Eurovision while Kieran struggles to find an appropriate alternative to the word 'crash' to describe what happened to the gates of Downing Street.

Sources: Decolonize Palestine, The [Queer] Politics of Eurovision, Pride (and why I felt ashamed to be there), Intervision Song Contest and multiple Eurovision related Wikipedia pages because I struggle to read academic!

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob and Kieran debrief after the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Our round up of May will feature a deep dive into the politics of Eurovision!

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.