Pop Unmuted

On the last episode of 2015, Kurt Trowbridge and Scott Interrante are joined by Kira Grunenberg and Annie Dineen to discuss our favorite songs of the year. Kurt picks Carly Rae Jepsen's "Run Away With Me," Annie picks Chris Stapleton's "Tennessee Whiskey," Kira picks Little May's "Home," and Scott picks Carly Rae Jepsen's "Let's Get Lost."

On this Pop-Up episode of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge discuss four of their favorite Christmas songs and the phenomenon of holiday music.

On Episode 17 of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge are joined by MTV Staff Writer Patrick Hosken and Prtls Creative Director Tyler Andere to talk about Justin Bieber's Purpose and One Direction's Made in the A.M..

On this Pop-Up episode of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge discuss thew new single from Adele's upcoming 25, "Hello" along with the records it's already set and the reasons behind the Adele phenomenon.

How do we communicate our thoughts and feelings on pop music? What is mainstream pop music's cultural position and in what ways is that related to gender? On Episode 16 of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge are joined by fellow pop music podcasters Ellen Mayer and Charlie Harding to talk about talking about pop.

On this Pop-Up episode of Pop Unmuted, Kurt Trowbridge and Scott Interrante discuss a trend they've noticed popping up in recent pop songs: one note melodies. They discuss some recent and historic examples of the technique, why songwriters might employ it, and what it brings to the meaning of the music.

On Episode 15 of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge are joined by fandom scholars Helena Dare-Edwards and Dr. Mark Duffett to discuss pop fandom, fan screaming, and the power of fan armies. The group then turns their attention to Justin Bieber's come-back single, "What Do You Mean?"

On this Pop-Up episode of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge thank the contributors to the Pop Unmuted Kickstarter campaign. They then go into an extended edition of the regular Unmuted Pop Songs recommendation segment.

On Episode 14 of Pop Unmuted, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge are joined by Annie Galvin, a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Virginia and Alice Bolin, a poet and essayist to talk about different aspects of pop lyrics. The panel then discusses the latest album from country singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material.

The Pop Unmuted podcast will now be releasing mini "pop-up" episodes regularly between regular episodes of the show, so you can now look forward to two episodes a month. On the first pop-up, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge share and discuss some of their favorite recent songs