Life as a Playlist
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -I’m Sarah Black, a writing and communication professor, using this podcast to tell my life story through 64 'Top 40' Billboard songs. These aren’t necessarily my favorite songs although some are, or the best songs, but rather my life as a playlist.
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Episodes
Debbie Gibson and Swing Out Sister
March 01, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe future for Life as a Playlist and my eight happiest childhood memories. #DebbieGibson #SwingOutSister
The Spinners and The Four Tops
February 08, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBHow Covid-19 has exacerbated injustices in our criminal justice system, and honoring the life of a beloved student #Covid-19 #EndMassIncarceration #Motown #FourTops #TheSpinners
My Top 10 Divas of the 2010s
January 04, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBYour favorite diva for the 2010s based on audience vote is Lizzo! Hear all about her and my 9 favorites of the decade here. #divas
The Calling and The Pointer Sisters
December 25, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBLuke Allen, host of Christmas Actually, joins me to discuss the soundtrack of Love Actually and its top-40 songs. #thecalling #pointersisters #loveactually #christmas
Frank Sinatra and Florence + The Machine
December 14, 2020 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBChildhood rejection, the subsequent fear of failure, self-forgiveness, and forging a new identity. #frank sinatra #florenceandthemachine #atichyphobia
27 Male Vocalists
November 30, 2020 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBI ranked your nominations for the most emotionally resonant pop/rock male vocalists of all time in an unscientific and highly subjective order. See where your favorite landed!
Martha and the Vandellas, George Jones & Brenda Carter, Public Enemy, Bruce Springsteen, and Ray Charles
November 09, 2020 21:08 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBSongs for the 5 states that flipped from red to blue, and a huge thank you to Navajo Nation, Rural Utah Project, Fair Fight, and Black Voters Matter. #FairFight #BlackVotesMatter #StaceyAbrams #LaToshaBrown #Georgia #Pennsylvania #ChuckD #RayCharles
Everlast and Ani DiFranco and Marilyn Manson
November 02, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBFrom Roe v. Wade to 2020 Part 2: the 19 most pro-choice Billboard-charting artists and why we must fight to keep abortion legal in the U.S. #abortion #RoevWade #Everlast #AniDiFranco #MarlynManson
P.O.D. and Digable Planets
October 26, 2020 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBFrom Roe v. Wade to 2020: 60 years of abortion song history in the U.S. by Billboard-charting artists. #RoevWade #abortion #SupremeCourt #AmyConeyBarrett #P_O_D #DigablePlanets
TLC and Korn
October 12, 2020 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBMy 48 hours in a psych ward at age 23. #endstigma #defundthepolice
Lauryn Hill and Peggy Seeger
September 28, 2020 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe long history of eugenics in the U.S.; forced sterilization for women of color and forced births for white women; how white supremacist Christofascists are seizing power through the courts #AmyConeyBarrett #LaurynHill #PeggySeeger
Alicia Keys and Jennifer Lopez
September 14, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBFollow black activist women on twitter, don't be a TERF, and 8 other steps you can take to dismantle the patrarchy.
Lizzo and Alanis Morissette
September 07, 2020 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBFeminist anthems, sexism in podcasting, and a day in the life of one American woman. #Lizzo #Alanis
Incubus and Kasey Musgraves
August 31, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThe second part of an overview of my life experience with music, and marriage. #Incubus #KaseyMusgraves #playlists
Patty Smyth and Destiny's Child
August 24, 2020 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBThe first part of an overview of my life experience with music, different genres, different songs. #PattySmyth #DestinysChild #playlists
Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Wonder
August 17, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBPolitical campaign songs, my ideological evolution, and how to get involved in the 2020 election before it's too late. #FleetwoodMac #StevieWonder #campaignsongs #misogyny #feminism #politics
Madonna and Cardi B
August 10, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBSex, The Talk, first fantasies, and feminist icons. #madonna #cardib
Amy Winehouse and The Cure
August 03, 2020 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBRobert and Luke, the hosts of Two Minutes About Time, join me to discuss the soundtrack of About Time and its top-40 songs. #amywinehouse #thecure #abouttime
NKOTB and Blind Melon
July 27, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBDiscussing middle school mishaps, boy bands, and finding your fellow freaks. #nkotb #blindmelon
Britney and Mariah
July 20, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBDiscussing 90s pop culture, first loves, parasocial relationships, and mental health. #BritneySpears #MariahCarey #divas
Pilot Episode
July 13, 2020 05:24 - 2 minutes - 2.56 MBAn introduction and an explanation of what is to come.