# Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!

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Podcast: [Word In Your Ear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-3755187)
Published: 2026-06-29T18:58:06+00:00
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Tapping the barometer of news to see what’s blistering or stormy, which this week includes …   … “The Man can’t bust our music!”: the crimes and misdemeanours of Clive Davis   … the single biggest change in our lifetimes   ... when did musicians become ‘artists’?   … Johnny Marr’s guitar habit   … unlimited cash and what we’d spend it on   … Madonna smoking at Paris Fashion Week hoping someone would try to stop her   … why Dave doesn’t own any Arista records   … which five Paul Simon songs became film titles?   … a Prime Minister who loves ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ by Big Thief!   … 56 year-old takes annual Dark Side of the Moon test: “and I still don’t like it!”   … are there more registered songwriters or lorry drivers?   Plus the biopic boom and birthday guest Andrew Stocks has a senior moment. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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