{"podcast":{"title":"Pop Shop Podcast","slug":"pop-shop-podcast-973975","podcast_index_feed_id":973975,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PMC1900238962","website_url":"https://www.billboard.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9363bd18-a988-11eb-a9c5-636a6bd3f776/image/jlxyec48-popshop-resize.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Billboard","episode_count":689,"summary":"Billboard's Keith Caulfield (Managing Director, Charts and Data Operations) and Katie Atkinson (Executive Digital Director, West Coast) offer weekly Billboard chart breakdowns, discuss the hottest music news and cover the year’s biggest musical events. Casual pop fans, chart junkies and everyone in between are invited to this weekly half-hour discussion.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-shop-podcast-973975"},"episode":{"title":"Mumford & Sons on Getting Back Into the Ring With 'Prizefighter,' Album's 'Fairy Godmother' Gracie Abrams & Why A.I. Can't Make Their Music","slug":"mumford-sons-on-getting-back-into-the-ring-with-prizefighter-album-s-fairy-godmother-gracie-abrams-why-a-i-can-t-make-their-music","published_at":"2026-02-25T02:27:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-shop-podcast-973975/mumford-sons-on-getting-back-into-the-ring-with-prizefighter-album-s-fairy-godmother-gracie-abrams-why-a-i-can-t-make-their-music","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-shop-podcast-973975","url":"https://chrt.fm/track/8EFC71/pdcn.co/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC9824376341.mp3","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/8EFC71/pdcn.co/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC9824376341.mp3","summary":"When it comes to Mumford & Sons’ new Prizefighter album, “I think this is the best music we’ve ever made,” Marcus Mumford declares to the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast. “I love it more than anything we’ve ever done.” Prizefighter is the band’s sixth full-length studio effort and comes less than a year after its last set, March 2025’s Rushmere. That’s a fast turnaround for a group that historically has gone between two-and-a-half to six years between albums — but it was a chance meeting with writer/musician/producer Aaron Dessner that sparked the shortest wait between albums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"When it comes to Mumford & Sons’ new Prizefighter album, “I think this is the best music we’ve ever made,” Marcus Mumford declares to the Billboard Pop Sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3793,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pop-shop-podcast-973975/episodes/mumford-sons-on-getting-back-into-the-ring-with-prizefighter-album-s-fairy-godmother-gracie-abrams-why-a-i-can-t-make-their-music/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-shop-podcast-973975/mumford-sons-on-getting-back-into-the-ring-with-prizefighter-album-s-fairy-godmother-gracie-abrams-why-a-i-can-t-make-their-music.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}