{"podcast":{"title":"Popcast","slug":"popcast-55192","podcast_index_feed_id":55192,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/W1rB_kgL","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/popcast-pop-music-podcast","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9257fd86-22fe-4866-89a9-12c73a57a552/7d8f085e-cd8b-44c3-ada7-3da4f2256f9e/3000x3000/caeea2148c5651638ebd01c5abd91b0bca8aa3e21c6d30a32130e1fabc9aae8a4d706cc68dac63427b2af8090e5ea15cef4d57467c6bac60dc9e7870ffeeea5a.jpeg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The New York Times","episode_count":562,"summary":"Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times, and Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:21:55.531985+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcast-55192"},"episode":{"title":"Jack Harlow on Pivoting to R&B With ‘Monica,’ Dating in NYC and Finding Himself","slug":"jack-harlow-on-pivoting-to-r-b-with-monica-dating-in-nyc-and-finding-himself","published_at":"2026-03-13T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcast-55192/jack-harlow-on-pivoting-to-r-b-with-monica-dating-in-nyc-and-finding-himself","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcast-55192","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/popcast-pop-music-podcast","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/9257fd86-22fe-4866-89a9-12c73a57a552/episodes/7fd1984b-f696-4f07-89f6-e3a8039c7e23/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=9257fd86-22fe-4866-89a9-12c73a57a552&awEpisodeId=7fd1984b-f696-4f07-89f6-e3a8039c7e23&feed=W1rB_kgL","summary":"Following smash hits like “Whats Poppin,” “First Class” and “Lovin on Me,” the Louisville musician is making a true pivot to intimate, hand-played R&B on his fourth album. In this exclusive interview, Harlow talks race, ego and the rules he instituted while recording “Monica.”","meta_description":"Following smash hits like “Whats Poppin,” “First Class” and “Lovin on Me,” the Louisville musician is making a true pivot to intimate, hand-played R&B on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4262,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcast-55192/episodes/jack-harlow-on-pivoting-to-r-b-with-monica-dating-in-nyc-and-finding-himself/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcast-55192/jack-harlow-on-pivoting-to-r-b-with-monica-dating-in-nyc-and-finding-himself.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}