{"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":"Which Jay-Z Album Is Better? ‘Reasonable Doubt’ vs. ‘The Blueprint’","slug":"which-jay-z-album-is-better-reasonable-doubt-vs-the-blueprint","published_at":"2026-07-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcast-55192/which-jay-z-album-is-better-reasonable-doubt-vs-the-blueprint","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/c3f5d858-637d-4caa-a5a0-ebcef1f298e9/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=9257fd86-22fe-4866-89a9-12c73a57a552&awEpisodeId=c3f5d858-637d-4caa-a5a0-ebcef1f298e9&feed=W1rB_kgL","summary":"Ahead of Jay-Z’s three-night residency at Yankee Stadium celebrating the anniversaries of his classic albums “Reasonable Doubt” (1996) and “The Blueprint” (2001), Jon and Joe sat down to debate which project stands as Jay-Z’s most definitive body of work – breaking down the best bars, skippable tracks, MVP collaborators and more.","meta_description":"Ahead of Jay-Z’s three-night residency at Yankee Stadium celebrating the anniversaries of his classic albums “Reasonable Doubt” (1996) and “The Blueprint”…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3590,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcast-55192/episodes/which-jay-z-album-is-better-reasonable-doubt-vs-the-blueprint/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcast-55192/which-jay-z-album-is-better-reasonable-doubt-vs-the-blueprint.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}