{"podcast":{"title":"Talk ’90s to me","slug":"talk-90s-to-me-7427236","podcast_index_feed_id":7427236,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR2448691535","website_url":"https://www.podmasters.co.uk","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c62c1c7c-60b3-11f0-bc3c-93387a404277/image/40b6b4aee8c18a58ea6998af0f0fc1a3.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Podmasters","episode_count":53,"summary":"Diving deep into a wild decade of chaos, creativity and hedonism – from Oasis to ‘Friends’, from grunge to girl power, from Kate Moss to alcopops to ‘Trainspotting’ and beyond. Join award-winning Observer journalist and Smash Hits graduate Miranda Sawyer as she meets the people who were really there for the decade of Cool Britannia, Cantona and the Chemical Generation. Follow us on Instagram and BlueSky for clips, behind the scenes content and to send us your questions & thoughts! You can now support us on Patreon! Help support the podcast and get episodes early and ad-free, bonus content and some EXCELLENT merch. Talk ’90s To Me – could a podcast BE any more brilliant? Talk ’90s To Me is a Podmasters production.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T08:17:05.837026+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-90s-to-me-7427236"},"episode":{"title":"Björk! – The National Elf Service… and how she shaped the ’90s","slug":"bj-rk-the-national-elf-service-and-how-she-shaped-the-90s","published_at":"2026-02-16T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-90s-to-me-7427236/bj-rk-the-national-elf-service-and-how-she-shaped-the-90s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-90s-to-me-7427236","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4633595981.mp3?updated=1771006393","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4633595981.mp3?updated=1771006393","summary":"Diving deep into all things ’90s. Pop was trying very hard to look polished, predictable and a little bit American in the early ’90s… then Björk arrived, barefoot, uncompromising, and sounding like the future of music. She didn’t just release hit records. She blew open the idea of what a pop star could be: experimental but chart-friendly, weird but deeply human. In this episode of Talk ’90s to Me, journalist and author of Bjork’s Hegemonic, Emily Mackay joins Miranda to look back on Björk’s astonishing decade. The creative highs, the tabloid lows, the boundary-pushing videos and ask how one Icelandic artist quietly reshaped the entire sound and attitude of the ’90s. Photo: Mick Hutson RIP/Getty. • Want an extra mini-pod every two weeks, early ad free episodes and access to merch? ⁠Support us on Patreon Follow us on: BlueSky Instagram TikTok Subscribe to our Spotify playlist • Buy Miranda’s book Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs or Emily’s book Bjork’s Hegemonic through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll be helping the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact ads@podmasters.co.uk to find out moreWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Liam Tait. Audio and video production by Tom Taylor. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Soniq Branding from Artlist. Talk ’90s To Me is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi…","meta_description":"Diving deep into all things ’90s. Pop was trying very hard to look polished, predictable and a little bit American in the early ’90s… then Björk arrived,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-90s-to-me-7427236/episodes/bj-rk-the-national-elf-service-and-how-she-shaped-the-90s/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-90s-to-me-7427236/bj-rk-the-national-elf-service-and-how-she-shaped-the-90s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}