{"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":"Britney Spears – the world’s most powerful teenager","slug":"britney-spears-the-world-s-most-powerful-teenager","published_at":"2026-01-19T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-90s-to-me-7427236/britney-spears-the-world-s-most-powerful-teenager","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-90s-to-me-7427236","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1115577307.mp3?updated=1768583287","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1115577307.mp3?updated=1768583287","summary":"Diving deep into all things ’90s. In 1999, Britney Spears exploded into pop superstardom. One song, one video, and suddenly she was everywhere with barely any build-up and no room to breathe. Was Britney’s debut a pop miracle, or the start of a life lived on other people’s terms? This week, Miranda Sawyer is joined by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, author Being Britney, to look back at culture that made her, adored her, and then watched as the consequences played out in public? • Want an extra mini-pod every two weeks, early ad free episodes and access to some mint merch? ⁠Support us on Patreon • Go to https://surfshark.com/t9tm or use code T9TM at checkout to get 4extra months of Surfshark VPN! Follow us on: BlueSky Instagram TikTok Subscribe to our Spotify playlist • Buy Miranda’s book Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs and Jennifer’s book Being Britney Pieces of a Modern Icon 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. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Diving deep into all things ’90s. In 1999, Britney Spears exploded into pop superstardom. One song, one video, and suddenly she was everywhere with barely…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3865,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-90s-to-me-7427236/episodes/britney-spears-the-world-s-most-powerful-teenager/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/britney-spears-the-world-s-most-powerful-teenager.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}