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THE POP PROFESSOR PODCAST
The Pop Professor is your crash course in music history, culture, and the moments that shaped pop as we know it. Each episode dives deep into the artistry, industry, and cultural impact behind iconic songs, albums, and artists—from Motown and Disco to 2000s pop stardom and today’s chart-toppers.
Think of it as music history class, but way more fun. Passionate, witty, and insightful, The Pop Professor connects the dots between the hits of yesterday and the sounds of today—proving that pop isn’t just entertainment, it’s culture.
THE POP PROFESSOR PODCAST
Extra Credit: Pop Stars Who Got Left Behind
Every pop era has its winners — but for every band that survives, a dozen get left behind. In this bonus lecture, The Pop Professor takes you on a graveyard tour of pop history’s forgotten giants: the doo-wop idols and teen heartthrobs wiped out by the British Invasion, the Motown hitmakers who lost their crown in the ’70s, the British Invasion copycats who couldn’t keep up with the Beatles, the hair-metal gods made obsolete by grunge, the ’90s alt-rockers blindsided by teen pop, the TRL darlings and nu-metal acts swallowed by the internet, and the viral stars of the 2010s who burned out as quickly as they blew up.
Because pop doesn’t just crown new stars — it eats its old ones. The Left Behind reminds us that even the biggest names can vanish when history shifts, but for one shining moment, they mattered.
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