Life as a Playlist podcast

Life as a Playlist

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I’m Sarah Black, a writing and communication professor, using this podcast to tell my life story through 64 'Top 40' Billboard songs. These aren’t necessarily my favorite songs although some are, or the best songs, but rather my life as a playlist.

21 Episodes

Debbie Gibson and Swing Out Sister
3/1/2021
24:36
The future for Life as a Playlist and my eight happiest childhood memories. #DebbieGibson #SwingOutSister ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Spinners and The Four Tops
2/8/2021
26:01
How Covid-19 has exacerbated injustices in our criminal justice system, and honoring the life of a beloved student #Covid-19 #EndMassIncarceration #Motown #FourTops #TheSpinners ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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My Top 10 Divas of the 2010s
1/4/2021
38:28
Your favorite diva for the 2010s based on audience vote is Lizzo! Hear all about her and my 9 favorites of the decade here. #divas ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Calling and The Pointer Sisters
12/25/2020
39:07
Luke Allen, host of Christmas Actually, joins me to discuss the soundtrack of Love Actually and its top-40 songs. #thecalling #pointersisters #loveactually #christmas ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Frank Sinatra and Florence + The Machine
12/14/2020
21:18
Childhood rejection, the subsequent fear of failure, self-forgiveness, and forging a new identity. #frank sinatra #florenceandthemachine #atichyphobia ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
27 Male Vocalists
11/30/2020
26:48
I ranked your nominations for the most emotionally resonant pop/rock male vocalists of all time in an unscientific and highly subjective order. See where your favorite landed! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Martha and the Vandellas, George Jones & Brenda Carter, Public Enemy, Bruce Springsteen, and Ray Charles
11/9/2020
21:32
Songs for the 5 states that flipped from red to blue, and a huge thank you to Navajo Nation, Rural Utah Project, Fair Fight, and Black Voters Matter. #FairFight #BlackVotesMatter #StaceyAbrams #LaToshaBrown #Georgia #Pennsylvania #ChuckD #RayCharles ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Everlast and Ani DiFranco and Marilyn Manson
11/2/2020
28:26
From Roe v. Wade to 2020 Part 2: the 19 most pro-choice Billboard-charting artists and why we must fight to keep abortion legal in the U.S. #abortion #RoevWade #Everlast #AniDiFranco #MarlynManson ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
P.O.D. and Digable Planets
10/26/2020
36:48
From Roe v. Wade to 2020: 60 years of abortion song history in the U.S. by Billboard-charting artists. #RoevWade #abortion #SupremeCourt #AmyConeyBarrett #P_O_D #DigablePlanets ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
TLC and Korn
10/12/2020
24:57
My 48 hours in a psych ward at age 23. #endstigma #defundthepolice ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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