98: MTV Base with Dean Van Nguyen

Music writer Dean Van Nguyen joins us to talk about the bit of pop culture that looms large in his childhood: MTV Base. In our last episode we flirted with doing a whole episode about a TV channel but this week we're going all in. We talked about Beats, Rhymes, and Life, The Lick, Jay Z vs Nas, Napster, Destiny's Child, the legacy of Jackass, and much more.  

We're still self-isolating and recording remotely so please forgive any technical hiccups or sound oddities.

Jenn is @deanvannguyen You can find his writing in Pitchfork, The Guardian, and loads of other places and his book Iron Age: The Art Of Ghostface Killah is out now.

Alan is @alan_maguire.  Juvenalia is his main thing right now.

Sarah is @griffski. Her many books are in all good bookshops.

This episode was produced and edited by Cassie and Alan.

Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.

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