Episode #201 - Kurt Andersen on Why Music Hasn't Changed in Decades
Jan 20, 2021•38 min
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Episode description
In his recent book Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen noted that people have dressed the same for decades, and that music has barely changed since the 1980s. We discuss this decades long stasis, and why it may have happened.
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