The season 1 finale of Critical Listening is now live for patrons and with us to send off the year we have none other than the internet’s busiest music nerd himself: Anthony Fantano. Subscribe and hear in full at patreon.com/criticallistening, see you in 2026!

Episode 9 is now available on all platforms besides the Swedish app, with a bonus episode from the live taping now available for patrons only, sign up at patreon.com/criticallistening to hear all bonus eps and catch up on Season 1 of Critical Listening before the finale at the end of the month!

Episode 9 LIVE at Purchase College is available now for all patrons and will be available on all major platforms besides the Swedish app next week alongside some Patreon-exclusive bonus content! www.patreon.com/posts/145104...

episode 8 of @criticallistening.bsky.social w/ Amirtha Kidambi of Elder Ones & Neti-Neti — on music in an era of mass dehumanization, using the show space as an organizing space, and a lot more. available now for subscribers & will be out everywhere else next week www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

For Episode 8 we have composer, educator, curator, and activist Amirtha Kidambi stopping by. We discuss the inseparability of politics from pedagogy as teaching artists, the importance of solidarity amongst working artists of all backgrounds and styles, and the need for us to Do-It-Together.

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Episode 7: October 2025 Headlines is now available wherever you get your podcasts besides the Swedish app! If you want to get more critical media at the intersection of music, tech, and culture industry hell, consider supporting the show by signing up for the Patreon at patreon.com/criticallistening

EPISODE 7 a new headlines episode of critical listening is live. this time we are unpacking the major label deals w/ gen-ai companies and what they mean for music writ large. also, ek stepping down from his role as ceo at Spotify. hear it now by becoming a subscriber: www.patreon.com/c/CriticalLi...

<fundraising telethon voice> new critical listening headlines ep posting imminently for patrons... and we’re only 11 paid subscribers away from 100, can you help us get there? patreon.com/criticallist... your support helps us make more episodes! thanks!

Critical media in music tech requires your support in order to keep the lights on, many thanks to all that have signed up for the Patreon so far! Join us at Patreon.com/criticallistening where you’ll get a bonus episode from this interview and much more.

Episode 6: WHY SOUND MATTERS w/ Damon Krukowski @dadadrummer.bsky.social is now available on all platforms besides the Swedish one. We are done calling GenAI music slop, from here on out we’re calling it BIOHAZARDOUS SONIC WASTE PRODUCT. ☣️ 🔊 ☣️ 🔊 ☣️ 🔊 ☣️ 🔊

My book Why Sound Matters is out this week! @lizpelly.bsky.social & @peretsky.bsky.social invited me to talk about it on their excellent podcast @criticallistening.bsky.social, available now wherever you get your podcasts, with one exception (you guessed it!) dadadrummer.substack.com/p/critical-l...

Now available wherever you get your pods minus the Swedish app. Sign up for bonus content on the Patreon at Patreon.com/criticallistening

newsroom.spotify.com/2025-10-16/a... There it is yall, the inevitable conclusion of Perfect Fit Content and Leanback Listening. The platform no longer requires you musician peasant. An in-house slop factory for every medical office waiting room and yoga studio catered to your every passive need.

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Liz and Max are my ideal interlocutors - delighted with how this conversation turned out! Also, they are so skilled at choosing bumper music that I even enjoyed the Galaxie bits @lizpelly.bsky.social @peretsky.bsky.social cc @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @hillnadell.bsky.social

EPISODE 6: WHY SOUND MATTERS w/ DAMON KRUKOWSKI On the occasion of @dadadrummer.bsky.social‘s new book, we spoke about sound as material, music as labor, AI slop as a waste product of music’s financialization & much more. Hear it now by becoming a subscriber: www.patreon.com/c/CriticalLi...

episodes 1-5 of @criticallistening.bsky.social, the podcast i co-host with @peretsky.bsky.social, are avail everywhere but spotify. we’re starting work on eps 6-10 this week. if you would like to support this work pls subscribe here! www.patreon.com/criticallist... tysm

EPISODE 5: AUG 2025 HEADLINES Max & Liz return for another installment of their series diving into some intriguing headlines from across the music, tech and business hellscape. Never fear, we’ve got a bloomscroll in there too. Check it out and support the show at patreon.com/criticallistening

Episode 4 is now available for the public wherever you get your podcasts (besides the swedish app). If you're enjoying the show please support it by signing up at patreon.com/criticallistening

Episode 4: QUITTING STREAMING w/ Andy Cush is now live for patrons and available on all platforms besides the Swedish app next week! Andy is a writer, musician, and co-founder of the worker owned music publication @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Support the show at Patreon.com/criticallistening

Episode 3: July 2025 Headlines is now available on all podcast platforms besides the Swedish app. If you’d like early access to future episodes where we discuss everything related to music tech culture hell, please consider subscribing for $5 a month a patreon.com/criticallistening.

Really grateful for this project rn “the first installment of what we’re calling “Headlines,” diving into a few stories from across the music and tech biz press this month.” 🔥 @criticallistening.bsky.social Episode 3: July 2025 Headlines | Patreon

Episode 3 of your favorite podcast ever by @lizpelly.bsky.social and myself is now live for Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/criticallistening and will be available on public platforms (minus the Swedish one) at the end of the month.

Why are so many artists struggling in a booming music industry? New for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg?...

We’re back with the first installment of what we’re calling Headlines, diving into a few stories from across the music and tech biz press this month. For July, there were some headlines that just seemed impossible to ignore. Listen to the episode in full at patreon.com/criticallistening

Ep 2 of @criticallistening.bsky.social on @umaw.bsky.social is a really interesting deepdive on union organising and political education for musicians in the US. @lizpelly.bsky.social: Re the grassroots scene, would love to hear you dive into the UK’s @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

Great talk with @umaw.bsky.social organizers @joeyquits.bsky.social and Spencer from @theophelias.bsky.social

Episode 2 of the Critical Listening podcast is now on all public platforms besides you know who. Support the show as we grow it out at patreon.com/criticallistening

Episode 2 is now available wherever you get your podcasts (besides the Swedish app). Many thanks to Joey La Neve Defranceso and Spencer Peppet for providing such a great overview of the @umaw.bsky.social organization for our listeners. Catch you on the flip side!

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www.patreon.com/posts/131331... Episode 2 of Critical Listening is now live for patrons and will be available on public platforms next week. In this episode, we’re talking all things @umaw.bsky.social with Steering Committee members Joey La Neve DeFrancesco and Spencer Peppet

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EPISODE 1: We’re chatting with Greg Saunier of @deerhoof.bsky.social about Noble and Godlike in Ruin, the group’s new record for @joyfulnoiserecs.bsky.social , resisting the AI slop machine & much more! Listen: apple.co/4irnN76 Support us & hear a bonus segment: patreon.com/criticallistening

www.patreon.com/posts/127818... A new dispatch from @lizpelly.bsky.social up on the Patreon, sign up to get access to these weekly blurbs from Liz and Max and early access to new episodes, Episode 1 coming very soon!

Myself and Will of Vancouver Jazz Blog rhythmchanges.ca have long been discussing the work of @lizpelly.bsky.social, @chaykak.bsky.social, @peretsky.bsky.social and @diggingthegreats.bsky.social, and finally recorded a few episodes about the internet's effects on music! youtu.be/9B3CHggj6k0

A new podcast called @criticallistening.bsky.social from Liz Pelly and Max Alper offers "sharp takes on music, technology & culture industry hell" www.patreon.com/criticallist...

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Critical Listening Episode 0 is available now on whatever app you listen to podcasts on (except the Swedish one). Subscribe now at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

🚨Introducing Critical Listening, a new podcast from Liz Pelly and Max Alper🚨 Head over to patreon.com/criticallistening to hear episode zero, a short introduction to the show.

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