This year’s voter calling season comes to an end with a mega-sode—Joe & Kristen call up eight more Rock Hall voters to see who they’re choosing on their ballot this year.…

Pop critic, chart analyst and host of the Hit Parade podcast Chris Molanphy joins DJ Louie once again for the second part of our series on Diana Ross, discussing Diana’s transition from lead singer for The Supremes into solo superstar.…

Our tour through the categories continues with a discussion of the Oscar nominees for Original Song. Returning guests Mick Coogan (songwriter), Louis Weeks (score composer) and Chris Molanphy (chart analyst and fellow podcast host) offer their insights.…

Pop critic, chart analyst and host of the Hit Parade podcast Chris Molanphy joins DJ Louie for the first of a two-part series on American Icon, Diana Ross. Louie and Chris walk through The Supremes’ astounding run of ’60s hits.…

"The organic nature of the audience landing on 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' really is the marketplace picking the single and that's quite unusual, especially for an animated film," says Chris Molanphy, Slate's chart analyst and host of music history podcast Hit Parade.

Critic and podcaster Chris Molanphy (Slate’s Hit Parade) returns to the show to nerd out with Joe & Kristen about the taste differences between the Nominating Committee and the larger voting body. What artists are popular with the NomCom but…

In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman’s breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and career was…

“She's a stronger singer now than she was even a decade ago,” says Chris Molanphy, music critic for Slate and host of the “Hit Parade” podcast. “Adele gives you a consistent product…In the six years she's been gone, there have been several cycles of pop music, and Adele seems to float above all of it.”

Steve, Dana and Carl Wilson are joined by host of Slate’s Hit Parade podcast (and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voter!) Chris Molanphy to discuss this year’s Rock Hall inductees and the institution at large.…

Back for his second episode. Slate magazine’s resident pop critic & chart analyst Chris Molanphy chats with me about the definition of a “Smash,” why the demographics of the artists on the charts have changed over time, and how much…