Consequence Podcast Network

Liz Phair on New Album Soberish, Touring with Alanis Morissette and Garbage, and Exit in Guyville

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Paul Weller on Iggy Pop, The Beatles, and Fat Pop (Volume 1)

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Stanning BTS: Smooth Like Butter

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Jakob Dylan on The Wallflowers’ First Album in Nine Years and How Tom Petty’s Worst Song Is “Still Better Than Most”

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AFI’s Davey Havok on Co-Writing with Billy Corgan and The Power of Early MTV

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Bill Withers Remains a Voice of Protest for the Disenfranchised

<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-20T21:15:48+00:00“>May 20, 2021 | 5:15pm ET Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Presented by Consequence and Sony, Season 14 of The Opus podcast is back to explore the legacy of one of soul music’s most iconic albums: Bill Withers’ landmark debut, Just as I Am. Even as we exited the era of the civil rights movement, the need for protest music was as prevalent as ever when Just as I Am was released in 1971. Fast forward 50 years, and those songs continue to be sung by voices gathering in the streets, most recently by those demanding justice under the Black Lives Matter banner. As our country continues to wrestle with racial inequity, ti...

Stanning BTS: Butter Be Ready!

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Gary Numan on His New Album, Intruder, and His “Fascination with Emotion”

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Rootsland: Meditations On Marley

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Adam Duritz on Channeling The Who and Counting Crows’ Influence on Emo

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Surfaces on LP4, Working with Elton John, and Making Feel-Good Music

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Bill Withers Went from Blue-Collar Everyman to Soul Legend

<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-13T19:45:16+00:00“>May 13, 2021 | 3:45pm ET Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Consequence and Sony are back with Season 14 of The Opus, an exploration of legendary albums and their ongoing legacy. This time out, host Jill Hopkins explores how a “regular guy” like Bill Withers turned into a soul legend with his debut record, Just as I Am. When Withers began recording Just as I Am, he was still working in the Weber Aircraft factory in California; that picture on the album’s cover was literally shot during his lunch break. A year later, after being nominated for three Grammys and winning...