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Hey, it's Michael.
Today, we're going to do something a little bit different.
We're going to hand our show over to our colleagues at Popcast, the Times' pop culture show.
It's hosted by music critic John Caramonica and culture reporter Joe Coscarelli.
You've heard both of them on The Daily before,
talking about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance, not to mention Joe's interview with Taylor Swift,
which was featured in our episode a few weeks ago about the 30 greatest living American songwriters,
except, of course, for Billy Joel, who got snubbed.
The big news is that Popcast will now be coming out every week as both an audio and video show featuring
some of the biggest names in music and culture, like A$AP Rocky, Anne Hathaway, Rosalia, and many more.
We love what Popcast is doing, and we want to share it with you.
So take a listen to John and Joe's recent interview with the singer Olivia Rodrigo about her new album,
her songwriting process, and her thoughts about speaking out about politics.