Music

The Billboard Hot 100's doom loop, plus a new kind of true-crime story

By Brittany Luse,

Stephen Thompson, Alexis Williams, Jessica Placzek, Liam McBain, Corey Antonio Rose, Barton Girdwood, Jasmine Romero

Published October 27, 2024 at 5:30 AM CDT

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has been at #1 for 15 nonconsecutive weeks.

The same songs sit at the top of the music charts longer than ever, and that has Brittany Luse wondering: Are our listening habits stuck in a doom loop? Brittany chats with NPR music editor Stephen Thompson to get to the bottom of the top of the charts.

Plus, when a daughter or sister disappears, how does a family move on without closure? Host Brittany Luse is joined by Fresh Air co-host Tonya Mosley and her nephew Antonio Wiley to talk about their new kind of true-crime podcast, She Has A Name.

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Brittany Luse

Brittany Luse is an award-winning journalist, on-air host and cultural critic. She is currently the host of It's Been a Minute from NPR. Previously, Luse hosted For Colored Nerds, The Nod and Sampler podcasts, and co-hosted and executive produced The Nod with Brittany and Eric, a daily streaming show. She's written for Vulture and Harper's Bazaar, among others, and edited for the podcasts Planet Money and Not Past It. Luse and her work have been profiled by publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker and Teen Vogue. [Copyright 2024 NPR]

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a host, writer and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist and guest host on All Songs Considered. Thompson also co-hosts the daily NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created with NPR's Linda Holmes in 2010. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

Alexis Williams

Jessica Placzek

Liam McBain

Liam McBain (he/him) is an associate producer on It's Been a Minute. He's interested in stories at the margins of culture.

Corey Antonio Rose

Barton Girdwood

Jasmine Romero