#SWOONSTEP

Ashley

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, your wireless home for babes of the women and non-binary variety talking about their favorite music and their heart-stopping crushes. This week we're joined by Ashley to discuss provocateurs The Chainsmokers and our group love of "Paris," as well as the state and future of One Direction. Ashley shares her crushes and spoiler/no spoiler she's a Matty Healy faithful. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Indie Rock Is Back

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast where women and non-binary people gush about babes and bops. This week Crystal and Megan are talking about catching concerts in unfamiliar cities and travelling for bands, the return of indie rock, and fake couples that seem real and real couples that seem fake. If it sounds like three great tastes that have nothing to do with each other -- yes, correct. 

Torri

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast that's all about babes and bangers. This week we're joined by Torri Yates-Orr to dig into Sam Hunt's much anticipated new single "Drinkin' Too Much," plus Azealia Banks and her (newfound?) affinity for blood sacrifice and the Drake/J.Lo promo package. We wrap up the episode with Torri dishing on her crushes, plus some truly memorable childhood stories. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Year in Review 2016

Sophie

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, your destination for bops and the babes who make them. This week we're joined by Sophie to weigh the pros and cons of politically minded pop stars from Kanye to Beyoncé to The 1975's Matty Healy. As the internet's resident One Nineologist, Sophie gives us the scoop on The 1975's current goings on, as well as giving the band some practical advice on how to get their shit together. As is our custom, we grill Sophie on all her crushes and her answers are nothing short of delightful.

It’s Fake

Angela

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, your home for women and non-binary people gushing about their favorite music and their hot crushes. This week we're joined by Angela to talk about the intersection of music and technology. Our conversation spans from the way Apple shapes the music industry to using computers to make music. And, as always, we get the scoop on her crushes. This was a dream podcast we've been dying to record, so check it out and enjoy! Thanks for listening.

Megan & Crystal Do Festivals 2016

Crystal & Megan Do Pop

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, your local watering hole for babes and bangers. This epsiode features your hosts digging into why "Closer" by The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey is not only a certified massive hit, not only the song of summer ending, but a perfect piece of pop music. Plus! We predict everything that goes down at the VMAs before they air and think about what constitutes a pop emergency.

Gaya

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast that is and always will be the foremost authority on all things music and crushes. This week we are joined by Gaya for a wonderful, funny, and informative episode that covers everything from her vocal crushes on Unnikrishnan, Shreya Ghoshal, and Hariharan to her love of Wrock and Kpop.

Gaya writes for The Singles Jukebox and Seoulbeats.

MIRANDA LAMBERT 4EVA

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast where women and non-binary people discuss music and the musicians they have crushes on! This week we’re taking ourselves seriously and discussing anxiety among male pop stars (as well as the artists who seem suited to the spotlight), the treasure chest that is rap stars collaborating with EDM DJs, and the new Miranda Lambert single -- a song so thoughtful and heartbreaking and repeat-worthy that it earned its own segment. If you’re a new listener or you’ve been with us from the start, we hope you enjoy this episode.

The Calvin Swift Saga

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast that's always about music and the musicians we're crushing on, except for this week when it's about music and the musicians that make us sick! Due to overwhelming interest, we're sharing our thoughts on the Calvin Swift Saga -- TW: they are gross! -- but first you have to listen to us rage over Ticketmaster, the return of The Avalanches, and the sort of inexplicable popularity of Twenty One Pilots (Megan likes them! Kind of!) Try not to faint.

Danielle

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast that is exclusively about babes and bangers unless you can produce evidence of Nicki Minaj bars about the NBA finals. This week we're joined by Danielle Scruggs to talk deep cuts, deep diving an artist's catalog, her work as a photographer and one particularly interesting crush.

Danielle is the Director of Photography for the Chicago Reader, she runs the Black Women Directors account and is working closely with Black Archives.

We Turned 2

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP, the podcast about babes and bangers. We turned two years old this week and we're in the celebrating spirit. On the table is Song of the Summer, the Collapse of Country Music, and Ariana Grande. We're in a silly and fun mood, super proud of everything we've built over the last 24 months.

ELISABETH

Welcome back to #SWOONSTEP! This week we are joined by the internet's esteemed Elisabeth Sanders to discuss why Mike Posner's pathos is endearing and how much we all adore his sad sack persona and love his gutwrenching habit of keeping a personal blog devoted to every time he felt insulted on Twitter. MPos is a gem. Also up for dissection: why it's gross that Orlando Bloom thoroughly frisked Selena Gomez in a club. Plus a fresh batch of crushes!

Enjoy and thanks for listening!

ROUNDTABLE: VIEWS

Welcome back to the world's foremost podcast dedicated to the subtle art of the duality between musician thirst and musical analysis. This week we're joined by Alesia and Kyrell to discuss Drake's platinum minted Views. Have you ever dry cried?

Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Alesia is a host of @blkgirlstalking and tweets from @aaaisela

ROUNDTABLE: LEMONADE

In the wake of Beyoncé rearranging our Qs so 4 falls in April, #SWOONSTEP sat down with two total genius babes to discuss the mythology of LEMONADE. We're joined this episode by Aurelia and Danielle who help us break down the imagery and influence of Beyoncé's world record setting sixth straight number one album.

Aurelia is a co-host of the fantastic Black Girls Talking podcast (@blkgirlstalking) and she tweets from @aurelia_nicole.