This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, features an interview with the country star Maren Morris, discussing:
00:00 Introduction
1:03 What it took to begin her career in country music
7:01 Arriving in Nashville at the peak of “bro country,” with few women on the charts
19:20 Receiving backlash from her earliest singles for not being faithful to the genre
22:57 Choosing to now step back from participating in country music institutions such as award shows and radio promotion
24:18 Speaking out against Nashville’s poor track record of providing opportunities for female and non-white performers, and also against peers like Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean
39:04 How the rightward politicization of country music has changed the tenor of working in Nashville, and the breakthrough of Oliver Anthony
57:44 Her recent EP, “The Bridge,” and working on new music with Jack Antonoff
1:00:44 A Texas-themed snack of the week
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