The Inventory

Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

Power Hour creates one tight 60-minute set from a musician’s discography or a genre, picking both big hits and deeper cuts.

6/13/19

9:00 AM

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Power Hour6/13/19

Justifying our love: An hour of Madonna’s greatest non-hits

Alex McLevy & Kelsey J. Waite

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5/30/19

11:00 AM

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Power Hour5/30/19

Power Hour5/30/19

Fairweather friends: Elton John’s best collaborations, from Aretha to A Tribe Called Quest

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1/3/19

11:00 AM

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Power Hour1/3/19

Full tank of gas and a ’69 Tempest: An hour of great mainstream country from the ’80s and ’90s

Laura M. Browning

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10/27/18

9:00 AM

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Power Hour10/27/18

Power Hour10/27/18

Beyond “Monster Mash”: 60 minutes of killer tunes for your graveyard smash

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10/12/18

3:00 PM

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Power Hour10/12/18

Power Hour10/12/18

Fembots, dancing queens, and love fools: 60 minutes of Swedish pop

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9/19/18

7:00 AM

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Power Hour9/19/18

60 minutes proving De La Soul is one of hip-hop’s greats—but its legacy is in danger

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7/16/18

10:00 AM

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Power Hour7/16/18

Moving out from “The Middle”: 60 minutes of eternal adolescence with Jimmy Eat World

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6/19/18

8:00 AM

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Power Hour6/19/18

Get caught up on K-pop in 60 minutes

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5/22/18

7:00 AM

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Power Hour5/22/18

Wearing and tearing: An hour of classic rockers grappling with punk and new wave

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4/23/18

10:00 AM

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Power Hour4/23/18

Power Hour4/23/18

60 minutes proving the ’90s is when punk covers of pop hits first swarmed the mainstream

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3/13/18

2:00 PM

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Power Hour3/13/18

Power Hour3/13/18

Shotgun 60 Guided By Voices songs in just 60 minutes

Sean O'Neal and Katie Rife

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10/17/17

11:00 AM

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Power Hour10/17/17

Load up your own heist playlist with 60 minutes of Baby Driver-inspired music

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8/16/17

1:00 AM

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Power Hour8/16/17

Have the time of your life with 60 minutes of schlocky movie love songs

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5/22/17

1:00 AM

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Power Hour5/22/17

Meet the many faces (and masks) of MF Doom in 60 minutes

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5/2/17

1:00 AM

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Power Hour5/2/17

“Timothy” was delicious: 60 minutes of death-fueled ’70s story songs

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2/28/17

1:07 PM

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Power Hour2/28/17

Spend an hour getting to know Future, the best and bleakest rapper alive

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10/6/16

1:00 AM

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Power Hour10/6/16

Hear the scope of Liz Phair’s underrated career in 58 minutes

Jesse Hassenger

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9/29/16

1:00 AM

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Power Hour9/29/16

There’s lots to love in Bruce Springsteen’s post-2000 career

Caitlin PenzeyMoog

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9/14/16

1:00 AM

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Power Hour9/14/16

Screeching tires and busting glass: Defining the teen-tragedy song in 60 minutes

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8/5/16

1:00 AM

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Power Hour8/5/16

60 minutes of Dinosaur Jr.’s stormy guitar epics

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