60 Songs That Explain the '90s
Hosted by Rob Harvilla · The Ringer
4.8from 8,320 ratings
- 187
- Episodes
- 72
- Transcribed
- 8,320
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 6M
- YouTube views
About 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
First came '60 Songs That Explain the '90s.' (We did that.) Then came '60 Songs That Explain the '90s: The 2000s.' (We're doing that now—and yes, that's the actual name.) But whether you want to jump back to the Clinton years or join us as we reboot our old iPods, you can find all of the collected works of Rob Harvilla below. Come back each Wednesday for a new episode.
- Publisher
- The Ringer
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Oct 2020
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
72 of 187 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
E-40 — “Tell Me When To Go”
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fountains of Wayne — “Stacy’s Mom”
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
At The Drive-In — “One Armed Scissor”
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E-40 — “Tell Me When To Go”
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, maybe a bridge, verse, chorus, etc. E40 adheres to all of that, basically. Too much deviation is unnatural, unexpected, displeasing. In pop music, rap music, whatever, true greatness and legitimate innovation depends on a very specific combination of the familiar and the unfamiliar. […]
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- Logan Murdock
- Annie Zaleski
- Suzy Exposito
- Jon Caramanica
- Leslie Gray Streeter
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- YouTube views
- 5,847,542
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 1,162 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 7,158 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 69
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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