Material Issues

About Material Issues

David Bash of International Pop Overthrow Festival and Mark Hershberger of Pop Detective Records discuss power pop, pop music, releases, collectibles, news of the moment and many other things in a fun and, sometimes, irreverent manner! Join us for incredible interviews of musicians, actors, authors, sports figures, celebrities and the like! Also...hear great new music, Stump the Bash music trivia, and pop culture musings! The VIDEO podcast goes live every Sunday night at 8 pm EST at materialissues.com

Publisher

Mark W Hershberger

Category

arts · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 May 2021

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

275 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Material Issues Episode #271 featuring Jay Gilbert (Universal, Sony, Warner Music)

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2. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Material Issues Episode #270 featuring Scott Phares of The Hollywood Stars!

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3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Material Issues Episode #269 with David and Mark! IPO LA!

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Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

28,858

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

30

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Books guests

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