Mark tries to work out what 'I Defy' is about. It turns out to be the answer to something nobody wrote down, and the line he loves most isn't even Joan's.

Nakedly Examined Music · NEM#261: Joan as Policewoman’s Living Growth
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Why would you play a song live exactly like the record? Joan Wasser doesn't see the point, and Mark has a Bob Dylan story about where that leads.

Nakedly Examined Music · NEM#261: Joan as Policewoman’s Living Growth
https://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem261-joan-as-policewoman/

New from Nakedly Examined Music — NEM#261: Joan as Policewoman’s Living Growth

Joan Wasser has played these songs for 20 years, and they've kept changing. So she re-recorded her whole debut album, not to fix it but to document what the…

https://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem261-joan-as-policewoman/

Al on the difference between complicated characters and a complicated show.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Should Furious have ended after one season? Two hosts say yes. Sarahlyn disagrees with both of them.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

What changes when a woman runs a show about sexual violence? Sarahlyn on what Furious never puts on screen.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

Why is a revenge show about old rich men the hit of the season? Mark has a theory about what the audience isn't getting elsewhere.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
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Do you trust the showrunner with a second season? Sarahlyn does. Lawrence needs to see more evidence.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
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Mark reads Emmy Rossum's Wikipedia page. Lawrence has a theory about the author.

Pretty Much Pop · Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious
https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/

New from Pretty Much Pop — Pretty Much Pop #230: Gettin’ Furious

Pretty Much Pop takes on Furious — a female serial killer, three men, and one woman looking forward to being mansplained to.

https://prettymuchpop.com/2026/09/15/pmp230-gettin-furious/