Send us a text Today we are stepping straight into four decades of controversy, choreography, and calculated control. Madonna. Not just “the Queen of Pop,” but an artist who has treated her own life as a long, shape-shifting performance about power—who gets it, who’s allowed to keep it, and what happens when a woman refuses to sit down, shut up, or age politely. I’m George Bartley. Let’s begin. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in the Detro...
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Send us a text Today we are stepping straight into four decades of controversy, choreography, and calculated control. Madonna. Not just “the Queen of Pop,” but an artist who has treated her own life as a long, shape-shifting performance about power—who gets it, who’s allowed to keep it, and what happens when a woman refuses to sit down, shut up, or age politely. I’m George Bartley. Let’s begin. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in the Detro...
Send us a text Today I want to put two names in the same frame—Joan Baez and Taylor Swift—not because they sound alike or have the same values but because they tell us how the culture around music, fandom, and accessibility to their shows have changed in less than one lifetime. Same art form. Very different worlds. This episode is about those two worlds. No boxing match. No “who’s better.” Just what it means that one night with Baez cost you five dollars, and one night with Swift might co...
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Send us a text Today we are stepping straight into four decades of controversy, choreography, and calculated control. Madonna. Not just “the Queen of Pop,” but an artist who has treated her own life as a long, shape-shifting performance about power—who gets it, who’s allowed to keep it, and what happens when a woman refuses to sit down, shut up, or age politely. I’m George Bartley. Let’s begin. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in the Detro...
