What does it really mean when people say "Tina Turner taught Mick Jagger how to dance"? Join Sasha Geffen as... more

Is the electric guitar really so masculine? Sasha Geffen unravels our misconceptions about how the electric guitar has been gendered... more

This episode unravels how such an unusual, musically different band like R.E.M. was able to enter the mainstream, and how... more

LaBelle, the musical trio of Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash, inspired much of the queer, expressive freedom that... more

Mainstream metal in the 1980s may appear very straight and masculine at first glance, but look a little further with... more

Men have been singing in typically female vocal ranges for decades, and Sasha Geffen shows us how this “falsetto” technique... more

Robotic imagery, prominent in music since the turn of the millennium, confuses traditional expectations about gender and sexuality. But why?... more

How do our ears gender vocal pitch, and what happens when artists intentionally play with this? Sasha Geffen introduces us... more

Welcome to Shattering Gleam, a podcast hosted by music critic and author Sasha Geffen that highlights the stories of pop... more