From Prince’s vocal personas to Beyoncé and Britney’s feminist takes on sexy cyborgs, many social revolutions have started in the recording studio.... more
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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
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