Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What American pop has to do with race, love, sex and religion
Eroticism has always been a driving force in American popular music, and it has always shaped American ideas -- about sex, love, race, spirituality, feminism, and freedom.
By Madeleine Brand • • 47m ListenBook cover image courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers.
In this episode
4 storiesThe legal fight over who will run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Two people are vying to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. One is White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, who brought CFPB employees donuts on his first day.
Read the story9 minWhat has the CFPB accomplished?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created after the 2008 financial crisis as a way to keep lenders, banks, and other businesses in check.
Read the story8 minHow Wall Street created a housing disaster for millions of Mexicans
An LA Times investigation finds that hastily built communities across Mexico are falling apart. Streets are buckling. Houses are bursting into flames. There’s no clean drinking water. We find out how Wall Street helped create the disaster.
Read the story11 min'Good Booty:' A book about music, love, sex and religion
Eroticism has always been a driving force in American popular music. And American popular music has always shaped American ideas -- not just about sex, but also love, race, spirituality, feminism, and freedom.
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