Dissect
Analyzing the music and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode. Join host Cole Cuchna as he dives deep into albums by Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Radiohead, Beyonce, Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, and more. Let's Dissect.
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Nov 23, 2021 • 48min
S9E8 - Small Worlds by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its eighth track, “Small Worlds.”Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 16, 2021 • 38min
S9E7 - Ladders by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its seventh track, “Ladders.”Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 42min
S9E6 - Wings by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its sixth track, “Wings.”Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 2, 2021 • 50min
S9E5 - Self Care by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its fifth track, “Self Care.”Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 26, 2021 • 45min
S9E4 - Perfecto by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its fourth track, “Perfecto.”This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 21, 2021 • 1h 33min
Dissecting Mac Miller's Faces
S9 co-writer Camden Ostrander joins Cole to discuss their approach to Swimming In Circles before dissecting Faces, Mac's 2014 mixtape that recently hit streaming services.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 36min
S9E3 - What's The Use? by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its third track, “What’s The Use?” It’s here that Mac at once asks the fundamental existential question (“what’s the use?”) and dismisses the need to ask questions at all (“what’s the use?”).This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2021 • 39min
S9E2 - Hurt Feelings by Mac Miller
We continue our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s Swimming with its second track, “Hurt Feelings.” Produced by J Cole, the song finds Mac establishing one of the central themes of the album: the multiplicity of emotions -- how we can feel one way one minute, and another way the next.This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 5, 2021 • 41min
S9E1 - Mac Miller: Swimming in Circles
We begin our season-long analysis of Mac Miller’s conceptual double album Swimming In Circles.This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.Shop Season 9 merchandise here.Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 31, 2021 • 34min
S8E13 - Epilogue: The Life of Pablo
Yeezus brought Kanye to the church steps with his divine woman. But what happened after the vows were exchanged? That's the journey of The Life of Pablo.Follow Cole's new show KEY NOTES on Spotify. Premieres June 29th.Watch "How Kanye West Uses Samples to Tell Stories" Analysis Video.Shop Season 8 merch here.Follow Dissect on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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