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Episodes
S7-Ep 26 - The Rebel Heart Tour
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny celebrate the end of Season Seven with a wide-ranging conversation about the Rebel Heart Tour - and it’s Heart Rebel companion, Tears...
S7 - Bonus - PHYSICAL ATTRACTION (Live at Iron/Feather)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny travel way back to 1982 and revisit their 2019 conversation from the FIRST season of ALL I WANT TO DO IS TALK ABOUT MADONNA - LIVE in f...
S7- Ep 25 - Graffiti Heart
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark bust out the spray cans to celebrate the wrapping up of their conversations about the Rebel Heart album. Topics include Basquiat,...
S7- Ep24 - Addicted (X-Rated Edition)
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny thrash their heads through a great lost bonus track from Rebel Heart. Topics include Avicii, femme fatales, Janet Jackson, deadli...
S7 - Ep 23 - Borrowed Time
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark piece together a fresh working theory about the Rebel Heart recording sessions with this true “fork in the road” lost album track.&...
S7 - Ep22 - Beautiful Scars
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark frolic through this fizzy and sentimental favorite bonus track from Rebel Heart. Topics include triptychs, AM/FM radio, New Wave ...
S7 - Ep 21 - AutoTune Baby
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny boil the baby bottle and the burping blanket to discuss this wild and weird bonus track from Rebel Heart. Topics include joking w...
S7 - Ep20- Rebel Heart
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S7, E20: REBEL HEART (w/ Special Guest Nick Rufca)Kenny and Mark embark on the home stretch of Season Seven (!!) with a deep dive discussion of the ti...
S7 - Ep19 - Messiah
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny rejoice over this beautiful surprise at the tail end of the deluxe edition of Rebel Heart with acclaimed actor Tony Corrales,...
S7 - A Special Message - Calling All Clowns!
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny are taking a breather this week to recover from PHYSICAL ATTRACTION: LIVE @ IRON | FEATHER (were you there?) with a small request and a...
S7 - Ep18 - S.E.X.
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark critique/celebrate this lesson in sexology while Madonna resurrects and re-embraces Dita Parlo. Topics include being Game & G...
S7 - Bonus Episode - Two Steps Behind
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ark and Kenny investigate who the culprit of this lost, sassy demo. Topics include dissing friends, BOMBOCLAT, taking to twitter, Guy Oseary, “...
S7 - Ep17 - Veni Vidi Vici (feat. Nas)
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny grapple with a feeling that they cannot explain while discussing the meaning (and mythology) behind this would-be anthem. Topics ...
S7- Ep 16 - Best Night
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark head back into the shadows of Hollywood noir and portraiture on this slinky gem that opens the deluxe edition of Rebel Heart. Top...
S7- Ep 15 - Wash All Over Me (w/special guest Jeff Vicente)
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WASH ALL OVER ME (w/ Special Guest Jeff Vincente)Mark and Kenny wrap up the standard edition of Rebel Heart with this intense and beautiful ...
S7- Ep14 - Inside Out
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark grapple with the proper arrival of producer Mike Dean on this miss of an anthem from Rebel Heart. Topics include patchwork songwr...
S7- Ep 13 - Holy Water (X-rated)
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny get down to the nitty-gritty (and steamy) throw back to 1992’s Erotica. Topics include game-changing weather, cunnilingus, vita...
S7-Ep 12 - Body Shop (w/special guest Wayne Parker!)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark pop up the hood and take this romantic romp of a song out for a spin with Madonna Get Together podcast host Wayne Parker! Topics includ...
S7-Ep 11 - Heartbreak City (featurning Jess Rothschild)
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny amp up the drama (and military drums) with special guest Jess Rothschild (host of Hot Takes & Deep Dives and Finding Fire Island) t...
S7-Ep10- Iconic
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark explore the part that no one sees in the soaring (and strange) anthem from Rebel Heart. Topics include being in an “era”, cur...
S7-Ep9 - Joan of Arc
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny unsheathe their swords to discuss this powerful and beautiful ballad about mortality, battle, inspiration, and the pulsating humanity t...
S7 - Ep8 - Hold Tight
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark pick up the story of this anthemic, enduring tracks from Rebel Heart. Topics include: the haunting MNEK, Ryan Tedder, apocalyptic...
S7 - Ep 7 - Bitch I'm Madonna
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny conclude the Season of the Bitch by twerking their way through this maximalist third single from Rebel Heart. Topic include Diplo...
S7- Ep 6 - Illuminati
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark hide from the all-seeing eye to wrestle with this polarizing track from Rebel Heart. Topic include the golden calf, the arrival o...
Special bonus -Trust No Bitch
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny continue the Season of the Bitch w/ this bratty lost demo from the Rebel Heart era. Topics include Natalia Kills, Rosalind Shays,...
S7- Ep 5 Unapologetic Bitch
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny get their Reggaeton swagger going to discuss the sassy shoulda-been-a-single from Rebel Heart. Topics include Toby Gad, Garcia &a...
S7-Ep 4 - Ghosttown
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark celebrate the return of the power ballad with Boy Culture himself (and author of the essential Encyclopedia Madonnica) Matthew Rettenmu...
S7- Ep3 - Devil Pray
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny break out the guitars, the oracles (and the glue) to examine the folky, funky - even freaky - second track on Rebel Heart. T...
S7- Ep2 - Living for Love
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark welcome Billboard Magazine’s Keith Caulfield (co-host of the Billboard Pop Shop podcast) to discuss the vibrant - yet troublesome - f...
S7- Ep1 - Secret Project Revolution
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny begin Season Seven: Defending the Crown with a detailed discussion of Madonna’s most politically urgent (and last - for now!) film pr...
s6- Ep17- MDNA TOUR
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Kenny and Mark for an ultra-thick FOUR HOUR conversation about the Mount L’Olympia of Madonna tours - 2012’s MDNA Tour. Topics include ...
S6- Ep16- Best Friend
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny decode the restlessly bold and confessional final track on the deluxe edition of MDNA. Topics include the final return of the Ben...
S6-Ep15 - B'Day Song
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark light some candles to celebrate one of the most frequently-streamed song in the Madonna canon - and the return of M.I.A.! Should...
S6- Ep14 - I Fucked Up
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny bust out their decoder rings to interpret the diaristic lyrics on this bonus track from MDNA and fight over what constitutes a “bonus...
S6- Ep13- Beautiful Killer
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark pull on their Burberry trenches to investigate this fan favorite from the deluxe edition of MDNA while Madonna role plays femme fatale ...
S6-Ep12 - Falling Free
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny wrap up the standard album version of MDNA with a deep and vulnerable discussion about heartbreak, relationships, mortality, and freedo...
S6-Ep11 - Love Spent
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark re-string their banjos to break down BOTH versions of this fan favorite ballad (?) from MDNA. Topics include family prenups, Sex ...
S6- Ep10 - I'm A Sinner
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny get down on their knees to discuss the sparkling and oh-so-Catholic shoulda-been single fromMDNA. Topics include Kelis and the al...
S6-Ep9 - I Don't Give A...
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark bust out their To-Do lists and revisit this autobiographic and confessional track from MDNA. Topics include a return to rap, oper...
S6- Ep8 - Superstar
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny take their insulin shots to survive the sugary-sweet return to 1980s Madonna, Topics include a pair of mystery songwriter/producers, a ...
S6- Ep7 - Some Girls
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark strap on their pumps and dance with one of the darker, secret tracks on MDNA. Topics include William Orbit, the brilliant Klas Å...
S6- Ep 6 - Give Me All Your Luvin' (LIVE!)
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark bust out the pom-poms for a LIVE show at the Francis Kite Club in Alphabet City to discuss the first single and so much more from MDNA....
S6- Episode 5 - Turn up the Radio
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City! Mark and Kenny hop back in the car with Madonna to rave about the final ...
S6- Ep 4 - I'm Addicted (w/Rich Juzwiak)
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City! Kenny and Mark welcome special guest (and notorious Madame X critic) Ric...
S6-Ep 3 - Gang Bang
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny explore the dark and vengeful corners of MDNA on this audacious and visceral story song. Topics include sunset trickery, transfor...
S6- EP2 - Girl Gone Wild (w/ Charlotte Salmon)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here it comes - Mark and Kenny get wild while breaking apart the second single from Madonna’s MDNA, her first on Interscope Records. Topics in...
S6- Ep 1 - Masterpiece
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark kick off a packed Season Six assessing the many non-musical ventures Madonna embarks on into the second decade of the 21st century inc...
SPECIAL SUMMER EP: A Conversation with Ann Powers
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL SUMMER EPISODE: A Conversation w/ Ann Powers, author of Traveling: On the Path of Joni MitchellFor Part Two of our celebration of Joni Mitchel...
summer special- Joni Mitchell’s Hejira
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny spend a long awaited spring afternoon in conversation about one of Madonna’s early musical influences - Joni Mitchell - and their fav...
S5- Episode 29 - Celebration
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark wrap up some loose threads (and Season Five!) with a celebratory discussion of the title song from Madonna’s THIRD greatest hits albu...
S5- Episode 28- Revolver
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny load it up to discuss one of the two new tracks included on Madonna’s third (or fourth?) greatest hits collection from 2009. To...
S5- Episode 28- Revolver (Copy)
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny load it up to discuss one of the two new tracks included on Madonna’s third (or fourth?) greatest hits collection from 2009. To...
S5- Episode 27 - The Sticky and Sweet Tour
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark take a mega, near-THREE hour dive into the 2008-2009 world tour as well as the documentary I Am Because We Are. Topics include: N...
S5- Episode 26 - Voices
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny wrap up their conversations about Hard Candy and also welcome Special Guest Zachary Pace (author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collec...
S5- Episode 25 - Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark celebrate the return of Brother-in-Law of the Decade Joe Henry and the haunting story song ballad from Hard Candy. PLUS - at long...
S5 - Episode 24 - Spanish Lesson
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny dive back into their respective school days to discuss the joyfully divisive palate cleanser of a song from Hard Candy. Topics in...
S5- Episode 23 - Dance 2Night
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark remain on the dance floor with Madonna (Timberlake and Timbaland) for a simmering song about moving your body. Topics include thi...
S5- Episode 22 - The Beat Goes On
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny celebrate the infectious and joyous call to the dance floor (and to arms) on Hard Candy. Topic’s include Dylan’s Candy Store,...
S5- Episode 21- Incredible
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark unwrap some Starbursts and grapple with the longest and most divisive track on Hard Candy. Topics include sorrowful subtext, diar...
S5- Episode 20 - She's Not Me
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
S5- Episode 20- She's Not Me
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny bust out their cowbells and attitude with the sassy story-song Pharrell (welcome back!) collaboration from Hard Candy. Topics inc...
S5- Episode 19 - Miles Away
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark consider the third single (and best song) from Hard Candy, especially the struggle between the Timberlake/Timbaland production and the ...
S5 - Episode 18 - Heartbeat
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny brainstorm Madonna assignment song ideas for the AIWTDITAM EP (including the soon-to-be classic ballad “Table for One” and “Meet ...
S5 - Bonus - Have U Confessed?
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark channel Santa Claus and reach into their holiday sack for some confessional gifts to round out an eventful 2023. Topics include V...
S5- Episode 17 - Give it 2 Me
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny fly off the rails discussing the hard-charging (and second single) track from HARD CANDY. Cow bells, mantras, vacuum cleaners, photo sh...
S5- Episode 16 - 4 Minutes
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark break down the troublesome first single from HARD CANDY and the larger campaign to launch the album into the world. Topics includ...
S5- Episode 15 - Candy Shop
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny unwrap a new album, a new song, and new collaborators as Madonna swerves again. Topics include Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Just...
S5 - Episode 14 -Hey You!
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark celebrate the first solo-penned song by Madonna since 1985 as well as one of THE masterful live performances of her career - Live Earth...
S5 - Episode 13 - The Confessions Tour
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny embark on the cool and calm conversation about Madonna’s (lucky) seventh concert tour on this Uber-long episode. Topics include...
S5- Episode 12 - Like it Or Not
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark celebrate the final song from Confessions on a Dance Floor with Special Guest - the writer/director/editor and STAR of the film Chrissy...
S5- Episode 11 - Push
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny welcome Special Guest (and long time listener!) Gia Zampella for a frank and candid discussion about influence, restless songwriting, g...
S5 - Episode 10 - Isaac
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark wrestle with the cluttered emotional climax of Confessions on a Dance Floor. Plus, Madonna schools Stuart and side-steps controve...
S5- Episode 9- How High
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny get deeply philosophical about the road to fame and which mountain you choose when you’ve climbed to the top of one. Plus, a di...
SPECIAL EP - Mary Gabriel, author of Madonna, A Rebel Life
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny celebrate the publication of Madonna: A Rebel Life, a major new 800+ biography (in bookstores today!) with a frisky and fascinating con...
S5- Episode 8- Jump/History
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark rejoice in the return of brother-in-law Joe Henry and the 80s Madonna on the joyous and self-motivating fourth single from Confessions ...
S5- Episode 7- Forbidden Love
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny go full-on music nerd dissecting the haunting “second” ode to forbidden love by discussing the nuances and beauty of the song, the ...
S5 - Episode 6 - Let it Will Be
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark pull out their fine-toothed combs to translate and interpret the many messages Madonna is trying to impart while she burns. Plus,...
S5- Episode 5- I Love New York
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny - long time New Yorkers - trade city origin stories, adventures, and favorite love (and lust) songs about New York while celebrating Ma...
S5- Episode 4- Future Lovers
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark flip over the first side of the album with the glorious return of Mirwais for this adventurous track. Topics include Donna ...
S5- Episode 3 - Sorry
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny don’t save their words as they discuss the dramatically timeless and Great Madonna pop singles. Topics include Big Frieda, radi...
S5- Episode 2 - Get Together
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark get moody and urgent on the second track (and third single!) from Confessions on a Dance Floor. Topics include: Anders Bagg...
S5- Episode 1 - Hung Up
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny hit the dance floor for Season Five to begin a conversation about Confessions on a Dance Floor - Madonna’s TWELFTH album - and the an...
Special Episode - Sinead O' Connor (1966-2023)
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As they ready Season Five, Kenny and Mark take a moment to remember, discuss, and celebrate the musical legacy of Sinead O’Connor – one of the def...
S4, E27 - The Reinvention Tour
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny do some yoga stretching out for a long and all-encompassing conversation about Madonna’s 2004 summer tour and the accompanying (and m...
S4, E 26 - Easy Ride
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark welcome Special Guest Ted Kerr for a deep conversation about the epic final track (and life credo) from American Life. Topics inc...
S4, E25 - Mother and Father
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny salvage through the wreckage that is the much-needed final uptempo song on American Life. Topics include Kylie Minogue, Matt Laue...
S4, E24 - X Static Process
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark break apart a stunner of a song - and Stuart Price makes his co-writing debut! A new era is percolating … Topics include behavi...
S4, E23 - Intervention
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark share secrets (and theories) about this haunting ballad tucked away on the home stretch of American Life. Topics include child re...
Bonus Episode! Post show talkback - Live to Tell
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS EPISODE: MADONNA AS MUSE: A Post-Performance DiscussionRecorded LIVE on February 10, 2023 in London at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, Mark and ...
S4, E22 - Nothing Fails
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark makes a case for the lost third single from American Life as a forgotten classic and Kenny celebrates the enduring contributions of the talented ...
S4, E21 - Nobody Knows Me
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark chart the rise and heavy cost social media has demanded from society while discussing one of the most hauntingly prescient songs from A...
S4, E20 - Love Profusion
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Madonna asks some questions (and settles on some answers) in the shimmering fourth single from American Life. Mark and Kenny discuss Fresca soda...
S4, E19 - I'm So Stupid
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark welcome Special Guest Khary Simon (Creative Director and co-editor/publisher of CRUSHfanzine) to discuss the great lost punk track of A...
S4, E18- Hollywood
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny share their dabblings with Los Angeles, including bungalows, storage units, and random star sightings while discussing the cautionary s...
S4, E17 - American Life (recorded live in London)
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark take the stage at the Omnibus Theatre in the gorgeous Clapham for a LIVE conversation about the disruptive and polarizing lead single f...
The Further Adventures of...
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark sync-up on the London trip packing lists, airport logistics, an episode correction, the social stigma of crossing the Thames, Kenny’s...
S4, E16- Die Another Day
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny take a break from the concert ticket queue to dive deep the game-changing and page-turning theme to Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as ...
S4, E15 - Drowned World Tour Part Four
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark wrap up their four-part conversation of the Drowned World Tour with the return of both the Familiar and the Forward. Topics inclu...
S4, E14 - Drowned World Tour Part Three
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kenny kick up some dust on the third-part (and, um, the narratively loosest) section of the Drowned World to discuss bull-riding, a fateful t...
S4, E13 - Drowned World Tour Part Two
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny and Mark float into the second-part of the Drowned World discussion with the first-ever Madonna “concert films” and a return to the “appro...