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Saturn’s Favorite Music the Podcast

Saturn’s Favorite Music the Podcast

By: Laura Lee
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What music would you have heard if you worked in a small radio station in the early 1990s? Saturn's Favorite Music will answer that question. Author Laura Lee and guests will take a deep dive into the music references in the novel of the same name one by one. Reading the book is not required-- it's all about the music. You'll get background on the songs you loved or loved to hate. There will be adult contemporary hits as well as the songs the DJs loved, from alternative to classic rock and the British Invasion. Join us as we dissect the music and lyrics, and decide which songs stand up and which should be left behind.

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Episodes
  • The Achy Breaky Episode
    May 26 2026

    This episode might blow up and kill the guest. We welcome back our very first guest Doc Shea for a conversation that touches on country line dancing, disco falsetto and prog rock bands meeting the MTV era. OK Go!, Weird Al, Yes, and The Monkees sneak their way into the episode. Plus we attempt to answer the questions: Why did Genesis lip synch to a ballad played back at the wrong speed? Can two famous people sing together without creating a surrealist fever dream? Is "mom rock" an underrated musical genre? Who is responsible for spreading the Macarena dance craze? And finally, is love always enough? Featured artists include Michael Bolton, Genesis, Patty Smyth and, yes, Billy Ray Cyrus.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Not Duran Duran, Just Duran
    May 20 2026

    Nick Bean and Denise Goetz are back, and with these two the energy is high. We discuss just how many CDs you could get for one penny, why Denise called herself the "Motor City Mama," and the pros and cons of having actresses from mermaid movies in your pop song. Then we get into a heated debate about whether Duran Duran was really Duran Duran after it shed a couple of Taylors or whether it was only "Duran." Finally, there is a rousing pop gospel number that tries to use homelessness as the topic of a dance song. We don't shy away from controversy in this episode. We have sex, drugs, rock n' roll and even religion. Featured artists this episode-- beyond Duran Duran, of course-- are Mariah Carey, Damn Yankees and Clarence Clemons with Jackson Browne.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Don't Say "Vibe."
    May 11 2026

    We get on the blue bus with Justin and Jane and travel to a spooky funeral for a horror film star, a sweaty beer filled UK dance club, and a smoke filled room with velvet curtains and we run screaming instead of walking on down the hall. On the way we take detours into British cuisine, songs you should not put on mix tapes and a missed opportunity to see The Beatles in concert. We try to avoid using the word "vibe" while describing The Stone Roses' "Fool's Gold," Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead," and The Doors' "The End." And we return to the "Cheery Songs About Dysfunctional Relationships" file with a song by Michael Nesmith that was rejected by the producers of the Monkees, but became a hit for the Stone Poneys by way of a New York bluegrass band.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
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