Shannon Carlin

Carlin is a contributor for TIME.

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What Taylor Swift’s Relationship With Max Martin Means for 'The Life of a Showgirl'

The history behind Taylor Swift's collaborations with Max Martin and Shellback

By Shannon Carlin

The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2025

From Margaret Atwood's new memoir to Zadie Smith's latest essay collection

By Shannon Carlin

Death, Sex & Money

Society With her acclaimed podcast Death, Sex & Money, creator and host Anna Sale digs into “the things we think about a lot, and need to talk about more.” Those things, as implied by the...

By Shannon Carlin

Song Exploder

Pop Culture For more than a decade, Song Exploder, hosted by composer and producer Hrishikesh Hirway, has given musicians a forum to tell the stories behind their biggest hits. Since 2014, the critically acclaimed podcast,...

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Las Culturistas With Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Comedy and Fiction Listening to Las Culturistas, hosted by longtime BFFs Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, is like hanging out with your hippest, most hilarious, most in-the-know friends who also happen to have a direct...

By Shannon Carlin

The Rewatchables

Pop Culture The Rewatchables takes a closer look at those movies that we keep going back to. From the films you could reliably find on cable back in the 1980s and ‘90s, such as Star...

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Cocaine & Rhinestones

History Cocaine & Rhinestones delves into the colorful and often contentious history of country music, never shying away from the stories that the greats might not want you to know. In its first season, which...

By Shannon Carlin

Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend

Comedy and Fiction After spending nearly half of his life hosting late-night talk shows, Conan O’Brien realized that he hadn’t spent enough time getting to know the thousands of guests who had sat down with...

By Shannon Carlin

2 Dope Queens

Comedy and Fiction For nearly three years in the late-2010s, BFF comedians Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams hosted 2 Dope Queens, the Webby Award-winning comedy podcast produced by WNYC Studios that tackled subjects like race,...

By Shannon Carlin

30 for 30

Sports For sports fans who prefer thoughtful analysis to hot takes: the award-winning 30 for 30 Podcasts, the audio-only extension of the critically acclaimed ESPN documentary series of the same name. Across 65 episodes, the...

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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Society The tagline of Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People is simple enough: “One phone call. One hour. No names. No holds barred.” Since 2016, the podcast’s host, comedian and author Chris Gethard, has been opening...

By Shannon Carlin

The Bill Simmons Podcast

Sports Long before he was the host of the wildly popular The Bill Simmons Podcast, Bill Simmons was one of the most influential voices in the medium. Back in 2007, then the most prominent sportswriter...

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Daniel LaBelle

“Laughter, nostalgia, and positive vibes” is the self-described M.O. of Daniel LaBelle, a former college track athlete and professional photographer turned viral sensation. It’s also the theme of his short-form physical comedy videos, which have...

By Shannon Carlin

Delaney Rowe

For Delaney Rowe, being a content creator isn’t far from being an athlete. “Honestly, it’s about stamina for me,” says the actor and comedian, best known for her parodies of female movie archetypes. Since joining...

By Shannon Carlin

CJ Pearson

During the 2024 presidential election, CJ Pearson, a 22-year-old political strategist, activist, and content creator, mobilized young conservatives to the polls. As the national co-chair of the Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council, he targeted...

By Shannon Carlin

Kahlil Greene

Kahlil Greene, known online as the “Gen-Z historian,” looks to uncover America’s hidden past. On TikTok and Instagram, the 25-year-old Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning digital educator explores the repercussions of whitewashing and the erasure of...

By Shannon Carlin

Prajakta Koli

Over the past decade, Indian YouTuber Prajakta Koli has become one of the country’s most popular comedy creators. Since launching her channel @MostlySane in 2015, the 32-year-old has built a following of 7.3 million on...

By Shannon Carlin

Steven Bartlett

As the host of The Diary of a CEO, British entrepreneur, investor, and author Steven Bartlett has emerged as a prominent voice in business and personal development. Since launching the podcast in 2017, Bartlett, who...

By Shannon Carlin

Jake Shane

Four years ago, Jake Shane was moonlighting as an Instagram food critic who only reviewed octopus. Today, the 25-year-old, still known for his slogan “pass that puss,” is a popular comedian and content creator with...

By Shannon Carlin

Alexis Nikole Nelson

Known online as the “Black forager,” Alexis Nikole Nelson teaches her nearly 6.5 million TikTok and Instagram followers how to identify the wild foods growing all around them. Whether she’s plucking puffballs—known as “tofu of...

By Shannon Carlin
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