In this episode I chat with my pal, Elamin Abdelmahmoud about the best breakup music. We talk about ‘crying appointments’, music that softens us, brings us back, teaches us about love and holds us during the worst. Ranging from Rent and Bruce Springsteen to The Chicks and Adele to many, many more - we pack it in!
The Big D’s Ultimate Break-up Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.
The Playlist He Didn’t Listen To on Spotify and Apple Music.
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Elamin is a culture writer for Buzzfeed News, and host of CBC’s pop culture show, Pop Chat. He was a founding co-host of CBC Politics podcast Party Lines, and is a contributor to The National’s “At Issue” panel. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Globe and Mail, and others. When he gets a chance he writes bad tweets [Miranda edit: but he actually writes great tweets]. His book Son of Elsewhere, a memoir in pieces, was published this summer.
Get Son of Elsewhere at a local bookshop or here.
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