Recommendations you can check.
by Andrew Hickey
Who uses, recommends or left A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
2 people
While every podcast episode in this list is well-researched, I don’t think anybody’s depth of research approaches Andrew Hickey of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs .
Ranked list of his favourite music podcast episodes, picked while researching his book
2025-06-26·cantgetmuchhigher.com ↗
I've learned a lot from this podcast.
"Listen to these podcasts": his recommendations of criminal-justice and other podcasts, in The Watch.
2023-04-26·radleybalko.substack.com ↗
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