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AOI + NY Magazine's Best of 2020: Podcasts & Songs, Canary, Fleet Foxes' New Album

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 29, 2020

We continue our series, “AOI + NY Magazine’s Best of 2020,” with Nicholas Quah, podcast critic for Vulture and Hot Pod host and creator. He joins us to discuss his picks for best podcasts of the year.

[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 5, 2020] Reporter and host, Amy Brittain, joins us to discuss the Washington Post investigative podcast, Canary. It follows one woman's decision to come forward with sexual assault allegations against a prominent figure in the D.C. criminal justice system following another woman's refusal to stay silent.

For the next installment of our “AOI + NY Magazine’s Best of 2020” series, Vulture’s music editor, Dee Lockett, joins us to discuss her picks for the best songs of the year and take listeners’ calls.

[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 1, 2020] Robin Pecknold, singer-songwriter, guitarist and frontman of Fleet Foxes, joins us to talk about their album, Shore, which was released on September 22. The album serves as a bright counterpart to the band's last critically acclaimed album, Crack-Up.

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