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The Billboard Hot 100's doom loop; Plus, a new kind of true crime story

Brittany Luse, Stephen Thompson, Alexis Williams, Jessica Placzek, Liam McBain, Corey Antonio Rose, Barton Girdwood, Jasmine Romero Oct. 25, 2024

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has been at #1 for 15 nonconsecutive weeks. Photo by NPR - Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET

The same songs are sitting at the top of the music charts longer than ever, and that has Brittany Luse wondering, are our listening habits stuck in a doom loop? Brittany chats with NPR music editor Stephen Thompson to get to the bottom of the top of the charts.

Plus, when a daughter or sister disappears how does a family move on without closure? Host Brittany Luse is joined by Fresh Air co-host Tonya Mosley and and her nephew Antonio Wiley to talk about their new kind of true crime podcast, She Has A Name.