“Telegraph Ave.” features a meta “song-within-a-song” structure and scores The Boy driving to Oakland. As “Oakland” by LLoyd transcends the car radio into the screenplay, we watch The Boy, now in the driver’s seat, symbolically taking agency over his life.
Continue reading “Ep. 5 – “Telegraph Ave. (‘Oakland’ by Lloyd)” by Childish Gambino”
Dissect Season 7 on Because The Internet by Childish Gambino begins NOW, only on Spotify.
Go deeper into the BTI world with our visual guides and the Because The Internet screenplay. For the most immersive experience, view both the visual guides and the screenplay excerpts before or after an episode.
Season 7 will be exclusive to Spotify until January 2021. Podcasts are FREE on Spotify – don’t need a premium account to listen.
Limited Season 6 merchandise is now available for purchase here.
Click here to shop new merch inspired by Season 5 of Dissect.
Season 5 dissects Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize winning album, DAMN.
A direct continuation of To Pimp a Butterfly, DAMN. tells the story of conflicted prophet Kung Fu Kenny who rejects God’s call to prophesy in order to pursue sex, money, and murder. We follow Kenny as he attempts to reverse his curses into blessings.
Listen to Episode 1 on Spotify now (and a week later everywhere else).
The New York Times recently included Dissect at the top of its Five Great Podcasts of 2018 article. We are extremely humbled to be recognized by such a respected publication. Here’s to doing it again in 2019!
In honor of its 20th year anniversary, we begin our special 8 episode mini-series on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Using archival interviews and unmatched lyrical and musical analysis, we discover what exactly makes an album like Miseducation an undisputed classic.
Listen today on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Limited edition Dissect S3 shirts are now available for pre-order!
The S3 commemorative shirt image is inspired by the line “There’s a bull and a matador dueling in the sky” from the song “Solo” by Frank Ocean. The coloring is inspired by children’s rainbow “scratch art”, tying into the nostalgic childhood themes of Blonde. Finally, the two stargazing figures are young adults who may or may not be under the influence, reflecting the teenage experiences shared throughout Blonde (“We laid out on this wet floor/Away turf, no Astro/Mesmerized how the strobes glow”).
We also have standard Dissect logos tees available.
These shirts are available for a limited time. Pre-order today.
If you’re listened to past seasons of Dissect, you’ll know that on our finale episodes, we feature a montage of Dissect listeners who share their thoughts on that season’s album and artist. Want to be featured on the Season 3 finale episode? Follow these instructions:
Be sure to tune into the finale episode Sept. 18th on Spotify!
