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Fancy a new bop? The internet has an obscure hit for you

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(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Some rare folks are born with the perfect music taste. But most of us have to look elsewhere for a tune that sparks a shoulder shimmy or two. Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson spend some time jamming to obscure music from Reddit. They also explore how a TikTok original became Dr. Pepper's catchy new jingle.

And "baby, it's good and nice."

Show notes:

This content was originally created for audio. An auto-generated transcript is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Heads up that some elements (i.e. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.

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