Saturn’s Favorite Music the Podcast

On this episode of Saturn’s Favorite Music, Laura Lee sits down with longtime friends Jane Taylor and Justin Miller for a free-wheeling trip through the darker corners of 80s/90s alternative: Ministry’s “Every Day Is Halloween” and “N.W.O.,” Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like a Hole,” and Tones on Tail’s “Go!”. They trace the jump from synth-pop to industrial, misheard lyrics and buried samples, club dan...

In this episode, Laura Lee and Jenny Hunter focus on some of the staples of early 90s adult contemporary radio. They talk about time travel, cheery songs about dysfunctional relationships, MTV Unplugged, and whether anything is ever truly “uncool” if it still gets stuck in your head. The conversation jumps from small-market radio station “clock hours” to Lennon–McCartney “rejects” that sound exact...

On the premiere episode of Saturn’s Favorite Music, Laura Lee sits down with longtime friend Doc Shea to launch the series with a wildly eclectic first hour that jumps from Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow” to Steely Dan’s “Peg,” with plenty of emotional whiplash in between. Along the way they explore Michael Bolton's oeuvre including songs that are a bit stalkier than you remembered, Kenny G’s “Songbird,”...

What music would you have heard if you worked in a small radio station in the early 1990s? Saturn's Favorite Music will answer that question. Author Laura Lee and guests will take a deep dive into the music references in the novel of the same name one by one. Reading the book is not required. It's all about the music. You'll get background on the songs you loved or loved to hate. There will be adu...