Welcome to our Dolly 64 season -- in which we use a highly scientific*, legally binding* March Madness-style bracket to determine the most quintessential Dolly Parton track of all time! In our first episode, we make Final Four predictions, scheme in the style of Tammany Hall, wonder why Mark's parents aren't president, distinguish between country and kuntree, and honor the "old coot at the edge of town" Partonian subgenre. Daddy, come and get an all-new episode of MASTAS!

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Intro and outro by Andrew Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Dolly the sheep
• March MASTAS: Britpop Edition
• The "5 to 9" Squarespace ad
• The "Sad Ass Songs" episode of Dolly Parton's America
• Episode 62: "Ode To Billie Joe" And "Harper Valley PTA"
• Episode 133: Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers, "Islands In The Stream"
• Just a couple of what Wikipedia diplomatically calls Chuck Berry's "controversies"

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It's Part 2 of our ranking of Madonna's studio albums! When did Madonna stop dictating the culture and start chasing it? When should listeners write to their Congressional reps over our heatmaps, and when are heatmap "yellows" actually "reds" but they're too boring to skip? We're not sure we can answer these questions...but we're pretty sure we know when it's time for the endeavor of rapping to cease. Get psyched or eff off: it's an all-new MASTAS episode.

Intro and outro by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• • Madonna's Studio Album's Ranked, Episode 01
  • Madonna A to Z
  • The rumored 2026 Madonna project
  • Episode 107: Bond-Movie Songs, Ranked
  • Episode 3: Madonna, "Get Together"
  • Episode 211: Madonna, "Everybody" and "Medellín"

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Welcome to Part 1 of our ranking of all 15 of Madonna's studio albums! The Material Girl's woeful underrepresentation on our podcast continues, as we start with the eponymous Madonna and continue through Bedtime Stories. Along the way, we explain the ranking and heatmapping processes we used, and discuss MTV imprinting, the "dust bunnies" of otherwise-solid albums, how The Immaculate Collection shifted our perceptions of Madonna's '80s output, and that time the Good Lord Himself gave Mark permission to buy a record at WalMart. Limber up those skip-button fingers and join us!

Intro and outro by David Gregory Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Madonna A to Z
• MB's review of The Man Nobody Killed at Best Evidence
• Episode 36: Madonna's Immaculate Collection, Ranked
• Lost Madonna Hits

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