Modern Musicology

As we close out our fourth year and enter into our FIFTH, we want to take a look back at our history and share with you our Top 10 episodes ever! These are our most-listened-to shows from our very beginning (our first episode is still very highly ranked) to the end of 2025. In case you have missed any of these episodes, links to listen are below:

Our Top 10 (okay, 11) episodes of 2025! Listen to any of these on our website (linked below) or on any podcast platform!

#156 – Holiday 2025!
December 15, 2025
It's our final episode of 2025! It's also our Holiday episode, AND it's our 3rd Anniversary! This week we celebrate the musical traditions of the season! What makes a great Christmas song? What are some of our favorites? What are some of the best music-related Christmas gifts we've received in the past? We also impart […]
#155 – 80s Movie Soundtracks
December 6, 2025
Everybody loves 80s movies, right? This week we are joined by author and film historiian John Malahy, whose new book Rewinding the 80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War was released October 2025, to talk about the great soundtracks of the decade, from Top Gun, Flashdance, Lost Boys and Gorgio Moroder's […]
#154 – TV Theme Songs!
November 30, 2025
We've got a fun one for you this week! Stephanie leads the Modern Musicology gang in a discussion of our favorite TV Theme Songs! We each select five of our favorite themes, give a little story behind it, and say why we love it. Our discussion covers everything from sci-fi, police and medical dramas to game […]
#153 – 2025 Rock Hall Inductions!
November 23, 2025
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame held their 2025 induction ceremony was held on November 8, and Rob and Alan are here to review it all! The 2025 class of inductees are: Performer Category: Bad Company Chubby Checker Joe Cocker Cyndi Lauper Outkast Soundgarden The White Stripes Musical Influence Award: Salt-N-Pepa Warren Zevon Musical […]
#152 – Anthony's Birthday Extravaganza!
November 16, 2025
Remember the days when you would sit around with your friends and play records for each other? Well, that's what we do on this week's Modern Musicology! To celebrate Anthony's 38th birthday, he shares with us 20 songs that he loves and gets our reaction to them. Anthony's tastes range from pop to metal, from prog to […]

Modern Musicology covers topics on rock and pop ranging mostly from 70s, 80s and 90s (with occasional excursions into 60s and 00s). Anything is fair game — classic rock, R&B, folk, punk, prog, rap, metal, and more. Hosted by DJ and author Rob Levy, solo artist and former Aquanettas drummer Stephanie Seymour, drummer and author R. Alan Siler, and guy from London Anthony Williams.

We have interviewed rock stars, journalists, and authors like:

Gina Schock of the Go-Go’s
Tony Levin of King Crimson and Peter Gabriel’s band
Steve Fossen and Michael DeRosier of Heart
Tommy Stinson of the Replacements
Ricky Byrd of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Ira Elliott of Nada Surf
Evan Sult and Paige Brubeck of Sleepy Kitty
Film composer Gary Clark (Flora and Son, Sing Street)
John Robb of Louder Than War
Punk rock photographer Theresa Kereakes
Katherine Yeske Taylor (author of She’s a Bad Ass: Women Shaping Feminism in Rock)
Richard Evans (author of Listening to the Music the Machines Make)
Tom Beaujoir (author of Nothing But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion)