5. Slop (Who Is This For?)

A year ago, I was driving my daughter home from preschool when Spotify autoplayed a song that cut out mid-note. It was AI, and whoever made it hadn't bothered to fix the ending. So I tracked down the 19-year-old behind it. That was just the start of a trip down the rabbit hole. It turns out there's a lot of slop out there. Is it going to ruin everything? Or am I looking at it all wrong? Write us: Mark@LightBoxPodcast.com In this episode Cherie Hu, founder of Water & Music Kristin Robinson, Billboard reporter and host of Billboard On the Record Romain Hennequin, head of research at Deezer Kate Knibbs, senior writer at WIRED Caitlin Canty, musician, and one half of Down Like Silver Tracy Chan, CEO of Splash Light Box is reported, written, and produced by Mark Henry Phillips at Windhill Studios. Our Producer is Drew Thurlow & our Assistant editor is Ryan Seaton. Light Box is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.