Critical Karaoke is an hour-long, monthly program about music and the ideas it inspires. Each episode offers a casual, intellectually informed conversation oriented around a particular topic. We focus on a core group of musical selections to explore subjects such as dance, music and place, music and cinema, and cover songs. The music considered ranges from jazz to hip-hop, classical to country, classic rock to indie rock and beyond.
- Critical Karaoke #11: Arranging Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
- Critical Karaoke Episode 10: Seeing is Believing
- Critical Karaoke Episode 9: A Literary Duet with Daniel Handler and Sean Michaels
- Critical Karaoke Episode 8: Chuck Klosterman & The Infinite Playlist
- Critical Karaoke Episode 7: The Shift
- Critical Karaoke Episode 6: Music in Cinema
- Critical Karaoke Episode 5: The Sounds of Summer
- Critical Karaoke Episode 4: Cover Songs
- Critical Karaoke Episode 3: Music and Place
- Critical Karaoke Episode 2: Sampling This and That