<p>Streaming services - mostly, but not only, Spotify - are filling their playlists with fake music. </p>

<p>"If everyone is a content creator, who's left to be the audience?"</p>

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Episode #299: The Normalization of Apple's Media App; Songs in Movies

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.