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Best Song of 2006

Next in our series of looking back at songs from 10, 15, 20 years ago is Best Song of 2006, a great year for breakthrough acts in a wide variety of genres — some of whom have become giants in the music industry.

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GPCD Episode 200 Special

For Episode 200, we’re turning the mic over to the listeners. Join fellow Great Pop Culture Debate fans as they sound off on some of the most dubious decisions from seasons 8 through 12 of the podcast.

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Best Super Nintendo Game

Nintendo’s Super Nintendo — affectionately known as “the SNES” — brought 16-bit graphics to the masses, and kicked off the first wave of the console wars. We look back at 16 of the most iconic games with four 90s teens.

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Best Dolly Parton Song

Dolly Parton is a singer, songwriter, musician, actor, producer, philanthropist, entrepreneur — and an American icon. We look back at her storied seven-decade career as we attempt to name her very best song.

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Best ABBA Song

Swedish super group ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest and took the world by storm with a series of incredible pop and dance tracks in the 1970s and 80s. We look back on the band’s most popular tracks.

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Best Song of 2015

It’s already been 10 years since the songs of 2015 ruled the airwaves and music-streaming apps. We look back at 16 of the most-popular, and most critically acclaimed, songs from the midpoint of the 2010s.

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Best Super Smash Bros. Fighter

In anticipation of whatever the next Smash Bros. game will be on the Switch successor, we look back at the best playable fighters in Nintendo’s decades-spanning fighting game series.

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Best Celine Dion Song

Celine Dion is one of the greatest vocalists of all time, and one of the defining voices of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We celebrate her incredible catalogue by discussing 16 of her biggest hits to determine the very best Celine Dion song.

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Best Britney Spears Music Video

Britney Spears is one of the definitive music video artists of the 21st Century. In honor of the 25th anniversary of her "Baby One More Time" album release, we look back at 16 of Britney's most iconic music videos and name the Best Britney Video.

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Best Summer Olympics Sporting Event

The Summer Olympics are BACK in 2024, with Paris hosting the XXXIII Olympiad July 25 through August 11. We consider 16 of our favorite sporting events, debating their merits through a pop-culture lens.

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Best Female Country Music Artist

The podcast celebrates the incredible women of country music, from trailblazers like Patsy Cline to today’s vanguards, like Kacey Musgraves, and more than a dozen along the way.

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Best “Mean Girls” Quote

Open up your Burn Book as the panelists discuss 16 of the most iconic lines from 2004’s Mean Girls movie. We may not be cool moms, we may have made out with a hot dog one time, and on Wednesdays we wear pink. You go, Glenn Coco!

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