Rock author and essayist Annie Zaleski (Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Stereogum, many more) joins us in our first episode as a podcast, where she discusses her fantastic analysis of Duran Duran's iconic Rio album for the 33 1/3 series of books, and chats about the influential Birmingham scene, the band's initial failure to catch fire in the US market, and how they've evolved from pop darlings to critics' faves over the years.