Rapping Up America: Recent Episodes

Ethan Salem

Host Ethan Salem examines popular hip hop/ rap and how the topics of social psychology relate to the spread of rap as well as the controversy and features associated with the genre.

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The final episode in the series. Wrapping up “Rapping up America”. Host Ethan Salem discusses the final terms and ideas necessary to the series.

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As the beginning of the finale, this episode starts to wrap everything up. Host Ethan Salem discusses the final terms and ideas necessary to the series.

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In this episode, host Ethan Salem discusses the relationship between common rap motifs and the audience.

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In this episode, host Ethan Salem dives into the deeper personality-based influences on music preference.

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In the final episode about social influence, host Ethan Salem talks about the influences of conformity.

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Join host Ethan Salem as he investigates the psychological background for why rap music spreads so easily even through people who do not particularly enjoy it.

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In this episode, host Ethan discusses the idea of social norms and social influences and how they relate to people’s introduction to rap music.

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Host Ethan Salem further explores the controversy surrounding hip hop/ rap, this time discussing the proponent side of the debate.

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This episode, we take a look at the opponents of rap music and why they believe it is detrimental to our society.

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Episode 1 of the “Rapping Up America” podcast, hosted by Ethan Salem, explores the popularity and idea of hip hop/ rap from its beginnings to the current day.