Minicast: Worst and Best of the Nepo Babies
The only episode of this podcast where we will ever discuss Chet Hanx and Taylor Swift at the same time (probably).
Jana monologues us through the nepo situation. The word "nepotism" comes from the Italian nipote, meaning nephew, because Renaissance era popes kept passing down cardinal hats to their "nephews," who were often just their sons. It entered into current pop culture zeitgeist in 2022 when New York Magazine declared it the Year of the Nepo Baby.
Alex and Jana set some guidelines about what exactly gets you the moniker in music these days, as there are several echelons of nepo to be…
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