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	Podcast:		Up First
	Episode:		It's Been A Minute: The Legacy Of 'Soul Train'
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:35:05
	Publish Date:		2021-10-17 12:00:36
	Description:		When Soul Train was first nationally syndicated in October of 1971, there was nothing else like it on TV. It became an iconic Black music and dance show — a party every weekend that anyone could join from their living room. In the first episode of a three-part It's Been A Minute series examining the concept of crossover in pop music across three decades, Sam Sanders breaks down the lasting influence of Soul Train. With Hanif Abdurraqib, author of A Little Devil in America, as well as scholars, fans and even a few featured dancers, they ask: why has there never been another show like Soul Train since it went off the air?
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