<p>Dean of the USC Thornton School of Music Jason King returns to <em>Pop Pantheon</em> for the second in our four-part series on the late, great pop Whitney Houston. Louie and Jason dissect Whitney’s unprecedented run of cultural dominance through the '90s, from her iconic Super Bowl 1991 performance to 1992's <em>The Bodyguard, </em>the best-selling soundtrack of all time. They then discuss Whitney’s troubled marriage to Bobby Brown, her continued run of film and soundtrack success with 1995’s <em>Waiting to Exhale</em> and 1996's <em>The Preacher’s Wife, </em>and how her pristine public image, blockbuster commercial success, and messy personal life began to conflict as the '90s wore on.</p><br><p>Join us next week, in which we’ll discuss Whitney’s creative peak in 1998 with <em>My Love Is Your Love</em>, her later era work, her untimely passing, and legacy.</p><br><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1vep1K9riYDt9zdoaKpGvJ?si=acd993ff56b04d2d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whitney Houston Essentials Playlist</a></p><br><p><a href="https://events.humanitix.com/main-pop-girls-feb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy tickets for Main Pop Girls on 2/27 in NYC</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/poppantheon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.poppantheonpod.com/shop/p/niche-legend-dad-hat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/poppantheonpod/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/djlouiexiv/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/russlessless/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow Russ on Instagram</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>