On my latest Inner Circle Podcast you'll hear innovative studio designer Hanson Hsu describe how challenging some of the long-held acoustic assumptions in studio design has lead to a new way to measure room performance and the use of some new design materials as well.

I'll also discuss how the Billboard 200 album charts are changing after all these years, as well defend Mariah Carey's recent performance at the NBC Christmas Tree Lighting event. Here's one time I really buck the critics, but fair is fair, as you'll hear.