Switched on Pop
A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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What Makes a Song Sexy?
31 min
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The Deep History of '7 Rings'
36 min
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Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
A conversation with Simon Reynolds
46 min
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Slay Bells, All Year Long
37 min
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Look What You Made Us Do
54 min
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Entering Beard Phase with Mike Posner
50 min
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How Dirty Projectors Make You Feel Energy (with...
David Lonsgtreth breaks down "I Feel Energy"
52 min
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Stairway To Hell: Greta Van Fleet’s Scorching A...
Is Greta Van Fleet a Led Zeppelin Homage or a Copy?
56 min
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Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Love the 90s
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Sicko Rap and Drunk Country
33 min
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The Side Effects of Pop Music with Emily Warren
42 min
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Drake vs Drake
40 min
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Summer Heat of the 2000s: Beyoncé and Black Eye...
25 min
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Summer Heat of the 2000s: Nelly + Katy Perry (P...
22 min
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Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?
The Switched on Pop Summer Throwback Series continues! This time, with a deep dive into the musical detritus of the 1990s.
46 min
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The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets
27 min
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Switched on Summer: Getting Around with the Bea...
27 min
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The Pure Pop of Charlie Puth + Carly Rae (ft Ha...
43 min
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Afrofuturism in Kali Uchis & Clipping (with Dav...
46 min
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Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry'
How tempo rubato, modal interchange and the amen break create equanimity.
35 min
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Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Tar...
51 min
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Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL
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Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies
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Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjecti...
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How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
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