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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Wonders: Bobby McFerrin
“Don’t Worry Be Happy” and why all of his work brings us joy
33 min
77
The New Wave of Paramore
Paramore is back – with a new sound and a new wave sheen.
32 min
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Taylor Swift and the music industry's next $20
Decoder's Nilay Patel on the future of streaming
78 min
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SZA's Endless Melody
Why SZA's latest album SOS hits different
28 min
80
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phen...
Tempo-shifted songs are everywhere these days. Where did they come from?
25 min
81
ICYMI 90s Music Canon
Twenty years after the 90s, which songs are everlasting?
35 min
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ICYMI: We *do* talk about Bruno
The mystery of Encanto’s #1 hit
24 min
83
Anitta & Rosalía on the borders of Latin pop
How do 'MOTOMAMI' and 'Versions of Me' embody the characteristics of Latin pop?
25 min
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How Bad Bunny won 2022
'Un Verano Sin Ti' is a textbook to the sounds of Latin America
33 min
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The soft sounds of Kali Uchis (live from Vultur...
Charlie Harding chats with Kali Uchis about how she crafted her unique sound.
30 min
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Why do new Christmas songs fail?
In case you missed it last year: why are there no new Christmas songs?
24 min
87
The Art of Flow
Exploring what DJ Jazzy Jeff calls the "body clock" of our favorite rappers
33 min
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Willow Smith rocks harder
Charlie and Willow chat about the making of the new record and the many multitudes of rock music.
23 min
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The Sound of Sapphism
Where "sapphic pop" came from and how artists feel about it
30 min
90
Scary Pockets funkify pop classics (with Lizzy ...
The Bee Gees' “Staying Alive” gets new life
32 min
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Up late with Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’
36 min
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Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top
Why "Bad Habit" is the most interesting #1 of 2022 (so far)
31 min
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Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan E...
Amelia Meath asks MUNA, Maggie Rogers, Jeff Tweedy, Bartees Strange
44 min
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Santigold sings Spirituals
The genre-defying performer walks the line between horror and beauty on her newest album
23 min
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The future of music pt I
A conversation with The Vergecast
32 min
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Lady Gaga & The Pequeños Monstruos
How Lady Gaga uses Latin influence to engage with her Latinx audience
29 min
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Invasion of the Vibe Snatchers
OneRepublic's 'Top Gun' interpolation of Peter Bjorn and John
23 min
98
Into It: Song of Summer 2022
16 min
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Learning to love the Killers (maybe)
Listening with open ears to the bands that confound us
29 min
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K-Pop Chartbreakers: BLACKPINK, Girls’ Generati...
One of these songs made us cry
31 min