Switched on Pop
Listen closer to pop music — hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Chartbreakers (ft. Megan Thee Stallion and the ...
Breaking Down the Billboard Charts, From Nashville to Nigeria
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Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of Texas
The soul singer and the psychedelic trio join forces for the second time on Texas Moon
32 min
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Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan Esso
How Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn compose their cinematic dance-pop
28 min
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We *do* talk about Bruno
The mystery of Encanto’s #1 hit
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32 Albums in, Elvis Costello is Just Getting St...
The rock legend on Olivia Rodrigo, Adele, and his latest release The Boy Named If
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Accidental K-pop star Eric Nam risks it all to ...
Eric Nam really has been There and Back Again
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The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a lit...
Dawn FM revives Vaporwave to make The Weeknd’s best album yet
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Why do new Christmas songs fail?
Ariana, Kelly, and Bieber try to join the holiday canon
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Tai Verdes TikTok-ed his way to a breakout hit
"It's where the attention is"
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof
"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture"
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The Beatles get back to their roots
Why 'Let It Be' has four official recordings and which one is the best
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Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonic’s broken hearts club...
Breaking down every type of heartbreak on the radio dial
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous ...
"In hip hop, you have the MC. Well, we have our storytellers."
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The State of the Pop Union
We take the musical temperature by consulting the charts, the platforms, and the people.
33 min
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Why ABBA songs just hit different
After 40 years, the Swedish hitmakers are back with new music. Does it match up to their classic hits?
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The Healing Power of Pop with Esperanza Spalding
Mental Health and Pop Music
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Janet Jackson's Legacy After 'Control' from It'...
The 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's first No. Billboard Hot 100 hit
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James Bond's Spycraft Sound
Billie Eilish and Hans Zimmer take on the classic theme
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James Blake & The Return of Harmony
“I find contentment and bliss in a chord progression, but it's fleeting”
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Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her ...
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ICYMI: The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (fe...
How Lil Nas X Rattled the World to Earn his Second #1 Hit
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Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up son...
Copyright lawsuits are on the rise and changing the music business
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CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror
How internet trolls and horror film icon John Carpenter inspired their new album Screen Violence
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From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Fi...
“Being collaborative is risky on some level...but it's the most important thing”
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Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on C...
Why every song about Manhattan is a pop song
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