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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The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets (ICYMI)
This Motown hit by Martha and the Vandellas gets people off their feet and onto the streets
29 min
302
Benee and the Art of the Sad Banger
How the "Supalonely" star uses musical levity
25 min
303
90s Music Canon
Twenty years after the 90s, which songs are everlasting?
35 min
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Bruno Major restyles the Great American Songbook
Netflix & chill meets Cole Porter
44 min
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Black Is King (ICYMI Beyoncé's Gift To Africa f...
The music behind Beyoncé's new video album
36 min
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folklore: taylor swift's quarantine dream
Swift blurs "fantasy and reality" in her best album yet
37 min
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The Women Reclaiming Nu-Metal ft. Rina Sawayama
Poppy, Grimes & Rina Sawayama
39 min
308
Rosie: Investigating a Crime at the Heart of th...
Who gets paid when a hit song samples historic recordings of black prison laborers in Mississippi?
25 min
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Song of Summer 2020: TikTok Jams, Protest Anthe...
Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, HAIM, Anderson .Paak, Chloe x Halle et al.
38 min
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The Many Colors of Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’
Breaking down Gaga's 6th album
32 min
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I Am America (w Shea Diamond and Justin Tranter)
How Shea Diamond turned her experiences as a black trans woman in America into a bop about belonging
20 min
312
Baz Luhrmann’s “Sunscreen Song” — The 90s’ Most...
How a 7m graduation speech made it on Billboard
49 min
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Jacob Collier on staying creative and his 646 t...
34 min
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What it means to make music in 2020
Featuring Ricky Reed, John-Robert, Jacob Collier & Dua Saleh
32 min
315
Big Floyd And The Influence Of Houston Chopped ...
Unpacking DJ Screw, chopped and screwed, and George Floyd’s involvement with the Screwed Up Click.
29 min
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Carly Rae Jepsen: Meeting The Muse
"I’m a bit of an over-writer:” How Carly Rae Jepsen whittled 200 songs down to 12
39 min
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Why lo-fi is the perfect background music
A chill Lo-Fi beats podcast to relax/study to
34 min
318
Eurovision Lives! (with Netta)
Celebrating all the beauty, funk, and absurdity of the international song contest that never was
39 min
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How To Soundtrack A Villain: Killing Eve
A no spoilers look at the music of Killing Eve
36 min
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Did Fiona Apple Just Release a Perfect Album?
32 min
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Doja Cat’s “Say So” is a Masterclass in Good Times
27 min
322
Were We Wrong About Kanye West?
A lot of people miss the old Kanye. But what about the new Kanye?
46 min
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Aussie2Aussie: 5SOS on Tame Impala (with Luke H...
5SOS Break Down Tame Impala's "Borderline" and their song "Wildflower"
34 min
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The (murder) Ballad of Joe Exotic “Tiger King” ...
Who Really Wrote Joe Exotic's Country Music?
34 min
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D’Angelo and the Legacy of Voodoo (with Faith P...
20 years ago, D'Angelo stripped down the sound of soul
41 min