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.

Music Commentary
Music Interviews
Music History
326
The Deep History of '7 Rings'
36 min
327
Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
A conversation with Simon Reynolds
46 min
328
Slay Bells, All Year Long
37 min
329
Look What You Made Us Do
54 min
330
Entering Beard Phase with Mike Posner
50 min
331
How Dirty Projectors Make You Feel Energy (with...
David Lonsgtreth breaks down "I Feel Energy"
52 min
332
Stairway To Hell: Greta Van Fleet’s Scorching A...
Is Greta Van Fleet a Led Zeppelin Homage or a Copy?
56 min
333
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Love the 90s
34 min
334
Sicko Rap and Drunk Country
33 min
335
The Side Effects of Pop Music with Emily Warren
42 min
336
Drake vs Drake
40 min
337
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Beyoncé and Black Eye...
25 min
338
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Nelly + Katy Perry (P...
22 min
339
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
340
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets
27 min
341
Switched on Summer: Getting Around with the Bea...
27 min
342
The Pure Pop of Charlie Puth + Carly Rae (ft Ha...
43 min
343
Afrofuturism in Kali Uchis & Clipping (with Dav...
46 min
344
Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry'
How tempo rubato, modal interchange and the amen break create equanimity.
35 min
345
Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Tar...
51 min
346
Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL
42 min
347
Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies
26 min
348
Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjecti...
25 min
349
How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
48 min
350
808s & Havana Heartbreak
54 min