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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Mastering Music (with Dallas Taylor of Twenty T...
The sugary glaze on all pop music
53 min
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Jazz 1959
What jazz's most pivotal year can teach us about pop of the present
46 min
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BONUS: Charli XCX and The Future of Music (with...
How artists are changing their release strategies in the streaming era
34 min
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The “Baby Shark” Phenomenon (with Andrea Silenzi)
The dark magic of kids music (with Andrea Silenzi)
34 min
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BONUS: Who are the Picassos of pop? (with Ross ...
Bonus episode with And the Writer Is...
44 min
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Switched Off Book the Improvised Musical (with ...
We made a musical (with OFF BOOK)
88 min
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ICYMI: How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
Originally aired March 9, 2018
49 min
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ICYMI: Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?
Originally aired 7/27/2018
45 min
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Songs of Summer Call-in Special
Hotline Sing: The People Have Spoken
51 min
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Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Soun...
The Sounds of Contemporary R&B According To Super-Producer Oak Felder
52 min
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Beyoncé's Gift To Africa (with Ivie Ani)
The Lion King’s Homage to Afropop
36 min
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LCD Soundsystem and the Unbearable Sameness of ...
Why does every hip restaurant play the same music?
33 min
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The $50M Beat Marketplace That Broke the Billboard
Fresh Beats for Sale. Only $29.99!
27 min
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Shawn Mendes and the Rhythm of Rhyme
31 min
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Space, The Final Frontier: Madonna, Stephen Put...
56 min
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What BTS's "Boy With Love" ft. Halsey Can Teach...
38 min
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"Prince Ali" and Why We're All Music Theorists
27 min
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Why Does Every Intro Sound Like It's Underwater...
23 min
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The Man Behind the Rocketman with Giles Martin
50 min
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The Greatest Pop Stories Never Told (with Jessi...
40 min
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Should You Care About Ed Sheeran and Justin Bie...
50 min
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The Smooth Sound of NPR Morning News
38 min
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Is There An Indie Rock Conspiracy? (Featuring J...
28 min
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Lizzo And The End of Genre (with Sam Harris of ...
48 min
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Taylor Swift Causes a PANIC!
38 min