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
376
What Makes a Song Sexy?
31 min
377
The Deep History of '7 Rings'
36 min
378
Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
A conversation with Simon Reynolds
46 min
379
Slay Bells, All Year Long
37 min
380
Look What You Made Us Do
54 min
381
Entering Beard Phase with Mike Posner
50 min
382
How Dirty Projectors Make You Feel Energy (with...
David Lonsgtreth breaks down "I Feel Energy"
52 min
383
Stairway To Hell: Greta Van Fleet’s Scorching A...
Is Greta Van Fleet a Led Zeppelin Homage or a Copy?
56 min
384
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Love the 90s
34 min
385
Sicko Rap and Drunk Country
33 min
386
The Side Effects of Pop Music with Emily Warren
42 min
387
Drake vs Drake
40 min
388
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Beyoncé and Black Eye...
25 min
389
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Nelly + Katy Perry (P...
22 min
390
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
391
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets
27 min
392
Switched on Summer: Getting Around with the Bea...
27 min
393
The Pure Pop of Charlie Puth + Carly Rae (ft Ha...
43 min
394
Afrofuturism in Kali Uchis & Clipping (with Dav...
46 min
395
Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry'
How tempo rubato, modal interchange and the amen break create equanimity.
35 min
396
Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Tar...
51 min
397
Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL
42 min
398
Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies
26 min
399
Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjecti...
25 min
400
How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
48 min