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
401
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets
27 min
402
Switched on Summer: Getting Around with the Bea...
27 min
403
The Pure Pop of Charlie Puth + Carly Rae (ft Ha...
43 min
404
Afrofuturism in Kali Uchis & Clipping (with Dav...
46 min
405
Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry'
How tempo rubato, modal interchange and the amen break create equanimity.
35 min
406
Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Tar...
51 min
407
Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL
42 min
408
Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies
26 min
409
Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjecti...
25 min
410
How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
48 min
411
808s & Havana Heartbreak
54 min
412
My My My! Troye Sivan + Queer Pop (w Gina Delva...
55 min
413
90s Nostalgia in Bruno Mars and Charlie Puth
32 min
414
Justin Timberlake's Identity Crisis
34 min
415
Dua Lipa's Minor Mantra (w Emily Bootle)
17 min
416
All I Want for Xmas is a Year in Review Episode
38 min
417
Björk's Emotional Landscapes
36 min
418
Taylor Constructs A Darker Reputation
35 min
419
Unlikely Mashups: Taylor + Cardi B | Clean Band...
43 min
420
Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE deconstructed w. guest ...
28 min
421
Demi Lovato is Not Sorry
34 min
422
How to 'Feels' the Groove
30 min
423
Anthems of Resilience - Kesha and Imagine Drago...
40 min
424
The Many Worlds of "Despacito"
28 min
425
Selena Gomez: Bad Liar, Psycho Songwriter
40 min