Switched on Pop

Listen closer to pop music — hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Music Commentary
Music Interviews
Music History
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How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cy...
44 min
27
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you ca...
47 min
28
The Benson Boone-Doggle
29 min
29
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
28 min
30
How Americana helped mainstream country find it...
33 min
31
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Gru...
30 min
32
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
26 min
33
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Baile...
33 min
34
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
34 min
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"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
27 min
36
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFa...
46 min
37
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
44 min
38
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
36 min
39
808: The drum machine that changed music foreve...
26 min
40
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Po...
50 min
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‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
37 min
42
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, a...
38 min
43
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
How does one translate TikTok celebrity into pop success?
53 min
44
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with...
63 min
45
Music's New Success Model
45 min
46
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
36 min
47
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
29 min
48
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Tow...
49 min
49
Lady Gaga's Monster Return
Gaga's newest album, MAYHEM, is a self-referential return to Gaga's musical roots
51 min
50
How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World
"Get Ur Freak On" pushed pop into the future
34 min