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
52
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you ca...
47 min
53
The Benson Boone-Doggle
29 min
54
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
28 min
55
How Americana helped mainstream country find it...
33 min
56
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Gru...
30 min
57
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
26 min
58
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Baile...
33 min
59
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
34 min
60
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
27 min
61
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFa...
46 min
62
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
44 min
63
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
36 min
64
808: The drum machine that changed music foreve...
26 min
65
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Po...
50 min
66
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
37 min
67
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, a...
38 min
68
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
How does one translate TikTok celebrity into pop success?
53 min
69
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with...
63 min
70
Music's New Success Model
45 min
71
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
36 min
72
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
29 min
73
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Tow...
49 min
74
Lady Gaga's Monster Return
Gaga's newest album, MAYHEM, is a self-referential return to Gaga's musical roots
51 min
75
How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World
"Get Ur Freak On" pushed pop into the future
34 min