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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Begging songs and basketball's musicality (with...
Unpacking the classic "My Girl" through the lens of sports and sound
28 min
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Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist (with Ch...
Coming off a recent shoutout, Puth is releasing a new single called “Hero,” inspired by Taylor Swift.
37 min
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Billie Eilish hits both hard and soft
On her new record, Billie Eilish finally graduates from her signature anti-pop persona into full blown pop stardom
41 min
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Gastropod: Why are restaurants so loud? Plus th...
Charlie and Nate join Gastropod to discuss the sonics of culinary acoustic bliss
41 min
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Is pop music just fast food? (with Gastropod)
Breaking down the most iconic fast food jingles
37 min
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Rosie Tucker's unending bliss
The indie rocker writes bangers that spell doom without despair
21 min
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Eurovision 2024: from Baby Lasagna to Windows95Man
This year, Eurovision has one rule: there are no rules!
31 min
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Justice is never-ending
39 min
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Best of 2024 so far: hip hop feuds, Hozier’s po...
The past few months have brought everything from a nuclear hip-hop beef to existential power-pop.
51 min
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Taylor Swift's Literary Era
Taylor Swift's 11th studio album finds her in the world of literature
44 min
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Lost Notes: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA
My Lady’s Frustration
30 min
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Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize
Rico Nasty and Boys Noize are challenging the sounds of UNESCO-certified Berlin techno.
43 min
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Chasing old sounds: Djo's "End of Beginning" wi...
Joe Keery's unexpected pop stardom
37 min
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Cowboy Carter: This Ain't Country
Act II is America
37 min
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Hip-hop's Sea Change at Rolling Loud
What attending the world's largest hip-hop festival revealed about the genre
41 min
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Rhapsody in Blue, Reimagined
Pianist Lara Downes updates a George Gershwin classic on the 100th anniversary of its premiere
28 min
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Eternal Sunshine of Ariana Grande's Mind
Ariana Grande wipes away the past through vocal virtuosity and harmonic trickery
43 min
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How to DIY a Music Career (with Amelia Meath an...
Making It Independent in Music
35 min
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Is Beyoncé's music #sponcon? And other mysterie...
At this year's On-Air Fest, Charlie and Nate unpacked musical mysteries about product placement in pop and new-age frequencies
43 min
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Jacob Collier unites the world
Interviewing Jacob Collier on completing his Djesse quadrilogy with his assorted collaborators
58 min
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Beyoncé's Country
The superstar singer trains her unerring sonic lens on the forgotten Black roots of country music
42 min
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Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHRO...
The two most maligned words in music
28 min
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The Star Spangled Banger!
The biggest diva to ever sing the national anthem
51 min
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Brittany Howard's Chaos Theory (with Brittany H...
Brittany Howard’s new record “What Now” furthers her artistry through genre-mashing sounds and textures.
34 min
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The b*tch of loving musical theater (with Bridg...
An investigation into why musicals provoke such strong reactions
43 min