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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Switched-On Wendy Carlos
The story of Wendy Carlos' synthesizer with This is Love
34 min
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The song of the summer is DEAD with Today Expla...
Or is it?
24 min
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Lawrence: the kick-ass eight-piece family band ...
The music business is a family business
47 min
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The Imperfect Feminine: Camila, Charli, and Sab...
Pop music has found itself in a girl-aissance
44 min
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Empress Of asks for your consideration (with Em...
Nate and Reanna sit down with Empress Of to talk beatboxing, billboards, and Björk
35 min
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Bootsy Collins is gonna funk you up (with Boots...
With his new album on the way, Bootzilla runs through some of his career’s funkiest hits
38 min
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Freaking out about songwriting with Nile Rodgers
We invited the chair of the Songwriters Hall of Fame to talk about the making of a great song.
33 min
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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