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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The mid-career crises of Travis Scott and Post ...
UTOPIA and AUSTIN are the two biggest records on the Billboard 200. What do they say about the artists behind them?
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Song Camp 2: Electric Boogaloo! (with Alex Tuma...
The role of the producer, engineer, topliner, songwriter and artist.
32 min
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The secret world of songwriting camps
Inside Anti Social Camp with Nicholas Petricca of Walk The Moon, Julia Cunningham of Sunflower Beam and producer Andrew Maury.
32 min
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Your cursive singing is tearing this family apart!
An investigation into the love and hate for “indie girl voice”
29 min
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Barbie and the plasticity of pop
The biggest cultural moment this summer belongs to Barbie. How does the film's soundtrack stack up?
44 min
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How Louis Armstrong invented the modern pop star
Listening to the legacy of the legendary trumpeter and vocalist 100 years after his first recording
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Speak Now (about Taylor's versions)
Listening to Taylor Swift's third re-recording
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My Beyoncé Ticket Cost $4,000: Why the Touring ...
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What makes a gay anthem?
Kylie Minogue's "Padam Padam" is the queer song of the summer. But why?
34 min
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Switches Brew: blink-182, Kate Bush, BewhY, The...
What we're listening to old and new
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Chartbreakers: Mexican regional y más
This edition of chartbreakers takes a look at everything from Peso Pluma to Taylor Swift
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Listening 2 Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
The robots gain a heart and soul - and self-destruct in the process
35 min
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Listening 2 Daft Punk: Human After All / Alive ...
The anti-utopian robots
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Listening 2 Daft Punk: Discovery
The voice of a robot
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Listening 2 Daft Punk: Homework
Soldering the Robots' synthesized circuits
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The Jonas Brothers' Yacht Rock Revival
Nick, Joe and Kevin channel Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, and The Doobie Brothers
37 min
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From Westeros-techno to trance metal: Eurovisio...
It's time for the world's campiest competition: Eurovision Song Contest
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Who killed the key change in pop music?
A musical whodunit
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A.I. Drake has put music in a tailspin
Lawlessness and Laser Bongs with The Vergecast
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BTS goes solo together
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This Generation's Caroline Polachek
For Caroline Polachek, "desire" takes many abstract forms on her latest record
42 min
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The Shakira Conspiracy
Shakira's new song embodies a conspiratorial songwriting seen at the center of this decade's biggest hits
29 min
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Reinventing Bach
Dan Tepfer connects Bach to free improv
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100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop
The duo's latest record is a sum of their influences: Primus, Future, and Justin Timberlake included
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Switches Brew
Switched On Pop's top listening picks
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