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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Song Camp 2: Electric Boogaloo! (with Alex Tuma...
The role of the producer, engineer, topliner, songwriter and artist.
32 min
152
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
153
Your cursive singing is tearing this family apart!
An investigation into the love and hate for “indie girl voice”
29 min
154
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
155
How Louis Armstrong invented the modern pop star
Listening to the legacy of the legendary trumpeter and vocalist 100 years after his first recording
31 min
156
Speak Now (about Taylor's versions)
Listening to Taylor Swift's third re-recording
44 min
157
My Beyoncé Ticket Cost $4,000: Why the Touring ...
23 min
158
What makes a gay anthem?
Kylie Minogue's "Padam Padam" is the queer song of the summer. But why?
34 min
159
Switches Brew: blink-182, Kate Bush, BewhY, The...
What we're listening to old and new
24 min
160
Chartbreakers: Mexican regional y más
This edition of chartbreakers takes a look at everything from Peso Pluma to Taylor Swift
43 min
161
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
The robots gain a heart and soul - and self-destruct in the process
35 min
162
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Human After All / Alive ...
The anti-utopian robots
37 min
163
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Discovery
The voice of a robot
35 min
164
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Homework
Soldering the Robots' synthesized circuits
36 min
165
The Jonas Brothers' Yacht Rock Revival
Nick, Joe and Kevin channel Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, and The Doobie Brothers
37 min
166
From Westeros-techno to trance metal: Eurovisio...
It's time for the world's campiest competition: Eurovision Song Contest
26 min
167
Who killed the key change in pop music?
A musical whodunit
31 min
168
A.I. Drake has put music in a tailspin
Lawlessness and Laser Bongs with The Vergecast
37 min
169
BTS goes solo together
47 min
170
This Generation's Caroline Polachek
For Caroline Polachek, "desire" takes many abstract forms on her latest record
42 min
171
The Shakira Conspiracy
Shakira's new song embodies a conspiratorial songwriting seen at the center of this decade's biggest hits
29 min
172
Reinventing Bach
Dan Tepfer connects Bach to free improv
38 min
173
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
37 min
174
Switches Brew
Switched On Pop's top listening picks
22 min
175
Modern Classics: Seal - Kiss From a Rose
Why Seal's masterstroke resonates almost thirty years later
35 min