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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Why do new Christmas songs fail?
In case you missed it last year: why are there no new Christmas songs?
24 min
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The Art of Flow
Exploring what DJ Jazzy Jeff calls the "body clock" of our favorite rappers
33 min
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Willow Smith rocks harder
Charlie and Willow chat about the making of the new record and the many multitudes of rock music.
23 min
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The Sound of Sapphism
Where "sapphic pop" came from and how artists feel about it
30 min
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Scary Pockets funkify pop classics (with Lizzy ...
The Bee Gees' “Staying Alive” gets new life
32 min
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Up late with Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’
36 min
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Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top
Why "Bad Habit" is the most interesting #1 of 2022 (so far)
31 min
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Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan E...
Amelia Meath asks MUNA, Maggie Rogers, Jeff Tweedy, Bartees Strange
44 min
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Santigold sings Spirituals
The genre-defying performer walks the line between horror and beauty on her newest album
23 min
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The future of music pt I
A conversation with The Vergecast
32 min
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Lady Gaga & The Pequeños Monstruos
How Lady Gaga uses Latin influence to engage with her Latinx audience
29 min
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Invasion of the Vibe Snatchers
OneRepublic's 'Top Gun' interpolation of Peter Bjorn and John
23 min
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Into It: Song of Summer 2022
16 min
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Learning to love the Killers (maybe)
Listening with open ears to the bands that confound us
29 min
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K-Pop Chartbreakers: BLACKPINK, Girls’ Generati...
One of these songs made us cry
31 min
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Demi Lovato Searches for "Substance" In Pop-Pun...
How Lovato’s newest track features all the traits of pop-punk old and new.
22 min
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Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance’ Era
Into It’s Sam Sanders on Beyoncé's new album
28 min
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Into It: The Business of Beyoncé
Introducing Sam Sanders's new Vulture podcast
38 min
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"It's About Damn Time" for Another Lizzo #1
Lizzo channels retro soul and responds to fan feedback on her latest album
27 min
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Elvis, Big Mama Thornton, Doja Cat, and the Lon...
You Ain’t Nothing but a Tresillo
20 min
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We Won’t Go Back: Pop Music and the Fight For R...
Musicians speak and sing out on the repeal of Roe v Wade
27 min
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Harry Styles and the Sledgehammer Horns
Harry Styles's latest album brings back the power and pomp of the 80s brass section
21 min
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ICYMI: The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Baz Luh...
Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen
50 min
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Beyoncé's House
"Break My Soul" is an ode to liberation and tribute to the pioneers of house.
29 min
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Robert Glasper on jazz, basketball, and his sco...
The polymath pianist breaks down Coltrane and Kareem
21 min