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.
1
Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag
41 min
2
How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cy...
44 min
3
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you ca...
47 min
4
The Benson Boone-Doggle
29 min
5
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
28 min
6
How Americana helped mainstream country find it...
33 min
7
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Gru...
30 min
8
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
26 min
9
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Baile...
33 min
10
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
34 min
11
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
27 min
12
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFa...
46 min
13
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
44 min
14
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
36 min
15
808: The drum machine that changed music foreve...
26 min
16
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Po...
50 min
17
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
37 min
18
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, a...
38 min
19
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
How does one translate TikTok celebrity into pop success?
53 min
20
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with...
63 min
21
Music's New Success Model
45 min
22
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
36 min
23
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
29 min
24
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Tow...
49 min
25
Lady Gaga's Monster Return
Gaga's newest album, MAYHEM, is a self-referential return to Gaga's musical roots
51 min