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.

Music Commentary
Music Interviews
Music History
1
The Benson Boone-Doggle
29 min
2
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
28 min
3
How Americana helped mainstream country find it...
33 min
4
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Gru...
30 min
5
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
26 min
6
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Baile...
33 min
7
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
34 min
8
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
27 min
9
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFa...
46 min
10
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
44 min
11
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
36 min
12
808: The drum machine that changed music foreve...
26 min
13
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Po...
50 min
14
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
37 min
15
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, a...
38 min
16
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
How does one translate TikTok celebrity into pop success?
53 min
17
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with...
63 min
18
Music's New Success Model
45 min
19
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
36 min
20
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
29 min
21
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Tow...
49 min
22
Lady Gaga's Monster Return
Gaga's newest album, MAYHEM, is a self-referential return to Gaga's musical roots
51 min
23
How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World
"Get Ur Freak On" pushed pop into the future
34 min
24
Playing "Hide and Seek" with Imogen Heap
How a late night studio improvisation created a surprise hit
30 min
25
The Umbrella Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit...
Modern Classics: "Umbrella"
32 min