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.
1
Drake's Slop Era
53 min
2
Kacey Musgraves walks country’s borderlands
36 min
3
Rostam reimagines American music
51 min
4
Eurovision is back – but not without controversy
52 min
5
Samara Cyn is rap's best new writer
37 min
6
Olivia Rodrigo and the second verse massacre
41 min
7
Hrishikesh Hirway made an album about running o...
40 min
8
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.
45 min
9
Maggie Rogers: going viral is a trap
35 min
10
Learning to Love Train: "Drops of Jupiter" is b...
44 min
11
Slayyyter might actually be the 'Worst Girl in ...
35 min
12
How Charlie Puth honored Whitney Houston for 12...
54 min
13
RAYE’s maximalist masterpiece is the hope we need
40 min
14
Where have all the white rappers gone?
48 min
15
Jacob Collier can make anyone sing
52 min
16
Harry Styles loses himself to dance
41 min
17
Can Bruno Mars counterprogram his way to anothe...
42 min
18
Charli XCX’s "Wuthering Heights" fever dream
46 min
19
Will Sinners do for blues what O Brother did fo...
48 min
20
Jazz is A$AP Rocky’s secret weapon
33 min
21
Does humor belong in music?
45 min
22
And the Grammy goes to…
49 min
23
Robyn’s new songs bring “drum 'n' grace” to the...
43 min
24
Audrey Hobert says the quiet part out loud
52 min
25
2026 Pop Predictions: big beat, animated avatar...
56 min