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 architecture of the album with Djo (Joe Kee...
52 min
2
Why everyone should be in a band (ft. Finneas a...
49 min
3
Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns Afte...
51 min
4
The classical rebel who infiltrated pop music
49 min
5
All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and ...
50 min
6
A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sa...
40 min
7
Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmah...
35 min
8
Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag
41 min
9
How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cy...
44 min
10
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you ca...
47 min
11
The Benson Boone-Doggle
29 min
12
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
28 min
13
How Americana helped mainstream country find it...
33 min
14
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Gru...
30 min
15
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
26 min
16
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Baile...
33 min
17
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
34 min
18
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
27 min
19
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFa...
46 min
20
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
44 min
21
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
36 min
22
808: The drum machine that changed music foreve...
26 min
23
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Po...
50 min
24
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
37 min
25
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, a...
38 min