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.
Latest Episode
Rosalía's 'LUX' brings the symphony to the club (11.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Lily Allen and Tate McRae revive the revenge anthem
- Can “professor” Charlie Puth pass our qualifying exam?
- How D'Angelo changed music, in three songs
- What do John C. Reilly and Taylor Swift have in common? The Great American Songbook
- Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Sound: How to actually listen to the album
- The Power of the Trio (ft. Trousdale live at USC)
- Doja Cat is the new Janet
- Stockholm syndrome: Why we can't resist Swedish pop (ft. Zara Larsson)
- The music theory behind K Pop Demon Hunters' chart dominance
- The architecture of the album with Djo (Joe Keery live at NYU)
- Finneas and Ashe want you to start a band
- Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns After 50 Years
- The classical rebel who infiltrated pop music
- All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and Cardi
- A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders)
- Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud)
- Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag
- How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cylinder
- Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell
- The Benson Boone-Doggle
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