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
The music theory behind K Pop Demon Hunters' chart dominance (17.09.2025)
Previous Episodes
- The architecture of the album with Djo (Joe Keery live at NYU) 15.09.2025
- Why everyone should be in a band (ft. Finneas and Ashe) 09.09.2025
- Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns After 50 Years 02.09.2025
- The classical rebel who infiltrated pop music 26.08.2025
- All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and Cardi 19.08.2025
- A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders) 12.08.2025
- Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud) 05.08.2025
- Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag 29.07.2025
- How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cylinder 22.07.2025
- Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell 15.07.2025
- The Benson Boone-Doggle 08.07.2025
- Can Recession Pop predict the market? 01.07.2025
- How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul 27.06.2025
- Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera) 26.06.2025
- The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph 25.06.2025
- The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman) 24.06.2025
- Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music? 23.06.2025
- "Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence 17.06.2025
- Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFarlane) 10.06.2025
- Is the future of pop...heavy metal?! 03.06.2025
