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Switched on Pop
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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.
Recent Episodes
FEB 18, 2025
Learning to love: Tate McRae
Simple Pop and the pop music B-Team
45 MIN
FEB 11, 2025
Does It Trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs
Trance music used to dominate the clubs. Can we hear it in 2025?
46 MIN
FEB 4, 2025
How Spotify hacked our ears (and our data)
Liz Pelly's Mood Machine says the playlist isn't the product — you are
53 MIN
JAN 28, 2025
25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more
Playing bingo for the coming year in pop, and predicting Grammy for Album of the Year.
57 MIN
JAN 21, 2025
Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico
Debí Tirar Más Fotos is an intertextual, anti-colonial opus
46 MIN
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