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.

489 episodes

Episodes

A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders)

00:43:058/12/2025

Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud)

00:37:018/5/2025

Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag

00:43:517/29/2025

How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cylinder

00:46:197/22/2025

Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell

00:49:497/15/2025

The Benson Boone-Doggle

00:32:207/8/2025

Can Recession Pop predict the market?

00:32:087/1/2025

How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul

00:35:226/27/2025

Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera)

00:32:356/26/2025

The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph

00:28:256/25/2025