Switched on Pop podcast

Switched on Pop

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Listen closer to pop music — hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Listen closer to pop music — hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

 

#540

2hollis is the underground’s genre-hopping vampire

In the last episode of our feral pop miniseries, we take a look at the 22 year old rapper ... more

18 Jun 2026

31 MINS

31:35

18 Jun 2026


#539

Pop music for an internet-pilled generation

This week on Switched On Pop, we’re looking at all things feral pop, the microgenre that t... more

17 Jun 2026

25 MINS

25:24

17 Jun 2026


#538

The new wave of pop is here, and it’s feral

What would it sound like if pop music was reverted to its most wild state of being? It wou... more

16 Jun 2026

32 MINS

32:18

16 Jun 2026


#537

Olivia Rodrigo has The Cure for sadness

Olivia Rodrigo is back with her third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl in love... more

15 Jun 2026

42 MINS

42:50

15 Jun 2026


#536

Paul McCartney went back to Liverpool for something new to say

Boys of Dungeon Lane, McCartney's collaboration with producer Andrew Watt, arrived when Mc... more

09 Jun 2026

42 MINS

42:08

09 Jun 2026


#535

How a sci-fi dystopia became a personal utopia (ft. Arc Iris)

A sci-fi ballet imagined a 2080 where AI strips people of purpose, and the day before its ... more

05 Jun 2026

13 MINS

13:02

05 Jun 2026


#534

Why bands give us purpose (ft. MUNA)

A culture that rewards easily consumable individual identities produces plenty of pop star... more

02 Jun 2026

52 MINS

52:19

02 Jun 2026


#533

Drake's Slop Era

Canada’s favorite export Drake is back! This month, the Toronto singer-rapper extraordinai... more

26 May 2026

55 MINS

55:45

26 May 2026


#532

Kacey Musgraves walks country’s borderlands

Kacey Musgraves' album Middle of Nowhere finds the country outlaw taking a break from expl... more

19 May 2026

39 MINS

39:11

19 May 2026


#531

Rostam reimagines American music

The pedal steel and the saz both live in the spaces between equal-tempered notes, and that... more

15 May 2026

54 MINS

54:09

15 May 2026


#530

Eurovision is back – but not without controversy

The flowers are blooming and the calendar says May. That can only mean one thing: the Euro... more

12 May 2026

54 MINS

54:35

12 May 2026


#529

Samara Cyn is rap's best new writer

How do you write a rap verse that's clever without saying so? Samara Cyn, one of the sharp... more

08 May 2026

37 MINS

37:34

08 May 2026


#528

Olivia Rodrigo and the second verse massacre

Olivia Rodrigo's chart-topping new single "drop dead," the lead single from her forthcomin... more

05 May 2026

44 MINS

44:15

05 May 2026


#527

Hrishikesh Hirway made an album about running out of time — in no time

Hrishikesh Hirway, host of Song Exploder, returns with his first album in fifteen years, [... more

28 Apr 2026

43 MINS

43:12

28 Apr 2026


#526

BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

BTS is back. The best selling K Pop group of all time has been on hiatus for four years. T... more

21 Apr 2026

48 MINS

48:29

21 Apr 2026


#525

Maggie Rogers: going viral is a trap

Ten years ago, Maggie Rogers was a senior at NYU, scrambling to finish a song for a music ... more

17 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:36

17 Apr 2026


#524

Learning to Love Train: "Drops of Jupiter" is back in the atmosphere

Train is the kind of band that some people love to hate. Songs like "Meet Virginia" and "H... more

14 Apr 2026

47 MINS

47:25

14 Apr 2026


#523

Slayyyter might actually be the 'Worst Girl in America'

Going for broke turned out to be the most honest thing Slayyyter ever made. After financia... more

07 Apr 2026

38 MINS

38:11

07 Apr 2026


#522

How Charlie Puth honored Whitney Houston for 125 million people (live at Berklee NYC)

Charlie Puth joins Switched On Pop in Studio A at Power Station at Berklee NYC, live befor... more

03 Apr 2026

55 MINS

55:53

03 Apr 2026


#521

RAYE’s maximalist masterpiece is the hope we need

RAYE names Amy Winehouse and Edith Piaf as her artistic predecessors on the opening tracks... more

31 Mar 2026

42 MINS

42:47

31 Mar 2026