Switched on Pop
By Vulture
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by Vulture
Category: Music Commentary
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 3215
Reviews: 11
Episodes: 438
Reed
Dec 8, 2023
This podcast celebrates the joy, artistry, beauty and transcendence of pop music without the cynicism and nostalgia of other music podcasts. I just discovered this a few months ago and love listening to shows from the back catalogue.
Wow Jeff
Mar 12, 2023
I didn't know that someone could make exciting music unexciting. By deconstructing songs and melodies, you losing the forest among the trees. They use much of the same schtick ever episode. I'm sure you might like it, but not my cup of tea
Jan 18, 2023
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 30, 2021
Description
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.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
Fleetwood Mac perfected turning drama into hits
|
Nov 19, 2024 |
|
Still Freaky After All These Years: Gaga, Tyler, The Cure
|
Nov 12, 2024 |
|
Did Kendrick Lamar kill hip-hop?
|
Nov 05, 2024 |
|
Where are all the scary songs?
|
Oct 29, 2024 |
|
The virtuosity of Stevie Wonder
|
Oct 22, 2024 |
|
The last decade of pop explained
|
Oct 15, 2024 |
|
Learning to love: Coldplay
|
Oct 08, 2024 |
|
Fall Out Boy and the worst earworm ever
|
Oct 01, 2024 |
|
Mexican pop is bigger than you think
|
Sep 24, 2024 |
|
How Megan Thee Stallion brought Japanese hip hop to the Hot 100
|
Sep 17, 2024 |
|
Learning to love: Oasis
|
Sep 10, 2024 |
|
Newcomers: Porter Robinson
|
Sep 06, 2024 |
|
Sabrina Carpenter is more than Short n' Sweet
|
Sep 03, 2024 |
|
Newcomers: Jhayco
|
Aug 30, 2024 |
|
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars bring back the duet
|
Aug 27, 2024 |
|
Newcomers: Magdalena Bay
|
Aug 23, 2024 |
|
Tinashe’s “Nasty” takes on Janet and Beyoncé + Are songs getting simpler?
|
Aug 20, 2024 |
|
Kesha v Katy + Tayla Parx on pop’s obsession with eras
|
Aug 13, 2024 |
|
Introducing One Song
|
Aug 09, 2024 |
|
brat but it's a podcast about the album by CharliXCX
|
Aug 06, 2024 |
|
Why Chappell Roan is the sound of 2024
|
Jul 30, 2024 |
|
Is country the new hip hop?
|
Jul 23, 2024 |
|
The music industry's AI fight
|
Jul 19, 2024 |
|
Switched-On Wendy Carlos
|
Jul 17, 2024 |
|
The song of the summer is DEAD with Today Explained
|
Jul 15, 2024 |
|
Lawrence: the kick-ass eight-piece family band reshaping the music business
|
Jul 09, 2024 |
|
The Imperfect Feminine: Camila, Charli, and Sabrina
|
Jul 02, 2024 |
|
Empress Of asks for your consideration (with Empress Of)
|
Jun 25, 2024 |
|
Bootsy Collins is gonna funk you up (with Bootsy Collins)
|
Jun 18, 2024 |
|
Freaking out about songwriting with Nile Rodgers
|
Jun 11, 2024 |
|
Begging songs and basketball's musicality (with Hanif Abdurraqib)
|
Jun 04, 2024 |
|
Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist (with Charlie Puth)
|
May 28, 2024 |
|
Billie Eilish hits both hard and soft
|
May 21, 2024 |
|
Gastropod: Why are restaurants so loud? Plus the science behind the perfect playlist
|
May 17, 2024 |
|
Is pop music just fast food? (with Gastropod)
|
May 14, 2024 |
|
Rosie Tucker's unending bliss
|
May 10, 2024 |
|
Eurovision 2024: from Baby Lasagna to Windows95Man
|
May 07, 2024 |
|
Justice is never-ending
|
May 04, 2024 |
|
Best of 2024 so far: hip hop feuds, Hozier’s pop surprise and espresso shots
|
Apr 30, 2024 |
|
Taylor Swift's Literary Era
|
Apr 23, 2024 |
|
Lost Notes: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA
|
Apr 20, 2024 |
|
Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
|
Chasing old sounds: Djo's "End of Beginning" with Joe Keery
|
Apr 09, 2024 |
|
Cowboy Carter: This Ain't Country
|
Apr 02, 2024 |
|
Hip-hop's Sea Change at Rolling Loud
|
Mar 26, 2024 |
|
Rhapsody in Blue, Reimagined
|
Mar 22, 2024 |
|
Eternal Sunshine of Ariana Grande's Mind
|
Mar 19, 2024 |
|
How to DIY a Music Career (with Amelia Meath and David Gray at SXSW)
|
Mar 15, 2024 |
|
Is Beyoncé's music #sponcon? And other mysteries LIVE in Brooklyn
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
|
Jacob Collier unites the world
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
|
Beyoncé's Country
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHROMEO)
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
|
The Star Spangled Banger!
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
Brittany Howard's Chaos Theory (with Brittany Howard)
|
Feb 06, 2024 |
|
The b*tch of loving musical theater (with Bridger Winegar)
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
Kali Uchis takes on the world
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
|
Soundalikes: Lil Nas X and Ariana Grande
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
The case of the missing vocals, and other listener questions
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon - ICYMI
|
Jan 02, 2024 |
|
Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales - ICYMI
|
Dec 25, 2023 |
|
"Did I mention that it's Christmas in this club?" (w Matt Rogers)
|
Dec 19, 2023 |
|
Nicki Minaj's Roman Empire
|
Dec 12, 2023 |
|
Hear the Year: The music we loved in 2023
|
Dec 05, 2023 |
|
Behind the Scenes of Switched on Pop on Harman Audio Talks
|
Nov 28, 2023 |
|
Noah Kahan’s Folk Pop Revival
|
Nov 21, 2023 |
|
Why Country Music Dominated 2023's Charts
|
Nov 14, 2023 |
|
The Beatles: "Now and Then" and Forever
|
Nov 07, 2023 |
|
Rerecording Taylor Swift's 1989, Dark Side of the Moon, and Demi Lovato
|
Oct 28, 2023 |
|
Chartbreakers: Mitski tops the TikTok chart
|
Oct 24, 2023 |
|
How Talking Heads reinvented the concert film (with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz)
|
Oct 17, 2023 |
|
Feeling Fine with Faye Webster
|
Oct 11, 2023 |
|
Metro Boomin Wants Some More
|
Oct 06, 2023 |
|
In Defense of Crunk
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
|
Made In America: Jay-Z & Toby Keith ICYMI
|
Sep 28, 2023 |
|
The Art of Flow (with DJ Jazzy Jeff) ICYMI
|
Sep 26, 2023 |
|
Doja Cat’s Satanic Suite
|
Sep 19, 2023 |
|
Jimmy Buffett: Next Year in Margaritaville
|
Sep 12, 2023 |
|
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Era ICYMI
|
Sep 05, 2023 |
|
Olivia Rodrigo’s Good Ideas
|
Aug 29, 2023 |
|
Wonders: "Stacy's Mom" and Adam Schlesinger
|
Aug 22, 2023 |
|
The mid-career crises of Travis Scott and Post Malone
|
Aug 15, 2023 |
|
Song Camp 2: Electric Boogaloo! (with Alex Tumay, Wolftyla, Nicholas Petricca, Grace VanderWaal)
|
Aug 11, 2023 |
|
The secret world of songwriting camps
|
Aug 08, 2023 |
|
Your cursive singing is tearing this family apart!
|
Aug 01, 2023 |
|
Barbie and the plasticity of pop
|
Jul 25, 2023 |
|
How Louis Armstrong invented the modern pop star
|
Jul 18, 2023 |
|
Speak Now (about Taylor's versions)
|
Jul 11, 2023 |
|
My Beyoncé Ticket Cost $4,000: Why the Touring Industry Might Be Broken – Into It with Sam Sanders
|
Jul 04, 2023 |
|
What makes a gay anthem?
|
Jun 27, 2023 |
|
Switches Brew: blink-182, Kate Bush, BewhY, The Pointer Sisters, Saint Levant
|
Jun 20, 2023 |
|
Chartbreakers: Mexican regional y más
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
|
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
|
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Human After All / Alive 2007
|
May 30, 2023 |
|
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Discovery
|
May 23, 2023 |
|
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Homework
|
May 16, 2023 |
|
The Jonas Brothers' Yacht Rock Revival
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
From Westeros-techno to trance metal: Eurovision 2023
|
May 02, 2023 |
|
Who killed the key change in pop music?
|
Apr 25, 2023 |
|
A.I. Drake has put music in a tailspin
|
Apr 21, 2023 |
|
BTS goes solo together
|
Apr 18, 2023 |
|
This Generation's Caroline Polachek
|
Apr 11, 2023 |
|
The Shakira Conspiracy
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
|
Reinventing Bach
|
Mar 28, 2023 |
|
100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop
|
Mar 21, 2023 |
|
Switches Brew
|
Mar 17, 2023 |
|
Modern Classics: Seal - Kiss From a Rose
|
Mar 14, 2023 |
|
How John Denver got huge in Asia
|
Mar 07, 2023 |
|
Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners
|
Feb 28, 2023 |
|
Five years later, the legacy of Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap"
|
Feb 22, 2023 |
|
“Flowers” and the art of the response song
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
|
Rihanna Party! ICYMI
|
Feb 12, 2023 |
|
The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
|
A History of Whammies at the Grammys - Into It with Sam Sanders
|
Feb 02, 2023 |
|
Wonders: Bobby McFerrin
|
Jan 31, 2023 |
|
The New Wave of Paramore
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
|
Taylor Swift and the music industry's next $20
|
Jan 20, 2023 |
|
SZA's Endless Melody
|
Jan 18, 2023 |
|
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
|
ICYMI 90s Music Canon
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
|
ICYMI: We *do* talk about Bruno
|
Dec 27, 2022 |
|
Anitta & Rosalía on the borders of Latin pop
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
|
How Bad Bunny won 2022
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
The soft sounds of Kali Uchis (live from Vulture Fest)
|
Dec 06, 2022 |
|
Why do new Christmas songs fail?
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
The Art of Flow
|
Nov 22, 2022 |
|
Willow Smith rocks harder
|
Nov 15, 2022 |
|
The Sound of Sapphism
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
|
Scary Pockets funkify pop classics (with Lizzy McAlpine)
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
|
Up late with Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’
|
Oct 24, 2022 |
|
Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
|
Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso)
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
|
Santigold sings Spirituals
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
|
The future of music pt I
|
Sep 27, 2022 |
|
Lady Gaga & The Pequeños Monstruos
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
|
Invasion of the Vibe Snatchers
|
Sep 13, 2022 |
|
Into It: Song of Summer 2022
|
Sep 06, 2022 |
|
Learning to love the Killers (maybe)
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
|
K-Pop Chartbreakers: BLACKPINK, Girls’ Generation, NewJeans, IVE
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
|
Demi Lovato Searches for "Substance" In Pop-Punk Perfection
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
|
Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance’ Era
|
Aug 09, 2022 |
|
Into It: The Business of Beyoncé
|
Aug 05, 2022 |
|
"It's About Damn Time" for Another Lizzo #1
|
Aug 02, 2022 |
|
Elvis, Big Mama Thornton, Doja Cat, and the Long Legacy of “Hound Dog”
|
Jul 26, 2022 |
|
We Won’t Go Back: Pop Music and the Fight For Reproductive Rights (w MILCK and Ann Powers)
|
Jul 19, 2022 |
|
Harry Styles and the Sledgehammer Horns
|
Jul 12, 2022 |
|
ICYMI: The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Baz Luhrmann)
|
Jul 05, 2022 |
|
Beyoncé's House
|
Jun 28, 2022 |
|
Robert Glasper on jazz, basketball, and his score for "Winning Time"
|
Jun 21, 2022 |
|
Scoring Stranger Things with Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
|
Jun 16, 2022 |
|
Kate Bush, Stranger Things, and a hit song four decades in the making
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
|
So your song went viral on TikTok. What’s next?
|
Jun 07, 2022 |
|
The 1980s jam that gave Latto and Mariah Carey Big D*** Energy
|
May 31, 2022 |
|
Kendrick Lamar and the big samples
|
May 24, 2022 |
|
Modern Classics: PJ Morton made Nas’s Stevie Wonder dream come true
|
May 17, 2022 |
|
Will Ukraine win Eurovision 2022?
|
May 10, 2022 |
|
Belle and Sebastian on the value of staying "young and stupid"
|
May 03, 2022 |
|
The New Alternative
|
Apr 26, 2022 |
|
Jump-starting the creative process with Allison Ponthier
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
|
A Higher Power Ballad
|
Apr 12, 2022 |
|
How sound becomes hearing
|
Apr 05, 2022 |
|
Listening 2 Britney: Gimme More
|
Mar 29, 2022 |
|
Listening 2 Britney: Toxic
|
Mar 22, 2022 |
|
Listening 2 Britney: I'm a Slave 4 U
|
Mar 15, 2022 |
|
Listening 2 Britney: ...Baby One More Time
|
Mar 08, 2022 |
|
Chartbreakers (ft. Megan Thee Stallion and the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
|
Mar 01, 2022 |
|
Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of Texas
|
Feb 15, 2022 |
|
Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan Esso
|
Feb 08, 2022 |
|
We *do* talk about Bruno
|
Feb 01, 2022 |
|
32 Albums in, Elvis Costello is Just Getting Started
|
Jan 25, 2022 |
|
Accidental K-pop star Eric Nam risks it all to go his own way
|
Jan 19, 2022 |
|
The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a little help from Jim Carrey)
|
Jan 11, 2022 |
|
Why do new Christmas songs fail?
|
Dec 21, 2021 |
|
Tai Verdes TikTok-ed his way to a breakout hit
|
Dec 14, 2021 |
|
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof
|
Dec 07, 2021 |
|
The Beatles get back to their roots
|
Nov 30, 2021 |
|
Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonic’s broken hearts club (with Brittany Luse)
|
Nov 23, 2021 |
|
Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest
|
Nov 16, 2021 |
|
The State of the Pop Union
|
Nov 09, 2021 |
|
Why ABBA songs just hit different
|
Nov 02, 2021 |
|
The Healing Power of Pop with Esperanza Spalding
|
Oct 26, 2021 |
|
Janet Jackson's Legacy After 'Control' from It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders
|
Oct 22, 2021 |
|
James Bond's Spycraft Sound
|
Oct 19, 2021 |
|
James Blake & The Return of Harmony
|
Oct 12, 2021 |
|
Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her her career.
|
Oct 07, 2021 |
|
ICYMI: The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)
|
Sep 28, 2021 |
|
Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up songwriting credits
|
Sep 21, 2021 |
|
CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror
|
Sep 14, 2021 |
|
From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community
|
Sep 07, 2021 |
|
Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"
|
Aug 31, 2021 |
|
The Joy of Music Festivals
|
Aug 24, 2021 |
|
The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer Festival
|
Aug 17, 2021 |
|
How Coachella took the Woodstock look
|
Aug 10, 2021 |
|
Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"
|
Aug 03, 2021 |
|
Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt”
|
Jul 30, 2021 |
|
Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of Soul
|
Jul 27, 2021 |
|
The Appealing Uneasiness of Listening to L’Rain (Live at JBL)
|
Jul 23, 2021 |
|
Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt)
|
Jul 20, 2021 |
|
Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)
|
Jul 16, 2021 |
|
Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)
|
Jul 13, 2021 |
|
Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)
|
Jul 06, 2021 |
|
Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus
|
Jul 02, 2021 |
|
Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)
|
Jun 29, 2021 |
|
Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren
|
Jun 22, 2021 |
|
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
|
Jun 15, 2021 |
|
J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle
|
Jun 08, 2021 |
|
ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s
|
Jun 01, 2021 |
|
Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political
|
May 25, 2021 |
|
Introducing Galaxy Brains
|
May 18, 2021 |
|
Turns out Willow Smith rocks
|
May 11, 2021 |
|
Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers
|
May 04, 2021 |
|
How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview)
|
Apr 30, 2021 |
|
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)
|
Apr 27, 2021 |
|
Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)
|
Apr 20, 2021 |
|
5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According to Teddy Geiger and Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021)
|
Apr 13, 2021 |
|
Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)
|
Apr 06, 2021 |
|
AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra'
|
Mar 30, 2021 |
|
Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Down Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and Nile Rodgers
|
Mar 23, 2021 |
|
What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of pop
|
Mar 16, 2021 |
|
Kimbra reflects on a song that we used to know
|
Mar 09, 2021 |
|
Kaytranada's journey from basement beat-making to the Grammys
|
Mar 02, 2021 |
|
JP Saxe Didn’t Mean for His Grammy Hit ‘If the World Was Ending’ to Be So Literal
|
Feb 23, 2021 |
|
Adrian Younge's new project sounds like James Baldwin meets Marvin Gaye
|
Feb 16, 2021 |
|
The Scandalous Sounds of Bridgerton (w Kris Bowers)
|
Feb 09, 2021 |
|
How The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” used retro sounds and modern bass to break every record
|
Feb 02, 2021 |
|
Epik High is our gateway into Korean hip hop (with Tablo)
|
Jan 26, 2021 |
|
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” is a full throttle power ballad
|
Jan 19, 2021 |
|
D.O.C. (Death of the Chorus) with Emily Warren
|
Jan 12, 2021 |
|
ICYMI: The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX
|
Jan 05, 2021 |
|
ICYMI: Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
|
Dec 29, 2020 |
|
Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales
|
Dec 21, 2020 |
|
Taylor Swift has "evermore" of a good thing
|
Dec 15, 2020 |
|
Women's Rap Renaissance
|
Dec 08, 2020 |
|
Red Hot + Blue with Meshell Ndegeocello
|
Dec 01, 2020 |
|
The Cyndi Lauper Conspiracy (with Sam Sanders)
|
Nov 24, 2020 |
|
ANTHEMS: Missy Elliott — Work It
|
Nov 17, 2020 |
|
ANTHEMS: Smash Mouth — All Star
|
Nov 10, 2020 |
|
ANTHEMS: Jock Jams — Get Ready For This
|
Nov 03, 2020 |
|
ANTHEMS: Queen — We Are The Champions
|
Oct 27, 2020 |
|
Cory Henry has Something to Say
|
Oct 20, 2020 |
|
The Pop Music Forecast (with Lauren Michele Jackson)
|
Oct 14, 2020 |
|
Brandy Clark's Life Is A Record
|
Oct 07, 2020 |
|
Keith Urban on The Speed of Now Part 1
|
Oct 02, 2020 |
|
Mickey Guyton sings truth to Country Music
|
Sep 29, 2020 |
|
Disclosure: Where Energy Flows
|
Sep 22, 2020 |
|
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT IV, What Beethoven Would Have Wanted
|
Sep 18, 2020 |
|
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT III, Putting the Classism in Classical
|
Sep 15, 2020 |
|
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT II, From Struggle to Victory
|
Sep 11, 2020 |
|
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT I, A Battle Brewing
|
Sep 08, 2020 |
|
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets (ICYMI)
|
Sep 01, 2020 |
|
Benee and the Art of the Sad Banger
|
Aug 26, 2020 |
|
90s Music Canon
|
Aug 18, 2020 |
|
Bruno Major restyles the Great American Songbook
|
Aug 11, 2020 |
|
Black Is King (ICYMI Beyoncé's Gift To Africa ft. Ivie Ani)
|
Aug 04, 2020 |
|
folklore: taylor swift's quarantine dream
|
Jul 28, 2020 |
|
The Women Reclaiming Nu-Metal ft. Rina Sawayama
|
Jul 21, 2020 |
|
Rosie: Investigating a Crime at the Heart of the Music Industry
|
Jul 14, 2020 |
|
Song of Summer 2020: TikTok Jams, Protest Anthems, Breezy Bops & Bummer Bangers
|
Jul 07, 2020 |
|
The Many Colors of Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’
|
Jun 30, 2020 |
|
I Am America (w Shea Diamond and Justin Tranter)
|
Jun 30, 2020 |
|
Baz Luhrmann’s “Sunscreen Song” — The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Avery Trufelman)
|
Jun 23, 2020 |
|
Jacob Collier on staying creative and his 646 track song “All I Need”
|
Jun 19, 2020 |
|
What it means to make music in 2020
|
Jun 16, 2020 |
|
Big Floyd And The Influence Of Houston Chopped N Screwed Music
|
Jun 09, 2020 |
|
Carly Rae Jepsen: Meeting The Muse
|
May 26, 2020 |
|
Why lo-fi is the perfect background music
|
May 19, 2020 |
|
Eurovision Lives! (with Netta)
|
May 12, 2020 |
|
How To Soundtrack A Villain: Killing Eve
|
May 05, 2020 |
|
Did Fiona Apple Just Release a Perfect Album?
|
Apr 28, 2020 |
|
Doja Cat’s “Say So” is a Masterclass in Good Times
|
Apr 21, 2020 |
|
Were We Wrong About Kanye West?
|
Apr 14, 2020 |
|
Aussie2Aussie: 5SOS on Tame Impala (with Luke Hemmings & Calum Hood)
|
Apr 07, 2020 |
|
The (murder) Ballad of Joe Exotic “Tiger King” (with Robert Moor)
|
Apr 05, 2020 |
|
D’Angelo and the Legacy of Voodoo (with Faith Pennick)
|
Mar 31, 2020 |
|
"Happy Birthday" is the Worst (with Anne-Marie)
|
Mar 24, 2020 |
|
Bad Bunny Has A Message For Your Mom
|
Mar 17, 2020 |
|
The Fire & Fury Of Overcoats
|
Mar 10, 2020 |
|
Can't Help Falling in Lauv (the interview)
|
Mar 03, 2020 |
|
What Happens When Justin Bieber Samples Your Music
|
Feb 25, 2020 |
|
Return Of The Guitar: Halsey, 5 Seconds of Summer, Joji
|
Feb 18, 2020 |
|
Look At Selena Gomez Now with Justin Tranter & Ian Kirkpatrick
|
Feb 11, 2020 |
|
Five Directions: How do the solo efforts of One Direction stack up?
|
Feb 04, 2020 |
|
Post Malone has us Running in Circles
|
Jan 28, 2020 |
|
Hopes and Fears of Mac Miller, Future, Drake, and Billie Eilish
|
Jan 21, 2020 |
|
Dua Lipa’s Disco Fever
|
Jan 14, 2020 |
|
ICYMI: Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder
|
Jan 07, 2020 |
|
ICYMI: Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS)
|
Dec 31, 2019 |
|
Dolly Parton's America (with Jad Abumrad)
|
Dec 24, 2019 |
|
Who's Afraid of the Sound of TikTok? (w Cat Zhang)
|
Dec 17, 2019 |
|
Paper Planes, Chandelier & What the #@%! is Timbre? (with Constance Grady)
|
Dec 10, 2019 |
|
Prelude & Feud on a 'G' Thang: Biggie vs Tupac
|
Dec 03, 2019 |
|
Pop is the Sound We Need Right Now (with Electric Guest)
|
Nov 26, 2019 |
|
The Past, Present, and Future of EMO (with Allegra Frank)
|
Nov 19, 2019 |
|
When Pop and Classical Collide (with James Bennett II)
|
Nov 12, 2019 |
|
Unlocking the Rhythms of Rosalía
|
Nov 05, 2019 |
|
Rihanna Party! (with Gina Delvac)
|
Oct 29, 2019 |
|
Why U Love 2 Listen 2 Prince (with Anil Dash)
|
Oct 22, 2019 |
|
A Brief History of Men Singing Really High
|
Oct 15, 2019 |
|
Total Request Live! Taylor, Lana, Kim, and More (with Sam Sanders)
|
Oct 07, 2019 |
|
Mastering Music (with Dallas Taylor of Twenty Thousand Hertz)
|
Oct 01, 2019 |
|
Jazz 1959
|
Sep 24, 2019 |
|
BONUS: Charli XCX and The Future of Music (with Dani Deahl)
|
Sep 22, 2019 |
|
The “Baby Shark” Phenomenon (with Andrea Silenzi)
|
Sep 17, 2019 |
|
BONUS: Who are the Picassos of pop? (with Ross Golan)
|
Sep 13, 2019 |
|
Switched Off Book the Improvised Musical (with Jess McKenna and Zach Reino)
|
Sep 10, 2019 |
|
ICYMI: How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
|
Sep 03, 2019 |
|
ICYMI: Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?
|
Aug 27, 2019 |
|
Songs of Summer Call-in Special
|
Aug 20, 2019 |
|
Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder
|
Aug 13, 2019 |
|
Beyoncé's Gift To Africa (with Ivie Ani)
|
Aug 06, 2019 |
|
LCD Soundsystem and the Unbearable Sameness of Restaurant Playlists
|
Jul 30, 2019 |
|
The $50M Beat Marketplace That Broke the Billboard
|
Jul 23, 2019 |
|
Shawn Mendes and the Rhythm of Rhyme
|
Jul 16, 2019 |
|
Space, The Final Frontier: Madonna, Stephen Puth and Street Studios
|
Jul 09, 2019 |
|
What BTS's "Boy With Love" ft. Halsey Can Teach Us About K-pop
|
Jul 02, 2019 |
|
"Prince Ali" and Why We're All Music Theorists
|
Jun 25, 2019 |
|
Why Does Every Intro Sound Like It's Underwater? (Live)
|
Jun 18, 2019 |
|
The Man Behind the Rocketman with Giles Martin
|
Jun 11, 2019 |
|
The Greatest Pop Stories Never Told (with Jessica Hopper)
|
Jun 04, 2019 |
|
Should You Care About Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber?
|
May 28, 2019 |
|
The Smooth Sound of NPR Morning News
|
May 21, 2019 |
|
Is There An Indie Rock Conspiracy? (Featuring Joywave)
|
May 15, 2019 |
|
Lizzo And The End of Genre (with Sam Harris of X Ambassadors)
|
May 07, 2019 |
|
Taylor Swift Causes a PANIC!
|
Apr 30, 2019 |
|
Sounds Like Teen Spirit (with Elle Fanning)
|
Apr 23, 2019 |
|
Lil Nas X: Country at the Crossroads
|
Apr 16, 2019 |
|
Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS)
|
Apr 09, 2019 |
|
BONUS: Bhi Bhiman's 'Peace of Mind' Episode 1
|
Apr 08, 2019 |
|
Bhi Bhiman Puts the Music Before the Message
|
Apr 02, 2019 |
|
Comeback Kids: The Jonas Brothers are Back
|
Mar 25, 2019 |
|
Lost & Found: The Drama of Pop Form with Emily King
|
Mar 19, 2019 |
|
How Streaming Changed the Sound of Pop
|
Mar 12, 2019 |
|
Top 40 Activism with Justin Tranter
|
Mar 05, 2019 |
|
What Makes An Award Winning Song?
|
Feb 20, 2019 |
|
What Makes a Song Sexy?
|
Feb 05, 2019 |
|
The Deep History of '7 Rings'
|
Jan 29, 2019 |
|
Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
|
Jan 23, 2019 |
|
Slay Bells, All Year Long
|
Dec 26, 2018 |
|
Look What You Made Us Do
|
Dec 11, 2018 |
|
Entering Beard Phase with Mike Posner
|
Nov 27, 2018 |
|
How Dirty Projectors Make You Feel Energy (with David Longstreth)
|
Nov 13, 2018 |
|
Stairway To Hell: Greta Van Fleet’s Scorching Album Review That Went Viral
|
Oct 30, 2018 |
|
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Love the 90s
|
Oct 16, 2018 |
|
Sicko Rap and Drunk Country
|
Oct 03, 2018 |
|
The Side Effects of Pop Music with Emily Warren
|
Sep 18, 2018 |
|
Drake vs Drake
|
Sep 06, 2018 |
|
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Beyoncé and Black Eyed Peas (Pt. II)
|
Aug 23, 2018 |
|
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Nelly + Katy Perry (Pt. 1)
|
Aug 09, 2018 |
|
Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?
|
Jul 27, 2018 |
|
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets
|
Jul 12, 2018 |
|
Switched on Summer: Getting Around with the Beach Boys
|
Jun 28, 2018 |
|
The Pure Pop of Charlie Puth + Carly Rae (ft Hanif Abdurraqib)
|
Jun 14, 2018 |
|
Afrofuturism in Kali Uchis & Clipping (with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes)
|
May 31, 2018 |
|
Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry'
|
May 17, 2018 |
|
Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Taryn Southern)
|
May 03, 2018 |
|
Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL
|
Apr 19, 2018 |
|
Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies
|
Apr 05, 2018 |
|
Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjective Time Dilation
|
Mar 22, 2018 |
|
How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
|
Mar 08, 2018 |
|
808s & Havana Heartbreak
|
Feb 22, 2018 |
|
My My My! Troye Sivan + Queer Pop (w Gina Delvac, Darryl Bullock)
|
Feb 08, 2018 |
|
90s Nostalgia in Bruno Mars and Charlie Puth
|
Jan 25, 2018 |
|
Justin Timberlake's Identity Crisis
|
Jan 11, 2018 |
|
Dua Lipa's Minor Mantra (w Emily Bootle)
|
Dec 28, 2017 |
|
All I Want for Xmas is a Year in Review Episode
|
Dec 14, 2017 |
|
Björk's Emotional Landscapes
|
Nov 30, 2017 |
|
Taylor Constructs A Darker Reputation
|
Nov 16, 2017 |
|
Unlikely Mashups: Taylor + Cardi B | Clean Bandit + Berlioz
|
Nov 02, 2017 |
|
Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE deconstructed w. guest Amber Mark
|
Oct 19, 2017 |
|
Demi Lovato is Not Sorry
|
Oct 06, 2017 |
|
How to 'Feels' the Groove
|
Sep 22, 2017 |
|
Anthems of Resilience - Kesha and Imagine Dragons [LIVE]
|
Sep 07, 2017 |
|
The Many Worlds of "Despacito"
|
Aug 10, 2017 |
|
Selena Gomez: Bad Liar, Psycho Songwriter
|
Jul 13, 2017 |
|
Breaking Down Alanis Morissette (and our own Preconceptions) with guest Andrea Warner
|
Jun 29, 2017 |
|
Morgan Page Reveals the Rule of 3 in Julia Michaels and Maroon 5
|
Jun 16, 2017 |
|
DJ Khaled - I'm The One... six... four... five
|
Jun 01, 2017 |
|
Musical Architecture in Charlie Puth + HAIM
|
May 18, 2017 |
|
The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX
|
May 04, 2017 |
|
Harry Styles, Eschatology and Teen Girl Fandom
|
Apr 20, 2017 |
|
What's to Love About Ed Sheeran? (guest Ross Golan)
|
Apr 06, 2017 |
|
Zedd + Alessia Cara - Stay (w special guest Grey)
|
Mar 23, 2017 |
|
Chained to the Green Light: Katy Perry + Lorde
|
Mar 10, 2017 |
|
Oscar Week!: La La Land ft. Genevieve Koski
|
Feb 24, 2017 |
|
Zayn, Taylor Swift & The Grammys
|
Feb 09, 2017 |
|
The Puzzle of Ariana Grande's "Into You" (with K. Flay)
|
Jan 27, 2017 |
|
Seduced by the Sound: The Weeknd + Daft Punk
|
Jan 12, 2017 |
|
Dreaming Of A White Christmas
|
Dec 16, 2016 |
|
How to Listen to Music in 4 Easy Steps
|
Dec 01, 2016 |
|
Playing it Cool: How Tove Lo Aims High
|
Nov 17, 2016 |
|
Made In America: Toby Keith & Jay-Z
|
Nov 03, 2016 |
|
Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal
|
Oct 20, 2016 |
|
The Most Popular Song In The World
|
Oct 06, 2016 |
|
Lady Gaga Is A Perfect Illusion
|
Sep 22, 2016 |
|
How Beyoncé to The Beatles Modulate Your Emotions
|
Sep 09, 2016 |
|
Pop Drops and Chipmunk Soul
|
Aug 25, 2016 |
|
The Gideon and Hubcap Show
|
Aug 15, 2016 |
|
Breaking Down The House
|
Aug 01, 2016 |
|
Around The World With Drake
|
Jul 14, 2016 |
|
When Good Music Happens To Bad People
|
Jun 30, 2016 |
|
Justin Timberlake Goes Medieval
|
Jun 16, 2016 |
|
All About Those Baseline Assumptions About Femini$m in Pop
|
Jun 06, 2016 |
|
Jonas vs. Jonas: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Boy Band
|
May 19, 2016 |
|
Purple Lemonade: Prince & Beyoncé
|
May 05, 2016 |
|
Pablo And The Wolves
|
Apr 22, 2016 |
|
The Populist Pop of Twenty One Pilots
|
Apr 06, 2016 |
|
American Oxygen
|
Mar 23, 2016 |
|
Say Hey
|
Mar 10, 2016 |
|
Now I Sia, Now I Don't
|
Feb 26, 2016 |
|
B Side: Singing With Mama Jan
|
Feb 18, 2016 |
|
Call Your Girlfriend
|
Feb 12, 2016 |
|
Click With Dick And Other Campaign Anthems
|
Jan 29, 2016 |
|
The Life Changing Magic of Music in 2015
|
Jan 17, 2016 |
|
Linus & Lucy
|
Dec 17, 2015 |
|
Same Here
|
Dec 02, 2015 |
|
Searching for Max Martin
|
Nov 19, 2015 |
|
Hotline Hello: Drake and Adele
|
Nov 04, 2015 |
|
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
|
Oct 22, 2015 |
|
Justin Bieber’s Existential Suite
|
Oct 07, 2015 |
|
The Weeknd: Dance of Deception
|
Sep 23, 2015 |
|
Let’s Talk About Sax
|
Sep 09, 2015 |
|
Kacey Musgraves: Transgressing Country
|
Aug 14, 2015 |
|
Song of Summer: LIVE!
|
Jul 30, 2015 |
|
The Dual Meaning of Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen
|
Jul 15, 2015 |
|
One Direction: Our Modern Day Castrati
|
May 29, 2015 |
|
The Final Dropout
|
May 15, 2015 |
|
Hidden Sounds in FourFiveSeconds
|
May 06, 2015 |
|
Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You
|
Apr 15, 2015 |
|
Hozier’s Waffling of Faith in Take Me To Church
|
Apr 02, 2015 |
|
Taylor Swift’s Beethovian Blank Space
|
Mar 26, 2015 |
|
A Cappella Dreams
|
Mar 16, 2015 |
|
Radio Africa
|
Feb 19, 2015 |
|
Star Spangled
|
Jan 28, 2015 |
|
Mark Ronson: Funk Politics
|
Jan 15, 2015 |
|
The Imperative Jingle Bells
|
Dec 20, 2014 |
|
To Be Young
|
Dec 11, 2014 |
|
Boom Bang Pow
|
Nov 14, 2014 |
|
The Oeuvre of Taylor Swift
|
Oct 28, 2014 |
|
Heartbreak
|
Oct 28, 2014 |