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Switched on Pop

Vulture

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

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Questionably Country 2026-09-01 · 35m
Phoebe Bridgers opens her Moleskine 2026-08-25 · 36m
We have Confessions to make... 2026-08-18 · 39m
A piano lesson that will change how you listen (ft. Lang Lang) 2026-08-11 · 37m
IV. Take It to the Bridge (ft. Tayla Parx) 2026-08-04 · 42m
III. Preaching to the Chorus (ft. Cypress Hill and Trevor Horn) 2026-07-28 · 50m
II. Justice for the verse (ft. Audrey Hobert) 2026-07-21 · 34m
I. Let's get it started (ft. Aaron Dessner) 2026-07-14 · 41m
Switched On Pop on Netflix July 14th 2026-07-14 · 1m
Music only the World Cup could make 2026-06-30 · 38m
Why we can't resist Swedish pop (ft. Zara Larsson) ICYMI 2026-06-23 · 44m
2hollis is the underground’s genre-hopping vampire 2026-06-18 · 32m
Pop music for an internet-pilled generation 2026-06-17 · 25m
The new wave of pop is here, and it’s feral 2026-06-16 · 32m
Olivia Rodrigo has The Cure for sadness 2026-06-15 · 43m
Paul McCartney went back to Liverpool for something new to say 2026-06-09 · 42m
How a sci-fi dystopia became a personal utopia (ft. Arc Iris) 2026-06-05 · 13m
Why bands give us purpose (ft. MUNA) 2026-06-02 · 52m
Drake's Slop Era 2026-05-26 · 56m
Kacey Musgraves walks country’s borderlands 2026-05-19 · 39m
Rostam reimagines American music 2026-05-15 · 54m
Eurovision is back – but not without controversy 2026-05-12 · 55m
Samara Cyn is rap's best new writer 2026-05-08 · 38m
Olivia Rodrigo and the second verse massacre 2026-05-05 · 44m
Hrishikesh Hirway made an album about running out of time — in no time 2026-04-28 · 43m
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same. 2026-04-21 · 48m
Maggie Rogers: going viral is a trap 2026-04-17 · 38m
Learning to Love Train: "Drops of Jupiter" is back in the atmosphere 2026-04-14 · 47m
Slayyyter might actually be the 'Worst Girl in America' 2026-04-07 · 38m
How Charlie Puth honored Whitney Houston for 125 million people (live at Berklee NYC) 2026-04-03 · 56m
RAYE’s maximalist masterpiece is the hope we need 2026-03-31 · 43m
Where have all the white rappers gone? 2026-03-24 · 51m
Jacob Collier can make anyone sing 2026-03-17 · 55m
Harry Styles loses himself to dance 2026-03-10 · 44m
Can Bruno Mars counterprogram his way to another hit album? 2026-03-03 · 45m
Charli XCX’s "Wuthering Heights" fever dream 2026-02-24 · 48m
Will Sinners do for blues what O Brother did for bluegrass? 2026-02-17 · 51m
Jazz is A$AP Rocky’s secret weapon 2026-02-10 · 36m
Does humor belong in music? 2026-02-03 · 48m
And the Grammy goes to… 2026-01-27 · 52m
Robyn’s new songs bring “drum 'n' grace” to the dance floor 2026-01-21 · 46m
Audrey Hobert says the quiet part out loud 2026-01-13 · 55m
2026 Pop Predictions: big beat, animated avatars, and Bruno Mars 2026-01-06 · 59m
The Sound of Silence from Unexplainable 2025-12-30 · 31m
Naughty or nice? The 2025 holiday music round up 2025-12-23 · 37m
The year that killed music (best and worst of 2025) 2025-12-16 · 47m
Why pop songwriters break the rules (ft. Amy Allen) 2025-12-12 · 57m
How Sombr’s bedroom recordings became his biggest hits 2025-12-09 · 39m
"It’s a Hail Mary every time" (ft. Marc Rebillet) 2025-12-02 · 52m
Quitting Spotify (ft. Deerhoof) 2025-11-25 · 44m
Is there a Disney curse?: Demi, Selena, and Miley 2025-11-18 · 48m
Rosalía's 'LUX' brings the symphony to the club 2025-11-11 · 44m
Lily Allen and Tate McRae revive the revenge anthem 2025-11-04 · 34m
Can “professor” Charlie Puth pass our qualifying exam? 2025-10-28 · 38m
How D'Angelo changed music, in three songs 2025-10-21 · 37m
What do John C. Reilly and Taylor Swift have in common? The Great American Songbook 2025-10-14 · 57m
Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Sound: How to actually listen to the album 2025-10-07 · 69m
The Power of the Trio (ft. Trousdale live at USC) 2025-10-03 · 49m
Doja Cat is the new Janet 2025-09-30 · 36m
Stockholm syndrome: Why we can't resist Swedish pop (ft. Zara Larsson) 2025-09-23 · 43m
The music theory behind K Pop Demon Hunters' chart dominance 2025-09-17 · 42m
The architecture of the album with Djo (Joe Keery live at NYU) 2025-09-15 · 55m
Finneas and Ashe want you to start a band 2025-09-09 · 52m
Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns After 50 Years 2025-09-02 · 54m
The classical rebel who infiltrated pop music 2025-08-26 · 52m
All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and Cardi 2025-08-19 · 53m
A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders) 2025-08-12 · 43m
Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud) 2025-08-05 · 37m
Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag 2025-07-29 · 44m
How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cylinder 2025-07-22 · 46m
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell 2025-07-15 · 50m
The Benson Boone-Doggle 2025-07-08 · 32m
Can Recession Pop predict the market? 2025-07-01 · 32m
How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul 2025-06-27 · 35m
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera) 2025-06-26 · 33m
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph 2025-06-25 · 28m
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman) 2025-06-24 · 36m
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music? 2025-06-23 · 36m
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence 2025-06-17 · 30m
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFarlane) 2025-06-10 · 48m
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?! 2025-06-03 · 46m
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us 2025-05-27 · 39m
808: The drum machine that changed music forever (Twenty Thousand Hertz) 2025-05-25 · 28m
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Pop, and the shortest song ever 2025-05-20 · 52m
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music 2025-05-13 · 39m
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, and Espresso Macchiato (featuring Tommy Cash) 2025-05-06 · 41m
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae 2025-05-01 · 55m
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with Jensen McRae) 2025-04-22 · 65m
Music's New Success Model 2025-04-15 · 47m
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde 2025-04-08 · 38m
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal? 2025-04-01 · 32m
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Townshend 2025-03-25 · 52m
Lady Gaga's Monster Return 2025-03-18 · 53m
How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World 2025-03-11 · 36m
Playing "Hide and Seek" with Imogen Heap 2025-03-04 · 33m
The Umbrella Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit Changed Pop Music Forever 2025-02-25 · 35m
Learning to love: Tate McRae 2025-02-18 · 44m
Does It Trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs 2025-02-11 · 45m
Liz Pelly's Mood Machine says the playlist isn't the product — you are 2025-02-04 · 52m
25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more 2025-01-28 · 56m
Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico 2025-01-21 · 47m
Our jingle sucks. Let’s change it. 2025-01-14 · 40m
Have Disney musicals lost their edge? 2025-01-07 · 40m
Going Off Book 2024-12-31 · 91m
Auto-Tune always and forever 2024-12-24 · 63m
Santa Claus is coming to town and stalking America 2024-12-20 · 33m
Breaking Through: Doechii, Mk.gee, Rosé 2024-12-17 · 41m
The best (and worst) of holiday music in 2024 2024-12-13 · 37m
Kendrick Lamar: from Pulitzer to pop 2024-12-10 · 39m
We're off to see the "Wicked" 2024-12-03 · 39m
Listening 2 Madonna: Ray of Light 2024-11-29 · 42m
Listening 2 Madonna: Spanish Eyes 2024-11-27 · 43m
Listening 2 Madonna: Who's That Girl? 2024-11-25 · 47m
Fleetwood Mac perfected turning drama into hits 2024-11-19 · 53m
Still Freaky After All These Years: Gaga, Tyler, The Cure 2024-11-12 · 34m
Did Kendrick Lamar kill hip-hop? 2024-11-05 · 56m
Where are all the scary songs? 2024-10-29 · 30m
The virtuosity of Stevie Wonder 2024-10-22 · 65m
The last decade of pop explained 2024-10-15 · 52m
Learning to love: Coldplay 2024-10-08 · 48m
Fall Out Boy and the worst earworm ever 2024-10-01 · 40m
Mexican pop is bigger than you think 2024-09-24 · 43m
How Megan Thee Stallion brought Japanese hip hop to the Hot 100 2024-09-17 · 41m
Learning to love: Oasis 2024-09-10 · 51m
Newcomers: Porter Robinson 2024-09-06 · 35m
Sabrina Carpenter is more than Short n' Sweet 2024-09-03 · 38m
Newcomers: Jhayco 2024-08-30 · 23m
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars bring back the duet 2024-08-27 · 45m
Newcomers: Magdalena Bay 2024-08-23 · 23m
Tinashe’s “Nasty” takes on Janet and Beyoncé + Are songs getting simpler? 2024-08-20 · 44m
Kesha v Katy + Tayla Parx on pop’s obsession with eras 2024-08-13 · 43m
Introducing One Song 2024-08-09 · 73m
brat but it's a podcast about the album by CharliXCX 2024-08-06 · 39m
Why Chappell Roan is the sound of 2024 2024-07-30 · 33m
Is country the new hip hop? 2024-07-23 · 36m
The music industry's AI fight 2024-07-19 · 49m
Switched-On Wendy Carlos 2024-07-17 · 38m
The song of the summer is DEAD with Today Explained 2024-07-15 · 26m
Lawrence: the eight-piece family band reshaping the music business 2024-07-09 · 49m
The Imperfect Feminine: Camila, Charli, and Sabrina 2024-07-02 · 46m
Empress Of asks for your consideration (with Empress Of) 2024-06-25 · 37m
Bootsy Collins is gonna funk you up (with Bootsy Collins) 2024-06-18 · 40m
Freaking out about songwriting with Nile Rodgers 2024-06-11 · 35m
Begging songs and basketball's musicality (with Hanif Abdurraqib) 2024-06-04 · 30m
Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist (with Charlie Puth) 2024-05-28 · 39m
Billie Eilish hits both hard and soft 2024-05-21 · 43m
Gastropod: Why are restaurants so loud? Plus the science behind the perfect playlist 2024-05-17 · 44m
Is pop music just fast food? (with Gastropod) 2024-05-14 · 39m
Rosie Tucker's unending bliss 2024-05-10 · 24m
Eurovision 2024: from Baby Lasagna to Windows95Man 2024-05-07 · 33m
Justice is never-ending 2024-05-04 · 42m
Best of 2024 so far: hip hop feuds, Hozier’s pop surprise and espresso shots 2024-04-30 · 54m
Taylor Swift's Literary Era 2024-04-23 · 46m
Lost Notes: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA 2024-04-20 · 32m
Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize 2024-04-16 · 45m
Chasing old sounds: Djo's "End of Beginning" with Joe Keery 2024-04-09 · 39m
Cowboy Carter: This Ain't Country 2024-04-02 · 39m
Hip-hop's Sea Change at Rolling Loud 2024-03-26 · 43m
Rhapsody in Blue, Reimagined 2024-03-22 · 30m
Eternal Sunshine of Ariana Grande's Mind 2024-03-19 · 45m
How to DIY a Music Career (with Amelia Meath and David Gray at SXSW) 2024-03-15 · 37m
Is Beyoncé's music #sponcon? And other mysteries LIVE in Brooklyn 2024-03-12 · 45m
Jacob Collier unites the world 2024-03-05 · 60m
Beyoncé's Country 2024-02-27 · 44m
Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHROMEO) 2024-02-20 · 30m
The Star Spangled Banger! 2024-02-13 · 53m
Brittany Howard's Chaos Theory (with Brittany Howard) 2024-02-06 · 36m
The b*tch of loving musical theater (with Bridger Winegar) 2024-01-30 · 45m
Kali Uchis takes on the world 2024-01-23 · 36m
Soundalikes: Lil Nas X and Ariana Grande 2024-01-16 · 38m
The case of the missing vocals, and other listener questions 2024-01-09 · 46m
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon - ICYMI 2024-01-02 · 26m
Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales - ICYMI 2023-12-25 · 49m
"Did I mention that it's Christmas in this club?" (w Matt Rogers) 2023-12-19 · 33m
Nicki Minaj's Roman Empire 2023-12-12 · 50m
Hear the Year: The music we loved in 2023 2023-12-05 · 45m
Behind the Scenes of Switched on Pop on Harman Audio Talks 2023-11-28 · 31m
Noah Kahan’s Folk Pop Revival 2023-11-21 · 40m
Why Country Music Dominated 2023's Charts 2023-11-14 · 48m
The Beatles: "Now and Then" and Forever 2023-11-07 · 31m
Rerecording Taylor Swift's 1989s, Dark Side of the Moon, and Demi Lovato 2023-10-28 · 43m
Chartbreakers: Mitski tops the TikTok chart 2023-10-24 · 43m
How Talking Heads reinvented the concert film (with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz) 2023-10-17 · 51m
Feeling Fine with Faye Webster 2023-10-11 · 42m
Metro Boomin Wants Some More 2023-10-06 · 40m
In Defense of Crunk 2023-10-03 · 41m
Made In America: Jay-Z & Toby Keith ICYMI 2023-09-28 · 46m
The Art of Flow (with DJ Jazzy Jeff) ICYMI 2023-09-26 · 35m
Doja Cat’s Satanic Suite 2023-09-19 · 40m
Jimmy Buffett: Next Year in Margaritaville 2023-09-12 · 37m
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Era ICYMI 2023-09-05 · 31m
Olivia Rodrigo’s Good Ideas 2023-08-29 · 32m
Wonders: "Stacy's Mom" and Adam Schlesinger 2023-08-22 · 31m
The mid-career crises of Travis Scott and Post Malone 2023-08-15 · 36m
Song Camp 2: Electric Boogaloo! (with Alex Tumay, Wolftyla, Nicholas Petricca, Grace VanderWaal) 2023-08-11 · 35m
The secret world of songwriting camps 2023-08-08 · 34m
Your cursive singing is tearing this family apart! 2023-08-01 · 31m
Barbie and the plasticity of pop 2023-07-25 · 46m
How Louis Armstrong invented the modern pop star 2023-07-18 · 33m
Speak Now (about Taylor's versions) 2023-07-11 · 46m
My Beyoncé Ticket Cost $4,000: Why the Touring Industry Might Be Broken – Into It with Sam Sanders 2023-07-04 · 25m
What makes a gay anthem? 2023-06-27 · 36m
Switches Brew: blink-182, Kate Bush, BewhY, The Pointer Sisters, Saint Levant 2023-06-20 · 27m
Chartbreakers: Mexican regional y más 2023-06-13 · 45m
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Random Access Memories 2023-06-06 · 37m
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Human After All / Alive 2007 2023-05-30 · 40m
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Discovery 2023-05-23 · 37m
Listening 2 Daft Punk: Homework 2023-05-16 · 38m
The Jonas Brothers' Yacht Rock Revival 2023-05-09 · 39m
From Westeros-techno to trance metal: Eurovision 2023 2023-05-02 · 29m
Who killed the key change in pop music? 2023-04-25 · 33m
A.I. Drake has put music in a tailspin 2023-04-21 · 37m
BTS goes solo together 2023-04-18 · 49m
This Generation's Caroline Polachek 2023-04-11 · 44m
The Shakira Conspiracy 2023-04-04 · 31m
Reinventing Bach 2023-03-28 · 40m
100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop 2023-03-21 · 39m
Switches Brew 2023-03-17 · 24m
Modern Classics: Seal - Kiss From a Rose 2023-03-14 · 37m
How John Denver got huge in Asia 2023-03-07 · 33m
Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners 2023-02-28 · 31m
Five years later, the legacy of Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap" 2023-02-22 · 36m
“Flowers” and the art of the response song 2023-02-14 · 40m
Rihanna Party! ICYMI 2023-02-12 · 54m
The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk 2023-02-07 · 36m
A History of Whammies at the Grammys - Into It with Sam Sanders 2023-02-02 · 25m
Wonders: Bobby McFerrin 2023-01-31 · 35m
The New Wave of Paramore 2023-01-24 · 34m
Taylor Swift and the music industry's next $20 2023-01-20 · 82m
SZA's Endless Melody 2023-01-18 · 30m
Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon 2023-01-10 · 28m
ICYMI 90s Music Canon 2023-01-03 · 37m
ICYMI: We *do* talk about Bruno 2022-12-27 · 27m
Anitta & Rosalía on the borders of Latin pop 2022-12-20 · 27m
How Bad Bunny won 2022 2022-12-13 · 35m
The soft sounds of Kali Uchis (live from Vulture Fest) 2022-12-06 · 32m
Why do new Christmas songs fail? 2022-11-29 · 27m
The Art of Flow 2022-11-22 · 36m
Willow Smith rocks harder 2022-11-15 · 25m
The Sound of Sapphism 2022-11-08 · 33m
Scary Pockets funkify pop classics (with Lizzy McAlpine) 2022-11-01 · 34m
Up late with Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-24 · 38m
Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top 2022-10-18 · 34m
Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso) 2022-10-11 · 47m
Santigold sings Spirituals 2022-10-04 · 26m
The future of music pt I 2022-09-27 · 34m
Lady Gaga & The Pequeños Monstruos 2022-09-20 · 32m
Invasion of the Vibe Snatchers 2022-09-13 · 26m
Into It: Song of Summer 2022 2022-09-06 · 17m
Learning to love the Killers (maybe) 2022-08-30 · 32m
K-Pop Chartbreakers: BLACKPINK, Girls’ Generation, NewJeans, IVE 2022-08-23 · 33m
Demi Lovato Searches for "Substance" In Pop-Punk Perfection 2022-08-16 · 24m
Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance’ Era 2022-08-09 · 31m
Into It: The Business of Beyoncé 2022-08-05 · 39m
"It's About Damn Time" for Another Lizzo #1 2022-08-02 · 30m
Elvis, Big Mama Thornton, Doja Cat, and the Long Legacy of “Hound Dog” 2022-07-26 · 23m
We Won’t Go Back: Pop Music and the Fight For Reproductive Rights (w MILCK and Ann Powers) 2022-07-19 · 29m
Harry Styles and the Sledgehammer Horns 2022-07-12 · 24m
ICYMI: The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Baz Luhrmann) 2022-07-05 · 52m
Beyoncé's House 2022-06-28 · 31m
Robert Glasper on jazz, basketball, and his score for "Winning Time" 2022-06-21 · 23m
Scoring Stranger Things with Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein 2022-06-16 · 21m
Kate Bush, Stranger Things, and a hit song four decades in the making 2022-06-14 · 30m
So your song went viral on TikTok. What’s next? 2022-06-07 · 33m
The 1980s jam that gave Latto and Mariah Carey Big D*** Energy 2022-05-31 · 26m
Kendrick Lamar and the big samples 2022-05-24 · 30m
Modern Classics: PJ Morton made Nas’s Stevie Wonder dream come true 2022-05-17 · 28m
Will Ukraine win Eurovision 2022? 2022-05-10 · 28m
Belle and Sebastian on the value of staying "young and stupid" 2022-05-03 · 27m
The New Alternative 2022-04-26 · 30m
Jump-starting the creative process with Allison Ponthier 2022-04-19 · 19m
A Higher Power Ballad 2022-04-12 · 26m
How sound becomes hearing 2022-04-05 · 41m
Listening 2 Britney: Gimme More 2022-03-29 · 27m
Listening 2 Britney: Toxic 2022-03-22 · 28m
Listening 2 Britney: I'm a Slave 4 U 2022-03-15 · 28m
Listening 2 Britney: ...Baby One More Time 2022-03-08 · 29m
Chartbreakers (ft. Megan Thee Stallion and the Red Hot Chili Peppers) 2022-03-01 · 35m
Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of Texas 2022-02-15 · 34m
Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan Esso 2022-02-08 · 31m
We *do* talk about Bruno 2022-02-01 · 27m
32 Albums in, Elvis Costello is Just Getting Started 2022-01-25 · 34m
Accidental Kpop star Eric Nam risks it all to go his own way 2022-01-19 · 37m
The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a little help from Jim Carrey) 2022-01-11 · 38m
Why do new Christmas songs fail? 2021-12-21 · 27m
Tai Verdes TikTok-ed his way to a breakout hit 2021-12-14 · 31m
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof 2021-12-07 · 32m
The Beatles get back to their roots 2021-11-30 · 41m
Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonic’s broken hearts club 2021-11-23 · 42m
Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest 2021-11-16 · 27m
The State of the Pop Union 2021-11-09 · 36m
Why ABBA songs just hit different 2021-11-02 · 35m
The Healing Power of Pop with Esperanza Spalding 2021-10-26 · 35m
Janet Jackson's Legacy After 'Control' from It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders 2021-10-22 · 46m
James Bond and the Sound of Spycraft 2021-10-19 · 35m
James Blake & The Return of Harmony 2021-10-12 · 39m
Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her her career. 2021-10-07 · 30m
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip) 2021-09-28 · 36m
Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up songwriting credits 2021-09-21 · 61m
CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror 2021-09-14 · 34m
From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community 2021-09-07 · 27m
Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan" 2021-08-31 · 30m
The Joy of Music Festivals 2021-08-24 · 27m
The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer Festival 2021-08-17 · 35m
How Coachella took the Woodstock look 2021-08-10 · 26m
Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony" 2021-08-03 · 39m
Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt” 2021-07-30 · 42m
Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of Soul 2021-07-27 · 33m
The Appealing Uneasiness of Listening to L’Rain (Live at JBL) 2021-07-23 · 26m
Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt 2021-07-20 · 24m
Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib) 2021-07-16 · 31m
Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper) 2021-07-13 · 35m
Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders) 2021-07-06 · 30m
Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus 2021-07-02 · 32m
Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews) 2021-06-29 · 36m
Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren 2021-06-22 · 29m
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang) 2021-06-15 · 31m
J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle 2021-06-08 · 31m
ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s 2021-06-01 · 20m
Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political 2021-05-25 · 31m
Introducing Galaxy Brains 2021-05-18 · 35m
Turns out Willow Smith rocks 2021-05-11 · 32m
Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers 2021-05-04 · 43m
How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview) 2021-04-30 · 40m
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Day Trip) 2021-04-27 · 36m
Pop On A Perilous Planet (with Kyle Devine) 2021-04-20 · 35m
5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According to Teddy Geiger and Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021) 2021-04-13 · 31m
Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx) 2021-04-06 · 53m
AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra' 2021-03-30 · 43m
Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Down Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and Nile Rodgers 2021-03-23 · 34m
What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of pop 2021-03-16 · 42m
Kimbra reflects on a song that we used to know 2021-03-09 · 49m
Kaytranada's Journey from Basement Beat-making to the Grammys 2021-03-02 · 37m
JP Saxe Didn’t Mean for His Grammy Hit ‘If the World Was Ending’ to Be So Literal 2021-02-23 · 37m
Adrian Younge's new project sounds like James Baldwin meets Marvin Gaye 2021-02-16 · 34m
The Scandalous Sounds of Bridgerton (w Kris Bowers) 2021-02-09 · 41m
How The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” used retro sounds and modern bass to break every record 2021-02-02 · 38m
Epik High is our gateway into Korean hip hop (with Tablo) 2021-01-26 · 52m
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” is a full throttle power ballad 2021-01-19 · 39m
D.O.C. (Death of the Chorus) with Emily Warren 2021-01-12 · 40m
ICYMI: The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX 2021-01-05 · 47m
ICYMI: Do You Believe in Life After Autotune? 2020-12-29 · 48m
Wham! Op. 84, “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales 2020-12-21 · 52m
Taylor Swift has "evermore" of a good thing 2020-12-15 · 44m
Women's Rap Renaissance 2020-12-08 · 41m
Red Hot + Blue with Meshell Ndegeocello 2020-12-01 · 42m
The Cyndi Lauper Conspiracy (with Sam Sanders) 2020-11-24 · 36m
ANTHEMS: Missy Elliott — Work It 2020-11-17 · 37m
ANTHEMS: Smash Mouth — All Star 2020-11-10 · 33m
ANTHEMS: Jock Jams — Get Ready For This 2020-11-03 · 34m
ANTHEMS: Queen — We Are The Champions 2020-10-27 · 35m
Cory Henry has something to say 2020-10-20 · 31m
The Pop Music Forecast (with Lauren Michele Jackson) 2020-10-14 · 41m
Brandy Clark's Life Is A Record 2020-10-07 · 31m
Keith Urban on The Speed of Now Part 1 2020-10-02 · 42m
Mickey Guyton sings truth to Country Music 2020-09-29 · 54m
Disclosure: Where Energy Flows 2020-09-22 · 39m
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT IV, What Beethoven Would Have Wanted 2020-09-18 · 30m
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT III, Putting the Classism in Classical 2020-09-15 · 31m
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT II, From Struggle to Victory 2020-09-11 · 27m
THE 5TH — MOVEMENT I, A Battle Brewing 2020-09-08 · 28m
Announcing THE 5TH with The New York Philharmonic 2020-09-04 · 1m
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets (ICYMI) 2020-09-01 · 31m
Benee and the Art of the Sad Banger 2020-08-26 · 28m
90s Music Canon 2020-08-18 · 37m
Bruno Major restyles the Great American Songbook 2020-08-11 · 46m
Black Is King (ICYMI Beyoncé's Gift To Africa ft. Ivie Ani) 2020-08-04 · 38m
folklore: taylor swift's quarantine dream 2020-07-28 · 40m
The Women Reclaiming Nu-Metal ft. Rina Sawayama 2020-07-21 · 41m
Rosie: Investigating a Crime at the Heart of the Music Industry 2020-07-14 · 27m
Song of Summer 2020: TikTok Jams, Protest Anthems, Breezy Bops & Bummer Bangers 2020-07-07 · 41m
The Many Colors of Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ 2020-06-30 · 35m
I Am America (w Shea Diamond and Justin Tranter) 2020-06-30 · 22m
Baz Luhrmann’s “Sunscreen Song” — The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Avery Trufelman) 2020-06-23 · 52m
Jacob Collier on staying creative and his 646 track song “All I Need” 2020-06-19 · 36m
What it means to make music in 2020 2020-06-16 · 35m
Big Floyd And The Influence Of Houston Chopped N Screwed Music 2020-06-09 · 31m
Carly Rae Jepsen: Meeting The Muse 2020-05-26 · 41m
Why lo-fi is the perfect background music 2020-05-19 · 37m
Eurovision Lives! (with Netta) 2020-05-12 · 41m
How To Soundtrack A Villain: Killing Eve 2020-05-05 · 39m
Did Fiona Apple Just Release a Perfect Album? 2020-04-28 · 34m
Doja Cat’s “Say So” is a Masterclass in Good Times 2020-04-21 · 30m
Were We Wrong About Kanye West? 2020-04-14 · 48m
Aussie2Aussie: 5SOS on Tame Impala (with Luke Hemmings & Calum Hood) 2020-04-07 · 36m
The (murder) Ballad of Joe Exotic “Tiger King” (with Robert Moor) 2020-04-05 · 36m
D’Angelo and the Legacy of Voodoo (with Faith Pennick) 2020-03-31 · 44m
"Happy Birthday" is the Worst (with Anne-Marie) 2020-03-24 · 33m
Bad Bunny Has A Message For Your Mom 2020-03-17 · 35m
The Fire & Fury Of Overcoats 2020-03-10 · 38m
Can't Help Falling in Lauv (the interview) 2020-03-03 · 33m
What Happens When Justin Bieber Samples Your Music 2020-02-25 · 34m
Return Of The Guitar: Halsey, 5 Seconds of Summer, Joji 2020-02-18 · 27m
Look At Selena Gomez Now with Justin Tranter & Ian Kirkpatrick 2020-02-11 · 37m
Five Directions: How do the solo efforts of One Direction stack up? 2020-02-04 · 36m
Post Malone has us Running in Circles 2020-01-28 · 39m
Hopes and Fears of Mac Miller, Future, Drake, and Billie Eilish 2020-01-21 · 44m
Dua Lipa’s Disco Fever 2020-01-14 · 38m
ICYMI: Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder 2020-01-07 · 55m
ICYMI: Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS) 2019-12-31 · 46m
Dolly Parton's America (with Jad Abumrad) 2019-12-24 · 40m
Who's Afraid of the Sound of TikTok? (w Cat Zhang) 2019-12-17 · 36m
Paper Planes, Chandelier & What the #@%! is Timbre? (with Constance Grady) 2019-12-10 · 39m
Prelude & Feud on a 'G' Thang: Biggie vs Tupac 2019-12-03 · 44m
Pop is the Sound We Need Right Now (with Electric Guest) 2019-11-26 · 42m
The Past, Present, and Future of EMO (with Allegra Frank) 2019-11-19 · 52m
When Pop and Classical Collide (with James Bennett II) 2019-11-12 · 59m
Unlocking the Rhythms of Rosalía 2019-11-05 · 49m
Rihanna Party! (with Gina Delvac) 2019-10-29 · 54m
Why U Love 2 Listen 2 Prince (with Anil Dash) 2019-10-22 · 33m
A Brief History of Men Singing Really High 2019-10-15 · 46m
Total Request Live! Taylor, Lana, Kim, and More (with Sam Sanders) 2019-10-07 · 42m
Mastering Music (with Dallas Taylor of Twenty Thousand Hertz) 2019-10-01 · 56m
Jazz 1959 2019-09-24 · 48m
BONUS: Charli XCX and The Future of Music (with Dani Deahl) 2019-09-22 · 35m
The “Baby Shark” Phenomenon (with Andrea Silenzi) 2019-09-17 · 36m
BONUS: Who are the Picassos of pop? (with Ross Golan) 2019-09-13 · 46m
Switched Off Book the Improvised Musical (with Jess McKenna and Zach Reino) 2019-09-10 · 91m
ICYMI: How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo 2019-09-03 · 51m
ICYMI: Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre? 2019-08-27 · 48m
Songs of Summer Call-in Special 2019-08-20 · 53m
Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder 2019-08-13 · 54m
Beyoncé's Gift To Africa (with Ivie Ani) 2019-08-06 · 38m
LCD Soundsystem and the Unbearable Sameness of Restaurant Playlists 2019-07-30 · 35m
The $50M Beat Marketplace That Broke the Billboard 2019-07-23 · 30m
Shawn Mendes and the Rhythm of Rhyme 2019-07-16 · 33m
Space, The Final Frontier: Madonna, Stephen Puth and Street Studios 2019-07-09 · 58m
What BTS's "Boy With Love" ft. Halsey Can Teach Us About K-pop 2019-07-02 · 40m
"Prince Ali" and Why We're All Music Theorists 2019-06-25 · 29m
Why Does Every Intro Sound Like It's Underwater? (Live) 2019-06-18 · 26m
The Man Behind the Rocketman with Giles Martin 2019-06-11 · 52m
The Greatest Pop Stories Never Told (with Jessica Hopper) 2019-06-04 · 42m
Should You Care About Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber? 2019-05-28 · 52m
The Smooth Sound of NPR Morning News 2019-05-21 · 40m
Is There An Indie Rock Conspiracy? (Featuring Joywave) 2019-05-15 · 30m
Lizzo And The End of Genre (with Sam Harris of X Ambassadors) 2019-05-07 · 50m
Taylor Swift Causes a PANIC! 2019-04-30 · 41m
Sounds Like Teen Spirit (with Elle Fanning) 2019-04-23 · 55m
Lil Nas X: Country at the Crossroads 2019-04-16 · 42m
Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS) 2019-04-09 · 46m
BONUS: Bhi Bhiman's 'Peace of Mind' Episode 1 2019-04-08 · 29m
Bhi Bhiman Puts the Music Before the Message 2019-04-02 · 46m
Comeback Kids: The Jonas Brothers are Back 2019-03-25 · 33m
Lost & Found: The Drama of Pop Form with Emily King 2019-03-19 · 31m
How Streaming Changed the Sound of Pop 2019-03-12 · 35m
Top 40 Activism with Justin Tranter 2019-03-05 · 46m
What Makes An Award Winning Song? 2019-02-20 · 41m
What Makes a Song Sexy? 2019-02-05 · 34m
The Deep History of '7 Rings' 2019-01-29 · 38m
Do You Believe in Life After Autotune? 2019-01-23 · 48m
Slay Bells, All Year Long 2018-12-26 · 39m
Look What You Made Us Do 2018-12-11 · 57m
Entering Beard Phase with Mike Posner 2018-11-27 · 52m
How Dirty Projectors Make You Feel Energy (with David Longstreth) 2018-11-13 · 54m
Stairway To Hell: Greta Van Fleet’s Scorching Album Review That Went Viral 2018-10-30 · 58m
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Love the 90s 2018-10-16 · 37m
Sicko Rap and Drunk Country 2018-10-03 · 35m
The Side Effects of Pop Music with Emily Warren 2018-09-18 · 44m
Drake vs Drake 2018-09-06 · 42m
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Beyoncé and Black Eyed Peas (Pt. II) 2018-08-23 · 28m
Summer Heat of the 2000s: Nelly + Katy Perry (Pt. 1) 2018-08-09 · 24m
Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre? 2018-07-27 · 49m
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets 2018-07-12 · 30m
Switched on Summer: Getting Around with the Beach Boys 2018-06-28 · 29m
The Pure Pop of Charlie Puth + Carly Rae (ft Hanif Abdurraqib) 2018-06-14 · 46m
Afrofuturism in Kali Uchis & Clipping (with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes) 2018-05-31 · 49m
Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry' 2018-05-17 · 38m
Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Taryn Southern) 2018-05-03 · 54m
Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL 2018-04-19 · 45m
Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies 2018-04-05 · 28m
Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjective Time Dilation 2018-03-22 · 27m
How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo 2018-03-08 · 51m
808s & Havana Heartbreak 2018-02-22 · 57m
My My My! Troye Sivan + Queer Pop (w Gina Delvac, Darryl Bullock) 2018-02-08 · 58m
90s Nostalgia in Bruno Mars and Charlie Puth 2018-01-25 · 35m
Justin Timberlake's Identity Crisis 2018-01-11 · 36m
Dua Lipa's Minor Mantra (w Emily Bootle) 2017-12-28 · 19m
All I Want for Xmas is a Year in Review Episode 2017-12-14 · 41m
Björk's Emotional Landscapes 2017-11-30 · 38m
Taylor Constructs A Darker Reputation 2017-11-16 · 38m
Unlikely Mashups: Taylor + Cardi B | Clean Bandit + Berlioz 2017-11-02 · 46m
Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE deconstructed w. guest Amber Mark 2017-10-19 · 31m
Demi Lovato is Not Sorry 2017-10-06 · 37m
How to 'Feels' the Groove 2017-09-22 · 32m
Anthems of Resilience - Kesha and Imagine Dragons [LIVE] 2017-09-07 · 43m
The Many Worlds of "Despacito" 2017-08-10 · 31m
Selena Gomez: Bad Liar, Psycho Songwriter 2017-07-13 · 43m
Breaking Down Alanis Morissette (and our own Preconceptions) with guest Andrea Warner 2017-06-29 · 32m
Morgan Page Reveals the Rule of 3 in Julia Michaels and Maroon 5 2017-06-16 · 45m
DJ Khaled - I'm The One... six... four... five 2017-06-01 · 37m
Musical Architecture in Charlie Puth + HAIM 2017-05-18 · 41m
The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX 2017-05-04 · 48m
Harry Styles, Eschatology and Teen Girl Fandom 2017-04-20 · 44m
What's to Love About Ed Sheeran? (guest Ross Golan) 2017-04-06 · 42m
Zedd + Alessia Cara - Stay (w special guest Grey) 2017-03-23 · 45m
Chained to the Green Light: Katy Perry + Lorde 2017-03-10 · 39m
Oscar Week!: La La Land ft. Genevieve Koski 2017-02-24 · 52m
Zayn, Taylor Swift & The Grammys 2017-02-09 · 32m
The Puzzle of Ariana Grande's "Into You" (with K. Flay) 2017-01-27 · 49m
Seduced by the Sound: The Weeknd + Daft Punk 2017-01-12 · 24m
Dreaming Of A White Christmas 2016-12-16 · 40m
How to Listen to Music in 4 Easy Steps 2016-12-01 · 46m
Playing it Cool: How Tove Lo Aims High 2016-11-17 · 30m
Made In America: Toby Keith & Jay-Z 2016-11-03 · 47m
Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal 2016-10-20 · 45m
The Most Popular Song In The World 2016-10-06 · 40m
Lady Gaga Is A Perfect Illusion 2016-09-22 · 63m
How Beyoncé to The Beatles Modulate Your Emotions 2016-09-09 · 37m
Pop Drops and Chipmunk Soul 2016-08-25 · 41m
The Gideon and Hubcap Show 2016-08-15 · 26m
Breaking Down The House 2016-08-01 · 40m
Around The World With Drake 2016-07-14 · 43m
When Good Music Happens To Bad People 2016-06-30 · 38m
Justin Timberlake Goes Medieval 2016-06-16 · 35m
All About Those Baseline Assumptions About Femini$m in Pop 2016-06-06 · 34m
Jonas vs. Jonas: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Boy Band 2016-05-19 · 35m
Purple Lemonade: Prince & Beyoncé 2016-05-05 · 44m
Pablo And The Wolves 2016-04-22 · 37m
The Populist Pop of Twenty One Pilots 2016-04-06 · 32m
American Oxygen 2016-03-23 · 25m
Say Hey 2016-03-10 · 44m
Now I Sia, Now I Don't 2016-02-26 · 38m
B Side: Singing With Mama Jan 2016-02-18 · 8m
Call Your Girlfriend 2016-02-12 · 38m
Click With Dick And Other Campaign Anthems 2016-01-29 · 60m
The Life Changing Magic of Music in 2015 2016-01-17 · 32m
Linus & Lucy 2015-12-17 · 33m
Same Here 2015-12-02 · 32m
Searching for Max Martin 2015-11-19 · 44m
Hotline Hello: Drake and Adele 2015-11-04 · 33m
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 2015-10-22 · 36m
Justin Bieber’s Existential Suite 2015-10-07 · 32m
The Weeknd: Dance of Deception 2015-09-23 · 26m
Let’s Talk About Sax 2015-09-09 · 35m
Kacey Musgraves: Transgressing Country 2015-08-14 · 26m
Song of Summer: LIVE! 2015-07-30 · 30m
The Dual Meaning of Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen 2015-07-15 · 21m
One Direction: Our Modern Day Castrati 2015-05-29 · 24m
The Final Dropout 2015-05-15 · 8m
Hidden Sounds in FourFiveSeconds 2015-05-06 · 21m
Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You 2015-04-15 · 22m
Hozier’s Waffling of Faith in Take Me To Church 2015-04-02 · 17m
Taylor Swift’s Beethovian Blank Space 2015-03-26 · 16m
A Cappella Dreams 2015-03-16 · 47m
Radio Africa 2015-02-19 · 30m
Star Spangled 2015-01-28 · 28m
Mark Ronson: Funk Politics 2015-01-15 · 34m
The Imperative Jingle Bells 2014-12-20 · 31m
To Be Young 2014-12-11 · 32m
Boom Bang Pow 2014-11-14 · 29m
The Oeuvre of Taylor Swift 2014-10-28 · 34m
Heartbreak 2014-10-28 · 26m
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