Switched on Pop
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The music theory behind K Pop Demon Hunters' chart dominance
Sep 17, 202542 min
The Architecture of the Album with Djo (Joe Keery live at NYU)
Sep 15, 202555 min
Why everyone should be in a band (ft. Finneas and Ashe)
Sep 9, 202552 min
Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns After 50 Years
Sep 2, 202554 min
How does one violinist end up on every hit song?
Aug 26, 202552 min
All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and Cardi
Aug 19, 202552 min
A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders)
Aug 12, 202544 min
Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud)
Aug 5, 202537 min
Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag
Jul 29, 202544 min
All podcast themes sound the same — why?
Jul 22, 202546 min
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell
Jul 15, 202551 min
The Benson Boone-Doggle
Jul 8, 202532 min
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
Jul 1, 202532 min
How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul
Jun 27, 202535 min
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera)
Jun 26, 202532 min
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
Jun 25, 202528 min
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman)
Jun 24, 202536 min
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
Jun 23, 202534 min
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
Jun 17, 202530 min
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFarlane)
Jun 10, 202548 min
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
Jun 3, 202545 min
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
May 27, 202539 min
808: The drum machine that changed music forever (Twenty Thousand Hertz)
May 25, 202527 min
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Pop, and the shortest song ever
May 20, 202552 min
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
May 13, 202537 min
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, and Espresso Macchiato (featuring Tommy Cash)
May 6, 202540 min
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
Apr 29, 202554 min
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with Jensen McRae)
Apr 22, 20251h 4m
Music's New Success Model
Apr 15, 202545 min
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
Apr 8, 202537 min
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
Apr 1, 202531 min
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Townshend
Mar 25, 202552 min
Lady Gaga's Monster Return
Mar 18, 202552 min
How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World
Mar 11, 202536 min
Playing "Hide and Seek" with Imogen Heap
Mar 4, 202533 min
“The ‘Umbrella’ Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit Changed Pop Music Forever”
Feb 25, 202536 min
Learning to love: Tate McRae
Feb 18, 202545 min
Does It Trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs
Feb 11, 202545 min
Liz Pelly's Mood Machine says the playlist isn't the product — you are
Feb 4, 202552 min
25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more
Jan 28, 202555 min
Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico
Jan 21, 202547 min
Our theme music sucks. Let’s change it.
Jan 14, 202538 min
Have Disney musicals lost their edge?
Jan 7, 202539 min
Going Off Book
Dec 31, 20241h 30m
Auto-Tune always and forever
Dec 24, 20241h 1m
The many lives of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
Dec 20, 202432 min
Breaking Through: Doechii, Mk.gee, Rosé
Dec 17, 202441 min
The best (and worst) of holiday music in 2024
Dec 13, 202437 min
Kendrick Lamar: from Pulitzer to pop
Dec 10, 202439 min
We're off to see the "Wicked"
Dec 3, 202440 min