Switched on Pop
508 episodes — Page 6 of 11
263: A Higher Power Ballad
Apr 12, 202225 min
How sound becomes hearing
Apr 5, 202240 min
262: Listening 2 Britney: Gimme More
Mar 29, 202227 min
261: Listening 2 Britney: Toxic
Mar 22, 202227 min
Listening 2 Britney: ...Baby One More Time
Mar 8, 202228 min
258: Chartbreakers (ft. Megan Thee Stallion and the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Mar 1, 202234 min
257: Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of Texas
Feb 15, 202235 min
256: Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan Esso
Feb 8, 202231 min
255: We *do* talk about Bruno
Feb 1, 202225 min
254: 32 Albums in, Elvis Costello is Just Getting Started
Jan 25, 202233 min
253: Accidental Kpop star Eric Nam quits the system
Jan 19, 202236 min
252: The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a little help from Jim Carrey)
Jan 11, 202236 min
251: Why do new Christmas songs fail?
Dec 21, 202126 min
250: Tai Verdes TikTok-ed his way to a breakout hit
Dec 14, 202131 min
249: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof
Dec 7, 202131 min
248: The Beatles get back to their roots
Nov 30, 202140 min
247: Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonic’s broken hearts club
Nov 23, 202142 min
246: Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest
Nov 16, 202127 min
245: The State of the Pop Union
Nov 9, 202136 min
244: Why ABBA songs just hit different
Nov 2, 202135 min
The Healing Power of Pop with Esperanza Spalding
Oct 26, 202135 min
Janet Jackson's Legacy After 'Control' from It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders
Oct 22, 202146 min
242: James Bond and the Sound of Spycraft
Oct 19, 202135 min
241: James Blake & The Return of Harmony
Oct 12, 202136 min
240: Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her her career.
Oct 5, 202128 min
216: The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)
Sep 28, 202136 min
239: Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up songwriting credits
Sep 21, 20211h 0m
238: CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror
Sep 14, 202133 min
237: From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community
Sep 7, 202125 min
236: Modern Classics: Carina Del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"
Aug 31, 202130 min
235: The Joy of Music Festivals
Aug 24, 202127 min
234: The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer Festival
Aug 17, 202140 min
233: Summer Festivals: How Coachella co-opted the Woodstock look
Aug 10, 202126 min
232: Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"
Aug 3, 202139 min
231: Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleacher’s “Stop Making This Hurt”
Jul 30, 202142 min
230: Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of Soul
Jul 27, 202134 min
229: L’Rain asks “what have you done to change?” (live at JBL)
Jul 23, 202127 min
228: Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt
Jul 20, 202125 min
227: Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)
Jul 16, 202132 min
236: Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)
Jul 13, 202135 min
225: Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)
Jul 6, 202131 min
224: Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus
Jul 2, 202130 min
233: Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)
Jun 29, 202136 min
222: Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren
Jun 22, 202128 min
221: 40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
Jun 15, 202130 min
220: J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle
Jun 8, 202131 min
ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s
Jun 1, 202119 min
219: Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political
May 25, 202130 min
Introducing Galaxy Brains
May 18, 202134 min
218: Turns out Willow Smith rocks
May 11, 202130 min