Switched on Pop

My My My! Troye Sivan + Queer Pop (w Gina Delvac, Darryl Bullock)

2018/2/8

Gina Delvac of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast and Darryl W Bullock, author of David Bowie Made Me

90s Nostalgia in Bruno Mars and Charlie Puth

2018/1/25

The 90s are back. It is as if pop music entered a black hole and came out 25 years in the past. Toda

Justin Timberlake's Identity Crisis

2018/1/11

What's up with Justin Timberlake? Two years ago he gifted us the ebullient family-friendly jam "Can'

Dua Lipa's Minor Mantra (w Emily Bootle)

2017/12/28

Charlie talks laments, Baroque opera, and gender politics in Dua Lipa's sleeper hit "New Rules" with

All I Want for Xmas is a Year in Review Episode

2017/12/14

Charlie and Nate breakdown Mariah Carey's classic "All I Want for Christmas is You" and revisit thei

Björk's Emotional Landscapes

2017/11/30

Björk is uniquely both a pop star and avant-garde composer. Though her music often challenges our ea

Taylor Constructs A Darker Reputation

2017/11/16

Taylor Swift unveils a new, darker identity on her latest album "Reputation," and many have read the

Unlikely Mashups: Taylor + Cardi B | Clean Bandit + Berlioz

2017/11/2

At the top of the pop charts, Taylor Swift and Cardi B, two artists with seemingly little in common,

Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE deconstructed w. guest Amber Mark

2017/10/19

With Charlie off the grid, Nate sits down with singer/producer Amber Mark to explore the different l

Demi Lovato is Not Sorry

2017/10/6

Demi Lovato's latest, "Sorry Not Sorry" is at once an unapologetic anthem of defiance and a super ca

How to 'Feels' the Groove

2017/9/22

How does a song with nonsense lyrics capture our attention, making us want to move? It is called the

Anthems of Resilience - Kesha and Imagine Dragons [LIVE]

2017/9/7

This episode of Switched on Pop comes at you live from Block Island, RI, recoded in front of an audi

The Many Worlds of "Despacito"

2017/8/10

What has catapulted Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" to the top spot on the Billboard chart

Selena Gomez: Bad Liar, Psycho Songwriter

2017/7/13

Selena Gomez's "Bad Liar" stands out on the charts by doing things a little differently: it's a subt

Breaking Down Alanis Morissette (and our own Preconceptions) with guest Andrea Warner

2017/6/29

Author, critic and podcaster Andrea Warner joins for a throwback episode exploring politics in Lilit

Morgan Page Reveals the Rule of 3 in Julia Michaels and Maroon 5

2017/6/16

Your brain can only hear three things at the same time. What you may not know is that musicians use

DJ Khaled - I'm The One... six... four... five

2017/6/1

DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Quavo from Migos and Lil Wayne have allied for a new sm

Musical Architecture in Charlie Puth + HAIM

2017/5/18

Two new songs have captured the attention of your hosts—Charlie Puth's "Attention" and HAIM's "Want

The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX

2017/5/4

Is it true that all pop music sounds the same today? For the past year the “pop-drop” has dominated

Harry Styles, Eschatology and Teen Girl Fandom

2017/4/20

One Direction wunderkind Harry Styles has just released his first ever single, "Sign of the Times,"

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