A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Ch
The sax is back. This surprisingly funky reed keeps popping up in pop hits from Derulo to Grande. Bu
Can you be a country star and critical of the country at the same time? Grammy Award Winner, Kacey M
In the first-ever LIVE edition of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate enter an epic debate over what t
Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen is an unlikely contender for the top 10. It straddles genres between hip-hop
One Direction is one of the biggest bands in pop, but unless you’re a preteen or the parent of one,
How does a good pop song end? With a bang, right? As it turns out, explosive endings are kinda over.
FourFiveSeconds is one of the more surprising collaborations in recent pop history. Rhianna, Kanye,
Carly Rae Jepsen might be the patron saint of Switched on Pop, the show first hatched by Charlie and
Written in the Hozier family basement, Take Me To Church has risen up to be one of the biggest pop h
Taylor Swift’s Blank Space is about emptiness of the heart. This motif of Blank Space is contained t
A cappella, Italian for in the style of the church, refers to music for unaccompanied voices. Just a
Reporting live from Kenya, we search for African pop that is making its way into global dance music.
Did you know the melody to the Star Spangled Banner was once a British drinking song? In preparation
You’ve heard it a million times, you know how to sing it, its ubiquitous during the holiday season,
Pop music and youth go together like peanut butter and pickles. The music we hear when we’re young s
We look at the Rhythms that make us dance, those primal beats, the “Boom Bang Pow” that make us want
We uncover the common songwriting techniques and chart the musical evolution of Taylor Swift. Featur
Why do we love listening to heartbreak songs? What do songwriters do to emote such strong feelings?F
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