477 Episodes

  1. Cowboy Carter: This Ain't Country

    Published: 4/2/2024
  2. Hip-hop's Sea Change at Rolling Loud

    Published: 3/26/2024
  3. Rhapsody in Blue, Reimagined

    Published: 3/22/2024
  4. Eternal Sunshine of Ariana Grande's Mind

    Published: 3/19/2024
  5. How to DIY a Music Career (with Amelia Meath and David Gray at SXSW)

    Published: 3/15/2024
  6. Is Beyoncé's music #sponcon? And other mysteries LIVE in Brooklyn

    Published: 3/12/2024
  7. Jacob Collier unites the world

    Published: 3/5/2024
  8. Beyoncé's Country

    Published: 2/27/2024
  9. Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHROMEO)

    Published: 2/20/2024
  10. The Star Spangled Banger!

    Published: 2/13/2024
  11. Brittany Howard's Chaos Theory (with Brittany Howard)

    Published: 2/6/2024
  12. The b*tch of loving musical theater (with Bridger Winegar)

    Published: 1/30/2024
  13. Kali Uchis takes on the world

    Published: 1/23/2024
  14. Soundalikes: Lil Nas X and Ariana Grande

    Published: 1/16/2024
  15. The case of the missing vocals, and other listener questions

    Published: 1/9/2024
  16. Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon - ICYMI

    Published: 1/2/2024
  17. Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales - ICYMI

    Published: 12/25/2023
  18. "Did I mention that it's Christmas in this club?" (w Matt Rogers)

    Published: 12/19/2023
  19. Nicki Minaj's Roman Empire

    Published: 12/12/2023
  20. Hear the Year: The music we loved in 2023

    Published: 12/5/2023

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A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.