477 Episodes

  1. Your cursive singing is tearing this family apart!

    Published: 8/1/2023
  2. Barbie and the plasticity of pop

    Published: 7/25/2023
  3. How Louis Armstrong invented the modern pop star

    Published: 7/18/2023
  4. Speak Now (about Taylor's versions)

    Published: 7/11/2023
  5. My Beyoncé Ticket Cost $4,000: Why the Touring Industry Might Be Broken – Into It with Sam Sanders

    Published: 7/4/2023
  6. What makes a gay anthem?

    Published: 6/27/2023
  7. Switches Brew: blink-182, Kate Bush, BewhY, The Pointer Sisters, Saint Levant

    Published: 6/20/2023
  8. Chartbreakers: Mexican regional y más

    Published: 6/13/2023
  9. Listening 2 Daft Punk: Random Access Memories

    Published: 6/6/2023
  10. Listening 2 Daft Punk: Human After All / Alive 2007

    Published: 5/30/2023
  11. Listening 2 Daft Punk: Discovery

    Published: 5/23/2023
  12. Listening 2 Daft Punk: Homework

    Published: 5/16/2023
  13. The Jonas Brothers' Yacht Rock Revival

    Published: 5/9/2023
  14. From Westeros-techno to trance metal: Eurovision 2023

    Published: 5/2/2023
  15. Who killed the key change in pop music?

    Published: 4/25/2023
  16. A.I. Drake has put music in a tailspin

    Published: 4/21/2023
  17. BTS goes solo together

    Published: 4/18/2023
  18. This Generation's Caroline Polachek

    Published: 4/11/2023
  19. The Shakira Conspiracy

    Published: 4/4/2023
  20. Reinventing Bach

    Published: 3/28/2023

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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.