484 Episodes

  1. Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt)

    Published: 7/20/2021
  2. Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)

    Published: 7/16/2021
  3. Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)

    Published: 7/13/2021
  4. Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)

    Published: 7/6/2021
  5. Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus

    Published: 7/2/2021
  6. Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)

    Published: 6/29/2021
  7. Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren

    Published: 6/22/2021
  8. 40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)

    Published: 6/15/2021
  9. J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle

    Published: 6/8/2021
  10. ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s

    Published: 6/1/2021
  11. Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political

    Published: 5/25/2021
  12. Introducing Galaxy Brains

    Published: 5/18/2021
  13. Turns out Willow Smith rocks

    Published: 5/11/2021
  14. Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers

    Published: 5/4/2021
  15. How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview)

    Published: 4/30/2021
  16. The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)

    Published: 4/27/2021
  17. Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)

    Published: 4/20/2021
  18. 5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According to Teddy Geiger and Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021)

    Published: 4/13/2021
  19. Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)

    Published: 4/6/2021
  20. AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra'

    Published: 3/30/2021

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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.