484 Episodes

  1. Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Down Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and Nile Rodgers

    Published: 3/23/2021
  2. What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of pop

    Published: 3/16/2021
  3. Kimbra reflects on a song that we used to know

    Published: 3/9/2021
  4. Kaytranada's journey from basement beat-making to the Grammys

    Published: 3/2/2021
  5. JP Saxe Didn’t Mean for His Grammy Hit ‘If the World Was Ending’ to Be So Literal

    Published: 2/23/2021
  6. Adrian Younge's new project sounds like James Baldwin meets Marvin Gaye

    Published: 2/16/2021
  7. The Scandalous Sounds of Bridgerton (w Kris Bowers)

    Published: 2/9/2021
  8. How The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” used retro sounds and modern bass to break every record

    Published: 2/2/2021
  9. Epik High is our gateway into Korean hip hop (with Tablo)

    Published: 1/26/2021
  10. Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” is a full throttle power ballad

    Published: 1/19/2021
  11. D.O.C. (Death of the Chorus) with Emily Warren

    Published: 1/12/2021
  12. ICYMI: The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall Out Boy & Charli XCX

    Published: 1/5/2021
  13. ICYMI: Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?

    Published: 12/29/2020
  14. Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales

    Published: 12/21/2020
  15. Taylor Swift has "evermore" of a good thing

    Published: 12/15/2020
  16. Women's Rap Renaissance

    Published: 12/8/2020
  17. Red Hot + Blue with Meshell Ndegeocello

    Published: 12/1/2020
  18. The Cyndi Lauper Conspiracy (with Sam Sanders)

    Published: 11/24/2020
  19. ANTHEMS: Missy Elliott — Work It

    Published: 11/17/2020
  20. ANTHEMS: Smash Mouth — All Star

    Published: 11/10/2020

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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.