483 Episodes

  1. Listening 2 Madonna: Ray of Light

    Published: 11/29/2024
  2. Listening 2 Madonna: Spanish Eyes

    Published: 11/27/2024
  3. Listening 2 Madonna: Who's That Girl?

    Published: 11/25/2024
  4. Fleetwood Mac perfected turning drama into hits

    Published: 11/19/2024
  5. Still Freaky After All These Years: Gaga, Tyler, The Cure

    Published: 11/12/2024
  6. Did Kendrick Lamar kill hip-hop?

    Published: 11/5/2024
  7. Where are all the scary songs?

    Published: 10/29/2024
  8. The virtuosity of Stevie Wonder

    Published: 10/22/2024
  9. The last decade of pop explained

    Published: 10/15/2024
  10. Learning to love: Coldplay

    Published: 10/8/2024
  11. Fall Out Boy and the worst earworm ever

    Published: 10/1/2024
  12. Mexican pop is bigger than you think

    Published: 9/24/2024
  13. How Megan Thee Stallion brought Japanese hip hop to the Hot 100

    Published: 9/17/2024
  14. Learning to love: Oasis

    Published: 9/10/2024
  15. Newcomers: Porter Robinson

    Published: 9/6/2024
  16. Sabrina Carpenter is more than Short n' Sweet

    Published: 9/3/2024
  17. Newcomers: Jhayco

    Published: 8/30/2024
  18. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars bring back the duet

    Published: 8/27/2024
  19. Newcomers: Magdalena Bay

    Published: 8/23/2024
  20. Tinashe’s “Nasty” takes on Janet and Beyoncé + Are songs getting simpler?

    Published: 8/20/2024

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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.