483 Episodes

  1. Who killed the key change in pop music?

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

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

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

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

    Published: 4/4/2023
  6. Reinventing Bach

    Published: 3/28/2023
  7. 100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop

    Published: 3/21/2023
  8. Switches Brew

    Published: 3/17/2023
  9. Modern Classics: Seal - Kiss From a Rose

    Published: 3/14/2023
  10. How John Denver got huge in Asia

    Published: 3/7/2023
  11. Chartbreakers: Jersey Club, Complicated Country, and 50s Crooners

    Published: 2/28/2023
  12. Five years later, the legacy of Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap"

    Published: 2/22/2023
  13. “Flowers” and the art of the response song

    Published: 2/14/2023
  14. Rihanna Party! ICYMI

    Published: 2/12/2023
  15. The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk

    Published: 2/7/2023
  16. A History of Whammies at the Grammys - Into It with Sam Sanders

    Published: 2/2/2023
  17. Wonders: Bobby McFerrin

    Published: 1/31/2023
  18. The New Wave of Paramore

    Published: 1/24/2023
  19. Taylor Swift and the music industry's next $20

    Published: 1/20/2023
  20. SZA's Endless Melody

    Published: 1/18/2023

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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.