484 Episodes

  1. SZA's Endless Melody

    Published: 1/18/2023
  2. Too Fast? We’re Curious: The sped-up remix phenomenon

    Published: 1/10/2023
  3. ICYMI 90s Music Canon

    Published: 1/3/2023
  4. ICYMI: We *do* talk about Bruno

    Published: 12/27/2022
  5. Anitta & Rosalía on the borders of Latin pop

    Published: 12/20/2022
  6. How Bad Bunny won 2022

    Published: 12/13/2022
  7. The soft sounds of Kali Uchis (live from Vulture Fest)

    Published: 12/6/2022
  8. Why do new Christmas songs fail?

    Published: 11/29/2022
  9. The Art of Flow

    Published: 11/22/2022
  10. Willow Smith rocks harder

    Published: 11/15/2022
  11. The Sound of Sapphism

    Published: 11/8/2022
  12. Scary Pockets funkify pop classics (with Lizzy McAlpine)

    Published: 11/1/2022
  13. Up late with Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’

    Published: 10/24/2022
  14. Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top

    Published: 10/18/2022
  15. Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso)

    Published: 10/11/2022
  16. Santigold sings Spirituals

    Published: 10/4/2022
  17. The future of music pt I

    Published: 9/27/2022
  18. Lady Gaga & The Pequeños Monstruos

    Published: 9/20/2022
  19. Invasion of the Vibe Snatchers

    Published: 9/13/2022
  20. Into It: Song of Summer 2022

    Published: 9/6/2022

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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.