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Switched On Pop
Switched On Pop

Switched On Pop

— Jul 2026 1 Season 2 Episodes TV-14
Returning Series
Talk

Overview

Songwriter Charlie Harding and musicologist Nate Sloan, a professor at USC’s Thornton School of Music, break down musical ideas and production choices behind today’s biggest hits, pulling songs apart to understand how they work and why they matter.

Vox Media Podcast Network
🇺🇸 United States · English

Cast

Charlie Harding

Charlie Harding

Self - Host

Nate Sloan

Nate Sloan

Self - Host

E1

Let's Get It Started (ft. Aaron Dessner)

Research says you judge a song in under half a second. So why write an intro at all? On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate kick off their Netflix launch and probe what an intro means in today's musical landscape, alongside special guests like Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, The National, Gracie Adams), who helps build the case for intros and reveals the surprising sources that form the opening sounds of Taylor Swift's “cardigan.”

Jul 14, 2026 38m ★ 10.0
E2

Justice for the Verse (ft. Audrey Hobert)

Everybody sings the chorus, but superfans quote the verse. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate trace the verse from Shakespeare through opera to TikTok, and songwriter Audrey Hobert shares her philosophy of specific verses and anthemic choruses: you can't have the payoff without the setup.

Jul 21, 2026 31m
E3

Episode 3

Jul 28, 2026
E4

Episode 4

Aug 4, 2026

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