Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSwitched-On Wendy Carlos
The synthesizer was invented in the 1890s. But for people to really start using it, it took half a century, a musician named Wendy Carlos, and an alb…
1 year, 10 months ago
The song of the summer is DEAD with Today Explained
Long live the song of the summer with Today Explained. But wait! Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding disagrees. And Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos say…
1 year, 10 months ago
Lawrence: the eight-piece family band reshaping the music business
In today’s volatile music industry, many artists struggle to navigate the pitfalls of touring, the whims of social media, and the inequity of exploit…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Imperfect Feminine: Camila, Charli, and Sabrina
The first half of 2024 has been for the “pop girlie.” It seems like every major artist who’s dominated the discourse this year has been a woman, oste…
1 year, 11 months ago
Empress Of asks for your consideration (with Empress Of)
There’s many things to love about Los Angeles: low-rider cars, roadside taco stands, and, come awards season, the omnipresent “For Your Consideration…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bootsy Collins is gonna funk you up (with Bootsy Collins)
Bootsy Collins is, perhaps, the funkiest man of all time. Over the course of his nearly six decade career, Collins has given up the funk in the iconi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Freaking out about songwriting with Nile Rodgers
There is no contemporary pop music without Nile Rodgers. Born in 1952, Rodgers grew up playing classical music on flute and clarinet before picking u…
1 year, 11 months ago
Begging songs and basketball's musicality (with Hanif Abdurraqib)
There's no music writer like the essayist and poet Hanif Abdurraqib: whether he's narrating the beautiful awkwardness of a Carly Rae Jepsen concert o…
2 years ago
Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist (with Charlie Puth)
On her latest album, Taylor Swift “declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.” No one was more surprised by this than Charlie Puth himself: the…
2 years ago
Billie Eilish hits both hard and soft
On Billie Eilish’s third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, Eilish finally graduates from her signature anti-pop persona into full blown pop stardom. This …
2 years ago