Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMade In America: Jay-Z & Toby Keith ICYMI
In case you missed it rerun from 2016. Back in 2011, two pop songs dropped with the same patriotic title: "Made in America." But the similarities pre…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Art of Flow (with DJ Jazzy Jeff) ICYMI
In hip-hop, what draws us to an artist is not just the content of their lyrics but how they deliver them. Along with tapping your foot to the rhythm,…
2 years, 8 months ago
Doja Cat’s Satanic Suite
For the first time in 2023, a rap song is at number one on Billboard's Hot 100: Doja Cat's “Paint the Town Red.” It’s her second number one single af…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jimmy Buffett: Next Year in Margaritaville
When Jimmy Buffett died on the first day of September, 2023, musicians from Paul McCartney to Pitbull mourned the death of the "Margaritaville" singe…
2 years, 8 months ago
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Era ICYMI
In case you missed it, Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance is one of her most ambitious albums yet. On this week’s episode of Switched On Pop, we discuss…
2 years, 9 months ago
Olivia Rodrigo’s Good Ideas
Everyone seems to be getting Olivia Rodrigo wrong. She's one of the few pop stars who has made it big in the current era of fragmented music streamin…
2 years, 9 months ago
Wonders: "Stacy's Mom" and Adam Schlesinger
In 2003, amidst a bunch of bleak alternative rock bangers like “Numb” by Linkin Park and “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence, a rock song stood out on …
2 years, 9 months ago
The mid-career crises of Travis Scott and Post Malone
Right now, the two biggest records in the country come to us from two of hip-hop’s biggest superstars: Travis Scott and Post Malone. Both artists hav…
2 years, 9 months ago
Song Camp 2: Electric Boogaloo! (with Alex Tumay, Wolftyla, Nicholas Petricca, Grace VanderWaal)
Part two of the secret world of song camps looks at the different roles in a songwriting session. There are producers who sit behind a console desk o…
2 years, 9 months ago
The secret world of songwriting camps
Beginning in the nineties, pop songwriters have traveled to a 13th-century castle in the south of France for what’s come to be known as a “song camp”…
2 years, 9 months ago