Podcast Episodes

A Brief History of Men Singing Really High

Men singing high is so ubiquitous in modern pop that we might take it granted, never pausing to ask: has it always been this way? Estelle Caswell, wh…

6 years, 5 months ago

Total Request Live! Taylor, Lana, Kim, and More (with Sam Sanders)

Episode 134

NPR's Sam Sanders stops by to break down the tracks that Switched On listeners have been loving. Swedish dancefloor confessionals, songs that stop ti…

6 years, 5 months ago

Mastering Music (with Dallas Taylor of Twenty Thousand Hertz)

Dallas Taylor, host of the stellar sound design series Twenty Thousand Hertz, stops by to fill Nate in on the science and style of mastering: the sub…

6 years, 6 months ago

Jazz 1959

Episode 133

Charlie's out on parental leave, which means no one is here to stop Nate from going off the rails. And you know what means... JAZZ! As soon as dad le…

6 years, 6 months ago

BONUS: Charli XCX and The Future of Music (with Dani Deahl)

The pace of new music production these days is dizzying. Sometimes it’s like watching someone do a magic trick--we *swear* those songs weren’t there …

6 years, 6 months ago

Baby Shark!

Episode 135

Charlie sits down with Andrea Silenzi, host of the amazing parenting podcast The Longest Shortest Time to break down one of the biggest love/hate hit…

6 years, 6 months ago

BONUS: Who are the Picassos of pop? (with Ross Golan)

Episode 134

Ross Golan is no stranger to Switched on Pop. This week, the songwriter and host of the hit podcast And The Writer Is… joins Charlie for a BONUS epis…

6 years, 6 months ago

Switched Off Book (with Jess McKenna and Zach Reino)

Episode 133

On this very special episode, we join forces with the hilarious podcast OFF BOOK. When our powers combine, Zach and Jess of Off Book, plus their kill…

6 years, 6 months ago

ICYMI: How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo

Episode 132

"Make Me Feel," is the first hit from Janelle Monáe's 2018 album Dirty Computer,  and a sensual song about the fluidity of desire. In the pre-chorus,…

6 years, 7 months ago

ICYMI: Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?

Episode 131

Today we're revisiting an episode inspired by a pair of classic VH1 shows: “Behind the Music” and “Where Are They Now?”

Our subjects are two songs r…

6 years, 7 months ago