482 Episodes

  1. Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Townshend

    Published: 25/03/2025
  2. Lady Gaga's Monster Return

    Published: 18/03/2025
  3. How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World

    Published: 11/03/2025
  4. Playing "Hide and Seek" with Imogen Heap

    Published: 04/03/2025
  5. The Umbrella Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit Changed Pop Music Forever

    Published: 25/02/2025
  6. Learning to love: Tate McRae

    Published: 18/02/2025
  7. Does It Trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs

    Published: 11/02/2025
  8. How Spotify hacked our ears (and our data)

    Published: 04/02/2025
  9. 25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more

    Published: 28/01/2025
  10. Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico

    Published: 21/01/2025
  11. The biggest theme song fail

    Published: 14/01/2025
  12. Have Disney musicals lost their edge?

    Published: 07/01/2025
  13. Going Off Book

    Published: 31/12/2024
  14. Auto-Tune always and forever

    Published: 24/12/2024
  15. Santa Claus is coming to town and stalking America

    Published: 20/12/2024
  16. Breaking Through: Doechii, Mk.gee, Rosé

    Published: 17/12/2024
  17. The best (and worst) of holiday music in 2024

    Published: 13/12/2024
  18. Kendrick Lamar: from Pulitzer to pop

    Published: 10/12/2024
  19. We're off to see the "Wicked"

    Published: 03/12/2024
  20. Listening 2 Madonna: Ray of Light

    Published: 29/11/2024

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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.

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