Switched on Pop
Hosted by Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan · Vulture
4.6from 4,374 ratings
- 560
- Episodes
- 120
- Transcribed
- 4,374
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About Switched on Pop
Listen closer to pop music, and hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
- Publisher
- Vulture
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Oct 2014
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
120 of 560 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
A unified popstar theory from Tinashe
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The 'bummer hope' of midwest emo (ft. Yvette Young and Mike Kinsella)
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The rise of surrealist pop: KATSEYE and ADÉLA
Inside a recent episode
A unified popstar theory from Tinashe
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The modern version of that is RuPaul saying, you're born naked and the rest is drag. Yes. But more than RuPaul, maybe more than Bill Shakespeare, more than Britney and more than Gaga, I think this feeling musically actually goes back to Janet Jackson. And Janet, I think, is an easy comparison for Tinashe. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Switched on Pop
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Tinashe
- Yvette Young
- Mike Kinsella
- Reanna Cruz
- Carly Rae Jepsen
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 2,689 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,685 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 71
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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Questions about Switched on Pop
Who hosts Switched on Pop?
Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan host the show. Published by Vulture.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Switched on Pop take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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