BONUS: Who are the Picassos of pop? (with Ross Golan)
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 episode (cue siren) about the surprising lessons learne...
13 Sep 201946min
Switched Off Book the Improvised Musical (with Jess McKenna and Zach Reino)
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 killer backing band of Scott, Dana and Brett create an ...
10 Sep 20191h 30min
ICYMI: How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
"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, the singer proudly expresses that she is a "sexual...
3 Sep 201951min
ICYMI: Why is 90s Pop so Bizarre?
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 representing the lunatic fringe of 90s culture, “Cott...
27 Aug 201947min
Songs of Summer Call-in Special
Every year, critics and media outlets the world over put out definitive song-of-summer guides based on... well, we’re not always entirely sure. Certainly popularity, as measured by streams and radio p...
20 Aug 201952min
Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder
The sound of R&B is difficult to pin down. Since the 1950s, the label has been used both as a genre and as a catch-all for the entirety of black popular music. Soul, funk, disco and even hip-hop have ...
13 Aug 201954min
Beyoncé's Gift To Africa (with Ivie Ani)
For the live action remake of the Lion King, Beyoncé, (who voices Nala in the film), recorded and curated a companion soundtrack called The Gift. She worked with leading Afropop stars to expose the mu...
6 Aug 201937min
LCD Soundsystem and the Unbearable Sameness of Restaurant Playlists
Why is it that every hip restaurant plays the same music? When Eater restaurant editor Hillary Dixler Canavan kept hearing similar songs while dining for work assignments, she compiled a playlist of w...
30 Jul 201934min
