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Switched On Pop

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Genre: Talk
Certificate: TV-14
Origin: US

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Songwriter Charlie Harding and musicologist Nate Sloan, a professor at USC’s Thornton School of Music, break down musical ideas and production choices behind today’s biggest hits, pulling songs apart to understand how they work and why they matter.

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Status: Returning Series
First aired: Jul 14, 2026
Network: Netflix
Studio: Vox Media Podcast Network

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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SERIES

Switched On Pop

20261 Season

Talk

Your rating

Genre: Talk
Certificate: TV-14
Origin: US

About

Songwriter Charlie Harding and musicologist Nate Sloan, a professor at USC’s Thornton School of Music, break down musical ideas and production choices behind today’s biggest hits, pulling songs apart to understand how they work and why they matter.

Where to watch

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Stream

Netflix

Netflix Standard with Ads

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Jul 14, 2026 · 38m · ★ 10.0
Let's Get It Started (ft. Aaron Dessner)
Research says you judge a song in under half a second. So why write an intro at all? On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate kick off their Netflix launch and probe what an intro means in today's musical landscape, alongside special guests like Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, The National, Gracie Adams), who helps build the case for intros and reveals the surprising sources that form the opening sounds of Taylor Swift's “cardigan.”
E2 · Airs Jul 21, 2026 · 31m
Justice for the Verse (ft. Audrey Hobert)
Everybody sings the chorus, but superfans quote the verse. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate trace the verse from Shakespeare through opera to TikTok, and songwriter Audrey Hobert shares her philosophy of specific verses and anthemic choruses: you can't have the payoff without the setup.
E3 · Airs Jul 28, 2026 · 47m
Preaching to the Chorus (ft. B-Real & Trevor Horn)
The chorus was once the part of the song that brought us together, the place we gathered to sing. Now it's the most engineered thirty seconds in music. Legendary producer Trevor Horn and hip-hop icon B-Real of Cypress Hill help Charlie and Nate answer the question on their minds: when everything's a hook, is anything a chorus?
E4 · Airs Aug 4, 2026 · 39m
Take It to the Bridge (ft. Tayla Parx)
Bridges open up the world of a song: they're a breath of fresh air and a point of contrast, typically delivered right before the final chorus. But sometimes they accomplish even more, changing the whole meaning of a song by introducing a note of doubt, or even defiance. This is what the best artists do, from Beyoncé to the Beatles to Taylor Swift, but some critics are concerned that the bridge is in danger of being demolished. On this episode, Charlie and Nate speak to songwriter and artist Tayla Parx, who's worked with everyone from Ariana Grande to Panic! At the Disco, to learn why the bridge matters more than ever — and why an artist might still want to skip it altogether.
E5 · Airs Aug 11, 2026 · 34m
A piano lesson that will change how you listen (ft. Lang Lang)
For many people – including Charlie and Nate – studying classical piano as a child always felt like a chore. Now, as adults, there’s a newfound appreciation for classical music, but the art form isn’t always accessible. One of the people trying to change that is the world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, classical piano’s greatest interpreter. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie sits down with Lang Lang at the Steinway showroom in New York City to see how taste changes over time, the different ways a master pianist can interpret a work, and ultimately, why classical music is still important.
E6 · Airs Aug 18, 2026
Episode 6
E7 · Airs Aug 25, 2026
Episode 7
E8 · Airs Sep 1, 2026
Episode 8

Details

Status: Returning Series
First aired: Jul 14, 2026
Network: Netflix
Studio: Vox Media Podcast Network

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Episodes

0 of 0 watched

E1 · Airs Jul 14, 2026 · 38m · ★ 10.0
Let's Get It Started (ft. Aaron Dessner)
Research says you judge a song in under half a second. So why write an intro at all? On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate kick off their Netflix launch and probe what an intro means in today's musical landscape, alongside special guests like Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, The National, Gracie Adams), who helps build the case for intros and reveals the surprising sources that form the opening sounds of Taylor Swift's “cardigan.”
E2 · Airs Jul 21, 2026 · 31m
Justice for the Verse (ft. Audrey Hobert)
Everybody sings the chorus, but superfans quote the verse. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate trace the verse from Shakespeare through opera to TikTok, and songwriter Audrey Hobert shares her philosophy of specific verses and anthemic choruses: you can't have the payoff without the setup.
E3 · Airs Jul 28, 2026 · 47m
Preaching to the Chorus (ft. B-Real & Trevor Horn)
The chorus was once the part of the song that brought us together, the place we gathered to sing. Now it's the most engineered thirty seconds in music. Legendary producer Trevor Horn and hip-hop icon B-Real of Cypress Hill help Charlie and Nate answer the question on their minds: when everything's a hook, is anything a chorus?
E4 · Airs Aug 4, 2026 · 39m
Take It to the Bridge (ft. Tayla Parx)
Bridges open up the world of a song: they're a breath of fresh air and a point of contrast, typically delivered right before the final chorus. But sometimes they accomplish even more, changing the whole meaning of a song by introducing a note of doubt, or even defiance. This is what the best artists do, from Beyoncé to the Beatles to Taylor Swift, but some critics are concerned that the bridge is in danger of being demolished. On this episode, Charlie and Nate speak to songwriter and artist Tayla Parx, who's worked with everyone from Ariana Grande to Panic! At the Disco, to learn why the bridge matters more than ever — and why an artist might still want to skip it altogether.
E5 · Airs Aug 11, 2026 · 34m
A piano lesson that will change how you listen (ft. Lang Lang)
For many people – including Charlie and Nate – studying classical piano as a child always felt like a chore. Now, as adults, there’s a newfound appreciation for classical music, but the art form isn’t always accessible. One of the people trying to change that is the world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, classical piano’s greatest interpreter. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie sits down with Lang Lang at the Steinway showroom in New York City to see how taste changes over time, the different ways a master pianist can interpret a work, and ultimately, why classical music is still important.
E6 · Airs Aug 18, 2026
Episode 6
E7 · Airs Aug 25, 2026
Episode 7
E8 · Airs Sep 1, 2026
Episode 8

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