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Switched on Pop

Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, and Espresso Macchiato (featuring Tommy Cash)

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's that time of year again: Eurovision Song Contest is upon us. And with the competition comes a tradition at Switched On Pop, where Charlie and Nate look at the songs (and countries) that have the best odds to take home the title. This year, we have an ode to the sauna, soaring operatics, and a feast of food-themed tunes – including the Estonian entrant Tommy Cash's ode to the "Espresso Macchiato." This episode of Switched On Pop, we take a sonic trip to Basel, Switzerland – and in the back half of the episode, talk to Tommy Cash himself about his entry and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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New episodes every Sunday morning, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Switch on Pop. I'm songwriter Charlie Harding. And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.

1:26.7

Nate, it's that time of year

1:28.5

annually. We take a trip to Europe together. The purpose for our European destination is, of course,

1:34.3

the annual song contest, Eurovision. Last year, it was won by Switzerland. And thus, we'll be going

1:41.3

to Basel, Switzerland for the 69th competition that's taking place May 13th through 17th.

1:46.8

One of the best moments in the pop music calendar.

1:49.8

I always love revisiting Eurovision.

1:51.2

I feel like the music is so unusual and often outside of the cultural norms of our American

1:58.0

perspective.

1:59.0

Today, we're going to do our usual fare. We're going to look

2:01.7

at some of the top contenders in Eurovision this year. Then we're going to look at the wild cards.

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