Charlie is furious at me right now because he's just discovered that the topic of our latest episode of Switched On Pop is

One Direction

And he's looking at me with daggers across the table. I find it interesting because well one direction. I think I know

Uh exactly two things about them, which are there's a person named Harry Styles correct and they recently lost a member

Yes, I actually know a third fact. Okay. They're probably one of the biggest pop bands of

Now yes, I have no idea who they are. Yes. So this is Switched On Pop where two almost 30-year-old men listen to

tween boy bands and cast judgment on

Ha

You're listening to Switched On Pop. My name's Charlie Harding and I'm Nate Sloan and today there's a direction. We're going

Which direction? One direction

The story of my life

First okay before we even get it. Let's just talk about this name

What does it mean? It's uh, it's a fascist name right. I mean that is a it's kind of a dangerous name because

By committing yourself to one direction. What if that direction is down? Maybe it's why I don't want to like them

Because they're commanding me to go and the one direction

It does beautifully condense down to two letters or two characters rather the number one and the letter D

Which is pretty sublime

one D and just to give a little very brief background to the group

They were of course started on a reality show in this case x-factor. Is that right none other than

Simon Cowell was the mastermind behind

Putting these five individual contestants together into into a boy band literally the man behind the manufacturer machine

Yes, he's still he's still got it his show was just cancelled. Oh well

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