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Summary:   "Not a real Grandma." This week we all feel a little emotional after watching Minari. Also discussed: Lucky Grandma, our best bathing practices, and the graphic novel Stone Fruit.     Show notes:   “Minari” Star Alan Kim Gave a Sweet, Emotional Critics Choice Award Speech (Teen Vogue)   The Specificity of ‘Minari’ (The Ringer)   Make the Case: The Restraint of Steven Yeun in ‘Minari’ (The Ringer)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Stone Fruit by Lee Lai (graphic novel) Andrea G.:  Lucky Grandma (Crave) Lisa: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan (book)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on Tu

Summary:   "You were there the whole time." This week we thoroughly enjoyed looking at the life and times of Tina Turner via her new documentary Tina. Also discussed: Audrey Hepburn, Hollywood Nights, and Jen Sookfong Lee's new book The Shadow List.      Show notes:   "Heartache Tonight" on Hollywood Nights with Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner, Karen Carpenter, and Toni Tenille (Daily Motion)   Audrey, the Audrey Hepburn documentary (trailer)   Tina Turner performs "Proud Mary" live in Rio in 1988 (YouTube)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Launch party for Jen Sookfong Lee's new book The Shadow List (Eventbrite)  Andrea G.:  Allen vs. Farrow (Crave) Lisa:  Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewi

Summary:   "A wonderful waste of time." This week we've invited former big-box store employee Lisa Chen-Wing on the show to talk about the trials and tribulations of customer service and the hit show Superstore. Also discussed: Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong, the World Figure Skating Championships, and celebrity diving competitions.     Show notes:   Stars in Danger: The High Dive (The Daily Dish)   Linda Carter and Telly Savalas on Circus with the Stars (YouTube)   Battle of the Network Stars (YouTube)     Recommendations: Andrea W.:  "My White Adoptive Parents Struggled to See Me as Korean. Would They Have Understood My Anger at the Rise in Anti-Asian Violence?" by Nicole Chung (Time)  Andrea G.:  Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (book) Lisa C: The Power by Naomi Alderman (book)  Lisa C-W: Minor Feelings, An Asian-American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (book); Amber Ruffin, How Did We Get Here (TV)     Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   T

Summary: "I used to be a journalist." This week it's all about feathered bangs, Spanx, and second-wave feminism as Pop This! talks about the very popular friendship drama Firefly Lane. Also discussed; skincare, Superstore, and Jean-Paul Sartre.     Show notes:   Is Eye Cream Necessary? (The Skincare Edit)   Netflix’s Firefly Lane gives Katherine Heigl her own Beaches (AV Club)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Rodeo dress from Tuesday of California (clothing brand)  Andrea G.:  Superstore (Netflix)  Lisa:  The Chips Are Down by Jean-Paul Sartre (screenplay)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on Tun

Summary: "My new thing is crying." Sam Nock of Heavy Content joins us this week to talk about Amy Poehler's new movie Moxie, a movie about zines, riot grrrls and the '90s. Also discussed: Titanic, Hilary Duff, and TikTok.       Show notes:   Sam Nock on Instagram   Sam Nock on Twitter   Pop This! Episode 157: Misery live at the Rio Theatre with Sam Nock    Pop This! Episode 165: Dumplin' with Sam Nock    Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Thunder Force trailer (movie)  Andrea G.:  The Linda Lindas (band)  Lisa:  How To Stop Time by Matt Haig (book) Sam: Titanic (Netflix)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop T

Summary: "Coming of middle-age story." This week we fall head-over-heels in love with The 40-Year Old Version, a comedy written, directed and starring Radha Blank. Also discussed: peanut butter eggs, Nadiya Bakes, and Nicole Byer's various shows.       Show notes:   Peanut Butter Eggs, pack of 3 (Purdy's)   Basque burnt cheesecakes from Mardy's Kitchen   Filmmaker Radha Blank Says Lena Waithe Was Her 'Most Important Yes' (Essence)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Nicole Byer on Nailed It and Wipeout  Andrea G.:  Nadiya Bakes (Netflix) Lisa:  Smartless with Aquafina (podcast)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google P

Summary: "It's possible." Disney finally added the 1997 made-for-TV version of Cinderella starring Brandy and Whitney Houston to its streaming service, and we are here for it. Also discussed: White Tiger, winter people, and napping in public.    Show notes:   Estimated Time Periods and Locations of the Disney Princesses (D_Princesses Livejournal)   It's Possible: An Oral History of 1997's "Cinderella" (Shondaland)   10 Things You Didn't Know About Disney's Cinderella (Cosmopolitan)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: Tavi Gevinson: Britney Spears Was Never in Control (The Cut)    Andrea G.: White Tiger (Netflix)   Lisa: Call My Agent (Netflix)   Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher

Summary: "Got a problem?" Pop This! gleefully dives into the first episode of Queen Latifah's new crime drama, The Equalizer. Also discussed: why we bother getting dressed every morning, The Sinner, and RHWOSLC     Show notes:   The Best Work-From-Home Bras, According to a Longtime Remote Worker (the Strategist)   Joyful Noise trailer (YouTube)   Queen Latifah Makes the Impossible: a CBS Cop Show for the Black Lives Matter Era (Slate)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  The Sinner, Season 2 (TV) Andrea G.:  The Audacity (Roxane Gay's newsletter)  Lisa:  Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (TV)   Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This

Summary: "Everybody I know is desperate, except for you." Pop This! talks about Madonna's 1985 film debut, Desperately Seeking Susan. Also discussed: chicken and egg ramen, The Equalizer, and sleeping techniques.   Show notes:   Our favourite looks from Desperately Seeking Susan (Instagram)   Lisa's favourite Madonna look from Papa Don't Preach (Madonna In Pop Culture)   Rosanna Arquette Answers Every Question We Have About Desperately Seeking Susan (Vulture)   Madonna filmography (Wikipedia)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Strangers on a Train (Film)  Andrea G.:  The Equalizer (TV) Lisa: This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay (book)   Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please

Summary: "Soap operas in capes." This week Lisa is off sick so the Andreas take the wheel and talk about the extremely romantic movie Sylvie's Love starring Tessa Thompson. Also discussed: wound care, Castle, and Saturday Night Fever.   Show notes:   Revisiting Saturday Night Fever, Disco’s Dark B-Side (Pitchfork)   Review: “Sylvie’s Love” Revives the Art of the Classic Hollywood Romance (New Yorker)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Castle (TV)   Andrea G.:  The Block with Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe on CBC Music (streaming music show)    Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on Twit

Summary: "Pickle man." This week we are talking about the smart, endearing rom-com Crossing Delancey and look back on the career of trailblazing director Joan Micklin Silver.     Show notes:   Cucumber – refreshing and uplifting, setting your imagination free, sending you to lush green meadows, creating dreams of happiness and freedom (Fragrences.bg)   Types Of Lavender: Difference Between French And English Lavender (GardeningKnowHow)   Joan Micklin Silver on Casting Crossing Delancey and Steven Spielberg’s Role in Getting the Film Made (Filmmaker Magazine)   ‘Crossing Delancey’: A Pickle Seller’s Love Story Turns 30 (Tablet)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Old Soul Rebel live concert stream from the Shadoldt Theatre on Feb. 11, 2021 Andrea G.:  Lupin (Netflix) Lisa:  Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (book)    Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst

Summary: This week we're watching one of the most powerful and moving films we've seen in recent memory: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Also discussed: blues music, the plays of August Wilson, and Chani Nicholson's book, You Were Born For This.    Show notes:   You're Wrong About Podcast - Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson's "Open Book"    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and the Liberating Power of Music (Atlantic)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: You Were Born For This by Chani Nicholson (book or audiobook) Andrea G.: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought To Screen (Netflix documentary) Lisa:  Wine Girl by Victoria James (book) Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consi

Summary: "Love you for 10,000 years." This week The Cinematheque's Chelsea Birks joins us to talk about Wong Kar-Wai's offbeat crime thriller/rom-com Chungking Express. Also discussed: Into Thin Air, vision boards, and what it means to be disruptively cute.   Show notes:   Buy Chinese joss paper (KK Discount)   The Cinematheque/World of Wong Kar-Wai    Chelsea Birks at the Cinematheque   Chungking Express movie review (Roger Ebert)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (book and audiobook)  Andrea G.:  Nothing But Thirty (YouTube) or by subscription on Rakuten Viki   Lisa:  Pretend It's A City (Netflix) Chelsea: Happy Together (movie), Into Thin Air (book) Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider revie

Summary:   "The DuVernay Test." This week Pop This! dives into the show everyone seems to be watching: Bridgerton. Also discussed: How To with John Wilson, Natalie Wood, and Andrea Warner's fresh-faced innocence.     Show notes:   Tator tot waffles (Damn Delicious)   Want to measure a film's diversity? Try "the DuVernay test." (Vox)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO/Crave) Andrea G.:  How To with John Wilson (HBO/Crave) Lisa:  Community (iTunes)  Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samant

Summary:   "Unhinged and free." For our first episode of 2021, we discuss one of our favoruite TV shows from last year: The Flight Attendant. Also discussed: psychic powers, Palm Springs, and Lisa's New Year's Challenges.   Show notes:   Feed your soul: the 31-day literary diet for January (the Guardian)   A Hot Mess Caught in a Caper in “The Flight Attendant” (New Yorker)   ‘The Flight Attendant’ Is a Darker, Deeper Show Than Its Hype Suggests (Observer)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: Chani Nicholas (horoscopes)  Andrea G.: Off Menu (podcast) Lisa:  Palm Springs (Hulu)  Music credits: "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayP

Summary:   "Freezer chips." It's the final Pop This! episode of 2020, and the Andreas and Lisa spend it talking about the most memorable pop culture moments of the year.   Show notes: Let's Eat (Netflix) Tokyo Stories: Midnight Diner (Netflix) Music credits: "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Press play and come hang out with your

Summary:   "Who's looking after the dog?" In what has become a yearly tradition, Pop This! spends our sixth consecutive holiday season arguing about what is the better Christmas movie - Love Actually or The Holiday.       Show notes: Nancy Meyers week at Vulture   Episode 5: Love Actually vs. The Holiday 1    Episode 59: Love Actually vs. the Holiday, Round 2  Episode 109: Love Actually vs. the Holiday, Round 3  Episode 163: Love Actually vs. The Holiday 4   Episode 210: Love Actually live from the Rio Theatre Recommendations: Lisa:  The Holiday Season (podcast)    Andrea G.: The Flight Attendant (Crave) Andrea W.: Big Mouth, Season 4 (Netflix)  Music credits: "Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod From Incompetech CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on

Summary:   "Orphan friend." We dive full-on into the festive season by watching this year's most buzzed-about holiday film, Happiest Season. Also discussed: Dead Eyes, movies we know we won't watch, and the music of Lu Kala.     Show notes:   How a Queer Icon Made the Holiday Film of the Year (Atlantic)   I Love Kirsten Stewart's Looks in Happiest Season (the Cut)     Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Lu Kala, Worthy (music) Andrea G.:  Dead Eyes (podcast) Lisa:  The Undoing (TV)  Music credits: "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha

Summary:   "Raindrops on roses." After over 40 years of denying herself the pleasure of watching the most successful musical of all time, Andrea Warner finally sits down to watch The Sound of Music.  Also discussed: Doctor Zhivago, puppeteering, and all the holiday parties we won't be going to this year.    Show notes:   Julie's Library (Julie Andrews podcast)   All these years later, The Sound Of Music remains one of the world's favorite things (AV Club)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (COVID parody) (YouTube)  Andrea G.:  Doctor Zhivago (movie) Lisa:  Marcia Belsky, 100 tampons (Twitter)  Music credits: "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please co

Summary:   "There's no male equivalent of a diva." This week we watch Selena, the 1997 biographical musical drama about the life and career of the late singer Selena Quintanilla Perez. Also discussed: nightgowns, Grey Gardens, and Andrea Warner's predilection for imported soap from Seattle.   Show notes:   MAC's Selena collection   Documentary Now! Grey Gardens clip (YouTube)   Everything We Know About Netflix's 'Selena: The Series' (So Far) (Billboard)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Los Texmaniacs (music)Andrea G.:  "Turns Out It’s Pretty Good: Nightgowns" (Amil Niazi, The Cut)  Lisa:  The Mandalorian (TV) Music credits: "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewi