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Summary:   "My tranquility needs to be refurbished." This week we re-live Lisa's chess days and talk about enthralling drama The Queen's Gambit. Also discussed: the music of Molly Annelle, Emily in Paris, and our love of Northern Exposure.     Show notes:   "Emily in Paris" and the Rise of Ambient TV (New Yorker)   The Man Who Brought 'The Queen's Gambit' to Life (The Ringer)     Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Molly Annelle (music)Andrea G.:  Brooklyn Musuem's virtual exhibit of costumes from The Queen's Gambit and The Crown (website) Lisa:  The South Westerlies (TV) Music credits: "Ghost" by Podington Bear Sound of Picture "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

Summary:   "Mr. Noir-vember." This week our guest is Noir-vember's Very Own: Don English. He joins us to talk about Lured, the 1947 film noir starring Lucille Ball. Also discussed: fashion shows for pets, fetish foot modelling, and Lisa's grandmother's life as a dancer in 1930's London.     Show notes:   Pop This! EP 206: Leave Her to Heaven with Don English   Lisa's grandmother modeling in England (Instagram)   Watch Lured on YouTube   Recommendations: Andrea W.: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (book) Andrea G.:  Let's Eat (Netflix) Lisa:  The Snowball by Alice Schroeder (book) Don: No Room at the Morgue by Jean-Patrick Manchette (book) Music credits: "Ghost" by Podington Bear Sound of Picture "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 c

Summary:   "It is a restless moment." This week we invite CBC Front Burner producer Elaine Chau on the podast to talk about one of her all-time favourite films, In the Mood For Love. Also discussed: train romances, the Queens's Gambit and Lisa's feelings about cake.     Show notes:   Cupcakes Were Never Over, Apparently (Food and Wine)   Elaine Chau on Twitter   Falling in Love trailer (Meryl Streep & Robert DeNiro fall in love on a train)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: My Blueberry Nights (movie) Elaine & Andrea G.: Chunking Express (movie) Lisa:  Queen's Gambit (Netflix)   Music credits: "Ghost" by Podington Bear Sound of Picture "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 consi

Summary:   "No, Rory. This great man was not brought down by my vagina." We are celebrating our 5th anniversary this week by going back to where it all began: re-watching Gilmore Girls. Also discussed: the Teaches of Peaches, the Home Cooking podcast and the impact the pandemic has on our sense of style.      Show notes:   Gilmore Girls Fandom Wiki   Gilmore Girls’ final words change everything we believe about Rory and Stars Hollow (Vox)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: The Teaches of Peaches by Peaches (music); interview with Peaches (CBC Music) Andrea G.:  Home Cooking (podcast) Lisa: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix) Music credits: "Ghost" by Podington Bear Sound of Picture   "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

Summary:   "I find out he's just a man." For the last film of our Gothic Horror  Month, we move away from horror and embrace a film classified as southern gothic supernatural: Eve's Bayou. Also discussed: MTV Cribs, the Who? Weekly podcast and Dolly Parton's new Netflix show.      Show notes:   Best of: MTV Cribs ft. Lil Wayne, 50 Cent & More! (YouTube)   Who? Weekly (podcast)   Step Inside Dakota Johnson’s Midcentury-Modern Home (Architectural Digest)   Deborah Cox - Nobody's Supposed To Be Here (Video Version) (YouTube)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: Ted Lasso (Apple+) Andrea G.: Polaris Music Prize short list album tribute films (CBC Music) Lisa: Dolly Parton, Here I Am (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

Summary:   This week we are thrilled to have the ever so funny Katie-Ellen Humphries as our guest to discuss her new comedy album Lady Finger as well as the incredibly terrible movie Interview with the Vampire. Also discussed: the torment of boils, Lisa's broken foot, and the various ways in which Brad Pitt eats food in movies.     Show notes:   Let the Right One In trailer (YouTube)   Why Brad Pitt Is Always Eating In Movies (ScreenRant)   Sunflower Hour trailer (YouTube)   Recommendations: Lady Finger, a new album from Katie-Ellen Humphries Horny Off Main, a podcast hosted by Katie-Ellen Humphries and Amitai Marmorstein 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 conside

Summary:   We're on to week two of Gothic Horror Month and realize that we are very done with brooding bad boy love interests. Not coindidentally, this week's movie is the 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.       Show notes:   An introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea (British Library)   Why are there so many movie adaptations of Jane Eyre, and which one is best? (Slate)   Recommendations: Lisa: Call My Agent (Netflix) Andrea W.:  Good Music To Avert the Collapse of American Democracy (Bandcamp) Andrea G:  Hindsight: Lawrence of Arabia: A liberator, spy or traitor? (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 Sti

Summary:   This week we declare October Gothic Horror Month and kick it off by watching the 1940 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca. Also dicussed: Mrs. Danvers' pre-Manderley life, Kathie Lee Gifford's new rom-rom and OKAN's latest album Espiral.     Show notes:   Watch Rebecca (1940) on YouTube   Smartless podcast featuring Jennifer Aniston    Then Came You trailer   Rebecca (2020) trailer   Recommendations: Lisa:  Circe by Madeline Miller (book) Andrea W.:  OKAN, Espiral (music)  Andrea G: The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open (film)   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

Summary:   "Sweatshirt season." This week we are forced to once again take stock of our feelings around rom-coms as we revisit the 2003 classic How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Also discussed: our favourite comfort clothes, the filmography of Matthew McConaughey and the music of Jeen.      Show notes:   Kate Hudson Thinks Andie in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Would Be "Married" and "Miserable" (Harper's Bazaar)    Recommendations: Lisa: Smartless (podcast)  Andrea W.:  Jeen (music)  Andrea G:  Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (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 TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop T

Summary:   This week Pop This! revisits Miss Congeniality on its 20th anniversary. Also discussed: Golden Girls, the lyrics to "She's A Lady," and our feelings about beauty pageants.     Show notes:   Julia Roberts on Getty Images   "She's A Lady" by Tom Jones lyrics   Toddlers & Tiaras with Tom Hanks (Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube)     Recommendations: Lisa: Get Organized with The Home Edit (Netflix) Andrea W.: Golden Girls Andrea G: Cobra Kai (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 This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two wom

Summary:   "Entanglement." This week many-time guest Natasha Tony joins us to talk about one of her current obsessions, Lovecraft Country. Also discussed: dating during a pandemic, Parable of the Sower and Rumi Hara's new graphic novel Nori.      Show notes:   More about Natasha Tony   Natasha Tony on Twitter    Pop This! Episode 179: Us with Natsha Tony    Lovecraft Country Is a Necessary Reimagining of Genre Fiction (Wired)   Lovecraft Country’s Premiere Captured the Horror That Almost Killed My Grandfather (Slate)   Recommendations: Lisa: Borgen (Netflix) Andrea W.:  Nori by Rumi Hara (Drawn & Quarterly) Natasha: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (book); Octavia's Parables (podcast) Andrea G: Howl's Moving Castle (Studio Ghibli) 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! L

Summary:   "It's a cheerocracy." This week we invite bona fide Champion Cheerleading members Julia and Jaimee on the podcast to discuss the cult classic Bring It On on its 20th anniversary. Also discussed: James Marsden, True Blood, and Lisa's broken foot.     Show notes:   Champion Cheerleading - Flawless (Canada) [L5 International Open All Girl - Semis] (YouTube)   'Bring It On': From spirit fingers to appropriation, the cult sports film is much more than a teen rom-com (ESPN)    'Bring It On": The Complete Oral History (MTV)   Pop This! Episode 221: Cheer      Recommendations: Lisa: No Offense (Acorn TV) Andrea W.: True Blood re-watch (Crave) Julia: Dead To Me, Season 2 (Netflix) Jaimee:  When A Secret Life Leads To Murder - What Happened To Sharon Lopatka? Mystery & Makeup | Bailey Sarian (YouTube) 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 Raaphors

Summary:   "Where's the sweat, Lisa?" This week we look at the surprisingly gritty 1980 teen musical drama Fame.  Also discussed: Buffy Sainte-Marie's new book Hey Little Rockabye, Dear White People and Lisa's stair-related misadventures.   Show notes:     Recommendations: Lisa: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (book)   Andrea W.: Hey Little Rockabye by Buffy Sainte-Marie (book) Andrea G.: Dear White People (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 This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture. L

Summary:   This week we take on one of the greatest movies of all time: Sunset Boulevard. We also discuss how Jennifer Lopez is now the same age as Norma Desmond, Orville Peck has a new EP, and find out that moving to #NewWest would be Andrea Warner's definition of remote living.     Show notes:   Sunset Boulevard: what Billy Wilder's satire really tells us about Hollywood (Guardian)    Feminist Friday: Sunset Boulevard (1950) (Citizen Dame)   Recommendations: Lisa: Hurricane Heist (Netflix) Andrea W.:  Orville Peck, Show Pony (EP) Andrea G.:  Dirty John: Betty (Netflix) Music credits: "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey AKA D-REX 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:   This week we invite many-time guest Hannah McGregor back on the podcast to talk about her feminist read of Jurassic Park and why she thinks it is a perfect movie. Also discussed: Boniface, Insecure and She-Ra and the Princess of Power.      Show notes:   Leandra & Harling Debate: Is Getting Dressed Only Satisfying If Other People See It? (Man Repeller)   Episode 3.1 - Jurassic Park (Secret Feminist Agenda)   'Jurassic Park’ is an Inherently Feminist Interpretation (Paleontology World)   Recommendations: Lisa:  Insecure, Season 4 (TV) Andrea W.: You Live, You Learn: A Night With Alanis and Jagged Little Pill (YouTube), She Shreds: A Compilation of Anti-Racism Resources   Andrea G.: Boniface, self-titled Hannah: She-Ra and the Princess of Power (TV) Music credits: "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey AKA D-REX 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 Arch

Summary:   "Valid." This week we start watching Betty, and we can tell you that is probably the coolest show on TV right now. Also discussed: The Go-Go's, being an indoor kid, and Jody Glenham's new album Mood Rock.       Show notes:   HBO's "Betty" is a sun-soaked celebration of women who find freedom on skateboards (Salon)   Skate Kitchen (film trailer)   Recommendations: Lisa:  Deep Cuts with Robert Eggers and Ari Aster (podcast) Andrea W.: Jody Glenham, Mood Rock (music)  Andrea G.: The Go-Go's (documentary) 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 TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Ins

Summary:   "Your birth is my birth, your death is my death." This week we dive headfirst into the Michaela Coel's brilliant series I May Destroy You. Also discussed: drive-ins, period sex, and the excellent podcast It's Been A Minute.     Show notes:   Michaela Coel | James MacTaggart Lecture | Edinburgh TV Festival 2018 (YouTube)   Chewing Gum Season 1  (CBC Gem)   Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You' Will Tear You Apart (Vulture)    Recommendations: Lisa:  Schitt's Creek (TV) Andrea W.:  It's Been A Minute: Reckoning With Race in Journalism (podcast) Andrea G.: Twilight Drive-In  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 Go

Summary:   "When was the last time you invited death into your car?" This week we invite Joseph Clark, author and film scholar (and husband of Andrea Gin) on the podcast to talk about Ida Lupino's classic film noir The Hitch-Hiker. Buckle up, because we also discuss pandemic beans, Betty, and Andrea Warner's long-lost crush.     Show notes:   Joseph Clark's website   Andrea Warner and friends do a PSA for masks (Twitter)   Ida Lupino: Great Director Profile (Senses of Cinema)   The Films of Ida Lupino (The New Yorker)   ‘I’m Gonna Live by the Gun and Roam’: Portrait of an American Spree Killer (The story of Billy Cook in Life)     Recommendations: Lisa:  Norsemen, Season 3 (TV series) Andrea W.: Betty (TV series) Joe: The Women Film Pioneers Project (a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.) Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod F

Summary:   "Just because we keep living doesn't mean we stop hurting." We are very excited to dive into The Old Guard, a superhero film after our own hearts. Also discussed: baklava, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, and reality TV in the time of COVID-19.     Show notes:   Nadiya Hussain's Chocolate and Orange Blossom Baklava recipe (The Happy Foodie)   The Old Guard Through History | Netflix (YouTube)   The Rules of Time Travel in Outlander, Explained (Town and Country)   Gina Prince-Bythewood and Terilyn Shropshire on Being Historical Firsts for ‘The Old Guard’ (Variety)   Man in the Window (podcast)   Michaela the Destroyer How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year (Vulture)   Recommendations: Lisa: I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Documentary) Andrea W.:  I May Destroy You (TV series) Andrea G.:  Hanna (TV Series) Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevi

Summary:   This week we dive into The Lovebirds, starring two of our favourite actor-comedians Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. Also discussed: Studio Ghibli, Las Culturistas, and the rules of rom-coms.     Show notes:   Perm week on Jimmy Fallon (Haircutting Fun)   So Long, Ice Queens and Gay Best Friends: Hollywood’s New Rules of Rom-Coms (The Hollywood Reporter)     Recommendations: Lisa:  Las Culturistas: The Top 200 Moments in Culture History (podcast) Andrea W.:  For Black Women In Media, A “Dream Job” Is A Myth (Refinery29) Andrea G.: Studio Ghibli on Netflix (Nerds and Beyond) 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 G