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Summary: "Holding Out For A Regular Hero." This week we invite singer-songwriter Alexandra Staseson on the podcast to talk about the 1980 biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter. Also discussed: Patsy Cline, Birds of Chicago, and the idea of a body-neutral super-hero universe. Show notes:   Every Spider-Hero in 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,' Explained (Thrillist)   Alexandra Staseson's website   Coal Miner's Daughter trailer   "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn    Loretta Lynn: 'I recorded for us girls, I didn't record for men.' (Andrea Warner's interview on CBC Music)    Sweet Dreams (film) on IMDb   "Crazy" by Patsy Cline   "Etoile d'Amour (Stardust)" by Birds of Chicago   Recommendations:   Lisa: You Are Here: Come From Away Story (Documentary)   Andrea: Emily Wurramara (music)   Alexandra: You Are A Badass Every Day by Jen Sincero (book); Nashville (the city) Music credits:    "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Ke

Summary:   "Ojai." This week Andrea and Lisa re-watch Easy A and discover that it may not be aging that well. Also discussed: Motley Crue, Ted Danson and the excellent music of Rosie and the Riveters.     Show notes:   How Do You Adapt Motley Crue's Outrageous Memoir Into A Movie? (Rolling Stone)   Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx Retracts Rape Admission (The Guardian)   'I Wouldn't Want This For Anybody's Daughter': will #MeToo kill off the rock 'n' roll groupie? (The Guardian)   Easy A trailer   Easy A Earns Its Grade (Ms. Magazine)   Which movie is Friends With Benefits? (Wikipedia)   Saved! on IMDb   Recommendations:   Lisa: Ghosted (podcast)   Andrea Warner: Rosie and the Riveters (music)   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 consid

Summary:   "Dark souls." This week we invite writer, theatre-maker, and choreographer Andrea Loewen on the podcast to talk about her new book Feeling Better as well as the film Girl, Interrupted. Also discussed: Dirty John, Back with the Ex, and Lisa's theory that Angelina Jolie has never been in a good movie.      Show notes:   Dirty John podcast   Back with the Ex on Netflix   Andrea Loewen's website    Feeling Better: A Field Guide to Liking Yourself by Andrea Loewen   Girl, Interrupted trailer   Aimee Mann Writing Music for Girl, Interrupted Musical (Pitchfork)   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest trailer     Recommendations:   Lisa: Veep (TV)   Andrea Warner: Los Texmaniacs (music)   Andrea Loewen: Echlo (music)     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

Summary:   "Lunch is observed." This week we tackle the much talked-about new Netflix series Russian Doll, with Andrea and Lisa each giving us their own take on what it is about. Also discussed: Groundhog Day, The Good Place, and JOMO.     Show notes:   JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out (Psychology Today)   The Layoffs at BuzzFeed and the Case of the Teen-Age Quiz Maker (New Yorker)   Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work? (New York Times)   Russian Doll trailer (Netflix)   What is Russian Doll Actually About? (Atlantic)   Groundhog Day trailer   You'll Never Understand Russian Doll Until You Understand the 12 Steps (Bust)   Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne Talk 'Russian Doll' (Today)   Recommendations:   Andrea: La Force (music)   Lisa: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (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 A

Summary:   "Guts or stupidity." In honour of International Women's Day we're paying tribute to the iconic, radical Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and discussing the 2002 film Frida. Also discussed: Fatal Attraction, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Summer Sisters by Judy Blume.     Show notes:   Glenn Close Wants to Remake Fatal Attraction From A Female Perspective (Screen Rant)   Frida trailer   New York Times Launches 'Overlooked' to Honor Women with the Obits They Never Got (Jezebel)   Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos (children's book)   Julie Taymor IMDb   Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky, 1937 (FridaKahlo.org)   Frida Kahlo's 1939 cover of Vogue     Recommendations:   Andrea: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume   Lisa: 73 Questions With Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Vogue)     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

Summary:   "Tiny wins." Film critic Dorothy Woodend is back for an unprecedented five-peat appearance to talk about the movie Roma and, as a bonus, tells us an incredible story about her experience seeing the film. Also discussed: Alice from the Brady Bunch, the 4% pledge, and I'll Be Gone In The Dark.     Show notes:   What Congresswomen wore yesterday and why each outfit's symbolism matters (Independent UK)   Dorothy Woodend on Twitter   Roma trailer   Alfonso Cuarón IMDb   Why the film Roma is about men who hate women (The Star)     Recommendations:   Andrea: I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (book)   Lisa: Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel (book)   Dorothy: The Trouble With Men by David Shields (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 Tumblr

Summary:   "Accumulated couch knowledge." This week film critic and Tyee Culture Editor Dorothy Woodend joins us for the fourth year in a row to pre-game the 2019 Oscars. Also discussed: True Detective, film swag, and the underrated directing career of Penny Marshall.   Show notes:   Dorothy Woodend's bio   Dorothy Woodend on Rotten Tomatoes   First Reformed trailer   Eighth Grade trailer   Skate Kitchen trailer   2019 Oscar controversies (Digital Spy)   Tessa Thompson and More Want the 4% Challenge to Save Hollywood (Film School Rejects)   The Backlash to Green Book, Explained (Refinery29)   If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (Book)   The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965 film)   'I Was Rob Lowe's Snow White': The Untold Story of Oscar's Nightmare Opening (The Hollywood Reporter)   Recommendations:   Andrea: Big Mouth (TV)   Lisa: True Detective Season 3 (TV)   Dorothy: Reviser by Kidd Pivot (dance); Sex Ed (TV)   Music credits:    "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0

Summary:   "Be funny at least." This week author and podcaster Dina Del Bucchia joins us to share her considerable expertise in the genre of rom-coms and discuss the classic Meg Ryan movie You've Got Mail.  Also discussed: '90s hair, Pretty Little Liars and the Godfather.     Show notes:   China White Shots   Dina Del Bucchia's personal website   Can't Lit podcast Dina Del Bucchia on Twitter   Rectum keychain, similar to Dina's   It's A Big Deal, an upcoming book by Dina Del Bucchia   You've Got Mail trailer   Joe Versus the Volcano trailer   This American Life: "Rom-Com"   This Is How Meg Ryan Really Feels About Her Iconic Haircut (Refinery29)     Recommendations:   Andrea: You Must Remember This (podcast)   Lisa: The Dropout (podcast)   Dina: Derry Girls (Netflix), A Mind Spread Out On The Ground by Alicia Elliott (book)   Music credits:    "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey aka D-REX From Free Music Archive CC BY 4.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 I

Summary:   "It's never over." This week we invite author Lindsay Wong on the podcast to talk about her celebrated memoir The Woo Woo, the classic film Joy Luck Club and the everlasting power of mothers. Also discussed: ghosts, superstitions and the Royal Family.     Show notes:   Lindsay Wong's website   Lindsay Wong on Twitter   The Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong   Jen Sookfong Lee's Year of the Pig horoscopes   Joy Luck Club trailer   Meet the Canada Reads 2019 contenders (CBC)   Joe Zee     Recommendations:   Andrea: "Oh, Family" by Jenn Grant (music)   Lisa: Halloween (film)   Lindsay: Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui (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 consider re

Summary:   "Sometimes a lady likes to have some fun." This week we kick off Oscar season by inviting repeat guest Steven Schelling on the show to talk about The Favorite. Also discussed: gout, Keira Knightley, and hoarding.    Show notes:   Tidying Up with Marie Kondo   Steven Schelling on Twitter   The Favorite trailer   Queen Anne (Historic UK)   Everything You Need To Know About the 18th-Century World of The Favorite (Vulture)   I Have So Many Questions About Gout (The Cut)   What's Fact and What's Fiction in The Favorite (Time)   Recommendations:   Andrea: Mary Poppins Returns (movie)   Lisa: If Beale Street Could Talk (movie)   Steven Schelling: Flowers (Netflix), Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography by Andrea Warner (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: P

Summary:   "I have been this woman." This week we invite casting director and union steward Natasha Tony on the show to talk about the sorely underrated film Widows. Also discussed: heist movies, Gillian Flynn, and "unlikeable" female characters.   Show notes:   Oscars host Kevin Hart's homophobia is no laughing matter (The Guardian)   Respectful Workplace Training with Natasha Tony   Widows trailer   Widows: the big-haired 80s caper that inspired Steve McQueen (The Guardian)   Recommendations:   Andrea: The Dead Authors Podcast   Natasha: Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis (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 consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This!

Summary:   "It's hard being a diamond in a rhinestone world." This week we invite Samantha Nock of Heavy Content back on the podcast to discuss the loveable movie Dumplin'. Also discussed: Nailed It!, Wentworth and Ellen DeGeneres.   Show notes:   2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot   Dumplin' film trailer   Samantha Nock   Heavy Content podcast   "Decrying Desirability, Demanding Care" by Samantha Nock   "Saw Your Instagram" by Samantha Nock   Dumplin' by Julie Murphy (book)   Puddin' by Julie Murphy (book)   "The Pill" by Loretta Lynn (song)     Recommendations:   Andrea: Nailed It! Holiday! (Netflix) and Why Won't You Date Me? (podcast)   Lisa: Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (Netflix)   Sam: Wentworth (Netflix)   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 i

Summary:   "Have you ever cried naked sitting in the shower?" This week we revisit the American baby boomer comedy-drama the Big Chill on its 35th anniversary. Also discussed: the weird short-shorts men wore in the '80s, capitalism and the plausibility of swamp sex.   Show notes:   What the movies taught me about being a woman (New York Times)   'If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished: How Les Moonves Tried To Silence an Accuser (New York Times)   Big Chill trailer   Kevin Kline's shorts in the Big Chill   Jeff Goldblum screencap in the Big Chill   In 'The Big Chill', Cynicism is the Illusion (Pop Matters)   Shag movie trailer   Phoebe Cates IMDb   Dumplin' trailer   Recommendations:   Andrea: Respectfulchild (music)   Lisa: Norseman (Netflix)   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

Summary:   "Sassy girl." It's December at Pop This! and that can only mean one thing: it's time to fight about the worst holiday movie ever made. That's right folks, join Andrea and Lisa for their 4th annual episode dedicated to arguing about Love Actually vs. The Holiday. Also discussed: the Christmas songs of Sia, Gremlins, and plaid in Hallmark movies.    Show notes:   Zoe Whittall's classic dad quote on twitter   Cynara Geissler   Pop This! Poltergeist with Cynara Geissler   Pop This! Love Actually vs. The Holiday 1 (2015)   Pop This! Love Actually vs. The Holiday 2 (2016)   Pop This! Love Actually vs. The Holiday 3 (2017)   The Most Problematic Men of Love Actually, Ranked (Flare)   Keira: 'I'd rather look like big Beth Ditto' (Metro UK)   The Definitive Ranking of All The Turtlenecks in 'Love Actually' (Buzzfeed)   Cameron Diaz Has Retired From Acting (Variety)   'Gremlins': The Underrated Christmas Movie (Tribeca)   Shag the movie   Doesthedogdie.com   Cynara on Twitter   Recommendations:   Andrea: Th

Summary:   "Not so little women." Over the years, there have been many film, stage and television versions of the classic book Little Women. Pop This! producer Andrea Gin loves the 1949 version, Lisa Christiansen prefers the 1994 iteration and Andrea Warner is watching both for the first time ever. Let the debate begin!    Show notes:   Gutenberg Project: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott    Little Women 1949 trailer   Little Women 1994 trailer   Little Women 2018 with Lea Thompson trailer   Little Women 2018 on PBS   Little Women 1933 with Katharine Hepburn trailer   Little Women 2019 directed by Greta Gerwig IMDb   Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of 'Little Women' and Why It Still Matters (The Atlantic)   Recommendations:   Andrea W: "Art is Our Language: Inside the Indigenous Renaissance with Jeremy Dutcher and Snotty Nose Rez Kids" (Exclaim!)   Lisa: Dumplin' (Netflix)   Andrea G: Mitski, Be the Cowboy   Music credits:    "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0  

Summary:   "Make me international." This week we talk about our love of Queen Latifah and how Last Holiday is one of the best, most underrated rom-coms of all time. We then also realize it may be so great because it was originally written about a man. Also discussed: LL Cool J, our own last holidays and chronobiology.   Show notes:   Are you a dolphin or a lion? The best time to wake, eat, sleep or exercise or go on a date? (Telegraph UK)   What kind of cat are you? (Buzzfeed)   Where Should Your Next Vacation Be? (Buzzfeed)   Last Holiday trailer   Bessie trailer   Living Single on IMDb   Original Last Holiday (1950) trailer    Recommendations:   Andrea: The Garrys (music)   Lisa: Killing Eve (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 iT

Summary:   "Unfinished business." This week we talk about The Accused and the importance of believing women with guest Angela Marie MacDougall, the Executive Director of Battered Women Support Services. Also discussed: Jordan Peele, Jameela Jamil and Lola Kirke's feminist Christmas songs.   Show notes:   Jameela Jamil goes after celebrities promoting diet products (The Cut)    The Accused trailer   Battered Women's Support Services   16 days of activism against gender violence   'The Accused' oral history (The Hollywood Reporter)   NDP Margaret Mitchell gets heckled over domestic abuse speech by male MPs (YouTube)   Nia DaCosta   Recommendations:   Andrea: Lola Kirk's feminist Christmas songs    Lisa: Accidentally Wes Anderson (Instagram)    Angela: Jordan Peele's Candyman sequel    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

Summary:   This week our hosts disagree about what constitutes a good musical, Andrea posits the idea that Mary Poppins is the original Cool Girl, and we all realize Mary Poppins is a different movie than we thought. Also discussed: terrible English accents, the incredible lyrics of "Sister Suffragette" and the gig economy of 1910.     Show notes:   Rashida Jones developing show told from the sitcom wife's perspective, called 'Kevin Can F**k Himself' (Independent)   Angie Tribeca (TV show)   Mary Poppins trailer    Mary Poppins Returns trailer   Disney's Sister Suffragette: the story of Mrs. Banks, the feminist heroine of Mary Poppins (The Telegraph)   "Sister Suffragette" lyrics (Fandom)   Recommendations:   Andrea: My Fair Lady (Broadway musical)   Lisa: The Bodyguard (Netflix)   Music credits:    "Nouvelle Noel" Kevin MacLeod  From Incompetech CC BY 3.0   "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

Summary:   This week we invite consultant, facilitator, writer and artist Cicely Blain on the podcast to discuss the film The Hate U Give. Also discussed: Rebel Wilson, Black Lives Matter Vancouver, and the Broken Earth series.   Show notes:   Rebel Wilson apologises for claiming to be the first plus-sized lead in a romcom (The Guardian)   Cicely Blain Consulting   Black Lives Matter Vancouver   The Hate U Give (film)   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (book)     Recommendations:   Andrea: My Life As A Goddess by Guy Branum   Lisa: Outline by Rachel Cusk (book)   Cicely: The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin      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 review

Summary:   "A collective breath." This week we are coming live to you from the Vancouver Podcast Festival! Our special guest for this taping was Sam Nock from Heavy Content, and our topic was the classic horror film Misery.   Show notes:   Heavy Content podcast   Samantha Nock on Twitter   Misery trailer   Misery's book burning clip (Warning: violence)   Misery by Stephen King   Vancouver Podcast Festival   Music credits:   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 c