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Summary:   "God is a ruthless bitch." This week we invite writer and activist Diandra Oliver on the podcast to discuss the movie Wild and talk about the Curvy Kili Crew — a group of awesome fat babes who are hiking Mount Kilimanjaro for International Women’s Day 2019.   Show notes:   Diandra Oliver's travel and hiking guide website   Diandra Oliver on Instagram    She Explores podcast   Wild book   Wild movie   Recommendations:   Andrea: Food Was Her Country (book)   Lisa: Salt Fat Acid Heat (Netflix)   Diandra: Heavy Content (podcast)     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

Summary:   "You have the same amount of hours in the day as Beyonce." This week we celebrate Halloween by talking about the classic horror film Scream. Also discussed: Big Mouth, Beyonce and Jay Z's marriage, and our favourite scary movies.    Show notes:   A Complete Timeline of Beyonce and Jay Z's Relationship (Capitalxtra)   Tim & Faith: Soul2Soul (Showtime documentary)   Andrea Warner's interview with Neve Campbell   Scream trailer   Recommendations:   Andrea: "Big Mouth" by Nikki Yanofsky (check out Andrea's interview with Nikki here)   Lisa: The New Romantic (film)     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 Goo

Summary:   "Lump of biscuit." This week we talk about the return of Murphy Brown, whose original series was one of the formative TV shows of Andrea Warner's life. Also discussed: Cagney and Lacey, Designing Women, and our dream smorgasbord menus.   Show notes:   Review The New Murphy Brown Was Made to Infuriate Donald Trump (Vanity Fair)   What to Know About Murphy Brown's History of Making Real-World News (Time)   Revisiting the First 10 Seasons of 'Murphy Brown' (The Ringer)    Cagney and Lacey   Recommendations:   Andrea: Chersea, In Limbo (music)   Lisa: WTF with Marc Maron featuring Charlie Demers (podcast)   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 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

Summary:   "I might love it but I might also hate it." This week we talk about the terrifying film Hereditary and how it reflects our own personal fears. We also make the shocking discovery that Andrea Warner has never read To Kill A Mockingbird.   Show notes:   Whiskey in a Teacup, Reese Witherspoon   Did Go Set a Watchman spoil Harper Lee's literary legacy? (Guardian)   Hereditary trailer   Hereditary Taps Into the Unique Terror of Inherited Mental Illness (Esquire)   Recommendations:   Andrea: The Good Place, Season 3 (TV)   Lisa: Genesis (Film)   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 ra

Summary:   "Damn the man." This week we invite writer and noir fiction expert Don English on the podcast to talk about one of Lisa's favourite films, the 1998 crime comedy Out of Sight. Also discussed: Patty Smyth, Bojack Horseman, and Vancouver Noir.   Show notes:   Patty Smyth on Howard Stern (1993)   Elmore Leonard   Out of Sight trailer   Don't Look Now trailer   Justified (TV show)   Recommendations:   Andrea: Atlanta, Season 2 (FX)   Lisa: Big Mouth, Season 2 (Netflix)   Don: Bojack Horseman, Season 5 (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 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!

Summary:   "Ladies and gentlemen, Esther Hoffman Howard." In anticipation of the upcoming release of A Star is Born we watch the '70s-era version starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and discover that Lisa knows all the lyrics to every song. Also discussed: pumpkin spice yogurt, Celion Dion and ponchos.   Show notes:   Limited edition pumpkin spice yogurt   A Star is Born (1976) trailer   A Star is Born (2018) trailer"A Star is Born and the Promise of 1970s Feminism" (Theresa Kaminski)    Barbra: The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic! (Netflix)   Celine Dion returns to Las Vegas after death of husband Rene (YouTube)   Barbra Streisand "With One More Look At You/Watch Closely Now"   Recommendations:   Andrea: Nobody Cares: Essays by Anne T. Donahue   Lisa: Hereditary (film)      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

Summary:   "Just rock 'n' roll and the truth." This week we invite Rose Melberg on the podcast to talk about her favourite film, the criminally underrated Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains. Also discussed: Jane the Virgin, Girls Rock Camp, and our love of Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul.   Show notes:   The Best Show on TV is Jane the Virgin (Vulture)   Rose Melberg (Wikipedia)   Rose Melberg (Bandcamp)   Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains trailer    Girls Rock Camp Vancouver   10 Life Lessons from Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (Hello Giggles)   Recommendations:   Andrea: Crazy Rich Asians   Lisa: Better Call Saul  (Netflix)   Rose: Kath & Kim (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 rev

Summary:   "Elderly woman feelings." This week Andrea and Lisa have conflicting feelings about the teen romance film To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Also discussed: Buffy Sainte-Marie, The African Queen and Andy's friends in the Devil Wears Prada.   Show notes:   Who do you guys think the real villain is in The Devil Wears Prada?   Pop This!, Episode 104: The Devil Wears Prada   To All the Boys I've Loved Before trailer   Jenny Han on Twitter   Pop This!, Episode 127: Romancing the Stone   The African Queen trailer    John Corbett on Northern Exposure   'To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Fave Peter Kavinsky Is The Perfect Internet Boyfriend According To These 21 Tweets' (Bustle)     Recommendations:   Andrea: Buffy Sainte-Marie (music)   Lisa: Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir by Joyce Johnson (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:   "Sam Shepard knows how to kiss." This week we bring you a special crossover episode with SADCAST's Pamela Rounis, who wants to talk about the 1987 rom-com Baby Boom. Also discussed: Nancy Meyers, hysterical female characters, and enduring appeal of Sam Shepard.   Show notes:   Juliet, Naked trailer   Nick Hornby IMDb   Pamela Rounis   SADCAST from SAD Mag   Baby Boom trailer   The Intern trailer   Nancy Meyers IMDb   Bergen Bags   Two High-Powered Working Women Revisit Baby Boom (Jezebel)   Sam Shepard    The Right Stuff trailer     Recommendations:   Andrea: Sharp Objects (HBO)   Lisa: House Doctor (Netflix)   Pamela: Explained (Netflix), Peach Kelli Pop, Gentle Leader (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 con

Summary:   "Uncomfortably funny." This week Andrea and Lisa talk about the genre-bending genius of Sorry To Bother You and how it is a film that manages to speak to everyone. Also discussed: Don DeLillo, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and working in telemarketing.   Show notes:   White Noise by Don DeLillo   Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham   Persephone Books   Sorry To Bother You trailer   "The Message" by the Coup (Boots Riley)   Norma Rae trailer   Game Night trailer   Idiocracy trailer     Recommendations:   Andrea: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Lisa: "Shine on with Reese" (TV)   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 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:   "The only trouble I ever had in my life was with white men." This week Lisa and Andrea discover that Norma Rae is one of the best movies they've ever seen. Also discussed: science experiments, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and the awful summer heat.   Show notes:   Is it hot enough to fry an egg in Vancouver?   Norma Rae trailer   Link to watch Norma Rae with Spanish subtitles (Vimeo)    Real 'Norma Rae' dies of cancer after insurer delayed treatment (Facing South)    Remembering Norma Rae (The Nation)   An Unmarried Woman trailer   The Rose trailer   Recommendations:   Andrea:  Dolores the Movie, RBG, Full Disclosure: A Novel by Beverly McLachlin  Lisa:  The Secret History by Donna Tartt   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

Summary:   "I want more." This week Andrea and Lisa argue about whether the new Netflix original movie Set It Up is really the second coming of rom-coms. Also discussed: Busy Phillips, Sorry To Bother You and The Teacher's Pet podcast.   Show notes:   17 Plus-Size Dresses To Take You From Summer To Fall (Bust)    Set It Up trailer   Netflix targets teens with rom coms — a genre that has faded from theatres (CBC)   The Plot Maker – Create A Rom Com Storyline In 5 Easy Steps (Writers Write)   Everyone Wants Some!! trailer   7 reasons Hollywood doesn’t make romantic comedies anymore (Vox)   Can Netflix’s Set It Up Help Revive the Romantic Comedy? (Atlantic)   Recommendations:   Andrea: The Teacher's Pet (podcast) Lisa: Sorry To Bother You (film)   Music credits:    "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 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

Summary:   "Go ahead and settle." This week we re-watch the 1993 rom-com classic Sleepless in Seattle, described by Andrea Warner as "a movie about a guy who's a little bit sexist and a woman who's a little bit bland." Also discussed: jade eggs, Rhona Raskin and In The Dark.    Show notes:   Please don't put a jade egg into your vagina, say gynecologists (Health)   Sleepless in Seattle trailer   Rhona Raskin   What repercussions will the Meg Ryan / Russell Crowe affair have? (EW)   Kate & Leopold trailer   Meg Ryan IMDb   "The Sound of Settling" by Death Cab For Cutie     Recommendations:   Andrea: In The Dark (podcast)  Lisa: Men Without Women (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!)

Summary:   "Uterus Fun Times." This week we tackle the character of Sarah Connor from the Terminator franchise in our ongoing series on female action heroes. Also discussed: Tom Cruise, would-you-rathers, and dogs.   Show notes:   7 Real-Life Would-You-Rathers I, a Woman, Have Had To Ask Myself (McSweeney's)   Dog Always Brings A Leaf To 'Buy' Himself Treats At The Store (Dodo)   Terminator 2: Judgement Day trailer   Terminator 1 trailer   Mission: Impossible - Fallout trailer   Tom Cruise is 5 yrs older in latest Mission Impossible movie than Wilford Brimley was in Cocoon (Twitter thread)   Exclusive First Look at Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator (2019) (The Terminator Fans)   Recommendations:   Andrea: Her Body and Other Parties by Carman Maria Machado   Lisa: Sacred Games (Netflix)    Music credits:   "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst C

Summary:   "I remembered it better." This week we decide it's time to re-watch Single White Female and try to figure out exactly what 'psychological erotic thriller' means. Also discussed: summer vacations, racist classifieds in the '90s and Play Misty For Me.    Show notes:   The Ourense thermal baths: Hot Springs in Spain   Single White Female trailer   Single White Female (novel)   Play Misty For Me (1971 movie)    Recommendations:   Andrea: Allie, Night Shade (music)    Lisa: Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix documentary)   Music credits:   "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 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 TwitterPo

Summary:   "Goddammit." This week we are joined by comedian Jackie Hoffart to discuss Hannah Gadsby's stunning Netflix special Nanette. Also discussed: Real Men Watch Bravo, Baseball Life Advice and Mallory Keaton from Family Ties.   Show notes:   Jerry O'Connell IMDb   Bravo Orders Jerry O'Connell Late-Night Series (Variety)   Mallory Keaton Family Ties Wiki   Bitch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdown (podcast)   Jackie Hoffart on Twitter   Fox Hole Comedy   Nanette trailer   Hannah Gadsby on Twitter   Cameron Esposito: Rape Jokes     Recommendations:   Lisa:  Letterkenny (TV)   Andrea: Mob Bounce (music)   Jackie: Millennial Line (comedy group), Fine (comedy group), and Baseball Life Advice by Stacey May Fowles (book).   Music credits:   "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 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 Tu

Summary:   "Pants equal love." We invite grad student and CBC intern Dannielle Piper to join the podcast to talk about her feelings on Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Also discussed: Blake Lively's shark movie The Shallows, Kelly Tran, and Judy Blume.   Show notes:   Star Wars fans start campaign to remake The Last Jedi (CNET)   Star Wars actress Kelly Tran deletes Instagram after abuse (BBC)   Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants trailer   Guest Danielle Piper on Twitter   Judy Blume on the web   Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books   Single White Female trailer   The Shallows (Blake Lively shark movie) trailer   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood   Recommendations:   Lisa: Babylon Berlin (Netflix)   Andrea: Vallens, Dimmed in my Display (EP)   Danielle: Mediator Series by Meg Cabot (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

Summary:   "Paint your bedroom." This week we discuss the new sci-fi psychological horror film Annihilation as part of our ongoing series on action heroes. Also discussed: Snail Mail, A Star is Born and Lisa's ongoing struggle with her Goodreads Book Challenge.    Show notes:   Goodreads: 2018 Reading Challenge   Annihilation trailer   Annihilation review by Emily Yoshida (Vulture)   9 Ways Annihilation the Movie Differs From the Book (Vulture)   Recommendations:   Lisa: A Star Is Born (1976 version)   Andrea: Snail Mail, Lush (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 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 Twitt

Summary:   "All-male band." On this week's episode, Andrea and Lisa talk about the latest Pop This! film club outing to see Ocean's 8. Also discussed: Thorn Oakenshield, Anna Delvey, and Lisa's unexpected conversion into being a Cate Blanchett fan.   Show notes:   Ocean's 8 trailer    In Fina We Trust by Awkwafina    Set It Off trailer   Logan Lucky trailer   Every Outfit Cate Blanchett Wore in 'Ocean's 8' Made Me Gayer (Broadly)    Thorin Oakenshield   Derek Blasberg   How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People (The Cut)     Recommendations:   Lisa:  Annihilation (film) Andrea: Hear Me Out by Bella Forte (music)   Music credits:   "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 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:   "Period scene." On this week's episode, we assess our feelings about the career of Katherine Heigl, ghost sex on Grey's Anatomy and James Marsden as a leading man. Also discussed: Dog Day Afternoon, Queer Songbook Orchestra and L7's legendary performance at Glastonbury.   Show notes:   The Break with Michelle Wolf (Netflix)   Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising: tampon scene   L7 - 100 Greatest Metal Moments: Bloody Tampon & One Night Stand Raffle   27 Dresses trailer   The Ugly Truth trailer   James Marsden IMDb   9 Reasons I'll Never Watch '27 Dresses' again (Bustle)   Grey's Anatomy - Denny Dies   Recommendations:   Lisa: Dog Day Afternoon (film) Andrea: Queer Songbook Orchestra, Anthems and Icons (music)   Music credits:   "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 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 Tu