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Summary: "Just get a divorce." This week, we go deep into the archives for our best-of summer repeat and dig up our timeless conversation with writer and editor Jackie Wong from July 2017 talking about pregnancy, celebrities, and the female body. Also discussed: Lisa's love affair with salad, Francis McDormand in Fargo, and Criminal. Pop This! will be back to our regular programming on Sept. 15.    Show notes: Women laughing alone with salad   Pack a perfect salad   Storm Crow salmon and potato salad   Honest Baby   Serena Williams Vanity Fair cover feature   Beyonce 2017 Grammy Awards Performance   Pregnancy Halloween costumes   Demi Moore Vanity Fair cover   Google search for "Daily Mail Heavily Pregnant"   Francis McDormand in Fargo, morning sickness scene   Twilight: Bella's birthing scene   Recommendations: Andrea: Criminal Podcast Episode 70 "The Procedure" LC:  Nate Bargatze   JW: Rachel Khong, Goodbye Vitamin: A Novel   Music credits: "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com

Summary: "Your birth is my birth, your death is my death." It is summer repeat season at Pop This! and this week we re-visit our episode on Michaela Coel's brilliant series I May Destroy You from August 2020. Also discussed: drive-ins, period sex, and the excellent podcast It's Been A Minute. Pop This! will be back with regular episodes on Sept. 15.     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: "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod From incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incom

Summary: "We're all Mirandas." Summer is here and Pop This! is playing nothing but the hits! That's right, starting this week, we are on a short summer break and re-releasing some of our all-time favourite episodes. We're starting with one of the funniest, coolest, smartest guests we’ve ever had on the podcast: author, musician, and filmmaker Vivek Shraya, who joined us to talk about Sex and the City in March 2018. Pop This! will be back to our regular programming on Sept. 15.      Show notes: Justin Theroux IMDb   Vivek Shraya   Too Attached (Vivek Shraya & Shamik Bilgi)   The Difficult Women of Sex and the City   A Ranking of the 13 Important "Sex and the City" Men   The 7 Most Messed-Up Things About Sex and the City   Kristin Davis's Passion? Her Adopted Elephant Chaimu!   Kim Cattrall's Instagram post to Sarah Jessica Parker   Kim Cattrall scatting on YouTube     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Barbra Streisand dog cloning   Andrea Warner: William Prince's cover of Bo Diddley's "You Can't Jud

Summary: "Apocalypse Vag." This week we talk about how much we unabashedly love the British series We Are Lady Parts. Also discussed: Retail Nightmares, the Men Yell at Me newsletter, and our attempts to grow food. A note to our listeners: for the next four weeks, Pop This! will be taking a summer break and re-releasing some of our favourite episodes from the vaults. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming on Sept. 15. Happy summer!   Show notes: We Are Lady Parts (Music From The Original Series) (Spotify playlist)   ‘We Are Lady Parts’, A Comedy Series About An All-Female Muslim Punk Band, Is About To Bring The House Down (Vogue UK)   There’s Nothing on TV Doing What We Are Lady Parts Is Doing (Slate)    Recommendations: Andrea G.:  "Cicada Season: Pandemic, Faith, and Apocalypse" - An essay by Jessica Ripka (from the Men Yell At Me newsletter) Lisa: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer (book) Andrea W.:  Retail Nightmares Episode 317 - Andrea Warner! (podcast)   Music credits: "Good

Summary: "Finger of God." Yes, it's time. This week we talk about one of the all-time best summer blockbuster films: Twister. Also discussed: Women and Other Monsters, Minor Feelings, and public swimming pool etiquette.   Show notes: Helen Hunt Answers Every Question We Have About Twister (Vulture)   Twister Is the Perfect '90s Disaster Flick (Vulture)  Recommendations: Andrea G.: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (book) Lisa: Ted Lasso, Season 2 (TV) Andrea W.: Women and Other Monsters by Jess Zimmerman (book/audiobook)   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

Summary: "People would rather laugh at me than believe me." Writer, performer, and professional funny person Morgan Brayton joins us this week to talk about a show she dearly loves: Hacks. Also discussed: Pretty Hard Cases, Naomi Osaka, and our best sleeping tips.    Show notes:   Pop This! EP 212: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with Morgan Brayton Morgan Brayton's website ‘Hacks’ Is a Different Kind of Comedy About Comedy (The Ringer)   Recommendations: Andrea G.: Naomi Osaka (documentary on Netflix) Lisa: The White Lotus (Crave) Andrea W.: Wii Sports Bowling Morgan: Pretty Hard Cases (CBC Gem)   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

Summary:   "My life's a shit show, Zabel." We are officially done with music movies and back to our regularly scheduled programming this week with a belated look at the very buzzy crime drama Mare of Easttown. Also discussed: Crying in H Mart, Summer of Soul and I Think You Should Leave.      Show notes:   "The Real Twist of Mare of Easttown" by Sophie Gilbert (The Atlantic)    "Crying in H Mart" (Michelle Zauner's essay in the New Yorker)   Summer of Soul review – the best concert film ever made? (Guardian)   Recommendations: Andrea G.: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (book) Lisa: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Dir: Questlove (documentary) Andrea W.: I Think You Should Leave (Season 2) (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: P

Summary:   “Life is a cabaret.” All-star guest Steven Schelling returns to discuss the last entry in our music movies and musicals series: Cabaret. Also discussed: Kevin Can F**k Himself, Hacks, and dealing with post-restrictions social awkwardness.    Show notes:   Steven Schelling on Instagram  Liza Minnelli's Chicest Cabaret Looks (CR Fashion Book) Schitt's Creek Finale- Cabaret - "Willkommen" - Jeff Dimitriou Choreography (YouTube)   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  Hacks (TV) Lisa: Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (book)   Steven: Kevin Can F**k Himself (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 reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! o

Summary:   "Hello, gorgeous." We forge onward with our music movies and musicals series and welcome back Steven Schelling to talk about Funny Girl and all things Barbra Streisand. Also discussed: The Night Manager, Fast & Furious 9, and All the Sins.     Show notes:   Steven Schelling on Instagram Don't Rain On My Parade - Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl 1968 (YouTube) Barbra Streisand movies: All 19 films ranked from worst to best (Gold Derby) Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight on Her Extreme Long Nails on Instagram (Vogue)   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  F9: The Fast Saga (Movie) Lisa:  The Night Manager (TV)  Steven: All The Sins (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 reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on

Summary:   "Kissed by a muse." This week, we continue on our music movies and musicals odyssey, bringing in all-star guest Steven Schelling to help us tackle Xanadu. Also discussed: The Turning podcast, shaved ice desserts, and the music of LOLAA.     Show notes:   Steven Schelling on Instagram Xanadu | Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly's '80s/'40s Hybrid E.L.O. Roller Disco (YouTube) Xanadu (1980) - Suddenly Scene (3/10) | Movieclips (YouTube)    Recommendations: Andrea W.:  LOLAA (music) Andrea G.: Shaved ice desserts  Lisa:  Loki (TV) Steven: The Turning: The Sisters Who Left (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

Summary:   "The streets are made of music." Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights was released just in time to make our music movies and musicals series and we are ready for it. Also discussed: High on the Hog, Lindy West, and Lisa's t-shirt collection.   Show notes: Lin-Manuel Miranda Apologizes For Lack Of Afro-Latinx Actors In 'In The Heights' (NPR) After 2020, ‘In the Heights’ Means Even More (The Ringer)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Shit, Actually by Lindy West (audiobook) Andrea G.: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)  Lisa: Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant (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

Summary:   "Always Wong, never Wight." We continue on our tour of music movies and musicals and talk about one of the classics this week: the 1985 musical drama A Chorus Line. Also discussed: the music of Nimkish, the cult of ambition, and aggressive Vancouver crows.    Show notes: A Chorus Line (1985) - Dance: Ten, Looks: Three Scene (4/8) | Movieclips (YouTube) Ryan Murphy to Adapt A Chorus Line For Netflix (Town & Country)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  "YSB FT. Ascxnsion" by Nimkish (music) Andrea G.:  "We’re Finally Starting to Revolt Against the Cult of Ambition" by Kelli María Korducki (guest essay in NYTimes) Lisa:  Lucifer (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

Summary:   "4 is the perfect number." This week we continue with our music and musicals series and talk about the 2007 live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film Enchanted. Also discussed: Crash Landing on You, fried chicken, and Friends: The Reunion.    Show notes: Enchanted 2: Everything We Know About the Enchanted Sequel Starring Amy Adams (Glamour)    Recommendations: Andrea W.: Friends: The Reunion (Crave) Andrea G.: BB.Q Chicken (restaurant); Crash Landing on You (Netflix) Lisa: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (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 ra

Summary:   "We're getting the band back together." This week we continue our tour of musicals and music films with the hit movie Dreamgirls. Also discussed: fire ants, Diana Ross in Mahogany, and the book How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell.     Show notes: Jennifer Holliday "And I'm Telling You" 1982 Tony Awards (YouTube) Mahogany (1975) | Romantic Drama Movie | Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams (YouTube) The Real Dreamgirls - How Gils Groups Changed American Music (Smithsonian)   Recommendations: Andrea W.: City of Ghosts (TV, Netflix) Andrea G.:  The Underground Railroad (TV, Amazon) Lisa: How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell (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 co

Summary:   "Musical true crime." This week, pop culture omnivore Carlos Hernandez Fisher joins us to talk about a movie he saw five times in theatres: Moulin Rouge! Also discussed: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,  Mare of Easttown, and our ongoing efforts to reintegrate into society.      Show notes: Ranking the Moulin Rouge! songs, 20 years later (Vulture) Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir Free Dance at Winter Olympics (YouTube) Feature film, released between 2001-01-01 and 2001-12-31 (IMDb) Carlos on Instagram   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Someone Like You by Christine Quintana (audio play)  Andrea G.:  Mare of Easttown (TV) Carlos: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (movie)    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

Summary:   "Soul patch vibe." This week writer Erika Thorkelson subs in for Lisa as we talk about the 2001 cult classic film Josie and the Pussycats. Also discussed: Fanny, Bridget Jones, and our various midlife crises.      Show notes: Midlife. Feel Good About Feeling Bad (a book containing the essay "Me and Bridget Jones" by Erika Thorkelson) Pop This! EP 124: A Wrinkle in Time with Erika Thorkelson Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly - Josie & the Pussycats (YouTube)  Josie and the Pussycats Is One of the Greatest Y2K Fashion Movies (Vogue)    Recommendations: Andrea W.: Fanny (documentary)   Andrea G.:  Good Girls (Netflix) Erika: Space Sweepers (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 ratin

Summary:   "Wanna dance, sister?" This week we hit week three of our musicals series with 1992 smash-hit movie Sister Act and discover that it may in fact not be a musical. Also discussed: the I Am All In podcast, Whoopi Goldberg's EGOT, and ideas for a gender-flipped version of Jaws.     Show notes: James Bond Evil Villian name generator (LoveReading) How did ‘Sister Act 2’ become a classic musical? An under-the-radar sequel is now a mainstay of black culture (The Undefeated) 5 Members of the EGOT Winners' Circle (and 20 Almost-EGOTS) (MentalFloss)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Alias (TV) Andrea G.:  Merchant and Mills: The Dress Shirt (sewing pattern) Lisa: I Am All In with Scott Patterson (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 iTu

Summary:   "Women in overalls." This week we kick-off our musical season with the ever-popular jukebox rom-com Mamma Mia! Also discussed: DOXA Documentary Film Festival, food-stealing dogs, and our most memorable wipeouts.     Show notes:   Franklin Gin Clark (Instagram)  Cash and Rudy (Instagram) Muriel's Wedding - Waterloo (YouTube) ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' (NPR)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Wipeout (TV) Andrea G.:  DOXA Documentary Film Festival, May 6-16 (online film festival) Lisa:  The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (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 T

Summary:   "Man-crab." This week we talk about Melissa McCarthy's superhero comedy Thunder Force and discover it may not be the movie we want, but it's the movie we need. Also discussed: snakes in the woods, nature documentaries and Thandiwe Newton's season of Line of Duty.      Show notes:   Thunder Force Stops The Crab Robbery ft. Melissa McCarthy & Jason Bateman | Netflix (YouTube) Thunder Force: When a Crab Loves a Woman (YouTube) Jason Bateman’s Crab Deserves His Own Superhero Movie (ScreenRant)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  "There Is No After" by Molly Osberg (article on Jezebel)  Andrea G.:  Line of Duty, Season 4 (Netflix); “I’m Taking Back What’s Mine”: The Many Lives Of Thandiwe Newton" (British Vogue)  Lisa:  Ted Lasso, Season 2 trailer (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 Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0

Summary:   "Netflix half-watch." Culture editor and film critic Dorothy Woodend drops by this week to tell us all about the films to keep an eye on at this year's Oscars. Also discussed: thrift store art, fried chicken, and Shira Spector's graphic novel Red Rock Baby Candy.      Show notes:   Lisa's photo on Thrift Store Art Instagram   Alan Kim at the BAFTAs (Hollywood Reporter)   Dorothy Woodend at the Tyee Dorothy Woodend's gorgeous illustrations    Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector (graphic novel) Andrea G.:  Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (book) Lisa: Nowness (website) Dorothy: New Media Gallery's Alarming Art Machines (art exhibit)   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 rev