527: Ghosts in Pop Culture

In this episode, we discuss the things in pop culture that haunt us, our most formative ghosts, and the ghosts we’d exorcise from the entertainment realm. Plus we have a brand new Popcast Pop Quiz: Which Pop Culture Ghost Are You? Listen to the episode at knoxandjamie.com/527 and take the quiz and knoxandjamie.com/ghostquiz. Links are in the show notes and in our bio. 

MENTIONSALERT! It’s the last week to order our new, limited edition merch. KnoxandJamie.com/shopMentions: Star Wars plot holes | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Amanda Peet IMDb | Sarah Paulson Instagram | The Problem with Smurfette via The Atlantic | Suzi and her Pesto | GoT S8 | Rolling Stone’s The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time | George R.R. Martin says be patient | lyrics: Give It Away by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas, Bang Bang by Jessie J and Ariana Grade and Nicki Minaj (fact check: Is Bang Bang sauce the same as Yum Yum?), Stars are Blind by Paris Hilton | Idris Elba won’t be playing James Bond | What’s up with the Broccoli family? | The ghosts in A Christmas Carol | What does the Grim Reaper do? | The Pac-Mac ghosts have different personalities?! | book: Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark by Alvin Schwartz | movie: Arachnophobia | Flying Dutchman (not: this one, So… which countries are Dutch?) | Barbossa | Smoke monster explained (see 438: Pilot Program- Lost) | film: Ghost | yikes: Moaning Myrtle | The Legend of Sleepy Hallow is different than The Headless Horseman?! | Boo Berry cerealsNEW! POPCAST POP QUIZ: knoxandjamie.com/ghostquizRed light mentions: free time flex, Dollaritas, John Stamos memoir

BONUS SEGMENT Our Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discussed Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong'o. 

GREEN LIGHTSJamie: movie - Killers of the Flower Moon (see also: the book was a 2017 green light, Lily Gladstone interview)Knox: book- MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson

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