This week on Pop Icon: The Podcast, host David Carson dives into the Good, the Bad, and the Iconic Pop Culture for the weeks of August 1st to August 15th, as well as the Billboard Hot 100 & Box Office Top 10 of the week.
Billboard | Box Office | Destin Film Commision & PSA meeting | Cuckoo |
Good Pop Culture
1992 – Nickelodeon began airing their Saturday night
programming known as SNICK.
X-Men Scoop, Fortnite | Kamala x Tim Walz (Ellen Greenberg) | Welcome to Derry |Krysten Ritter Retreat | Meta working with Judi Dench, Awkwafina | Gypsy Rose gender reveal | The Creep Tapes heads to Netflix | Diet Pepsi Addison Rae | GTA 6 Fall 2025 |
2 Halloween games | Dominic Sessa x Anthony Bourdain | Henrique Zaga Queer | RHONY trailer | The Substance
Bad Pop Culture
1935 – Entertainer Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post were killed
after their aircraft developed engine problems during takeoff in
Barrow, Alaska.
Uber Driver freakout | Marcus Jordan coke | Taylor Swift terrorist plot | Zac Efron hospitalized | Texas Newlywed beheads wife | JK Rowling Black Mold | Jon Majors heartbroken | James Blick tip | Jordan Chiles stripped | Susan Wojcicki dies | Joaquin
leaves movie | Brittany exposes Jax | Blueface sentenced to 4 years in Jail | Travis Scott arrested | Kanye x Uzi Nitrous | Trump on Epstein plane?! | Jonathan Majors Zeus Jason Lee | Skai Jackson arrested | Molly Mae Tommy break up | Secret Service breaks into shop? |
Iconic Pop Culture
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened in upstate New
York. Tickets for the three-day event were $18 in advance and
$24 at the gate, and there was sufficient sound for the 500,000
attendees.
Noah Lyles | Pole Vaulter drama | Gaga x Bruno Mars | Hulk Hogan Gawker | Imane Khelief | Jersey Guy takes 10 edibles | Fonz Shoulder Checks guy | Melissa returns to Scream? | Obama summer playlist | Beau Demayo hasn’t been invited to Emmy’s |
George Clooney vs David O Russel, Tarantino | Starbucks fires CEO | It Ends With Us drama |