Blowing Up!

This week on Blowing Up: A Pop Culture Podcast, guest musician James Sturgis joins Nathan and Veve to talk about Mountain Dew. They discuss the history of the soft drink, it's early years, and different flavors that have been made. Then they take a trip to Taco Bell to try the newest Mountain Dew flavor- Sangrita Blast. Then they share their opinions about the beverage.]]>

In this week's episode of Blowing Up: A Pop Culture Podcast, your hosts Nathan Bickley and Ashley Veve Rammelsberg invite guest Paul Chavez to discuss Blink-182. Blink-182 has been blowing up recently regarding their break up, which is being held in the public realm on Twitter and Instagram. Nathan, Veve and Paul discuss the history of the band, including the production of their third album by Green Day producer, Jerry Finn. They also discuss all of the bands that came in the wake of Blink- Simple Plan, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy and Paramore. They also dive into the bands later albums, as well as splits that the band made in the past, including Angels and Airwaves and Box Car Racer, and their shift and possible partial creation of the emo scene.]]>

This week we have a mini episode about the Superbowl 49 half time show which featured Katy Perry and the infamous "left shark", which was the costumed shark which danced next to Katy Perry. This episode features guest Paul Chavez.]]>

On this weeks episode of Blowing Up: A Pop Culture Podcast, comedian Curt Fletcher joins the conversation this week to discuss flushable wet wipes. These wipes are clogging plumbing accross the country, and it has become a major problem for the city of New York. A lawsuit has been filed against wet wipe manufacturers by a consumer who had to pay costly plumbing bills as a result. They have also become a trend with celebrities, including Kevin Smith and Paul Scheer, who both alledgedly share a love for the wet wipes. ]]>

On this episode of Blowing Up: A Pop Culture Podcast, Nathan Bickley and Ashley Veve Rammelsberg discuss the new website, ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, it's epic rise and predictions of its future. They compare the sites rocketing success and then the developer questioning it's creation to the Flappy Bird app. They also discuss other websites that have popped up that offer to glitter bomb your enemies, send your enemies poop, or send a note saying that you didn't glitter bomb someone because you appreciate them. ]]>

This week on the first episode of Blowing Up, a pop culture podcast, Nathan Bickley and Ashley Veve Rammelsberg discuss the "selfie stick"- it's birth in Japan through it's prevelence at the Consmer Electronics Show in Vegas this past week. ]]>