Inside Pop

This week, we achieve the impossible- we discuss the finales of The Walking Dead and Big Little Lies without spoiling a thing! Our discussion focuses on the appropriate length of a season and the pros and cons of producing a series with an end in sight.

Then, Sean takes a purple moment to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Prince's seminal album, Sign O The Times.

And the Big Sell gets super sized thanks to Kendrick Lamar's single "The Heart Part 4" and the new music video for "Humble".

Listen now and let us know what you thought about the finales of The Walking Dead and Big Little Lies- @popinsiders on Twitter or Instagram.

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Links: Kendrick Lamar's "Humble" video

A Tribe Called Quests's music video for Dis Generation

We conclude our pop culture themed Women's History Month segments with an interview with Esta Fiesta, host of the Poised N Polished podcast! We talk to Esta about her top 3 fashionable female characters on TV and discuss fashion and feminism.

Next, the conclusion of our inaugural March Madness bracket dedicated to Amita's celebrity husbands contains a surprising finale. Wait until you hear who she chooses to be her ultimate celeb husband.

And we discuss Sean's Big Sell from last week, the Oscar winning documentary short, The White Helmets.

Tweet us who you would have picked to win the March Madness bracket @Popinsiders and let us know your favorite fashionable female on TV.

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Links:

Poised N Polished on iTunes

Esta Fiesta's Blog - Living Fiesta

This week, we continue our special Women's History Month segments with a female themed Inside Pop Quiz and Amita starts to narrow down her celebrity husbands in the Inaugural Inside Pop March Madness Bracket! You won't believe who she picked. (And neither does Sean!)

And Sean gives his review of last week's Big Sell, British singer/songwriter Jorja Smith.

This time the Pop Insiders get up close and personal! In the second installment of our series celebrating Women's History Month, we each share how three femalke musicians defined different periods of our lives. We discuss music from artists like Annie Lennox, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, Beyoncé and others that gave us comfort, motivation and inspiration when we needed them the most.

Also, Amita reviews Sean's Big Sell of the Amazon series Fleabag. Sean was iffy on whether Amita would really like this Big Sell- listen to hear her verdict. And Amita's Big Sell involved a new British artist AND this reading assignment.

Plus - over the past year we've all heard Amita mention her 'husbands' - those celebrities who have the right combination of looks and talent which make them worthy potential spouses. Well - in our version of a March Madness bracket, Amita shares her top eight husbands which Sean will use to prepare next week's celebrity husband bracket. This is guaranteed to be the sexiest bracket you've ever experienced!

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In honor of Women's History Month we're kicking off a series celebrating some of our favorite depictions of women in pop culture. We start off in this episode with our countdown of each of our 3 Favorite Female Friendships. From Meredith and Christina in Grey's Anatomy to Maxine, Khadijah, Regine and Sinclair in Living Single we discuss how many of the bonds between women depicted in film and TV are inspirational and aspirational.

And we have a very special interview with Sara Taksler, the writer, producer and director of the independent documentary, Tickling Giants. This film tells the incredible story of Bassem Youssef, who is considered the Jon Stewart of Egypt. He created his own version of the Daily Show to speak out about the government in Egypt during one of the most tumultuous times in its history. Amita sits down with Sara to discuss the making of this documentary and the message they hope to spread to people in the midst of an interesting political climate in the U.S. as well.

And of course it's a brand new Big Sell. Sean rates Amita's Big Sell of Seinabo Sey - and then he Big Sells Amita his new favorite British dramedy.

Links:

Find a screening of Tickling Giants here

Listen to Seinabo Sey's Hard Time and Pretend

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Dozens of hours spent in the dark have all lead to TONIGHT. Listen to hear our immediate reaction to Hollywood's Biggest Night as we help you figure out WTF happened during the last minutes of the show!!! Bonnie & Clyde give La La Land the award for Best Picture ( no surprise to anyone) but then a producer for La la Land declares that Moonlight is the actual winner. Huh? Are you confused? Elated? Concerned for Faye Dunaway? So are we! Listen to hear us make sense of it all! Plus red carpet moments, rating Jimmy Kimmel as host, and declaring a winner of our Long Distance Popcast VS Inside Pop Oscar Ballot - we'll give you our unique perspective on the 89th Annual Academy Awards.

Plus - we review the new must see, must talk about, must tell everyone how much you love it movie of the moment - Jordan Peele's Get Out! But - does the film live up to the hype? One of us thinks - mmmm, maybe not?

And The Big Sell returns after a week off. Amita rates and reviews Sampha's new album, Process. And in an unprecedented move Sean rates his own Big Sell.

And The Big Sell returns after a week off. Amita rates and reviews Sampha's new album, Process. And in an unprecedented move, Sean also rates his own Big Sell.

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We have an extra special episode this week featuring not one, not two, but three guests to discuss the Oscars!

Our podcast friends, Claudia Castillo and Matt McKee, hosts of Long Distance Popcast joined us for an Oscar Ballot Battle Royale- we all filled out separate Oscar Ballots and are competing against one another to see who will best predict the winners on Sunday night.

Then, we chat with friend of the podcast, Caroline Hand, about her predictions for Oscar night and share some very important etiquette tips for hosting or attending an Oscar Party.

This episode is filled to the brim with Oscar goodness and you don't want to miss it (unless you're Mel Gibson- sorry buddy, you're not winning this year)

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter on Oscar night to find out who will win the Oscar Ballot Battle and read our live twitter commentary during the awards show!

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We couldn't wait until our usual Wednesday release to drop this special episode with our immediate reaction to the Grammy Awards! We pick out the real winners of the evening- from Adele and her impressive recovery during her tribute to George Michael to the props she gave Beyoncé when she won Album of the Year; Queen Bey's stunning performance and inspiring acceptance speech; the perfection of Bruno Mars during his tribute to Prince and the troublesome audio issues on 'Music's Biggest Night.'

Then, Sean shares his thoughts on the spinoff series, 24: Legacy, and we share our experience watching the brilliant August Wilson play Jitney on Broadway.

And Sean rates and reviews the dance video set to Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River" by Andrew Winghart and then flips the Big Sell on its side with a unique suggestion.

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Ok- so the Patriots won the Super Bowl, but the real headliner was the high flying halftime show by Lady Gaga! We give you our Super Bowl Recap including some of our favorite commercials, the amazing rendition of "America The Beautiful" by the original Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton and of course Lady Gaga's halftime show!

Then, we have your latest awards update with the winners of the Director's Guild Awards. Listen to find out how the DGA winners will predict who gets to take home an Oscar!

Plus we give props to Kristen Stewart for her turn as host on SNL.

We also share some podcast love as we join fellow pop culture podcasters JojCast, and their 30 Day Movie Challenge!

All that and Amita gives her review and rating of Sean's Big Sell- Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln and sells Sean on a viral dance video.

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Awards season is in high gear and we have the latest winners from the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards! We discuss the outspoken SAG winners who took the opportunity to speak out on current events in unique and inspirational ways and Sean gets on his soap box about appreciating films regardless of awards recognition.

Then, we bring back our Late to the Party segment and talk about our delayed appreciation of Black Mirror and the films Loving and Kubo and the Two Strings. Amita also shares why Hell or High Water was not worth her wait.

Also, we celebrate our love for Missy Elliott and her new video, I'm Better.

And once again we return to Sean's House Of Hyperbole and hear about his experience sitting front row at his musical hero, Nile Rodgers, recent concert.

Finally, Sean gives Amita his review of last week's Big Sell, and introduces his Big Sell- jazz singer, Abbey Lincoln.

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