Inside Pop

This week, we're going into the Inside Pop vault! With such a large number of summer binge-worthy series like "Stranger Things," "A Night of," "Unreal" and the upcoming "The Get Down," you may feel like you're at risk of falling behind on the Television everyone's talking about. We feel your pain! Earlier this year we failed to watch "Making a Murderer" when it premiered and were most definitely "Late to the Party." Listen to hear how we manage our TV tardiness. Plus - remember when Joseph Fiennes was cast as Michael Jackson?! Nope - that wasn't a dream! AND mentions of Breaking Bad, The Wire, Prince and this episode is where we discovered the "Discover Weekly" Spotify playlist!

Game of Thrones is ending...wait, what?! This week, we discuss the news from HBO that the hit show is ending after its 8th season and debate whether this is the best or the saddest news of the week. Then, we talk about whether there is an optimum number of seasons for a television series and also whether all TV seasons should be limited to 13 or fewer episodes. We cite some of our favorite shows, Stranger Things, Grey's Anatomy, The Simpsons, The People V. OJ Simpson, and of course Lost, to make our point. Plus, Amita and Sean share the thing they're most excited to see at the Rio Olympics (Hint - it's neither the thrill of victory nor the agony of defeat).

Bourne, Jason Bourne...oh wait, wrong franchise! The assassin with amnesia is back and Inside Pop brings you your first review! Does Jason Bourne live up to the hype? Is Matt Damon still on Amita's Celebrity Husbands list? We answer both of those questions and find out how many other celeb spouses she has her eye on. We also bring you another installment of The Inside Pop Quiz and then Sean re-enters the House of Hyperbole to discuss a life changing photo taken at Comic Con last week. Plus - Stranger Things and Star Trek Beyond! All that and a super size Big Sell segment in this jam packed episode of Inside Pop!

Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Patti Smith, Public Enemy, U2, KRS-One --- Pop culture has produced a long history of artists ready to answer the call to protest injustice, rail against ignorance and call out for understanding. But 2016 has produced so many horrors that, if you're anything like us, you may wonder whether podcasts - or pop culture in general, has any place in this new, darker world order. Does it matter what an actor has to say about police brutality? What good does a benefit concert actually do? Can a song make any difference? These are some of the questions we attempt to answer in this special episode of Inside Pop. We discuss the efforts of Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Miguel, Jesse Williams, Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and others to make sense of and affect positive change in this increasingly frightening world.

Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Patti Smith, Public Enemy, U2, KRS-One --- Pop culture has produced a long history of artists ready to answer the call to protest injustice, rail against ignorance and call out for understanding. But 2016 has produced so many horrors that, if you're anything like us, you may wonder whether podcasts - or pop culture in general, has any place in this new, darker world order. Does it matter what an actor has to say about police brutality? What good does a benefit concert actually do? Can a song make any difference? These are some of the questions we attempt to answer in this special episode of Inside Pop. We discuss the efforts of Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Miguel, Jesse Williams, Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and others to make sense of and affect positive change in this increasingly frightening world.

TV reigns supreme this week! First we focus on the 2016 Emmy Nominations! We break down all of the major categories and give you our thoughts on the nominees! Then we recap the season two premiere of the newly Emmy nominated drama, Mr. Robot! Can it live up to the hype of its first season? Then, Amita takes a moment to applaud Jennifer Aniston for her recent inspiring and empowering statement on tabloid journalism. Plus, we were able to score a special Big Sell from Jeff Sanders of the 5AM Miracle Podcast while we were in Chicago for Podcast Movement! Listen now to hear all of this and yet another reference to Beyonce's Lemonade and Amita's future husbands....

Attending Podcast Movement (the national podcast convention) this past weekend in Chicago has literally changed our podcasting lives! Listen to this Bonus Pop to hear about our amazing weekend. We had the great opportunity to listen to and interact with some of the best podcasters around including Glynn Washington (Snap Judgment); Anna Sale (Death, Sex & Money); Kevin Smith (too many podcasts to name); Heben & Tracy (Another Round); Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam (Dinner Party Download) and many more! It turns out that Chicago, is in fact, our kind of town!

Chicago is our kind of town this week as Inside Pop heads to the Podcast Movement convention! In honor of our inaugural trip to the Windy City, we are counting down our Top 10 Chicago Pop Culture Moments. From Earth, Wind and Fire to Kanye, Second City to Good Times, we celebrate Chi-Town like no one else! Listen now to find out which movie, tv and music moments made the list!

It's an all music episode this week as we critique the new Kanye West Video, Famous (sorry Lena Dunham - one of us loves it) and we give out our own awards for the BET Awards with another edition of Slay or Nay!: Prince Tribute edition. Plus, Amita doles out a historic Big Sell rating for Florence and The Machine's short film, The Odyssey...did she love it or hate it? And then, we introduce you to the woman who is on tour with Sia and Miguel.

Still reeling from the Game of Thrones Season 6 finale? So are we! Winter is most definitely here and we're ready to recap this amazing episode filled with murder, survival, bloody revenge and huge revelations! There's no way we could do this without spoilers, you've been warned.