Made Possible by Pop Culture

Made Possible by Pop Culture

By Danielle TurchianoTV & FilmArts
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Made Possible by Pop Culture episodes

  • Reality Blurred's Andy Dehnart on The Real World, The Traitors, and more!
    Reality Blurred's Andy Dehnart joins the podcast to talk all things reality TV! We start in his past, with The Real World, which was the first show he ever recapped, and we look at the evolution of that show, the personalities that go on this type of TV, and when competition series entered the chat. The Traitors is another hot topic, but don't worry, if you're a fan of the genre in general, there's lots here for you, including mentions of Survivor, Big Brother, The Great British Baking Show, The Real Housewives, Couples Therapy, and many more, including recommendations for Summer 2026 viewing.

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    1 hr 15 min
  • Erica Hendry on The Princess Diaries & Let's Not Go Overboard Here
    Author Erica Hendry dives into the world of pop culture (especially reality TV; hello, Below Deck!) in her debut novel, Let's Not Go Overboard Here. She talks about putting that comedic mystery together and reflects on a book that meant a lot to her both as a teenager and as a budding writer (The Princess Diaries) in her episode of Made Possible by Pop Culture - The Podcast.

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    55 min
  • Hugh Ryan on My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond & To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
    It's time to look back on the '90s! Historian and author Hugh Ryan joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to reflect on discovering his sexual identity in an analog world and tight-knit Irish-Catholic family, his love of and learning from To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar, and how all that (and so much more more!) gets reflected in his latest book, My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond.

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    1 hr 18 min
  • HAZBIN HOTEL's Sam Haft on Season 2 & Muppet Treasure Island
    Hazbin Hotel composer and songwriter Sam Haft joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about the music of Season 2 (including specific influences on "Gravity" and why the version of "Easy" in the show was the third version they made), getting ready to introduce Lilith in Season 3, fandom tattoos, and the importance of Muppet Treasure Island on his younger self.

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Comedian Katie Compa on SNL & Incurable Optimist
    Comedian Katie Compa just dropped her second standup album, Incurable Optimist, and she's on Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about it! But first, she dives deep into a 1992 episode of Saturday Night Live with Rob Morrow, which she watched over and over when she was a kid but can acknowledge doesn't hold up to today's standards (especially because the streaming version leaves out a lot). And she also dives into some hot topics in the world of comedy, including reusing jokes from one special to another and AI.

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    56 min
  • Emily Pendergast on Jury Duty: Company Retreat & Dumb and Dumber
    You know Emily Pendergast from Groundlings if you live in LA and VEEP if you watch critically-acclaimed, hilarious TV. But now you know her as one of the stars of Jury Duty: Company Retreat, which she reveals behind-the-scenes filming details about on her episode of Made Possible by Pop Culture. She also looks back on how quoting Dumb and Dumber as a kid earned laughs from her older cousins and sent her on her way to be a comedian.

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Isabel Klee on Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About & 101 Dalmatians
    Writer and animal advocate Isabel Klee introduces her memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About, to Made Possible by Pop Culture. In the episode, she reflects on 101 Dalmatians, marrying her love of dogs and her love of writing not only for her book but also for her carefully crafted social media content, important lessons from being a dog mom and a foster dog mom, and finding the right tone and voice to tell tales of relationships past.

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    54 min
  • Jess H. Gutierrez on Titanic & Adulting for Amateurs
    Author Jess H. Gutierrez just dropped her second memoir, Adulting for Amateurs: Misadventures of a Geriatric Millennial, which includes an ode to Twilight. But for her past pop culture pick on Made Possible by Pop Culture, she chose to revisit Titanic, something she wrote about in her first memoir. There's so much to reflect on in this episode, and some surprising new things to consider about the '90s.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • THE TESTAMENTS EP Bruce Miller on the first three episodes & Spotlight

    The Testaments just dropped its first three episodes on Hulu, and creator/EP/writer Bruce Miller is on Made Possible by Pop Culture to dig into them! This special bonus episode for the week also features Bruce talking about how Spotlight influenced him when working on his first Margaret Atwood adaptation, The Handmaid's Tale.


    If you want more The Testaments discussion, Made Possible by Pop Culture host and producer will be covering it here: https://www.goldderby.com/author/danielle-turchiano/

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Hallie Cantor on Like This, But Funnier & Clue
    TV writer and author Hallie Cantor joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about her debut novel, Like This, But Funnier, which follows a TV writer as she develops a show based on patient notes she finds on her therapist husband's desk. Plus, she looks back on the comedic characters and multiple endings of cult classic Clue.

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    1 hr 1 min

About Made Possible by Pop Culture

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On MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE, former entertainment journalist, author, and producer Danielle Turchiano sits down with a variety of guests to share the stories that shaped who they were as kids…