Made Possible by Pop Culture

By Danielle Turchiano

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 (inc... more

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April 28, 2026 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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April 21, 2026 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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1h 2min
April 08, 2026 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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1h 6min
April 07, 2026 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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1h 1min
March 31, 2026 Austin Basis on ET & The Kinetix
Actor/writer Austin Basis created a graphic novel, The Kinetix, about kids with disabilities who become superheroes, and he joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about it. He also goes back in time to recall the first movie he ever saw in theaters, ET!
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1h 26min
March 24, 2026 Thom Harp on Flirting With Disaster & Home Delivery
Writer/director Thom Harp's latest feature film, Home Delivery, is out March 27, so he stops by Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about telling the tale of a tense family reunion during a home birth and how the David O. Russell's Flirting With Disaster seeped into his DNA so much after seeing it when he was in college, it not only influenced Home Delivery, but also another project he has in the works.
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1h 8min
March 17, 2026 Therese 'Tag' Goulet on Mr. Pine's Purple House & The Gift
Producer and philanthropist Therese 'Tag' Goulet previews her artist competition reality show brainchild, The Gift (fka The Sugar Mama), which is coming to screens very soon and reflects on her love of storytelling that was inspired by Mr. Pine's Purple House and even led her to run her own publishing house.
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1h 3min
March 10, 2026 Luke Tennie on Shrinking, The Pitt & Naruto
Actor Luke Tennie is on three shows right now (Abbott Elementary, Shrinking, and The Pitt), yet he still took time out of his busy schedule to join Danielle Turchiano on Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about his recent work and how his teenage love of Naruto (the anime) informed the man he is today.
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1h 3min
March 03, 2026 Clair Titley on Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese & '90s Music Videos
Documentary filmmaker Clair Titley joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to dive into her latest project, Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese, and to talk about the '90s music video directors who inspired her. Fun fact: One of them was Michel Gondry, and his direction of "Sugar Water" introduced Clair to Cibo Matto, which gave her a very special moment when sourcing music for The Contestant. She shares that story on this episode too.
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1h 12min
February 24, 2026 Nick Pugliese on School Spirits Season 3 & Beyoncé's Lemonade
School Spirits star Nick Pugliese joins Made Possible by Pop Culture's Danielle Turchiano to dive into Season 3 of the Paramount+ series, as well as why he listened to Beyoncé's Lemonade every day for years after it dropped in 2016.
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1h 6min

FAQs about Made Possible by Pop Culture:

How many episodes does Made Possible by Pop Culture have?

The podcast currently has 65 episodes available.