Summary   "'He is using up all our sunset." We have a bit of an announcement this week but we're also very much Reese Witherspoon completists so we're combining both things and also talking about her latest film, You're Cordially Invited.    Content warning: discussion of cancer.     Show notes:    Claws (Apple TV+)     Recommendations   Andrea W.:  Doctor Odyssey (Disney TV+)   Lisa:  Conclave (movie)   Andrea G.:  Miss Scarlett (Prime)    

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary   "Even when I wanted to look away I knew I couldn’t." This week we are talking about the story of photographer Lee Miller as portrayed in the movie Lee. Also discussed: our favourite new music,  benefit concerts, and movies about Great Men.     Show notes:   Lee Miller Archives     Recommendations   Andrea W.: Confessions of an Anti-Social Butterfly by Bukola (music)   Lisa:  A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami (book)   Andrea G.: Sadé Awele (music)    

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary   "You Don't Know What Tennis Is." We finally dig into the sports drama Challengers with ace guest Brittany Tiplady and discover what the sport is all about. Also discussed: Zendaya, tennis, and the idea of marrying the 'ick.'     Show notes:   Challengers got everything right about my sport – apart from the sexiness (Andrea Petkovic, The Guardian)     Recommendations   Andrea W.: Sports Car Era by  Devours (music)   Lisa: Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik (book)   Andrea G.:  The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)   Brittany: Slow Horses (Apple TV +)  

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary   "I'm not being paid enough for this." This week we dive headfirst into Oscars season with a film that has elements of both romance and comedy but is definitely not a rom-com: Anora.  Also discussed: the feasibility of watching movies and TV in this day and age without looking up anything on our phones.   Show notes:   Heaux Joy: I’m a sex worker. Anora is one of the few movies about my profession that doesn’t make me cringe (Risdon Roberts, Slate)     Recommendations   Andrea W.: Flow (movie)   Lisa: A Real Pain (movie)   Andrea G.: Unstoppable (movie)  

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary   "I don’t want to be in a situation for even an hour where I’m not enjoying myself." We finally get around to talking about our favourite pop culture items from last year, and vow to live by the words of Kim Cattrall in 2025.    Show notes:   Robot Dreams   Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation   The New York Brownstone in Mr. & Mrs. Smith Is the Show’s True Star  

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary:   We're still on holiday break this week so we're resurfacing this episode we did in 2018 on Little Women.    "Not so little women." Over the years, there have been many film, stage and television versions of the classic book Little Women. Pop This! producer Andrea Gin loves the 1949 version, Lisa Christiansen prefers the 1994 iteration and Andrea Warner is watching both for the first time ever. Let the debate begin!        Show notes:   Gutenberg Project: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott    Little Women 1949 trailer   Little Women 1994 trailer   Little Women 2018 with Lea Thompson trailer   Little Women 2018 on PBS   Little Women 1933 with Katharine Hepburn trailer   Little Women 2019 directed by Greta Gerwig IMDb   Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of 'Little Women' and Why It Still Matters (The Atlantic)   Recommendations:   Andrea W: "Art is Our Language: Inside the Indigenous Renaissance with Jeremy Dutcher and Snotty Nose Rez Kids" (Exclaim!)   Lisa: Dumplin' (Netflix)   Andrea G: Mitski, Be the Cowboy   Music credits:    "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

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Logo design by Samantha Smith

Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist.

Press play and come hang out with your two new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library's wonderful Inspiration Lab.

 

Summary:

When Harry Met Sally just celebrated its 35th anniversary and we are re-releasing the episode we did on it way back in 2017 because there is no better way to greet the New Year than by re-watching one of the best rom-coms of them all! Also discussed: The African Queen, Atomic Blonde, and The Way We Were.

Show notes:   Spanish Twelve Grapes   When Harry Met Sally trailer   The Way We Were trailer   The myth of the male bumbler   Obvious Child trailer   Recommendations:   Andrea: Rom Com by Dina Del Bucchia & Daniel Zomparelli   Lisa: Atomic Blonde (but with a warning that it's extremely violent)   Music credits:   "Get Happy Now" by Podington Bear from Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 3.0   "Glockenspiel Beat" by Podington Bear from Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0   Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst From Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL  

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Logo design by Samantha Smith

Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist.

Press play and come hang out with your two new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library.

Summary   "I used only the good notes.” We're celebrating Christmas the only way we know how at Pop This! — by arguing about Love Actually vs. The Holiday. This year we are thrilled to have New York Times bestselling author Marissa Stapley on the episode to give us a new perspective on this decade-old debate. Also discussed: maximalism, Bill Cunningham, and the excellent podcast Bookspo.      Show notes:   Marissa Stapley's website   Apple TV+ announces “Lucky,” new limited series starring SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Anya Taylor-Joy   Lucky by Marissa Stapley   Marissa Stapley on Instagram       Recommendations:   Lisa:  "Fashion Climbing: A Memoir" by Bill Cunningham (book)    Andrea G.:  Dunya by Mustafa (music)   Andrea W.:  A Nonesense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (Netflix)   Marrisa: Bookspo (podcast)   

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary   "Isn't there anybody that loves me?" After a decade of talking about holiday rom-coms, we're finally watching The Family Stone. Also discussed: Black Doves, Doctor Odyssey, and holiday music from Breagh Isabel.   Show notes:   The Family Stone Is The Most Jewish Christmas Movie (Refinery29)     Recommendations:   Lisa:  Black Doves (Netflix)   Andrea G.: Doctor Odyssey (Disney +)   Andrea W.: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by Breagh Isabel (YouTube)  

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

 

Summary   "I don't cause commotions. I am one." This week we're talking about the biggest musical of our times: Wicked. Also discussed: Interior Chinatown, A Man On The Inside, and brain rot.     Show notes:   Tressie McMillan Cottom on Wicked (Instagram)     Recommendations:   Lisa:  Glee - Season 1 "Defying Gravity" (YouTube)   Andrea G.:  Interior Chinatown (Disney +)   Andrea W.:  A Man On The Inside (Netflix)  

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Good Times" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.