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Summary: "The streets are made of music." Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights was released just in time to make our music movies and musicals series and we are ready for it. Also discussed: High on the Hog, Lindy West, and Lisa's t-shirt collection. Show notes:

Lin-Manuel Miranda Apologizes For Lack Of Afro-Latinx Actors In 'In The Heights' (NPR)

After 2020, 'In the Heights' Means Even More (The Ringer)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Shit, Actually by Lindy West (audiobook)

Andrea G.: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)

Lisa: Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant (book)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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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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.

Summary: "Always Wong, never Wight." We continue on our tour of music movies and musicals and talk about one of the classics this week: the 1985 musical drama A Chorus Line. Also discussed: the music of Nimkish, the cult of ambition, and aggressive Vancouver crows. Show notes:

A Chorus Line (1985) - Dance: Ten, Looks: Three Scene (4/8) | Movieclips (YouTube)

Ryan Murphy to Adapt A Chorus Line For Netflix (Town & Country)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: "YSB FT. Ascxnsion" by Nimkish (music)

Andrea G.: "We're Finally Starting to Revolt Against the Cult of Ambition" by Kelli María Korducki (guest essay in NYTimes)

Lisa: Lucifer (Netflix)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.

Summary: "4 is the perfect number." This week we continue with our music and musicals series and talk about the 2007 live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film Enchanted. Also discussed: Crash Landing on You, fried chicken, and Friends: The Reunion. Show notes:

Enchanted 2: Everything We Know About the Enchanted Sequel Starring Amy Adams (Glamour)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Friends: The Reunion (Crave)

Andrea G.: BB.Q Chicken (restaurant); Crash Landing on You (Netflix)

Lisa: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (book)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.

Summary: "We're getting the band back together." This week we continue our tour of musicals and music films with the hit movie Dreamgirls. Also discussed: fire ants, Diana Ross in Mahogany, and the book How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell. Show notes:

Jennifer Holliday "And I'm Telling You" 1982 Tony Awards (YouTube)

Mahogany (1975) | Romantic Drama Movie | Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams (YouTube)

The Real Dreamgirls - How Gils Groups Changed American Music (Smithsonian)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: City of Ghosts (TV, Netflix)

Andrea G.: The Underground Railroad (TV, Amazon)

Lisa: How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell (book)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.

Summary: "Musical true crime." This week, pop culture omnivore Carlos Hernandez Fisher joins us to talk about a movie he saw five times in theatres: Moulin Rouge! Also discussed: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Mare of Easttown, and our ongoing efforts to reintegrate into society. Show notes:

Ranking the Moulin Rouge! songs, 20 years later (Vulture)

Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir Free Dance at Winter Olympics (YouTube)

Feature film, released between 2001-01-01 and 2001-12-31 (IMDb)

Carlos on Instagram

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Someone Like You by Christine Quintana (audio play)

Andrea G.: Mare of Easttown (TV)

Carlos: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (movie)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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.

Summary: "Soul patch vibe." This week writer Erika Thorkelson subs in for Lisa as we talk about the 2001 cult classic film Josie and the Pussycats. Also discussed: Fanny, Bridget Jones, and our various midlife crises. Show notes:

Midlife. Feel Good About Feeling Bad (a book containing the essay "Me and Bridget Jones" by Erika Thorkelson)

Pop This! EP 124: A Wrinkle in Time with Erika Thorkelson

Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly - Josie & the Pussycats (YouTube)

Josie and the Pussycats Is One of the Greatest Y2K Fashion Movies (Vogue)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Fanny (documentary)

Andrea G.: Good Girls (Netflix)

Erika: Space Sweepers (Netflix)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.

Summary: "Wanna dance, sister?" This week we hit week three of our musicals series with 1992 smash-hit movie Sister Act and discover that it may in fact not be a musical. Also discussed: the I Am All In podcast, Whoopi Goldberg's EGOT, and ideas for a gender-flipped version of Jaws. Show notes:

James Bond Evil Villian name generator (LoveReading)

How did 'Sister Act 2' become a classic musical? An under-the-radar sequel is now a mainstay of black culture (The Undefeated)

5 Members of the EGOT Winners' Circle (and 20 Almost-EGOTS) (MentalFloss)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Alias (TV)

Andrea G.: Merchant and Mills: The Dress Shirt (sewing pattern)

Lisa: I Am All In with Scott Patterson (podcast)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.

Summary: "Women in overalls." This week we kick-off our musical season with the ever-popular jukebox rom-com Mamma Mia! Also discussed: DOXA Documentary Film Festival, food-stealing dogs, and our most memorable wipeouts. Show notes: Franklin Gin Clark (Instagram)

Cash and Rudy (Instagram)

Muriel's Wedding - Waterloo (YouTube)

ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' (NPR)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Wipeout (TV)

Andrea G.: DOXA Documentary Film Festival, May 6-16 (online film festival)

Lisa: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (book)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.

Summary: "Man-crab." This week we talk about Melissa McCarthy's superhero comedy Thunder Force and discover it may not be the movie we want, but it's the movie we need. Also discussed: snakes in the woods, nature documentaries and Thandiwe Newton's season of Line of Duty. Show notes: Thunder Force Stops The Crab Robbery ft. Melissa McCarthy & Jason Bateman | Netflix (YouTube)

Thunder Force: When a Crab Loves a Woman (YouTube)

Jason Bateman's Crab Deserves His Own Superhero Movie (ScreenRant)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: "There Is No After" by Molly Osberg (article on Jezebel)

Andrea G.: Line of Duty, Season 4 (Netflix); "I'm Taking Back What's Mine": The Many Lives Of Thandiwe Newton" (British Vogue)

Lisa: Ted Lasso, Season 2 trailer (YouTube)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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.

Summary: "Netflix half-watch." Culture editor and film critic Dorothy Woodend drops by this week to tell us all about the films to keep an eye on at this year's Oscars. Also discussed: thrift store art, fried chicken, and Shira Spector's graphic novel Red Rock Baby Candy. Show notes: Lisa's photo on Thrift Store Art Instagram Alan Kim at the BAFTAs (Hollywood Reporter) Dorothy Woodend at the Tyee

Dorothy Woodend's gorgeous illustrations

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector (graphic novel)

Andrea G.: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (book)

Lisa: Nowness (website)

Dorothy: New Media Gallery's Alarming Art Machines (art exhibit)

Music credits:

"Good Times" 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

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

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.