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Summary: "Pickle man." This week we are talking about the smart, endearing rom-com Crossing Delancey and look back on the career of trailblazing director Joan Micklin Silver. Show notes: Cucumber – refreshing and uplifting, setting your imagination free, sending you to lush green meadows, creating dreams of happiness and freedom (Fragrences.bg) Types Of Lavender: Difference Between French And English Lavender (GardeningKnowHow) Joan Micklin Silver on Casting Crossing Delancey and Steven Spielberg's Role in Getting the Film Made (Filmmaker Magazine) 'Crossing Delancey': A Pickle Seller's Love Story Turns 30 (Tablet)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Old Soul Rebel live concert stream from the Shadoldt Theatre on Feb. 11, 2021 Andrea G.: Lupin (Netflix)

Lisa: Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (book)

Music credits:

"Flutterbee" 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: This week we're watching one of the most powerful and moving films we've seen in recent memory: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Also discussed: blues music, the plays of August Wilson, and Chani Nicholson's book, You Were Born For This. Show notes: You're Wrong About Podcast - Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson's "Open Book" Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and the Liberating Power of Music (Atlantic)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: You Were Born For This by Chani Nicholson (book or audiobook) Andrea G.: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought To Screen (Netflix documentary)

Lisa: Wine Girl by Victoria James (book)

Music credits:

"Flutterbee" 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: "Love you for 10,000 years." This week The Cinematheque's Chelsea Birks joins us to talk about Wong Kar-Wai's offbeat crime thriller/rom-com Chungking Express. Also discussed: Into Thin Air, vision boards, and what it means to be disruptively cute. Show notes: Buy Chinese joss paper (KK Discount) The Cinematheque/World of Wong Kar-Wai Chelsea Birks at the Cinematheque Chungking Express movie review (Roger Ebert)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (book and audiobook) Andrea G.: Nothing But Thirty (YouTube) or by subscription on Rakuten Viki

Lisa: Pretend It's A City (Netflix) Chelsea: Happy Together (movie), Into Thin Air (book)

Music credits:

"Flutterbee" 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: "The DuVernay Test." This week Pop This! dives into the show everyone seems to be watching: Bridgerton. Also discussed: How To with John Wilson, Natalie Wood, and Andrea Warner's fresh-faced innocence. Show notes: Tator tot waffles (Damn Delicious) Want to measure a film's diversity? Try "the DuVernay test." (Vox)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO/Crave) Andrea G.: How To with John Wilson (HBO/Crave) Lisa: Community (iTunes)

Music credits:

"Flutterbee" 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: "Unhinged and free." For our first episode of 2021, we discuss one of our favoruite TV shows from last year: The Flight Attendant. Also discussed: psychic powers, Palm Springs, and Lisa's New Year's Challenges. Show notes: Feed your soul: the 31-day literary diet for January (the Guardian) A Hot Mess Caught in a Caper in "The Flight Attendant" (New Yorker) 'The Flight Attendant' Is a Darker, Deeper Show Than Its Hype Suggests (Observer)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Chani Nicholas (horoscopes) Andrea G.: Off Menu (podcast) Lisa: Palm Springs (Hulu)

Music credits:

"Flutterbee" 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: "Freezer chips." It's the final Pop This! episode of 2020, and the Andreas and Lisa spend it talking about the most memorable pop culture moments of the year. Show notes:

Let's Eat (Netflix)

Tokyo Stories: Midnight Diner (Netflix)

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.

Summary: "Who's looking after the dog?" In what has become a yearly tradition, Pop This! spends our sixth consecutive holiday season arguing about what is the better Christmas movie - Love Actually or The Holiday. Show notes: Nancy Meyers week at Vulture Episode 5: Love Actually vs. The Holiday 1 Episode 59: Love Actually vs. the Holiday, Round 2 Episode 109: Love Actually vs. the Holiday, Round 3 Episode 163: Love Actually vs. The Holiday 4 Episode 210: Love Actually live from the Rio Theatre

Recommendations: Lisa: The Holiday Season (podcast) Andrea G.: The Flight Attendant (Crave) Andrea W.: Big Mouth, Season 4 (Netflix)

Music credits:

"Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod From Incompetech 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: "Orphan friend." We dive full-on into the festive season by watching this year's most buzzed-about holiday film, Happiest Season. Also discussed: Dead Eyes, movies we know we won't watch, and the music of Lu Kala. Show notes: How a Queer Icon Made the Holiday Film of the Year (Atlantic) I Love Kirsten Stewart's Looks in Happiest Season (the Cut)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Lu Kala, Worthy (music) Andrea G.: Dead Eyes (podcast) Lisa: The Undoing (TV)

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

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: "Raindrops on roses." After over 40 years of denying herself the pleasure of watching the most successful musical of all time, Andrea Warner finally sits down to watch The Sound of Music. Also discussed: Doctor Zhivago, puppeteering, and all the holiday parties we won't be going to this year. Show notes: Julie's Library (Julie Andrews podcast) All these years later, The Sound Of Music remains one of the world's favorite things (AV Club)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (COVID parody) (YouTube) Andrea G.: Doctor Zhivago (movie)

Lisa: Marcia Belsky, 100 tampons (Twitter)

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

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: "There's no male equivalent of a diva." This week we watch Selena, the 1997 biographical musical drama about the life and career of the late singer Selena Quintanilla Perez. Also discussed: nightgowns, Grey Gardens, and Andrea Warner's predilection for imported soap from Seattle. Show notes: MAC's Selena collection Documentary Now! Grey Gardens clip (YouTube) Everything We Know About Netflix's 'Selena: The Series' (So Far) (Billboard)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: Los Texmaniacs (music)Andrea G.: "Turns Out It's Pretty Good: Nightgowns" (Amil Niazi, The Cut)

Lisa: The Mandalorian (TV)

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

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.