Summary:

We take a look at Robert Altman's 1971 film McCabe & Mrs. Miller about a gambler and a sex worker and discuss how surprisingly relevant it is today.

Show notes:

McCabe & Mrs. Miller trailer

Why McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a feminist masterpiece      Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: 'A Little Life' by Hanya Yanagihara    Andrea Warner: Sandra Oh on 'Killing Eve'   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 From 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.

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

Today we dive deep into the romantic adventure sub-genre with "Romancing the Stone." Also discussed: Norm Macdonald, Nailed It and Are We Not Cats?   Show notes:   Norm Macdonald on Twitter   How I Finally Made Twitter Tolerable by Sarah Hagi   Romancing the Stone trailer   The Best Romantic Adventure Movies of All Time   Romancing the Stone Soundtrack Main Theme    Pop This! Valentine's Day with Mandy Len Catron    Diane Thomas, screenwriter for Romancing the Stone   The Michael Douglas kiss on Romancing the Stone     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Are We Not Cats?   Andrea Warner: Nailed It (Netflix)   Music credits:     "Good Times" 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's Inspiration Lab.

This week we discuss the criminally underappreciated 2002 coming of age film Real Women Have Curves.   Show notes:   Pop This! Ep 123 "Sex and the City" with Vivek Shraya   Cynthia Nixon Is Running for Office, But Some Can Only See Miranda Hobbs   What Does A Governor Do?   Real Women Have Curves trailer   15 years later, "Real Women Have Curves" remains one of the most important films for brown girls   American Ferrera IMDb   If You Like 'Lady Bird' Watch 'Real Women Have Curves' Right Now   Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Occupied (Netflix)   Andrea Warner: One Day At A Time (Netflix)   Music credits:   "Good Times" 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's Inspiration Lab.

"Everybody Hates Morning People." We invited Louise Burns on the podcast this week to talk about Spice World and her own personal experience as a teenager in an all-girl band. Also discussed: insomnia, Hilary Duff, and Justin Bieber books.   Show notes:   Louise Burns   Spice World trailer   All the Ways 'Spice World' Defines Who Your Favourite Spice Girl Is   Teenage Louise in Lillix, "It's About Time"   Bryan Adams - "When You're Gone" ft. Melanie C   If Only by Geri Halliwell   Hilary Duff on Community   Justin Bieber's books   "Mama" by Spice Girls     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Collateral on Netflix   Andrea Warner: Kristi Lane Sinclair (music)   Louise Burns: It Will Come To You by Actors (music)   Music credits:   "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of 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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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.

This week we invite writer and educator Erika Thorkelson on the podcast to discuss the new movie A Wrinkle In Time. Also discussed: Phil Donahue, Neko Case, and Jessica Jones Season 2.   Show notes:   Terms of Endearment soundtrack   Erika Thorkelson   A Wrinkle In Time trailer   Ava DuVernay IMDb   Phil Donahue wiki   'A Wrinkle in Time' Reviews: What the Critics Are Saying   'A Wrinkle in Time' Spoiler Review: A Heartbreaking Misfire With a Powerful Burden   Black Girl Magic Is Written In The Pages Of 'A Wrinkle In Time'   'A Wrinkle In Time' And The Burden Of Being First     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin    Andrea Warner: "Hell-On" by Neko Case   Erika Thorkelson: Jessica Jones (Season 2)   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 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.

"We're all Mirandas." Author, musician, and filmmaker Vivek Shraya joins us to talk about Sex and the City on the 20th anniversary of its debut.   Show notes:   Justin Theroux IMDb   Vivek Shraya   Too Attached (Vivek Shraya & Shamik Bilgi)   The Difficult Women of Sex and the City   A Ranking of the 13 Important "Sex and the City" Men   The 7 Most Messed-Up Things About Sex and the City   Kristin Davis's Passion? Her Adopted Elephant Chaimu!   Kim Cattrall's Instagram post to Sarah Jessica Parker   Kim Cattrall scatting on YouTube   Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Barbra Streisand dog cloning   Andrea Warner: William Prince's cover of Bo Diddley's "You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover."   Vivek Shraya: Rose Cousins   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 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.

"Not good at winter." This week we invite Riverdale Rag co-host Cecily Walker to talk about Black Panther, food documentaries and how good she is at doing winter. #WakandaForever   Show notes:   Taking Care of Business lyrics   The Riverdale Rag podcast   Fruitvale Station trailer   Ryan Coogler IMDb   Ta-Nehisi Coates: Black Panther   Black Panther: World of Wakanda   Janelle Monáe's "Make Me Feel" video   On The Media's Dreams of Wakanda   How Black Panther Tape Into 500 Years of History   Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: The Joel McHale Show (Netflix)   Andrea Warner: American Vandal (Netflix)   Cecily Walker: Ugly Delicious (Netflix)   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 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.

This week we invite three-peat superstar film critic Dorothy Woodend on the podcast to talk about all things Oscars 2018.    Show notes:   Alessia Cara Won't Apologize For Her Grammy Win   Kendrick Lamar at the 2018 Grammys   Dorothy Woodend, film critic at the Tyee   Full list of Oscar 2018 nominations   Florida Project trailer   Columbus trailer   Watch Tiffany Haddish's Hilarious NYFCC Acceptance Speech   Grammys Backlash Escalates with Open Letter from Six Female Music Executives     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: The Hilarious World of Depression (podcast)   Andrea Warner: Can I Enjoy the Art but Denounce the Artist? by Roxane Gay (article)   Dorothy Woodend: Killer of Sheep (film)    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 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.

"The politics of peripheral vision." As we close in on the Oscars, we take some time to talk about Sean Baker's brilliant film The Florida Project, one of our favourites of 2017. Also discussed: grey hair, Anthony Bourdain & the Murphy Brown reboot.   Show notes:   Chrissy Teigen Twitter   Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown   Sean Baker IMDb    Tangerine trailer   The Florida Project trailer   Bria Vinaite Instagram     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Elton John & Slayer farewell tours   Andrea Warner: Murphy Brown reboot   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 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.

For our Valentine's Day episode, we invited writer Mandy Len Catron on the podcast to talk about her favourite rom-coms, her least-favourite fictional couples, and what it was like to go viral with her NYT article "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This."   Show notes:   9-1-1 (tv show)   Oliver Stark twitter   Mandy Len Catron   Coal Miner's Daughter   How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays   Romancing the Stone trailer     Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Creep 1 and Creep 2 (films)   Andrea Warner: The Good Place (tv show)   Mandy Len Catron: Call Me By Your Name, audiobook version   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 From 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 Facebook

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.