Pop This!

Summary: "Who needs a prince charming when you can be your own hero?" This week Sidney from Warriors Bards 'N Brews joins us to talk about one of their favourite films, Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Also discussed: coupon TikTok, Heavenly Creatures, and the enduring power of the "Mummer's Dance." Show notes: Bad Photo Good Food (Sidney's food Instagram) Mummer's Dance by Loreena McKennitt

Recommendations:

Andrea G.: I Have Nothing (Crave)

Andrea W.: And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (book)

Lisa: The Supermodels (Apple +)

Sidney: The Great North (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 "Flutterbee" 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: "More like Thanks-taking." This week we watch a star-studded Thanksgiving movie that for some reason no one has ever heard of called What's Cooking? Also discussed: The Morning Show, #VIFF2023, and some exciting upcoming fall events. Show notes: 'What's Cooking?' Simmers in Los Angeles Melting Pot (LA Times)

Recommendations:

Andrea G.: VIFF (film festival); specifically The Boy and The Heron and 32 Sounds

Andrea W.: Rise Up And Sing! by Andrea Warner (book)

Lisa: The Morning Show, Season 3 (Apple+)

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 "Flutterbee" 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 care about feminism. Your favorite show is Entourage!" We invite Chloe from Warriors Bards 'n Brews to talk about the horror-action-teen-sex-comedy Bottoms. Also discussed: Theatre Camp, Debby Friday's Polaris-winning album Good Luck, and the possibility that Lisa might not like pizza. Show notes: Warriors Bards 'n Brews (podcast) Chloe Krause Photography Chloe on Instagram

Recommendations:

Andrea G.: Debby Friday, Good Luck (music)

Andrea W.: How To Fail As A Pop Star (TV)

Lisa: Catwalk (1995 documentary)

Chloe: Talk To Me (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 "Flutterbee" 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: "It isn't art until someone says it is." We re-visit the Julia Roberts 2003 period drama Mona Lisa Smile but still can't quite figure out what it's supposed to be about. Also discussed: Rumor Has It, The Legend of Billie Jean, and How Did This Get Made: The Secret. Show notes: How Did This Get Made - EP 211 - The Secret (podcast) The Legend of Billie Jean (movie) Dominic West and Wife Catherine FitzGerald Say They're "Still Together" Despite Those Lily James Photos (E!)

Recommendations:

Andrea G.: I Like Movies (Netflix)

Andrea W.: Song By Song - A podcast about Tom Waits (podcast)

Lisa: Selling the O.C. (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 "Flutterbee" 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: "Thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism have been solved." Summer has passed and we're still talking about that Barbie movie, but this time, journalist Michelle Cyca joins us to give us her thoughts. Also discussed: Red Shoe Diaries, Tom Cruise, and new music from Hannah Georgas. Show notes: Red Shoe Diaries: rewatching a 90s' 'classic (Den of Geek) Michelle Cyca

Recommendations:

Andrea G.: I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care by Hannah Georgas (music)

Andrea W.: Bottoms (movie)

Lisa: Verity by Colleen Hoover (book)

Michelle: "My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise" by Caity Weaver (NYTimes article)

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 "Flutterbee" 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 too old to be young and too young to be old." This week author Kerry Clare joins us to talk about one of her favourite movies about friendship, Fried Green Tomatoes. Also discussed: dads, the song "Cat's in the Cradle," and Kerry's new novel, Waiting for a Star to Fall. Show notes: Cat's in the Cradle (Songfacts) Kerry Clare

Recommendations:

Andrea G.: The Americans (TV)

Andrea W.: Waiting for a Star to Fall by Kerry Clare (book)

Lisa: RHONY (new season)

Kerry: The Myth Makers by Keziah Weir (book)

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 "Flutterbee" 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: "Gentle unguarded eyes." Comic Joanne Tsung sits in for Lisa Christiansen on this episode and she helps us tackle The Lake House, ushering in a rude ending to the what was an otherwise beautiful summer of Keanu Reeves that we enjoyed in 2019. Also discussed: magical dogs, turtlenecks, and 2006 movie tropes. Show notes: Joanne Tsung on Instagram The Lake House trailer

Il Mare trailer

How Did This Get Made? The Lake House LIVE! (podcast)

Keanu Reeves' dramatic sneezing (Instagram) Fox Hole Comedy Recommendations: Andrea W.: Lightning Dust, Spectre (music)

Joanne: Gentleman Jack (TV) 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 and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library's wonderful Inspiration Lab.

Summary: "Be funny at least." We are on a summer break and have pulled an oldie-but-goodie out of the archives for you to enjoy. Author and podcaster Dina Del Bucchia joins us on this episode to share her considerable expertise in the genre of rom-coms and discuss the classic Meg Ryan movie You've Got Mail. Also discussed: '90s hair, Pretty Little Liars, and the Godfather. Show notes: China White Shots Dina Del Bucchia's personal website Can't Lit podcast Dina Del Bucchia on Twitter Rectum keychain, similar to Dina's It's A Big Deal, an upcoming book by Dina Del Bucchia You've Got Mail trailer Joe Versus the Volcano trailer This American Life: "Rom-Com" This Is How Meg Ryan Really Feels About Her Iconic Haircut (Refinery29) Recommendations: Andrea: You Must Remember This (podcast) Lisa: The Dropout (podcast) Dina: Derry Girls (Netflix), A Mind Spread Out On The Ground by Alicia Elliott (book) Music credits: "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey aka D-REX From Free Music Archive CC BY 4.0 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 and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library's wonderful Inspiration Lab.

Summary: It seems like only yesterday that we first talked about Amy Sherman Palladino's latest hit show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Now, in the year 2023, we are witness to its fifth and final season. This week's summer re-release episode harkens back to 2020 when we discussed the first season of the period comedy-drama with the always-funny Morgan Brayton. Show notes: Morgan Brayton Morgan Brayton on Twitter The Lady Show Pioneering comic Jean Carroll (YouTube) Lenny Bruce: All Alone (YouTube) Shtick, stereotypes, and self-parody: How 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' gets Jewish culture wrong (LA Times)

Recommendations: Andrea W.: The Allusionist: Live on the Road (podcast) Lisa: Catch and Kill with Ronan Farrow (podcast)

Morgan: I Saw Three Ships by Bill Richardson (book) Music credits:

"Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod Music from https://filmmusic.io CC BY 4.0

"Ghost" 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 and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library's wonderful Inspiration Lab.

Summary: "Clever girls." We are taking a summer break and pulling some classics out of the archive. This is an oldie but goodie from 2020, when we invited many-time guest Hannah McGregor on the podcast to talk about her feminist read of Jurassic Park and why she thinks it is a perfect movie. Also discussed: Boniface, Insecure and She-Ra and the Princess of Power. Show notes: Leandra & Harling Debate: Is Getting Dressed Only Satisfying If Other People See It? (Man Repeller) Episode 3.1 - Jurassic Park (Secret Feminist Agenda) 'Jurassic Park' is an Inherently Feminist Interpretation (Paleontology World)

Music credits

"Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey AKA D-REX 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 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.