Rise baby, it's time for a shiny new episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month I am joined by Emmy award-winning VFX artist, Amazon #1 best-selling writer, and generally lovely person, Colin Stein, as he gears up for the release of his upcoming 'The Art of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' book. Join us as we chat about all things Rise, how the book came about, collating all the wonderful behind the scenes info, and how we will always go to bat for Rise on the internet. All this, plus reviews of Ready or Not 2, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, and They Will Kill You, as well as lots of interesting insights on VFX and me not being able to get over The Drama. Pop the kettle on and enjoy!

Colin's song & Stacey's song & Stacey's Colin song

Good day to you all and welcome to another fine installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month I am joined by professional animator, fellow podcaster, and lovely bloke Gareth Cavanagh, and boy do we have lots to talk about. I've been to the cinema a million times* since last episode, so we chat about Send Help, Cold Storage, and Hoppers, whilst Gareth is on the TV train and shares his thoughts on Shrinking, Ted Lasso, and the new series of Scrubs. Plus, we get very excited for upcoming Spider-Man shenanigans. Grab a nice hot cuppa and a slice of your favourite cake and enjoy!

*may be a slight exaggeration...

Stacey's song & Gareth's song

Flippin' spoiling you this month, ay I? It's another Stacey Solo Shorty as a turtley delightful treat for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Day! That's right, TMNT has it's own day thanks to a Los Angeles mayor declaring March 19 as such back in 1993, and you'd better believe this self-proclaimed Senior UK TMNT Correspondent wanted to celebrate. As such, here I am answering such questions as "What do you think of Venus as a concept?", "How would you fix TMNT III?", and "Why the Hell does Krang's robot body look like that?!" 

Grab a slice and enjoy!

As a little International Women's Day treat, I bring you another solo Stacey short. This episode, I share my thoughts on The Bride! The (very spoiler-y, you have been warned) thoughts are not very coherent, but then again neither is the movie, so grab a cuppa and enjoy!

Happy International Women's Day to all who celebrate!

Hello there, you absolute legend, and welcome to another episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month, I am joined by fellow indie podcaster and all-around delightful gent, Justin Scoviak, as we delve into some of the movies and TV we've been enjoying of late. Listen in to find out our thoughts on Can You Keep A Secret?, Companion, Wake Up Dead Man, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and lots more! All this, plus a trip back in time thanks to Justin's VHS collection.

Whip yourself up a nice hot chocolate, snuggle under a blanket, and enjoy!

Justin's song & Stacey's song

Grab a bit of cake and pop a candle in it folks; it's The Parlour's 14th birthday! To celebrate, I recorded a wee solo Stace adventure in which I review The Running Man, Die My Love, and The Housemaid, recommend a few other tip-top podcasts for your audio enjoyment, and share the strangest dream I've ever had. Enjoy!

Thank you so much to everyone who has tuned in and supported the show in any way over the last 14yrs; you're all stars and I'm super grateful that you chose to spend some time with me in The Parlour. Cheers!

Stacey's song recommendation

(It's possibly too late in the month to say it but also rude not to); Happy New Year lovely listeners! This month I have been snowed in and therefore seen and done very little, so you know what that means; it's time to get the ever delightful Ruth Husko back for a bit of a chinwag. As Ruth still hates films, we dive into such topics as whether Arm & Hammer toothpaste is actually any good, actors who are too actor-y for us to suspend our disbelief, the uncanniness of AI generated human faces, body horror, and the best compliments we've ever received. Grab a nice hot bevvy and curl up under a blanket, and enjoy Ruth and I in your ears x

Ruth's first song, Ruth's second song, and Stacey's song

"You there!" called Scrooge, "What day is it?" "Why, it's Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour's 2025 Review podcast release day, sir!" 

That's right; join my splendiferous husband Rich and I as we countdown our Top 5 Albums, TV Shows, and Movies of 2025. 

Will your favourites make our list? Grab a festive beverage and a mince pie (or Yule log, if you are mince-averse like me) and find out!

Merry Christmas, y'all

Spoiler warnings for, well, almost everything, really...!

The Best of 2025 Music Playlist

Would you accept a kiss from Ray Fillet to save your life? Duncan & I dive into the watery world of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S1 E7-12.

Spoiler warning for all of those episodes, plus the first 6 episodes, plus a bit of The Last Ronin...!

Music from the show by Matt Mahaffey.

Good day to you all, and welcome to Episode 176 of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour. This month I am joined by Raging Rich and T.A. Shelano of the Middle-Aged Bodcast for a delightful chat about podcasting, men's mental health, and writing two novels. I get very excitable about Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, Rich is already on the Christmas film train, and T.A. tries to convince me to give Breaking Bad a second try. All this, plus Pluribus, The Chair Company, and...shepherd's pie?! Grab a nice hot drink and enjoy x

T.A.'s song, Rich's song & Stacey's song