It's time to talk comedy, and we have a comedian here to help. The long-awaited Mo Polyak makes her Uncultured Pop Culture debut and brings a comedy movie and a comedy special that's also an album. It's confusing, but don't worry, you'll figure it out.

Music: INSIDE (2021) by Bo Burnham

Films: Bo Burnham: Inside (2021), directed by Bo Burnham; Game Night (2018), directed by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

Chapters:

(2:05) Introductions and Mo’s rating system

(3:51) The Odyssey, Petal, and more

(9:52) Background on Bo Burnham and Inside

(23:20) Inside: Side 1 track by track

(1:07:22) Inside: Side 2 track by track

(1:37:33) Scores and thoughts on Inside

(1:48:34) Background on Game Night

(1:56:48) Scores and discussion of Game Night

(2:16:39) Follow Mo everywhere!

It's time to travel to Los Angeles in the 90s. Maybe we'll stop by a Ralphs to drink some milk in an aisle. Or maybe we'll stop by Crenshaw and Slauson. We've heard Compton is pretty interesting. And the Valley is home to some great directors of a certain type of movie. The world is our oyster.

Music: The Chronic (1992) by Dr. Dre

Film: The Big Lebowski (1998), directed by Joel Coen

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

Chapters:

(1:30) The Criterion Collection / Music, Fashion, Film

(6:44) The Chronic background

(12:44) Track by track

(37:47) Scores and thoughts on The Chronic

(41:34) The Big Lebowski background

(53:15) Scores and discussion of The Big Lebowski

(1:03:19) Follow us everywhere @UnculturedPopCulture

This week, we are seeing the full technicolor spectrum. We're covering the oldest movie we've done so far, and boy, is it a classic! We've also got an album that many would consider one of the best ever. Will we agree with everyone else?

Music: The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) by Pink Floyd

Film: The Wizard of Oz (1939), directed by Victor Fleming

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

Chapters:

(01:21) What we watched and listened to

(05:20) Background on The Dark Side of the Moon

(19:43) Track by track

(42:59) Thoughts on the album and the pairing

(49:10) The insane production of The Wizard of Oz

(1:15:32) Our thoughts on The Wizard of Oz

(1:34:15) Follow us everywhere @UnculturedPopCulture

This week, we travel to the South (Alabama and Louisiana, specifically), to talk all about Southern Gothic. We've got a very long album and an independent film, so any score is possible for either of us.

Music: Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You (2025) by Ethel Cain

Film: Eve's Bayou (1997), directed by Kasi Lemmons

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

We'll be back. And now we are. For the first time, we're covering a sequel! And this time we get to listen to some EDM with it.

Music: For Lack of a Better Name (2009) by deadmau5

Film: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), directed by James Cameron

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

Can men and women be friends? Was 1989 the most important year in pop culture history? Is this Rob Reiner's best film? Is this Taylor Swift's best album? We were invited to her wedding at Madison Square Garden, and this is the inside scoop.

Music: 1989 (Deluxe) (2014) by Taylor Swift

Film: When Harry Met Sally... (1989), directed by Rob Reiner

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

We just came up with the greatest pairing in the history of the podcast. And it just so happens to feature what some would call the greatest band in history. Coincidence?

Music: A Hard Day's Night (1964) by The Beatles

Film: A Hard Day's Night (1964), directed by Richard Lester

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

Dante returns to the show after contributing to one of the highest-scoring episodes last season. Can he do it again? And does he love these two pieces more than what he brought last time?

Music: Pang (2019) by Caroline Polachek

Movie: Paper Moon (1973), directed by Peter Bogdanovich

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

It's time for us to travel back to Los Angeles, this time in the 2010s. We cover important topics related to the city, such as materialism, celebrity culture, and fake people. And most importantly: will we like either of these works?

Music: deadroses (2015) by blackbear

Film: The Bling Ring (2013), directed by Sofia Coppola

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Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

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David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic

It's Episode 15! And that means we have to subject ourselves to some pretty bad stuff. Season 2's episode sees us dealing with Cats, the movie that started COVID-19, and Total Xanarchy, an album so bad that it was taken off streaming. If you want to listen, this is where we found it! Hopefully our suffering brings you joy.

Music: Total Xanarchy (2018) by Lil Xan

Movie: Cats (2019), directed by Tom Hooper

Find the New Music Weekly playlist here, updated every Wednesday.

Art by @teebart

Music by Popular Girl

Follow us on Instagram @UnculturedPopCulture and find all our links here!

David: @davoogi on Instagram, Letterboxd, and RateYourMusic

Brandon: @itspopulargirl on Instagram, @brandonthe on Letterboxd and RateYourMusic