Episodes

  • Drew Barrymore in the original 1984 Firestarter | Pop This! Episode 432

    Drew Barrymore in the original 1984 Firestarter | Pop This! Episode 432
    Sep 18 2024
    Summary "For you, Daddy." This week, we are transported back to 1980s America while watching the original Firestarter starring Drew Barrymore. Also discussed: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, All Fours by Miranda July, and a lovely new song from Toronto singer and songwriter taeo. Show notes: Here's Why Stephen King Hated 1984's Firestarter (Slash Film) Recommendations: Lisa: Emily in Paris (Season 4) (TV); All Fours by Miranda July (book) Andrea G.: "Morningside" by taeo (music) Andrea W.: Doppleganger by Naomi Klein (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 "Good Times" 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.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Say Anything turns 35 | Pop This! Episode 431

    Say Anything turns 35 | Pop This! Episode 431
    Sep 11 2024
    Summary "The rain on my car is a baptism." This week we revisit one of the greatest teenage rom-com dramas ever made on its 35th anniversary: Say Anything. Also discussed: Emily Gilmore, Creed, and other pop culture reckonings. Show notes: Nobody Thinks It Will Work, Do They? ‘Say Anything…’ Turns 30 (The Ringer) Recommendations: Lisa: Deaner '89 (film) Andrea G.: If Cats Disappeared From The World by Genki Kawamura (book) Andrea W.: The Bed I Made by The Softies (music) 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 "Good Times" 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.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Pop This! Episode 430

    Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Pop This! Episode 430
    Sep 4 2024
    Summary "A sadness of men." We've reached the final movie of our Manix Pixie Dream Girl series and realize what connects these movies are sad men of the early 2000s, not quirky women. Also discussed: Behind Her Eyes, Jackpot! and the second ending of Bennifer. Show notes: The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown (AV Club) I'm sorry for coining the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (Salon) The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Elizabethtown (Redux) (Stereogum) Recommendations: Lisa: Behind Her Eyes (Netflix) Andrea G.: Jackpot! (Prime) Andrea W.: "Middle" by Nicky Lawrence (music) 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 "Good Times" 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.
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    58 mins
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Elizabethtown | Pop This! Episode 429

    Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Elizabethtown | Pop This! Episode 429
    Aug 28 2024
    Summary "I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember." We have come to the third movie in our Manic Pixie Girl series, and some say this is the movie where it all began: Elizabethtown. Also discussed: Andrea Warner's broken toe, swimming while injured, and the various films of Cameron Crowe. Show notes: The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown (AV Club) I'm sorry for coining the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (Salon) The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Elizabethtown (Redux) (Stereogum) Recommendations: Lisa: One Day (Netflix) Andrea G.: Loony (music) Andrea W.: Robot Dreams (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 "Good Times" 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.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girls and 500 Days of Summer | Pop This! Episode 428

    Manic Pixie Dream Girls and 500 Days of Summer | Pop This! Episode 428
    Aug 21 2024
    Summary "I love the Smiths.” It may have been a mistake but we are three movies deep into our Manic Pixie Dream Girl series and it's not getting any easier. This week we talk about 500 Days of Summer and wonder what kind of people we were in 2009. Also discussed: skincare routines, scurvy and quick sand. Show notes: Can explain to me what the message of "500 days of summer" is? (Reddit) Recommendations: Lisa: Good Material by Dollly Alderton (fiction) Andrea G.: Harlow Skin Co. (skincare) Andrea W.: Jump Scare by Daniel Zomparelli and You're Gonna Love This by Dina Del Bucchia (poetry) 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 "Good Times" 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.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Dirty Dancing on our 10th anniversary live from the Rio Theatre | Pop This! Episode 427

    Dirty Dancing on our 10th anniversary live from the Rio Theatre | Pop This! Episode 427
    Aug 14 2024
    Summary This week we come to you live from The Rio Theatre in Vancouver! It’s Pop This’s 10th anniversary this year, if you can believe it. On top of that, Andrea Warner recently released a book called Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing. We wanted to celebrate both things, so we got together with the fine folks at The Rio to create a night that included a reading from Andrea, a live recording of Pop This!, a screening of Dirty Dancing, and a costume contest. Our guest on this episode is the always wonderful programmer from the Rio, Rachel Fox. Music credits "Get Happy" by Podington Bear From: Free Music Archive 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 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.
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    41 mins
  • Garden State on its 20th annivesary | Pop This! Episode 426

    Garden State on its 20th annivesary | Pop This! Episode 426
    Aug 7 2024
    Summary "This whole movie is a lie." We find figure skating deception at the heart of the seminal movie Garden State as we revisit it on its 20th anniversary. Also discussed: Francine Pascal, the Olympics, and boat cruises. Show notes: “You Gotta Hear This One Song”: The Oral History of the ‘Garden State’ Soundtrack" (Ringer) Recommendations: Lisa: Long Legs (movie) Andrea G.: The Shrimp Whisperer (Artist) Andrea W.: Bookspo (podcast) 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 "Good Times" 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.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The perfect summer movie: Twister (1996) (Pop This! Encore presentation)

    The perfect summer movie: Twister (1996) (Pop This! Encore presentation)
    Jul 31 2024
    Summary: "Finger of God." We're taking a break this week so we have dug up an episode about one of the all-time best summer blockbuster films: Twister. Also discussed: Women and Other Monsters, Minor Feelings, and public swimming pool etiquette. Show notes: Helen Hunt Answers Every Question We Have About Twister (Vulture) Twister Is the Perfect '90s Disaster Flick (Vulture) Recommendations: Andrea G.: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (book) Lisa: Ted Lasso, Season 2 (TV) Andrea W.: Women and Other Monsters by Jess Zimmerman (book/audiobook) 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.
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    1 hr and 4 mins