Pop Rocket

Weekly discussion of the culture we all love to love. Join host Guy Branum and panelists Wynter Mitchell, Karen Tongson, and Margaret Wappler for smart, funny and sometimes sweary chat about everything great in entertainment. Combining comic, journalistic, academic and digital media expertise, the Pop Rocket team will keep you up-to-date on what's most exciting in pop culture.

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Ep. 215 - Dame Angela Lansbury with April Wolfe and S.A. Smythe


When she was 17, Dame Angela Lansbury quit her job at a department store to take a part in a movie, as 17-year-olds are wont to do. She played a young maid to Ingrid Bergman’s character in Gaslight, a film that garnered seven Oscar nominations and two w


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 March 9, 2019  1h5m
 
 

Ep. 214 - We Marie-Kondo the Oscars w/ Matt Rogers


Matt Rogers joins us to help tidy up the Oscars. The 91-year-old institution has gotten a bit cluttered, so the Pop Rocket panel applies the KonMari Method to the Academy Awards. We’ll keep everything that sparks joy, and the rest will be dropped off at


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 March 2, 2019  1h2m
 
 

Ep. 213 - Horror Noire with Tananarive Due


We’ve got a SCREAMINGLY great episode this week as the wonderful Tananarive Due joins us in studio for a deep cinematic dive into the world of black horror.


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 February 23, 2019  1h4m
 
 

Ep: 212 - The Fifth Annual Pop Tart Awards!


Are you ready for the 64th most electrifying show in Hollywood? Well get ready because it’s here, in your podcatcher: The Fifth Annual Pop Tart Awards!


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 February 16, 2019  1h7m
 
 

Ep: 211 - Mega Movie Catch-up Edition


On this week’s show, the panel play catch up. Each panelist was assigned to watch one film from this past year they missed when it was still in theaters. At the behest of Guy, Margaret watched Can You Ever Forgive Me. Karen Tongson was assigned Roma,


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 February 9, 2019  1h4m
 
 

Pop Rocket Ep 210 - The State of Adam McKay & Terry Crews Gets a Vote for PRSOA


Will Terry Crews receive the second-ever Pop Rocket Seal of Approval? Why wasn't Margaret on this week's show? Is Adam McKay a craftsman or an artist? These questions and more will be answered on this week's Pop Rocket!


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 February 2, 2019  59m
 
 

Pop Rocket Ep 209 - SchadenFYRE - The Most Epic Fyre Fest Discussion Ever


This week's show is a double dose of schadenfreude! The gang compares the dueling documentaries Hulu's "Fyre Fraud" and Netflix's "Fyre," which tell different versions of the tropical shit show that landed its mastermind Billy McFarland behind bars.


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 January 26, 2019  1h0m
 
 

Pop Rocket Ep - 208 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo


Once again we’re firing on all cylinders this week! It’s an ultra-packed show covering everything from The Masked Singer, Surviving R. Kelly, MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. and the need to move beyond moralistic posturing in critiquing comedy.


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 January 19, 2019  1h4m
 
 

Pop Rocket Ep. 207 Highlights & Lowlights of The Golden Globes & Netflix’s Bandersnatch


The ENTIRE PANEL is back together for a jam-packed episode! They talk Golden Globes, Bandersnatch and react to some of the commercial jingles you beautiful listeners sang to us on the Pop Rocket voicemail.


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 January 12, 2019  1h2m
 
 

Pop Rocket Ep. 206 Pop Culture Resolutions for 2019


Guy Branum is back for our first episode of 2019! Sadly, Margaret couldn’t join us because #health and Wynter was busy being a jet setter. This week, the panelists share their pop culture resolutions for 2019, and own up to resolution fails from the pa


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 January 4, 2019  1h7m