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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h0m. Bisher sind 228 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 19 hours

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The Met Gala, First Albums & Superhero Movies


Reunited, the gang judge the dresses from the Met Gala and discuss which actresses the industry might consider “hot enough to get a Hemsworth". Plus Wynter shares her home rental strategy.


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 May 10, 2015  49m
 
 

Bruce Jenner, Jeffrey Jay & Mad Men


Comedian Jeffrey Jay joins the team to talk about the Bruce Jenner’s 20/20 interview and why it’s the single most important trans event we’ve seen. Plus we hear which what person’s involvement guarantees that each of our panel will see a film.


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 May 3, 2015  54m
 
 

Wikileaks, Montage of Heck & Grey’s Anatomy


How damaged was Ben Affleck by the revelation he tried to keep his slave-owner heritage quiet? And did Wikileaks go too far in sharing such personal details about Sony’s Amy Pascal?


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 April 26, 2015  1h0m
 
 

Game of Thrones, P-22 & Bad News Bears


Game of Thrones is back so we talk about “learning to Cersei”, ask whether a TV show can ever have enough incest and get into the wonders of sexposition. Plus we name the pieces of culture we initially disliked but then came to love.


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 April 16, 2015  49m
 
 

Mad Men, Gay Anthems & Madonna Does Stand-Up


Karen Tongson joins the team this week to talk Mad Men and the entropy of the patriarchy, classic movies that we should have seen but haven’t and watching The Slap as “Norm-Porn”.


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 April 11, 2015  57m
 
 

Trevor Noah, Tidal & Going Clear


Is it fair to hold the new Daily Show host to task for tweets he made before getting the job? What’s the lure of Scientology and is HBO’s new documentary any good? Plus some of the planet’s biggest music stars have launched a streaming service, will


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 April 5, 2015  47m
 
 

Monica Lewinsky, Mission Impossible 5 & SxSWi


Guy and Margaret are both all about Monica Lewinsky’s recent TED presentation, Wynter’s been at South by Southwest Interactive and Oliver thinks you should listen to the new Earl Sweatshirt album.


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 March 25, 2015  1h4m
 
 

Kendrick Lamar, #ThatCism & MaxFunDrive


Jesse Thorn drops by to explore American racism in his beloved signature segment, #ThatCism. Plus, Guy’s got an actual Jam!


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 March 20, 2015  1h27m
 
 

New Music, Inappropriate Movies & Kimmy Schmidt


We share our first inappropriate movie experiences, chat Grey Gardens, frat racism and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, plus Wynter ranks the Hemsworth Brothers and Margaret takes us through a discussion of where we’re all going to discover new music.


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 March 11, 2015  58m
 
 

Broad City, Fresh Off The Boat & #TheDress


Hate-watching Downton Abby, Wynter’s favorite new live-stream video app and #TheDress, plus Broad City and Fresh Off the Boat are making us all lol hard. We’re missing Guy this week so will just say it here: Oh hey there, listener!


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 March 4, 2015  43m