Musicals, Primaries and Pop Culture with Karen Tongson

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Musicals, Primaries and Pop Culture with Karen Tongson

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71 minutes

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Dec 24, 2015

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Karen Tongson joins the team to talk politics in the context of pop culture.
With Wynter Mitchell, Oliver Wang, Karen Tongson and host Guy Branum. Produced by Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org

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Dec 24, 2015

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Pop culture discussion with Guy Branum, Wynter Mitchell, Margaret Wappler and Karen Tongson

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Kids TV with Ella Mizota-Wang: Donald Trump videos, Muppet raps and Gyno-Star. Plus Oliver's daughter drops in to help discuss Kids TV. by Pop Rocket
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Looking, American Sniper and #Cism: HBO’s Looking has been billed as the gay, male, Sex and the City or Girls. We ask why TV can’t do gay right. Plus MaxFun boss Jesse Thorn drops in for his new signature segment. by Pop Rocket
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Summer Blockbusters & Vodka: The team review Age of Ultron, Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2. Plus The Mad Men Finale, Jams and Vodka. by Pop Rocket
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Golden Globes Debrief: Guy Branum is joined by Wynter Mitchell, Santina Muha, Oliver Wang and Margaret Wappler for a Golden Globes debrief. by Pop Rocket
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Deflate-gate, The Boy Next Door and the death of the album: The New England Patriots “deflate-gate” scandal, privilege in the arts and whether the latest music sales stats signal the end of the album. Wynter’s been to see The Boy Next Door and guy’s jam is a podcast about Canadian politics. by Pop Rocket
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50 Shades, SNL and Social Media: 50 Shades, Jupiter Ascending, SNL at 40 and Social Media. by Pop Rocket
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Wiki Spice, Yam Lube & Cancelled TV: Which Spice Girl would each of the team be? Plus, why Oliver’s all about basketball at the moment, which cancelled TV shows are we sad about and which have already overstayed their welcome and Wynter reveals her 5th and 6th quadrants! by Pop Rocket
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Romcom Summit with Linda Holmes: Linda Holmes (from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour) stops by to talk about the most exciting upcoming TV shows and to get serious about romantic comedy. Plus, music to fight to, #periodsarenotaninsult, “The Jewesses of Television” and Wynter’s met al by Pop Rocket
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Do I Sound Gay?: The gang marvel at the young Patrick Swayze, discuss which characters in Game of Thrones are better at game of throning and go deep talking about the new David Thorpe documentary Do I Sound Gay? Plus handies and brain orgasms! by Pop Rocket
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Grammys, Biopics, Books & Jams: We’re all about the Grammys this week, with opinions on Beyonce, Beck, Madonna and awards in general. We also discuss biopics – the ones we love, the ones we hate and Wynter shares some strong feelings about Behind the Candelabra. Plus, which books ha by Pop Rocket
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Super Bowl, Ghostbusters and #ThatCism: The team unpack last weekend’s Super Bowl, argue the merits of original, animated and re-booted Ghostbusting and call out a sports themed batch of #ThatCism. by Pop Rocket
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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”. by Pop Rocket
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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. by Pop Rocket
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Official Summer Jams 2015 Search Committee: The team are excited about Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, the TV show Cucumber and the FIFA corruption investigation. But all that’s just a warm-up for Guy’s Official 2015 Summer Jam Search Committee. by Pop Rocket
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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. by Pop Rocket
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2015 Oscars Special: The Show, Speeches and John Travolta: The spectacle, the magnificence, the sh*t show that was the 2015 Academy Awards. Why did Neil Patrick Harris miss the mark as host? What was with all those political speeches? And John Travolta… Plus everyone’s first gigs and music recommendations. by Pop Rocket
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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! by Pop Rocket
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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. by Pop Rocket
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Online Dating & Silicon Valley with Megan Koester: Comedian Megan Koester joins the team to talk about the pros and cons of online dating, nuanced portrayal of ethnicity in Silicon Valley and our own dream Pop Rocket guests. by Pop Rocket
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UnReal, Vince Staples and Jumping the Shark: Jesse Thorn guests on an episode in which we decide which celebs will narrate our autobiographies, call out the elements of pop culture we think have jumped the shark and discover which member of the team is secretly into pool porn. by Pop Rocket
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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? by Pop Rocket
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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. by Pop Rocket
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OITNB, Rachel Dolezal & Jurassic World: The gang share their fantasy contract riders, discuss the Rachel Dolezal debacle and take a team fieldtrip to see Jurassic World. by Pop Rocket
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Women’s World Cup & #ThatGamingCism: MaxFun boss Jesse Thorn drops by for a #ThatCism update focussing on the lack of diversity in computer games characters. Plus the team share their favorite movies, TV shows or songs about their hometowns. by Pop Rocket
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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! by Pop Rocket
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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 by Pop Rocket
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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. by Pop Rocket
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Tattoos & Nerd Culture: Which of the Pop Rocket team have tattoos and what are they? Find out this week thanks to a twitter question from our Reddit group. Plus has nerd culture gone mainstream and how do we feel about that? by Pop Rocket
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Halloween Horror Showdown: YA fiction, hip hop podcasts and our favorite horror movies. by Pop Rocket
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Musicals, Primaries and Pop Culture with Karen Tongson

Musicals, Primaries and Pop Culture with Karen Tongson

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