I'M NOT POPULAR: harajuku girls, beautiful men and communist suicide

THE LAST OF US PART II with matt and peter: Zach finally finished THE LAST OF US PART II so he's got two of his frattiest gamer bros to chat about it. We also talk video game violence, brutality, trans representation, gay representation, dog representation, Star Wars, Avatar the Last Airbender ... by I'M SO POPULAR

64 min listen

KATY PERRY and SMILE with kenna: Zach and the hottest lesbian little monster on Twitter discuss Katy Perry’s career in detail and review her new album, Smile. They also have time to sum up the VMAs and analyze Adele’s new #TotallyNotCancelled Jamaican lewk. They also talk at LENGTH ... by I'M SO POPULAR

71 min listen

BIRTHDAYS and INTROVERTS with natalie: Zach and Natalie celebrate their mutual birthdays as they contemplate their accelerating march toward death and discuss introverts, along with homewrecking, astrology, student government, dating apps, Alexa, technology, zoomers, bars in the #AgeOfCov ... by I'M SO POPULAR

57 min listen

CLASS REDUCTIONISM and SHAME with river page: Zach and Marxist writer River Page are getting hot and heavy with an analysis of the “cLaSs rEdUcTiOnIsM” debate on Twitter and SHAME’s role in #TheDiscourse. We’re also going off on Grindr canvassing, the death of the Notorious LIB, Marie Kondo livi ... by I'M SO POPULAR

86 min listen

00. I'M SO POPULAR Preview: Zach Langley Chi Chi introduces himself and begins slowly revealing his completely unchecked egocentrism on the preview episode of I'M SO POPULAR, a new cultural commentary nightmare podcast featuring a different one of his many illustrious friends, ... by I'M SO POPULAR

2 min listen

TWILIGHT and MIDNIGHT SUN with emily yandel: On the first ever episode recorded live and in person, Zach and Emily are deconstructing the most famous young adult vampire novel ever, TWILIGHT, its movie adaptation, cultural prominence, psychosexual content and the brand new retelling from Edward ... by I'M SO POPULAR

73 min listen

JAPANESE POP MUSIC and STAN TWITTER with ronald: Zach and Arama Japan staffer, Japan Times journalist and general villain of JPop twitter, Ronald, talk about Japanese pop music and stan culture’s role in gay legacy. We assess the broken mechanism in which young gay men interact with pop divas and h ... by I'M SO POPULAR

89 min listen

MISHIMA YUKIO and MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS with jack: Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Japanese diva icon, bodybuilder and writer MISHIMA YUKIO, Zach is with Jack of The Perfume Nationalist podcast (@DonnaMillsFan1) to discuss the author's life, books and Paul Schrader film adaptat ... by I'M SO POPULAR

79 min listen

ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL with miles: Zach and friend of the pod Miles (https://twitter.com/MalcoImFleX) are back to dissect the first night of the US 2020 presidential election. We talked about who's sexy, who will win, who's gay and who's a stupid lib, along with Azealia Banks, Kanye W ... by I'M SO POPULAR

86 min listen

CHINA and GAY DECADENCE with twink revolution: Zach takes on the iconic divas of Twink Revolution to tackle contemporary discourse around China and the role of gay decadence in Marxist movements. Along the way, they get into slurs, cancelling, Asian neoliberalism, Stonewall, Tik Tok, streetwear, ... by I'M SO POPULAR

73 min listen

I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS and THIRST TRAPS with justin: Zach and Justin are tipsy and they are really babbling about the new Charlie Kaufman movie I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS along with the nonsense nightmare of gay thirst traps, sex workers, feminism and so much more. Along the way, we veer into if Arc ... by I'M SO POPULAR

73 min listen

MADONNA with shantytyrelle: For an unhinged eighty minute session of inebriated gay screaming, Zach gets uncomfortably drunk and shrieks about the queen of pop with notorious Madonna stan David (@shantytyrelle). They get into ALL OF IT: her best albums, every controversy, Cher, ... by I'M SO POPULAR

81 min listen

REVELATION OF THE IDOLS with river: River returns from Whataburger so he can receive mystic instruction in the hell arts of Japanese and Korean pop idols from Chi Chi. Together they trace the complete anthropology of the grimmest and most destructive content to touch I’M SO POPULAR yet ... by I'M SO POPULAR

109 min listen

SEASON ONE FINALE: kill the podcaster: In the final episode of I’M SO POPULAR’s first season, Zach interrogates the purpose of the podcast, gay art, his own ego, what any of this means and what it means to express. Featuring (in order of appearance) Ava, Biracial Angel Miles (twitter.com ... by I'M SO POPULAR

59 min listen

I'M NOT POPULAR: harajuku girls, beautiful men and communist suicide: It's the new monthly solo show from Zach Langley Chi Chi, I'M NOT POPULAR! On the first episode all by herself, Zach takes on all the hot topics, music, movies and books we didn't get around to on the main show. This month it's everything from Jeffre ... by I'M SO POPULAR

57 min listen

GAY PEOPLE and PERSONAL BRANDING with kyle: Zach and Kyle diagnose the rise of contemporary gay men's self hating moralism and tremble in fear before the uncontrollable engine of personal branding on social media. Also discussed: Black Lives Matter, Lady Gaga, Lena Dunham's Girls (again), Ziwe ... by I'M SO POPULAR

57 min listen

TAYLOR SWIFT and FOLKLORE with sam: Zach was only going to put out one episode this week but then Taylor Swift went ahead and dropped her new surprise album so he’s recruited 100% real swiftie Sam to dissect the record and pop starlet in general. Also discussed: acting, The Last of Us ... by I'M SO POPULAR

72 min listen

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 and HELLO MARY LOU with john searle: It's the end of this year's Halloween season and Zach and John got sloshed to review two of their favorite horror sequels: the hidden gem HELLO MARY LOU PROM NIGHT 2 and wildly underrated TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2. They're both great! We covered camp ... by I'M SO POPULAR

77 min listen

CUTIES and PEDOPHILIA PANIC with leo: Zach and Leo watched yet another stupid Netflix movie and this week it's CUTIES. We analyzed and reviewed the film and addressed the pedo paranoia in political discourse. We also discuss the time we were on a reality TV show with Bob Saget, the fires ... by I'M SO POPULAR

72 min listen

I'M NOT POPULAR: chi chi get the yayo: In September's solo episode, Chi Chi is in fact getting the yayo with a pretentious lefty reading of SCARFACE along with Paris Hilton's awful new documentary, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays and Elfriede Jelinek's Lust. We also are mourning the deat ... by I'M SO POPULAR

45 min listen

INTERNET CELEBRITY and LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE with amina banks: Zach and Trans Twitter legend Amina Banks are rambling and ranting in the shadiest and least comprehensible episode of I’m So Popular to date, discussing INTERNET CELEBRITY and straight men… kind of. We’re getting into Zach’s latest Twitter drama, Am ... by I'M SO POPULAR

67 min listen

SILENT HILL with natalie m: In the spirit of the season, Zach and Natalie attempt to remember the plot of every single SILENT HILL game EVER! Even the garbage ones! We definitively review each entry in the Silent Hill universe, attempt to understand the series’ enduring mystiqu ... by I'M SO POPULAR

96 min listen

BJÖRK and THE FILMOGRAPHY OF BJÖRK with comrade björk: Björk! Zach and resident Björk apologist, Comrade Björk, are dissecting the music, career and filmography of the Icelandic queen of bestiality. And also that time she said the n word! We watched DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 so you don't have to, along with DA ... by I'M SO POPULAR

72 min listen

IMMATERIAL BOYS with telepathy party and muscle master el lobo: A journey through the final questions of homosexuality and the elusive, stolen quality of something called “queerness,” starring TELEPATHY PARTY, his roommate MUSCLE MASTER EL LOBO and also Zach’s friend SAKI. First: YAOI MANGA, what is referred to a ... by I'M SO POPULAR

119 min listen

LOONA with levi kohler: In the most important debate of the century, Zach battles Levi Kohler on the eternal question: does LOONA suck or not? Between deciding if the Korean girl group is a postmodern death psyop or the saving grace of pop music, they address online leftist ... by I'M SO POPULAR

82 min listen

I NEED YOU with dasha nekrasova: Fleeing the psychological dregs and parasocial torment of Twitter, Dasha Nekrasova takes shelter on the season premiere of I'M SO POPULAR to discuss the loneliness of the human soul + NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, karaoke bars and the divine work of hoste ... by I'M SO POPULAR

64 min listen

JAPAN and FOREIGNERS with gustav: Zach analyzes his life in Japan thus far with his drag sister Gustav, addressing racism, the education system, Brazil and what it means to live in Nihon as a foreigner. impopular.me (s1.23) by I'M SO POPULAR

63 min listen

BRONZE AGE PANSIES with james from tokyo: Nefarious poster James From Tokyo and Chi Chi gather in an act of real male camaraderie to do the impossible and transcend irony... reading Bronze Age Pervert and BRONZE AGE MINDSET without political eye or apology. We find the answer: revealing the ... by I'M SO POPULAR

82 min listen

CHAINED TO THE RADIATOR with @urgurlblaise: A Lacanian scholar explains masochism to me as we discuss hurting yourself along with Craig Brewer's BLACK SNAKE MOAN. My bisexual ex-boyfriend, putting yourself in harm's way, jouissance, abuse, race, politics and being a loose woman. Follow Blaise ... by I'M SO POPULAR

64 min listen

JESSY LANZA and ALL THE TIME with jessy lanza: In my final episode of the year, I spoke to one of my favorite musicians JESSY LANZA about her brilliant and moving new album ALL THE TIME along with vulnerability, anger, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Todd Haynes' Safe and the condition of music and human ... by I'M SO POPULAR

59 min listen

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