Episodes

  • The Final Episode

    The Final Episode

    · Pop Rocket

    **Warning - this episode contains lots of tears**

    For the final episode of Pop Rocket, the panel convene to give listeners one last All About, one last Jam, and they look back at the past four and a half years, and all the various milestones they’ve shared with one another and their listeners while doing the show--marriages, deaths, birth, book deals, finding a new home, and so many other memories. It’s raw. It’s wonderful. In addition, we’ll hear phone calls from listeners and friends of the show about what Pop Rocket meant to them. Plus, Guy shares the best abortion joke he’s ever heard.

    Lastly, Wynter and Karen reveal their new, upcoming podcast, and how you can stay in touch with them beyond Pop Rocket.

    ALL ABOUTS
    Margaret: Broad City series finale
    Karen: Gentleman Jack
    Wynter Veep
    Guy: Long Shot

    That's My Jam

    Margaret: George Harrison-If Not for You

    Karen: The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

    Guy: Christine Anu, David Hobson - Now Until the Break of Day

    Wynter: Sid Vicious - My Way

    Announcement
    Karen Tongson and Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh have a new podcast in the works called Waiting to X-hale

    Waiting to X-hale Podcast

    Waiting to X-hale is a brand new woman-of-color driven podcast hosted by Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, and Karen Tongson, revisiting the pop culture and transformative social issues that defined Generation X. Our discussions, debates, and instructional interludes will let you see your favorite (and least favorite) aspects of GenX culture in a way that sheds new light on both then, and now. A special preview episode is dropping in early June with regular episodes recurring after Karen returns from her book tour in July.

    For more information, sign up for the Waiting to X-hale newsletter, and follow the show on Twitter:
    @waiting2xhalepd

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep 224 - What’s in the Cards for the Pop Rocket Panel w/ The Oracle of LA

    Ep 224 - What’s in the Cards for the Pop Rocket Panel w/ The Oracle of LA

    · Pop Rocket

    **Angelenos: Tonight (May 17th) at 7pm Guy and Karen will have a conversation about Why Karen Carpenter Matters at Book Soup in West Hollywood.**

    In this penultimate episode, the Pop Rocket panel seeks guidance from The Oracle of LA, Amanda Yates Garcia. Each panelist pulls a card from the Oracle’s tarot deck, and gets an individual reading. What’s next for everyone? The answer’s in the cards.

    Also, Karen Tongson tells us about her phone call with Elizabeth Warren this week. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called Karen Tongson on the phone. Personally. Listen to hear how it went down.

    If you were as impressed with Amanda’s reading as the panel was, you can subscribe to her podcast
    Strange Magic.

    Lastly, if anyone wants to ask the panelists for advice--about anything!--you’ve got less than 24 hours to call and leave a message with Guy’s mom: (530) 237-4108

    That's My Jam

    Margaret: Weyes Blood (Natalie Mering) -A Lot’s Gonna Change

    Guy: Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling

    Karen:
    Vampire Weekend (wth Danielle Haim) - We Belong Together
    Song: IN: 1:38 - Fade 2:19

    Amanda:
    Alice Coltrane -Govinda Jai Jai

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, Amanda Yates Garcia,
    The Oracle of LA

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

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  • Ep 223 - Charlie Says with Screenwriter Guinevere Turner

    Ep 223 - Charlie Says with Screenwriter Guinevere Turner

    · Pop Rocket

    This is the first of our three final episodes, and we’re joined by screenwriter Guinevere Turner (American Psycho,Go Fish) whose latest film Charlie Says just came out today, May 10th. As “budding cult-ologist” MagWaps notes, “if you think you’ve heard everything on the Mansons, trust me, this movie takes a different view.”

    Having grown up in a cult, Guinevere was able to draw from her experiences and insight to tell the story from the point of view of the women who were targeted and groomed by Manson, and killed for him. It’s a fascinating discussion.

    Plus, the panel convened once again to vote on another Pop Rocket Seal of Approval. The final three nominees were Sandra Oh, Toni Collette and Catherine O’Hara.

    There are two more Pop Rocket episodes to go in its nearly five-year run. If you’d like to share with the panelists what this show meant to you, or tell them about your favorite episodes, you can call Guy’s mom and leave a message at: (530) 237-4108

    You can also email [email protected] a recording of your message made with your phone’s voice memo app.

    If you haven’t already, please make sure to follow all four panelists on social media. You can find their Twitter handles below.

    That's My Jam

    Margaret: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

    Guy: John Cale - Paris 1919

    Karen: Heart - Never

    Wynter: Tame Impala - Borderline

    Guinevere: King Princess - 1950

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, Guinevere Turner

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep 222 - Game of Thrones w/ Laura Krafft & Sarah Kessler

    Ep 222 - Game of Thrones w/ Laura Krafft & Sarah Kessler

    · Pop Rocket

    First off, you're welcome Game of Thrones fans. This is a super-sized Pop Rocket loaded with theories, speculation, and yes, even love. While Wynter and Karen were away, Margaret and Guy tapped two die-hard fans for a full-on discussion of the series and their thoughts now that the first two of the last six episodes have aired. Assembled in the studio this week:

    Guy "I've read all the George R.R. Martin books in the series" Branum

    Sarah "I'm in a viewing group with a gaggle of lesbians and their gaybies" Kessler

    Laura "I prepared delicious direwolf-shaped crackers" Krafft

    Margaret "I host GoT viewing parties at my house" Wappler

    This episode will reveal which Game of Thrones character Guy has dressed up for--TWICE!--for Halloween. Sarah finds one GoT character extremely annoying, and it's not Bran. Laura pines for a Winterfell man she fears will die in the next episode, and Margaret is pretty sure she knows who will take the throne.

    This was a raucous, expansive conversation that will both delight and frustrate Game of Thrones fans.

    All Abouts
    Margaret: The podcast Going Through It hosted by Ann Friedman

    Guy: Chasten Buttigieg’s Twitter account

    Sarah:
    Dr. Pimple Popper, now on Hulu

    Laura: The FX show What We Do in the Shadows

    That's My Jam

    Guy: Lizzo - Better in Color
    Margaret: FKA Twigs - Cellophane
    Sarah: Rusted Root - Send Me on My Way
    Laura: Stone Roses - Fool’s Gold

    With Guy Branum, Margaret Wappler, Sarah Kessler, Laura Krafft

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep. 221 - The New Negroes & Black Sketch Comedy

    Ep. 221 - The New Negroes & Black Sketch Comedy

    · Pop Rocket

    This week Wynter and Karen chat with Ellington Wells, a comedian and writer on Comedy Central’s brand new sketch show The New Negroes with Open Mike Eagle and Baron Vaughn. The panel takes a look at how black sketch comedy has involved and Wells tell us what Robert Townsend TV special inspired Vaughn to create a show with a similar sensibility.

    All Abouts

    Wynter: No Good Nick
    Karen: Season 4 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    Ellington: Britney's Gram podcast special episode

    That's My Jam

    Ellington: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

    Guy: BTS (방탄소년닚) IDOL (Feat. Nicki Minaj)

    Wynter: Nat King Cole - Harlem Blues

    Karen: An Luu - Pourquoi tu me fous plus des coups?

    With Karen Tongson, Ellington Wells, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep. 220 - Killing Eve & the Asian Woman with Amazing Hair

    Ep. 220 - Killing Eve & the Asian Woman with Amazing Hair

    · Pop Rocket

    **ANNOUNCEMENT: The nomination process is now open for the next Pop Rocket Seal of Approval. This quarter we’re looking for veterans with a large body of work who have been underappreciated and haven’t received the acclaim that their body of work and stellar character deserve. If you want to submit a name, you must call and leave a message on Guy’s mom’s voicemail to tell us who you’d like to nominate and why. That number is: 530-237-4108**

    This week we’re joined by food writer Tien Nguyen whose love of food is only rivaled by her admiration of Sandra Oh, an Asian woman with amazing hair. We talk about Oh, her hair and why Killing Eve is killing it for the panel. Why is this show unlike any other in the spy genre? The panel has a lot of insight on this. Also, Wynter admits she was wrong for not embracing the show sooner.

    All Abouts

    Karen: Survivor Season 38: Edge of Extinction

    Wynter: Wynter is all about Joe Bob Brigg’s show The Last Drive-In on Shudder

    Tien: Kim-Joy’s new cookbook Baking with Kim-Joy

    That's My Jam

    Karen: Weyes Blood’s “A Lot’s Gonna Change”

    Wynter: Moon Boots - Keep the Faith

    Tien: Aretha Franklin - Jumpin’ Jack Flash

    With Karen Tongson, , Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, Tien Nguyen

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep 219 - 1991 in Music

    Ep 219 - 1991 in Music

    · Pop Rocket

    Take a trip down memory lane with Wynter, Karen and Margaret as they revisit 1991 in music. If you’ve ever been curious what song was playing when Karen experienced her first same sex kiss, tune in. If you grew up in the nineties, this episode will bring you back to that moment in time. If you spent your formative years in the aughts, and want to experience the 90s vicariously through Pop Rocket, the panel goes into great detail about what makes 1991 such a pivotal epoch, giving us grunge, new jack swing, schmaltzy ballads and music fans that could embrace Nirvana, Boys II Men, C+C Music Factory and REM at once.

    As an added bonus, we created a Pop Rocket 1991 Mixtape that you can listen to on Spotify.

    All Abouts

    Margaret is on thatPen15 tip, and reliving those awkward middle school years via Maya and Anna

    Karen is all about the season three episode of This Is Us, entitled R & B

    Wynter has fallen hard for
    Celine Dion after attending an event with the Québécoise chanteuse to promote her new album and tour

    That's My Jam

    Karen: Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls

    Wynter: Tame Impala - Patience

    Margaret: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

    Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced and edited by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep 218 - Jordan Peele’s Us

    Ep 218 - Jordan Peele’s Us

    · Pop Rocket

    Pop Rocket’s come early this week! Alonso Duralde guest hosts for this, our second week of the MaxFunDrive. The deadline for supporting this show is fast upon us, so if you haven’t yet become a new or upgrading member, do it now! Go to our donation page.

    You can donate while listening to this special Thursday edition of the show. This episode has something for everyone--sapphic sisters, metal heads, Hallmark Channel enthusiasts and, of course, horror buffs.

    One note of caution: There are spoilers, so if you haven’t yet seen Us, and you want to see it before learning about any of its twists and turns, you should skip the discussion. If you HAVE seen it, brace yourself for the in-depth discussion. Does this movie live up to its hype? Is the symbolism in the movie effective? Why does Wynter think she has to watch it again? These questions, and more, will be answered.

    All Abouts

    Margaret is all about Amanda Deibert's defense of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, in response to a negative article in Jezebel

    Karen is all about
    Scary Spice Mel B's confession that she hooked up with Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell

    Alonso is all about Hallmark hiring the hosts of the Hallmark podcast
    The Bubbly Sesh

    Wynter is all about the Netflix Mötley CrĂŒe biopic The Dirt

    That's My Jam
    Margaret: James Blake - Power On

    Karen: Mel C. and Northern Star (feat. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) - Never Be the Same Again

    Alonso: XTC - The Wheel and the Maypole

    Wynter: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road

  • Ep. 217 - Pop Rocket Goes to USC to Teach the Kids Why Pop Culture Matters

    Ep. 217 - Pop Rocket Goes to USC to Teach the Kids Why Pop Culture Matters

    · Pop Rocket

    It’s the first live episode of Pop Rocket. Professor Karen Tongson invited the panel to give a lesson on why pop culture matters, with a focus on the past decade. You’ll learn what pop culture of the 2010s will last, and what culture won’t be remembered. Plus we’ll hear from some of Karen’s students, including a special jam brought to the show by Clayton. You won’t want to miss this must-listen episode!

    All Abouts

    Margaret: Out for Blood

    Karen: Shrill

    Wynter: The Fox-Disney merger

    That's My Jam

    Margaret: Lizzo - Cuz I Luv You

    Clayton: 4 Non Blondes - What’s Up

    Wynter: Beyonce feat. Frank Ocean - Superpower

    Karen: Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep. 216 - Lady Vengeance: From Bobbit and Beyond

    Ep. 216 - Lady Vengeance: From Bobbit and Beyond

    · Pop Rocket

    In honor of Women’s History Month, the panel lives vicariously through women who sought revenge, from Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbit), to Thelma & Louise. They touch on their favorite films centered around women seeking revenge...or, perhaps more accurately, justice.

    All Abouts

    Margaret: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM

    Karen: “Operation Varsity Blues”, aka the college admissions scandal

    Wynter: Free Solo

    Guy: Zumbo’s Just Desserts

    That's My Jam

    Margaret: Pistol Annies - Got My Name Changed Back

    Guy: Carly Rae Jepsen - Now That I Found You

    Wynter: Work - Charlotte Day Wilson

    Karen: Cate le Bon’s - I Just Wanna Be Good

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

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

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

    · Pop Rocket

    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 wins, including one for Best Actress for Bergman. It’s the typical tale of a young actress trying to make it big and having to struggle, role after role after role after role, to hold her own on screen with the most celebrated actors in the world, on Oscar-winning film after Oscar-winning film.

    She’s now 93 years old and has been in the business for nearly eight decades, dominating the big screen, the small screen and the stage.

    For this episode of Pop Rocket, we felt it important to give Dame Lansbury’s career a discussion worthy of the legend that she is, and we couldn’t do it by ourselves. We needed to bring in the biggest Fangelas we could find outside of her immediate family: April Wolfe and S.A. Smythe, two individuals that get positively giddy noting which Murder She Wrote episodes comment on on colonialism and the prison industrial complex.

    You guys, this is such a great episode, and that’s not even including everyone’s All Abouts!

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

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

    · Pop Rocket

    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 an Out of the Closet in a Hefty bag. Will the short film and animated short categories survive? What about song and dance numbers? Find out.

    Let us know if you agree with the panel, or take issue by sharing your thoughts in the comments section below.

    All Abouts

    Guy remembers his friend and beloved comedian Brody Stevens, who died by suicide last week.

    Wynter is all about Kind Hearts & Coronets.

    Margaret wants everyone to take a moment to appreciate actress and wordsmith Dame Emma Thompson for her recent letter to Skydance detailing why she will not work with John Lasseter.

    Karen Tongson is NOT about the speculation that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are boffing. And for everyone going gaga over their duet, she reminds us of another live performance with off the charts chemistry, Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond at the 1980 Grammys singing
    You Don't Bring Me Flowers

    Matt Rogers, the self-described “roller coaster bitch” is all about Hagrid Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure ride that’s coming to Disneyworld.

  • Ep. 213 - Horror Noire with Tananarive Due

    Ep. 213 - Horror Noire with Tananarive Due

    · Pop Rocket

    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. Tananarive Due is the UCLA lecturer whose class on Get Out--The Sunken Place--was crashed by non-student Jordan Peele . She is also the executive producer of Shudder’s very first original documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror.

    The panel cover A LOT of ground. For horror buffs and cinephiles alike, this episode is a MUST-LISTEN.

    All Abouts
    Margaret Wappler - The Bodyguard on Netflix

    Karen Tongson -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLkEpO3k514 on Hulu

    Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh - Lorena on Amazon Prime

    14:00 Tananarive Due - The Passage on Fox

    Jams
    Karen - Lion - You've Got a Woman

    Tananarive - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two

    Wynter - James Brown - Living In America

    Margaret - Orion Sun - Stretch

    With

    Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Karen Tongson

    Margaret Wappler
    Tananarive Due

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108.

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

  • Ep: 212 - The Fifth Annual Pop Tart Awards!

    Ep: 212 - The Fifth Annual Pop Tart Awards!

    · Pop Rocket

    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! The panel comes together to recognize the best of the best in TV, film and everything else entertaining. What will take home the Warm Blanket Award for fuzzy comfort entertainment? Who delivered the best performance of the year? Could the panelists find consensus on the best album of the year? Barely. Plus, a bona fide celebrity makes a cameo that...Will. Blow. Your. Mind. And if not, it will at least make you smile. Lastly, we encourage any and all winners of a Pop Tart to call in with your acceptance speech. Note, however, that if your speech runs long, we'll have to play you off with music. If you received an award, call us at: 530-237-4108.

  • Ep: 211 - Mega Movie Catch-up Edition

    Ep: 211 - Mega Movie Catch-up Edition

    · Pop Rocket

    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, but decided she wanted to check out Support the Girls, so Wynter was tapped for Roma instead. Lastly, both Wynter and Karen wanted to talk to Guy about A Simple Favor.

    Each panelist reported back. Who thought Roma was too slow? Did Margaret show enough love for her pick? And what did Karen appreciate most about the breastaurant drama?

    **Spoiler Alert**
    If you haven't seen Roma, you may want to skip that part of the discussion.

    All Abouts

    Margaret - Velvet Buzzsaw

    Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh - Russian Doll

    Guy Branum - Season 5 of Schitt’s Creek

    Karen Tongson - Showtime’s Black Monday

    That's My Jam

    Karen Tongson - Sylvan Esso - PARAD(w/me)E

    Margaret Wappler -
    Maggie Rogers - Alaska

    Guy Branum - Liam Payne - Strip That Down

    Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh - Sampha - Treasure

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

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

    · Pop Rocket

    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!

    Plus, in the wake of the PRSOA "Bloom backlash", the voting process has been amended. Tune in to find out how, and when there will be another nomination period.

    That's My Jam

    Wynter: Summer Walker - Girls Need Love

    Karen: James Ingram - Just Once

    Guy: RuPaul (feat. Myah Marie) - Adrenaline

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, and Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.

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

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

    · Pop Rocket

    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.

    All Abouts

    Wynter is all about Crashing and True Detective.

    Margaret is all about the memoir Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning by Claire Dederer, who you may recognize from her article in the Paris Review What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men.

    Karen is all about CATWALK: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit on Netflix, and the rivalry between a “well-muscled” Turkish Angora named Bobby, and a voluminous Red Persian named Oh La La
    .

    Guy is all about Sex Education on Netflix.

    That's My Jam

    Wynter: Phil Collins - I'm Not Moving (Idjut Boys remix)

    Karen: Queen - Play the Game

    Margaret: ROSALÍA - MALAMENTE

    Guy: Mark Ronson (feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108.

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

    If you haven't already, follow us on Instagram.

    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.

  • Pop Rocket Ep - 208 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

    Pop Rocket Ep - 208 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

    · Pop Rocket

    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.

    The panel get into a lively discussion of Marie Kondo’s Tidying Up on Netflix show. One panelist loves it, one panelist thinks it’s “sinister”, and a panelist named Guy is so obsessed with one of the families featured on the show he couldn’t stop talking about them.

    All Abouts
    Margaret shares her thoughts on the heartbreaking and disturbing six-part series Surviving R. Kelly

    Guy is all about the 1998 film The Opposite of Sex, and explains how Terry Gross’ recent conversation with Kevin Hart made him appreciate it more.

    Wynter is all about the M.I.A. documentary.

    And Karen loves the new reality singing competition show The Masked Singer.

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

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

    · Pop Rocket

    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 line.

    All Abouts

    Wynter, fresh off a romantic holiday trip to Paris, is all about the Louis Vuitton Foundation's Basquiat exhibition

    Guy is all about Can You Ever Forgive Me

    Margaret is all about Regina King's Golden Globes speech

    Karen thinks everyone should check out the new Aussie show Instant Hotel on Netflix

    That's My Jam

    Margaret: Sleater Kinney - Oh!

    Guy: Lizzo - Juice

    Karen: Mitski - Nobody

    Wynter: Listener Temple’s rendition of Attorney Hal Cook’s commercial jingle from Little Rock, Arkansas

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh
    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

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    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.

  • Pop Rocket Ep. 206 Pop Culture Resolutions for 2019

    Pop Rocket Ep. 206 Pop Culture Resolutions for 2019

    · Pop Rocket

    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 past year.

    Writer and comedian Tara Jepsen joins us in studio and Guy is awed by the combined power of her and Karen’s “lesbian efficiency.”

    If you're curious about what Guy has been up to these past couple months, he catches us up. Spoiler alert (though not really): He consumed a lot of theater. In particular, he saw Matthew Lopez’s seven-hour, two-night play The Inheritance, and had LOTS of opinions about it.

    From “learn more commercial jingles” to “master a new recipe a month,” the panel reveals an ambitious list of resolutions they may or may not be able to stick with for an entire year.

    All Abouts

    Karen is all about Bird Box the new Netflix thriller starring Sandra Bullocks.

    Tara is all about hating a bootleg recording of a recent standup set by disgraced comedian Louis C.K..

    Guy is all about The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez, which is loosely based on Howard's End.

    Call to Action
    Inspired by one panelist’s resolution to learn more commercial jingles, we are asking Rocketeers to call in and sing their favorite jingles on the Pop Rocket voicemail. We want to hear those jingles that will forever be lodged in your brain.

    That's My Jam

    Guy: Janet Jackson -Together Again

    Tara: Hey Jellie - Going Back

    Karen: Labi Siffre - Watch Me

    With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, and Tara Jepsen.

    Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

    You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

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    Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.

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