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Episode 402: The More You Know

May 12, 2021

In this The More You Know, we discuss the latest pop culture headlines including Bennifer 2.0, the newest Superman movie, and what Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hair could mean. Plus guess how many times we talk about nipples.

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Time Of Death: Bennifer 2.0 // Song: Dear Ben by Jennifer Lopez | Bennifer’s best movie | Vax Live (5:21 for JLo’s performance of Sweet Caroline) | Bennifer in Montana | Ben Affleck was on Raya | Odds for Jennifer Lopez’s next engagement
Rabbit trail: Tim Tebow is back in the NFL– say what?
How Do We Feel // J.J. Abrams will produce a new Superman who will be Black | 5 Black Actors Who Could Play Superman (via Hype) | J.J. Abrams signed a $250 million deal with WarnerMedia | J.J. Abrams IMDb | List of Superman films | The Wonder Twins are who and their powers are what? | Every DCEU Villains Ranked (via ScreenRant)
What’s the Word // Is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hair a Clue He’s Returning to Hamilton? (via PageSix) | The Popcast: Hamilton Deep Dive | Faith Adjacent: Hamilton | On Twitter, NY’s Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Broadway ticket sales | Taylor Lautner IMDb | You can’t make this stuff up: Taylor Lautner used to date Taylor Swift but is now dating someone named Taylor Dome | The Mighty Ducks reboot is a Dadlight
Trailer Park // A Quiet Place II | Fact check: Channing Tatum was almost cast as the lead in The Martian | Stranger Things 4 | The Eternals | Sebastian Stan and Lily James as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson | Discuss: Are (recent) nipple piercings a deal-breaker?
Smooch, Marry, Kill (or Makeout, Marry, Murder): Magic 8 Ball vs. Chess vs. Plinko
Live from New York // Host: Elon Musk, Musical Guest: Miley Cyrus | Fact check: Is Dolly Parton Miley Cyrus’ godmother? | Biggest sketch winners: Murder Durder, Post Quarantine Conversation | Theatre nerds, you’re going to love this: Schmigadoon!
Google with Erin: Matt Damon’s nipples | The cast of The Nanny

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Jamie: tv series – Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime), see also: the book | series – Girls5eva (Peacock)
Knox: podcast- In God We Lust | Dadlight- movie The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix)

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Episode 401: Moms I’d Like To Friend

May 5, 2021

In this episode, we’re celebrating moms for Mother’s Day by talking about iconic MILFs… moms I’d like to friend. Join us as we discuss pop culture’s most caring mothers and stay tuned to find out which Disney mom Knox thinks is Mona from Who’s The Boss level of hot.

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Listen: Faith Adjacent: Jane Austen via The Bible Binge
Episode 141, where Knox and Jamie interview their mothers, like our first 100 episodes is no longer available. You may like: 193: Pop Culture Moms, 245: The Nos of Motherhood, and 349: Mom-sters in Pop Culture
Mothers We’d Like To Friend: Clair Huxtable (The Cosby Show), Molly Weasley (Harry Potter), missing mothers (mostly Disney), Maya Angelou (the mother of modern poetry), Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max), Mrs. Gump (Forrest Gump), Colleen Donaghy (30 Rock; see also: the best of Colleen Donaghy), Mare Sheehan (Mare of Easttown), Kris Jenner (Keeping Up With The Kardashians; see also: How Kris Jenner Shaped My Business Philosophy), Mother Gothel (Tangled)
Fun read (if academic reads are fun to you): The Symbolic Annihilation of Mothers in Popular Culture: Single Father and the death of the mother
Jamie’s Concentrate Playlist (Spotify)
Google with Erin: Evan Peters, Aaron Taylor-Johnson did that weird movie Savages with Riggins, Anya Taylor-Joy’s eyes, New Christ statue, Zac Efron had dental surgery!
Discuss: Billie Eilish in British Vogue (interview and new look)
Guess: How many films are in The Fast and The Furious franchise? See also: An Oral History of The Fast and The Furious (EW)
Fact check: Vin Diesel was in Saving Private Ryan?

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GREEN LIGHTS

Jamie: series- Couples Therapy (Showtime)
Knox: movies- Nobody(Amazon), Without Remorse (Prime)

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Episode 400: Urban Dictionary 18

April 28, 2021

In this episode, we are celebrating 400 episodes of The Popcast! We’re trying to stay young and hip so we’re back with our 18th installment of Urban Dictionary. Open your notes app to jot down some new words and phrases that may help you communicate better with the youths. Trust us on this VSA.

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Episode source material: UrbanDictionary.com
The Popcast past: Episode 100 | Binge-Watch Like You Mean It | previous Urban Dictionary episodes
Words we discuss: Podcast | Jamie | Erin | Knox | Pharb | supertranslate | smooth brain | microcough | blamestorming | vaxhole | vaxinista | VSA
Flybys: Don’t drink out of water fountains like this, Zac Efron’s face, Persuasion is being remade with Dakota Johnson, Amanda Seyfried wants to co-star in Wicked with Anna Kendrick, and allegedly Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively don’t like each other.

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This week we discussed:

Moving news
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier finale
Reality Steve
Oscars recap

GREEN LIGHTS

Jamie: book- The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan
Knox: book – PreachersNSneakers by Benjamin Kirby (see also: Knox on the PreachersNSneakers podcast)

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Episode 399: Revisiting The Oscars 5, 10, and 20

April 21, 2021

The Oscars are this Sunday, so we’re taking a trip down the Academy Awards memory lane by talking about Hollywood’s biggest night from 5, 10, and 20 years ago. We recap the winners and the snubs and discuss who’s still winning and losing after all these years.

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The 93rd Oscars airs on ABC this Sunday. Stream it at ABC.com or YouTube.
Follow Knox @KnoxMcCoy and Jamie @JamieBGolden on Twitter for Sunday night’s Oscar commentary.
Be a winner by choosing winners! Get The Popcast Oscars Guide at KnoxandJamie.com/oscars and email us at hello@knoxandjamie.com a photo of your Oscars predictions ballot before Sunday and we’ll choose two winners: one who got the most predictions correct and one random winner.
Previous Oscars episodes: 286, 336
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2016 88th Academy Awards | 2015 Cinamusts: The Martian, The Revenant, Spotlight, Room, Trainwreck, Spy | Remember: #OscarsSoWhite
2011 83rd Oscars | 2010 Cinamusts: True Grit, Inception, The Fighter, The Social Network, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, Unstoppable, Shutter Island, Scott Pilgrim, Easy A | Remember: Anne Hathaway and James Franco hosted. See their opening monologue.
2001 73rd Oscars | 2000 Cinamusts: Gladiator, Almost Famous, Memento, High Fidelity, Cast Away, Best In Show, Meet the Parents, Miss Congeniality | Remember: Julia Roberts was dating Benjamin Bratt
Damian Lewis Pens Tribute to Late Wife, Helen McCrory

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GREEN LIGHTS

Jamie: food- Bo-Berry Biscuit at Bojangles | book- Crying In HMart by Michelle Zauner
Knox: series- Mare of Easttown (HBO) | Smartless podcast

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Episode 398: The More You Know

April 14, 2021

In this The More You Know, we discuss the latest pop culture headlines including the dissolution of J.Lo and A.Rod’s relationship and the mystery of why Hollywood thinks we need a fifth Indiana Jones movie. Plus we so-what who-cares that singer who did a cover version of one of her own albums from 13 years ago.

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Time of Death // Callback: We predicted J.Lo and A.Rod would break up in our predictions episode. See also: Page Six reports the breakup | @JLo on Instagram | J.Lo’s InStyle feature | Meta photoshoot | A.Rod buys the Timberwolves | Fact check: Are timberwolves real? | J.Lo’s new movie: Shotgun Wedding | J.Lo has a lot of perfumes. Like a lot a lot.
Bachelor Nation // Matt James on Bill Simmon’s podcast | Celebrity sightings and gossip: Deux Moi | Rachael Kirkconnell visits Matt James in NYC | Perez Hilton & his net worth| Grace talks to Reality Steve on IG Live | Katie Thurston as The Bachelorette premieres June 7
What’s the Word // The actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge to star in Indiana Jones 5 (not to be confused with the singer Phoebe Bridgers) | Harrison Ford was born in 1942, you guys | Indiana Jones on IMDb | Phoebe Waller-Bridge on IMDb | Carrie-Anne Moss offered grandma role at age 40 | Fleabag: The Scriptures
Live From New York // Watch: Saturday Night Live hosted by Carey Mulligan | Carey Mulligan on IMDb | The cutest: Carey Mulligan met her husband Marcus Mumford (frontman of Mumford & Sons) at church camp | Watch Marcus Mumford crash Carey Mulligan’s SNL monologue | Knox’s humor is perfectly illustrated in the sketch What’s Wrong With This Picture | A Black Lady Sketch Show
How Do We Feel // Watch: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier | Risky click of the day: Sebastian Stan’s thirst trap | Wyatt Russell on IMDb | | Hi, Indi here. Yes, I agree with Knox. John Walker is cartoonish here. | Side note: Turkish Delight recipe
Red light mentions: Knox on Twitter | Taylor Swift recorded Fearless | American Idol

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Jamie: fiction book- Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian | nonfiction book- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Knox: Netflix series- Last Chance U

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Episode 397: The NOs of Engagements

April 7, 2021

In this episode, since we stand at the precipice of wedding season, we share cringe-worthy engagement stories from our listeners. Plus learn what LMFAO, Miley Cyrus, and the American Revolution have in common. Bonus: stay tuned as we give some proposal advice to a listener who called in with a question.

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Pop culture engagements referenced: Sweet Home Alabama | Grey’s Anatomy | While You Were Sleeping | Monica & Chandler | Stepmom
The soundtrack of @elizabetforrest’s love story: Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO – lyrics
Smooch, Marry, Kill: Party Rock Anthem vs. Party in the USA vs. Boston Tea Party (the actual historical event)
History rabbit trail: Why Do People Propose On One Knee?
TIL: What is a columbarium?
Dispute: Bojangles’s Bo-berry Biscuit > Hardee’s Cinnamon Raisin Biscuit
Fact check: Did Dolly Parton confirm she has tattoos?
YES. That was real. (We’ll keep you posted on our Instagram!)
Cicadas sounds
TikTok’s fake window challenge | Get this projector & try it with this video.

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GREEN LIGHTS

Jamie: movie- Shiva Baby | Olivia Rodrigo’s newest single: Deja Vu
Knox: book- The Last Duel by Eric Jager

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