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Pop Rocket
Pop culture discussion with Guy Branum, Wynter Mitchell, Margaret Wappler and Karen Tongson
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The Final Episode
**Warning - this episode contains lots of tears**
For the final episode of Pop Rocket, the panel convene to give listeners one last All About, o...
Ep 224 - What’s in the Cards for the Pop Rocket Panel w/ The Oracle of LA
**Angelenos: Tonight (May 17th) at 7pm Guy and Karen will have a conversation about Why Karen Carpenter Matters at Book Soup in West Hollywood.**
Ep 223 - Charlie Says with Screenwriter Guinevere Turner
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 S...
Ep 222 - Game of Thrones w/ Laura Krafft & Sarah Kessler
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 a...
Ep. 221 - The New Negroes & Black Sketch Comedy
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 E...
Ep. 220 - Killing Eve & the Asian Woman with Amazing Hair
**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...
Ep 219 - 1991 in Music
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 Kar...
Ep 218 - Jordan Peele’s Us
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 f...
Ep. 217 - Pop Rocket Goes to USC to Teach the Kids Why Pop Culture Matters
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...
Ep. 216 - Lady Vengeance: From Bobbit and Beyond
In honor of Women’s History Month, the panel lives vicariously through women who sought revenge, from Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbit), to Thelma & Loui...
Ep. 215 - Dame Angela Lansbury with April Wolfe and S.A. Smythe
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...
Ep. 214 - We Marie-Kondo the Oscars w/ Matt Rogers
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 M...
Ep. 213 - Horror Noire with Tananarive Due
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 h...
Ep: 212 - The Fifth Annual Pop Tart Awards!
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...
Ep: 211 - Mega Movie Catch-up Edition
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 theate...
Pop Rocket Ep 210 - The State of Adam McKay & Terry Crews Gets a Vote for PRSOA
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?...
Pop Rocket Ep 209 - SchadenFYRE - The Most Epic Fyre Fest Discussion Ever
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...
Pop Rocket Ep - 208 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
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,
M...
Pop Rocket Ep. 207 Highlights & Lowlights of The Golden Globes & Netflix’s Bandersnatch
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 beau...
Pop Rocket Ep. 206 Pop Culture Resolutions for 2019
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...
Pop Rocket Ep. 205 The Pop Rocket Holiday Playlist Spectacular
Happy Holidays, everyone! Wynter and Karen are joined by special guest panelists Tre’Vell Anderson (Director of Culture and Entertainment at Out Magaz...
Pop Rocket Ep. 204 From Dafoe’s Van Gogh to Hayek’s Frida: A Look at Hollywood’s Attempt to Make Art about Artists
How right, but mostly how wrong, does Hollywood get it when it comes to capturing artists in film? Margaret Wappler asks these very questions of her e...
Pop Rocket Ep. 203 Bravo’s Dirty John & Our True Crime Obsession w/ Sarah Kessler
We're getting down into the down and dirty story Dirty John, the new Bravo show based on the LA Times and Wondery podcast of the same name. Joining us...
Pop Rocket Ep. 202 Holiday Horror w/ Ricky Carmona
It's well known in the Rocketeer community that our host this week, Wynter Mitchell-Ragnarok, is a huge horror buff. She watches two to three a week,...
Pop Rocket Ep. 201 Our Awkward Thanksgiving Show
Happy Thanksgiving, Rocketeers! We at Pop Rocket are thankful for you, our listeners. For the purposes of this episode, Wynter will be playing the rol...
Pop Rocket Ep. 200 Our 200th Episode!
This week Pop Rocket celebrates its 200th episode!!! To commemorate this auspicious occasion, Karen, Margaret and Wynter take a look at how each of th...
Pop Rocket Ep. 199 Hip Hop, Pop, and Mental Health w/ Clarkisha Kent
Kanye West’s rambling, pro-Trump speech on SNL late September may have surprised casual observers, but by that point, his fans had heard both his outr...
Pop Rocket Ep. 198 The Very First Pop Rocket Seal of Approval
The Pop Rocket Seal of Approval
Before registered parliamentarian Guy Branum takes an extended leave for some much-needed relaxation at home and...
Pop Rocket Ep. 197 Halloween & the Horror We Love
**Note: Next week the panel will cast their votes to award--or not--The Pop Rocket Seal of Approval. You still have an opportunity to influence the pa...
Pop Rocket Ep. 196 Bad Times at the El Royale w/Drea Clark
It’s 1969. Four guests check into the El Royale Hotel: a priest (Jeff Bridges), a vacuum salesman (Jon Hamm), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), and a hippie (...
Pop Rocket Ep. 195 A Star is Born
This week gay America received so much, but in particular, A Star is Born starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who also directed the movie. Guy, Wyn...
Pop Rocket Ep. 194 We Hate the 80s and Brett Kavanaugh Edition w/Ted Alexandro
***Trigger Warning - This episode contains discussion of sexual assault. You may want to sit this one out if hearing this kind of discussion is likely...
Pop Rocket Ep. 193 Our TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch Right Now Episode
The autumn TV season has officially begun, and let's be honest, there is TOO MUCH stuff to watch out there. If you're feeling overwhelmed, fear not. T...
Pop Rocket Ep. 192 The Pop Rocket Seal of Approval - Is It Rachel’s Time to Bloom? Plus Destination Wedding
We’ve got another full panel! This week, Guy, Wynter, Margaret, and Karen tackle the ornery romcom Destination Wedding, starring Gen X darlings Winona...
Pop Rocket Ep. 191 2018 Summer Jams
Between the VMA's and Yom Kippur, we've got our own version of the high holidays here at Pop Rocket: The SUMMER JAMS episode! We will anoint OR NOT an...
Pop Rocket Ep. 190 Our Pumpkin-Spiced Fall Preview
It’s time, once again, to start deleting programs from our DVRs to make room for new ones. It's almost fall, y'all, which means award shows and the ar...
Pop Rocket Ep. 189 HBO's Insecure Season 3 w/ LA Times Film Reporter Tre'vell Anderson
Hop on the PARTY LYFT as we jam out for the long-awaited return of our favorite newlywed Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh. She joins Karen Tongsen and freque...
Ep. 188 Crazy Rich Asians (The Movie) with Alonso Duralde & Andrew Ti
We did the book, now we're doing the movie! Goddess Guy Branum and dyke-about-town Karen Tongson are joined by fellow MaxFun host Alonso Duralde of th...
Ep. 187 Summer Book Club: Crazy Rich Asians
Goddess Guy Branum returns from his book tour just in time for Pop Rocket's annual Summer Book Club. He joins Karen Tongson and Margaret Wappler to fi...
Ep. 186 Joyful Pop Culture w/ Matt Bellassai and Bari Finkel
This week, Karen Tongson and Margaret Wappler get happy with Matt Bellassai and Bari Finkel, the host and producer of Pineapple Street Media's Unhappy...