Pop This! The Girl on the Train
Podcast: Pop This!
Paula Hawkins's thriller debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list and now it's headed for the big screen with Emily Blunt in the lead, but is that a good thing? The feminist culture vultures pick at the problem of page to screen.
Featuring Lisa Christiansen and Andrea Warner. Produced by Andrea Gin.
A sampling of what you might hear in Episode 14: The Girl on the Train
One of the hardest things about being a book and movie lover is you have to wait for them to announce the casting decision.
Sometimes they get it so wrong that you actually feel nauseous.
Harry Potter was a pretty good adaptation... The Shipping News was not.
Kevin Spacey played a character described as a giant man with red hair.
I love Maeve Binchy. I love Maeve Binchy, too.
I did enjoy Willem Dafoe as Christ.
Megan’s missing. That’s the inciting incident. If you haven't read the book, read it.
It’s a definite thriller.
I read it in four and a ...
You never leave high school, or Heathers
Podcast: Pop This!
The '80s cult movie about homicidal high school students left a mark on the pop culture psyche, and Pop This picks at the scars three decades later.
Featuring Lisa Christiansen and Andrea Warner. Produced by Andrea Gin.
A sampling of what you might hear in Episode 10: Exhuming the legacy of Heathers
We think this one thing will make us happy, but when we acquire it, it's a tornado of terribleness.
There is some truth to the idea that you never leave high school.
Back in 1988, we couldn't go to the Internet to check things out.
Winona Ryder fought tooth and nail to get this part.
I do think Heathers is brilliant.
What kind of parent lets their kid do the Exorcist?
Murder is not cool.
Veronica is the only multidimensional character in the movie.
I find it doesn't ring as true to me now.
I felt it pushed the stereotype women are all bitches and will get you.
Do you love Harold and Maude, too?
I am excited about Zealander ...
Does Mad Men Make Women Angry?
Podcast: Pop This!
The digital divas take on the tale of two Mrs. Drapers, television's serial rape culture, and whether the chair-spinning moment in The Voice is a thrill or flat contrivance
Featuring Lisa Christiansen and Andrea Warner. Produced by Andrea Gin.
A sampling of what you might hear in this week's episode:
"I did not care for the end of Mad Men, I hated the final episode."
"At what point am I complicit in the rape culture by tuning in?"
"I celebrate shows that have lots of sex."
"Girls is over..."
"I highly recommend Casablanca, the original, not the Pamela Anderson remake."
...and so, so much more.
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THE EX-PRESS, December 20, 2015
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Pop Culture meets its match: Pop This!
Two pop aficionados bring a feminist tilt and hit of flip to the ball-bearing world of podcasting
By Katherine Monk
VANCOUVER – It’s a bit like playing pop culture pinball with two feminist flippers: thoughts, rants and gleaming balls of insight are batted back and forth, pushing hot button topics and ricocheting through current events with bright flashes of insight and spontaneous bursts of badass bell-ringing.
It’s just what happens when broadcaster Lisa Christiansen and bestselling author Andrea Warner get together. One minute, they’re talking about the validity of Katharine Hepburn as feminist icon. The next, they’re talking about real tears shed over Real Housewives.
These two women have the kind of conversations that make you want to hang out at the kitchen table for a weekly roundup of cheeky chatter, and now, through the magic of digital technology, you can do just that by tapping into Pop This! – a brand new podcast featuring the dynamic divas dissec...
