Pop Culture Junkie®

It's the first podcast of 2021, and the Junkies do a deep dive into Cobra Kai, so deep that they invited a special guest to help cover it all. Hayley the Brave from the Thirty, Nerdy and Thriving podcast becomes an honorary Junkie to talk about the show, which just dropped season three on Netflix. But first, the Junkies catch up on what's been happening since the holidays. Awesome: Wonder Woman 84...

Time to bid adieu to the Worst. Year. Ever. The Junkies do the year-end thing, from discussing their New Year's Eve plans (with or without tequila) to lamenting everything that didn't happen thanks to the pandemic, like college graduation, trips to Vegas and Pussy Riot. But 2020 had a few upsides: Nicole remembers the time she got to touch Faith Hill's hand, Montae was a really good friend by sacr...

Wonder Woman 1984 opens on December 25th, so the Junkies bring you the history of the Amazonian BDSM heroine. Nicole and Montae plan crime sprees in order to be saved by their favorite superheroes, which is extremely logical. The Junkies look back at Wonder Woman costumes through the ages, and rate them on attractiveness and the danger of accidental nip slips. Shauna plans her perfect superhero ou...

Mandalorian spoilers in 3...2...1...Pedro Pascale has an incredible mustache! You'll hear it here first. Shauna asks should adults even have a favorite number? Nicole says yes, and the debate rages on. The Junkies dream-cast Star-Lord's next polyamorous relationship and find out what happens when the men tell all. (It's not pretty.) On the topic of not pretty, Shia LaBoeuf gets a shout-out, and ob...

The Junkies talk side hustles and celebrity freebies, and let us know who made their Naughty and Nice lists this year. Mediocre dudes and the Worst Chris? Naughty, of course, but Guy Fieri and Lady Gaga make the Nice list. And Ariana Grande? You'll have to listen to find out where she landed. In other news, Disney may soon be acquiring Nicole (among other things,) the Junkies plan a Vegas road tri...

And now we turn to sports...wait, are sports even pop culture? They have cosplayers, so yes they are. The Junkies talk football, basketball and boxing, if matches with Jake Paul count as boxing. Nicole calls Michael Jordan a goat, and the Junkies mock the "Little Rock" parade balloon. Back in the world of entertainment, Montae still can't correctly identify Disney movies, and Nicole brings us the...

The Junkies assemble for a Thanksgiving feast consisting of a hard-boiled egg dipped in mayonnaise, hella-cheesy mac and cheese, and a TikTok snail, with Magnum Pie for dessert. Montae asks you to imagine getting a calm a**-whoopin' from Denzel Washington, and the gang discusses the Sexiest Mustache Alive. Nicole and Shauna are diagnosed with Jungle Fever and Montae updates everyone on his quest t...

After a weather update, the Junkies band together to solve the mystery of who Megan Fox is boinking. Montae can't wait to spill his really big news to the rest of the gang, and everyone shares in some "Oopsy Updates" Montae isn't sure about makeup, but he's definitely not wearing a dress. Shauna gives her best Keanu Reeves impression and Nicole ranks the cast of Friends. It should surprise no one...

Episode 4 - "Anyone Can Have Surgery" Reba is just alright with Montae, but Nicole and Shauna are big fans. The Junkies decide it's time for the "Gay Bachelor" and Shauna ponders why Batman is always hiring teenagers and putting them in mortal jeopardy. Speaking of Jeopardy, the gang remembers the late Alex Trebek and debates the use of CGI to add the late Chadwick Boseman, the late Paul Walker, a...

Is Nicole staging a coup? Not if the other Junkies have anything to say about it. Montae finds he loves The Bachelorette more than Nicole likes the Mandalorian. Spider-Man rumors and Kardashian scandals abound. Shauna and Nicole team up to razz Montae, but he's the only one who knows how to correctly pronounce Gal Gadot. Then, the Junkies need your help deciding which Star Wars movie to watch firs...

Montae, Shauna and Nicole go retro to discuss their pop culture roots, revealing what they were playing, watching and wearing when they just were tiny little Junkies. Will Montae be able to talk about his favorite Disney movie when he can't figure out if an animated feature even is a Disney movie? Also, Shauna asks about "NASCAR games" and the gang finds out which (possibly married) driver Nicole...

Montae, Shauna and Nicole introduce themselves and tell you which characters they'd swipe right (or left) on if they found them on Twitter. They also compare Bloody Marys to Butterbeers, diss Ed Sheeran, teach you how to find out if the dog dies in the movie, compare Batmen and meet the Arizona Ghostbusters. Recorded live in Phoenix, Arizona at ComicX, where Superheroes grab a bite. Join the conve...

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