Professors of Pop

The professor stalk about their favorite movies from the golden age of cinema.

The professors talk about mise en scene in their favorite movies.

This episode the professor of pop are talking about our favorite TV show cliffhangers with special guest: writer, actor and haunted tour guide Jason C Mclean.

Who hasn’t ever fantasized about being a rock star? In the season finale of Professors of Pop, Steph and Jerry are joined by Basinfest founder Philip Shearing where they discuss how ridiculous movies about musicians can be (as brilliantly satirized in Judd Apatow’s 2007 film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) and yet for some reason we can’t stop watching them.

In this episode, Steph and Jerry are joined by the star of the short film The Caretaker Elizabeth Laughlin. They discuss the sometimes wonderful, often infuriating world of adapting beloved books to the big or small screen. From the books that keep getting adapted every twenty years to the latest trend of adapting the buzziest novel into a buzzy limited series, listen in as they debate what works...

Steph and Jerry are NOT sports people… but they do love a good sports movie! On Superbowl Sunday 2022, Steph and Jerry met up with their friend and sports aficionado Joe McLean. In between consuming too many nachos and chicken wings (the real reason people watch the Superbowl right?), the trio talk about how great it is sometimes the team doesn't win the big championship ( A League of Their Own, W...

This week Steph and Jerry are joined by the co-founder of 41 Productions Matthew Gardiner ( @mattymattmatthew ). Besides reminiscing over their short film The Caretaker (which you can find on our youtube page) the trio talk all about Canadian Film. From national treasure Sandra Oh to David Cronenberg, Sarah Polley to those crazy FUBAR guys, this episode showcases some of the greatest Canadian film...

Is it the buzziest plot twists, hottest chemistry, or flashiest special effects that make an episode of television great? In this episode, Steph and Jerry welcome their first guest to the podcast, Forget the Box editor-in-chief, Jason C. McLean ( @jasoncmclean ). From the Ozmandias episode Breaking Bad to The Door episode of Game of Thrones to The Suitcase episode of Mad Men the trio break down wh...

Welcome to Professors of Pop! In this premiere episode, co-hosts Stephanie Laughlin and Jerry Gabriel introduce their pop culture podcast and let you know what you can expect in season one. They then dive into their first topic: controversial movies. Sometimes these films are just ahead of their time, like Monty Python’s Life of Brian , or they're films that should stay locked in the vault like th...