PEP! with Maria Sellers

In this Pepisode, Brian and Tricia Leavy from the "inside the Traitor's Turret Podcast" take a seat at Maria's Roundtable to discuss the chaotic most recent episode of the Traitors, player's strategies, and who they think will win the game. With the Finale looming, theories are flying and twists just keep coming, and together they break it all down. While Tricia cheers on the...

The end of the game is near and as two traitors are banished one puts on a cloak to join the snake wrangler's deception, treachery and manipulation. Will the players catch on that there is a new caped crusader in their midst? Will all their accusations prove to be wrong as they set their sights on a sports duo with a strong bond? That all is the topic of discussion at this week's round table with...

On this episode of The Roundtable, a new faithful joins the discussion to offer their fresh perspective on season 4 episode 8 of the Traitors US. Will Volk, Maria's person and fellow podcaster, stops by to recap another competition. Unlike the football games he's used to covering, this game features treason instead of touchdowns and they are breaking down the strategies, misteps, and memor...

Welcome back to the roundtable. In this pepisode Celeste Springer, joins Maria to recap another exciting battle of wit, strategy, and deception as they talk about season 4 episode 7. It starts with a look at the dramatic banquet and how it transpired. They explore whether it was a last minute plot by producers to get out more traitors of it was truly "just the game". They also analyze al...

Welcome Back to the Rountable! In this week's Pepisode, Maria's sister Lauren returns to talk treachery, tactics and strategies of the Traitors and Faithful alike. They're dissecting the murders, missions, and mind games that make The Traitors equal parts social experiment and reality TV spectacle. Up for Debate this week: Colton’s intense strategy and whether playing that hard this ea...

Welcome back to the Roundtable. In this Special Edition Pepisode series, where Maria and her special guests take their seats, lower their voices, and sharpen their accusations to recap episodes 4 and 5 of the traitors season 4. This week, Maria's friend Celeste Springer, who is the queen of watching Niche Reality Shows joins your host at the roundtable for a discussion on the the most recent e...

Welcome… to the Roundtable. In this Brand New Special Edition Pepisode , Maria and a special guest take their seats, lower their voices, and sharpen their accusations and recap the first three episodes of The Traitors US . This week, Maria's sister and Traitors superfan Lauren Sellers joins your host at the roundtable for a discussion on the greatest reality show out there. Each week(ish) Maria an...

In this pepisode we are sitting down with Cade Bethea, the creator of your fave Bravoleb's favorite instagram account: Current Episode. First we talk the evolution of the account, how it's grown, celebrity followers, and what its like to run a successful content empire. Then, we transition to Bravocon and talk everything from new shows, big announcements, wild beefs and everything in betwe...

Now, for the moment you have been waiting for, we are talking allll about Taylor Swift's Album "The Life of a Showgirl" Today, I am chatting with artist Emily Kelley (ekelleydesign on Instagram), the extremely talented woman who is known for creating art prints inspired by all 270+ Taylor Swift songs! First we talk a little to Emily about her journey as a swiftie, her process for cre...

HELLO EVERYONE! Thank you so much for listening to another episode of Pep! It has been a minute since a new Pepisode and I have missed you guys SO MUCH! This has been a busy late summer /early fall. Speaking of summer, today's episode is about everyone's favorite summer guilty pleasure, The Summer I Turned Pretty with TSITP content Creator Victoria Shuman aka The Sweet Pea on Tik Tok! In t...

It's been a week since Justin Bieber surprise released his seventh album "Swag" and you KNOW we had to release an pepisode with our reactions! Of course, I had to invite Kaley Norton, the biggest JB fan we know to break it all. We talked about the timeline of the release, at our initial reactions, favorite tracks,the iconic lipgloss phone case, and Hailey' Bieber's subtle sha...

On this Pepisode, Maria sits down with Ideal Miss Peach State Taylor Martin to talk all about Wicked For Good and what it was like to watch the trailer in theaters. (We know, we're a little behind, but better late than never, right?) Then we transition into talking about what's next for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. While they have something big in the works, they aren't the only on...

In this LONG overdue Pepisode, Maria brings back former guest and Traitors fan Marian Thibodeau to talk about all things Traitors season four. They compare notes from their episode in March with their dream cast against who was actually cast and chat about their reactions to the official cast list. They also give their thoughts on who they would make Traitors if they could choose. It's long ov...

This week current national news anchor and CBS Correspondent Debra Alfarone stops by PEP! (Pop culture entertainment podcast) to have a celeb-focused conversation while also dropping life knowledge! We start with the importance of everyone having a personal board of Directors to support them and uplift you, and which celebrities we would want to be on ours if we had the opportunity. Then we transi...

A short and sweet episode celebrating that Taylor Swift now owns her Masters and of course, Maria had to react to it. Better late than never, I guess! First, we talk about a breakdown of the letter Taylor released to fans announcing she owned her masters -- which has been a long time coming. Then Maria Breaks down exactly what it means for her to own her Masters and then goes into a timeline of ho...

For Pepisode 7, Maria is back and has on her first in person guest! This week, she is joined by Suzanne Martin one of her good friends and a self proclaimed lover of "trashy" reality tv. It's been a crazy week for reality tv fans and best believe they are going to "Mention it all". They start with the announcement of FOUR new shows set to air soon. They dive into their thou...

It's the week after the Met Gala, and it was such an awesome red carpet! Maria breaks it all down and goes over her favorite looks, shocking attendees, noticeable absences, and who she would've liked to see walk the carpet. It's a full recap, so you can never stop re-living fashion's biggest night! PLUS Maria sits down with her friend Chaelesse to blind react to the Met Gala and ta...

When asked "what's your favorite season", Moira Rose, one of the gratest tv characters of all time said "awards" and that's a statement Maria has felt in her soul ever since. Even though award season may be over, that doesn't stop us from honoring our favorite (and least favorite) celebs, reality stars, tv shows, albums, and more from the last year! Welcome to the f...

Hey Besties! It has been a week since The Traitors finale and no I am still not over it. I have listened to a million hours of content surrounding this season, so much so that I decided to create my own content around it. Instead of just breaking down all the big moments, I decided it would be fun to invite a friend and talk about who we would like to see on the next season. Because lets be honest...

This week, Maria is joined by Craig Allison, Morning anchor at 10/11 News in Lincoln, Nebraska. When he's not reporting in studio, presenting live in studio, or taking in a Cornhusker's game, he's probably watching movies! He may as well be a voting member of the Academy at this point. He gives us his thoughts and opinions on the winners (their obnoxious speeches) and everything in bet...

Hi Besties! From Beyonce FINALLY winning AOTY, Kendrick Lamar annihilating Drake, the year of the pop girlies, Doechii's big milestone, a "surprise guest" so much more; We are re-capping and breaking down and recapping all the big moments from this year's Grammy's awards. This week I invited my friend Cassidy who you may know from the TikTok account "Cass.on.tour" where she says from content from...

Hey! Welcome to PEP, or "Pop-culture Entertainment Podcast". (Creative, right?) In this episode, I will tell you how the show got it's name and my pop culture origin story that led me to finally start a podcast. From entertainment news, to award show recaps, and even just reality tv recaps there is something for every pop culture lover hosted by your new pop culture bestie! Sit back, relax, maybe...