Pop Culture Junkie®

WARNING: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE PODCAST! The Pop Culture Junkies watched Spider-Man: No Way Home at the Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill in Chandler, AZ and loved it so much they couldn’t wait to talk about it LIVE right after the show. Joining the Junkies was very special guest AZ Deadpool, a cosplayer who, despite the name, appeared as Spider-Man to talk about the movie. Shauna, Nicole, Al...

The 2010s…what a decade, right? There were good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is looking back at the halcyon days between 2010 and 2019 with a five-part series we’re calling We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna finish out the decade with a look at the years 2018 and 2019. In 2018, when...

The 2010s…what a decade, right? There were good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is looking back at the halcyon days between 2010 and 2019 with a five-part series we’re calling We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna take a look at the years 2016 and 2017. 2016 was all about Stranger Things,...

The 2010s…what a decade, right? There were good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is looking back at the halcyon days between 2010 and 2019 with a five-part series we’re calling We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna take a look at the years 2014 and 2015. 2014 was the year of Gone Girl powe...

The 2010s…what a decade, right? There were good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is looking back at the halcyon days between 2010 and 2019 with a five-part series we’re calling We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna take a look at the years 2012 and 2013. 2012 was the year of natural disast...

The 2010s…what a decade, right? There were good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is looking back at the halcyon days between 2010 and 2019 with a five-part series we’re calling We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna take a look at the years 2010 and 2011. 2010 was the year of Inception, iPa...

In honor of the impending release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Junkies welcome a real-life Ghostbuster to the show! Jeff Lewis of the Arizona Ghostbusters, a 501c(3) registered charity, joins the gang to talk about his lifelong love of busting ghosts and the stellar community work his organization does statewide. When not talking about proton packs or the Ecto-fleet, Jeff and the Junkies discus...

Saturday Night Live’s squirrely Pete Davidson is not only captivating Kardashians; one of the Junkies finds him oddly alluring too. After debating the ubiquity of Christmas music before Halloween is even over, Alex dishes on Facebook’s new Metaverse, which could send you back in time via a picture you were tagged in circa 2010. Shauna and Hayley are tentatively popping Ghosts (it’s not as weird as...

We celebrate Spooky Season this week with a double-stuffed episode full of tricks and treats. The Junkies remember the costumes of Halloween past, and find out Hayley and Nicole each dressed up as sultry Sandy from Grease, and both Alex and Shauna discovered slutty costumes once they got to college. Then we say “Oh, hai Greg!” as Shauna interviews actor, writer, filmmaker and all-around awesome ni...

The Junkies confess to car karaoke on this week’s episode, so give Nicole a nod if you ever pull up next to her while she’s in Billie mode. Hayley and Shauna were popping live shows this week, and Alex freaks everyone out with his Chucky impression. Then it’s on to the news, and the Junkies cover everything from the silly (Megan Fox’s fanfiction romance with Machine Gun Kelly), to the sporty (Chic...

The Pop Culture Junkies recorded this episode live at the Be My Secret Cars and Anime Con on October 9th at Rawhide Events Center in Chandler. While Shauna and Hayley are very familiar with cons and cosplaying, this was a first for Alex and Nicole. Experienced or not though, everyone had a great time. For this episode, The Junkies welcomed incredible guests like cosplayer Alina Masquerade, Brittan...

The Junkies welcome very special guest Whitney Peyton, so this episode is all about music. Whitney is a headlining rap artist, songwriter and all-around content creator (she makes her motion picture debut this month!) who hails from Philadelphia and is now based in Phoenix. Whitney chats with Hayley, Shauna, Alex and Nicole about her music and her influences, tells touring stories, and even confes...

The Junkies are shooting up a lot of pop culture this week, and it’s all for your benefit. Alex makes the acquaintance of little-known models Cindy Crawford and Gigi Hadid, while Hayley and Nicole celebrate the return of smokin’ hot daddy Chris Meloni (along with the various Laws and Orders) this week. Then the Junkies celebrate the new direction R. Kelly will be taking, try to make sense of the P...

Prepare to be scandalized as The Junkies confess their childhood transgressions: Hayley’s deception, Alex’s trespassing, and Shauna’s illicit snogging absolutely pale in comparison to the lengths Nicole went to for a first grade birthday party. The Junkies break down the Emmy Awards (not the ceremony, which no one watches anymore), but the entertaining moments from Conan, Seth Rogan, Michaela Coel...

Which late night hosts do the Junkies want to kiss, marry and kill? You might be surprised by their answers, and by the fact that only one Junkie wants to take out notorious car-humper James Corden. Shauna does her best to not spoil Shang-Chi for Alex, and he returns the favor by not ruining the start of Lucifer‘s final season for her. Hayley is pumped for Hawkeye, Christmas and a year’s worth of...

The Junkies welcome super-special guest Lauren Knight, Stallone Enthusiast (oh, and the Film and Events Programmer for Majestic Theaters, Phoenix) and they use their powers to erase their least favorite films from existence. Sorry, fan(s) of The Love Guru. Lauren tells everyone of the exciting new programs coming to the Majestic Theaters, formerly the Alamo Drafthouse. Then the Junkies start poppi...

The conversation is so good in this episode that the Junkies consider starting a podcast. They start by talking about TV shows with banging theme songs, which of course leads to a discussion of twerking to the Law and Order: SVU opening music. After that, things get weird. James Corden-humping-cars weird. Alex recommends Vacation Friends with benefits, Shauna is still catching up on classic vampir...

The Junkies pop, drop and roll their way through the week in pop culture. Reminiscence puts Hayley to sleep, while the Paw Patrol Movie is on point. Nicole is drawn into Rampage, not so much for The Rock as for her beloved Chicago. Alex pops Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music in Vivo, a new animated musical that is very Coco-meets-Soul, and Shauna is iffy on The White Lotus, and not just because of the ge...

Nicole offers to manifest good things for all the Junkies, because that how she rolls. Shauna’s getting back her $200, Hayley will get to see Benson and Stabler (finally) make out, and Alex will always have dry pants. The Junkies also discuss James Gunn’s crazy direction on The Suicide Squad, Sebastian Stan’s lackluster voiceovers on What If…?, The Killers’ transcendent new album and David Spade’s...

The OG Junkies are on the air! Shauna and Nicole man the show this week as Alex celebrates two birthdays and Hayley is off campaigning to make the Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavillion a thing. She aims to misbehave! This episode has a lot of Jennifer Aniston, from the rumors she’s boinking David Schwimmer, to her starring role on The Morning Show to her stance on anti-vaxxers. Also this week, the Jun...

It’s unanimous: 3 out of 3 Junkies prefer bagels to doughnuts. This week, Nicole is back, but Shauna is MIA so this episode has a no-swears guarantee. This week Alex reps Ted Lasso, Nicole is all about Billie Eilish’s new, non-whispery album, and Hayley digs Tig Notaro’s animated adventures. Then the Junkies turn to sports, with stories from the Olympics and the men’s roller derby team from Clevel...

The Junkies make a new friend this week when Preston Statzer, owner of Olympus Games, sits in for Nicole. Hayley recalls asking a psychic if she was going to marry David Duchovny, which came half true, and Alex tries to teach the others how to have swag. Preston debates anime dubs vs subs and manages to out-Shauna Shauna. This episode has everything: the corrupting influence of Harry Potter, rom-c...

On this week’s episode, Alex is iffy on Space Jam but digging Monsters at Work, Hayley stans any and all mockumentaries out of New Zealand, Shauna enjoyed the Crime Scene Kitchen finale when she wasn’t getting sunburnt, and Nicole is digging The Bachelorette final four but isn’t looking forward to the sandy sexcapades on Bachelor in Paradise. Then the Junkies get into the Loki finale, TikTokkers f...

Reunited, and it feels so good, as the song goes. After months of Zooming, the Pop Culture Junkie Podcast now records live at Olympus Games in Mesa. Even better: Alex, Hayley, Shauna and Nicole all got together to see Black Widow, and you know they have a lot to say about the first Marvel movie in theaters in two years. Also this week, the Junkies dish on Loki, the big reveal in Sex/Life, billiona...

Like Bon Jovi, we are halfway there – halfway through 2021, that is. In this short and sweet episode, Alex, Nicole and Shauna talk about the best of what is yet to come in pop culture this year. Everything is opening up – theaters, concert halls, conventions – so find out what the Junkies are looking forward the most. And find us on social media so we can hear what you are dying to see! Everyone i...