Pop This!

Andrea and Lisa sit down to discuss their new tv obsession: UnREAL.

This week Lisa and Andrea explore the build-up around the upcoming all-female cast of Ghostbusters with both sadness and joy.

Is dance a film genre? We make it one this week and debate the merits and demerits of classic '80s musical dramas Dirty Dancing and Footloose. Who will emerge the victor? The answer might surprise you.

This week we revisit the classic 1991 road trip-to-end-all-road-trips film Thelma & Louise. 25 years later, does it still pop? Andrea and Lisa give us their thoughts.

This week Andrea and Lisa tackle a classic American romantic drama: Waiting to Exhale. Does it deserve to have classic film status?

Just in time for Mother's Day, Andrea and Lisa debate their favourite and least favourite fictional moms from TV and film.

We invite Rain City Chronicles founder Lizzy Karp on the podcast to discuss Carrie Brownstein's book Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl for the latest edition of our book club.

This week we wonder: is Almost Famous as good as we remember? To help us re-assess, we are joined by Chandler Levack, who is a Toronto-based filmmaker, journalist, and the creator of Feminist Live Reads (as well as our second guest ever).

Reality Bites vs. Singles: which one is the most '90s movie ever? From the music to the fashion to the overwhelming sense of boredom and malaise, join Lisa and Andrea for their most heated debate yet.

The Kardashians - love 'em or hate 'em, we all have to admit they are a dominating force in pop culture. This week Andrea and Lisa ask the question: What do we talk about when we talk about the Kardashians?

This week we tackle the beloved tv series Friday Night Lights. Join us as we rank power couples from the show, debate Julie as a character, and talk about what we'd like to see happen on a reunion show.

This week Andrea and Lisa get into one of their fiercest debates yet, discussing whether Jesus Christ Superstar the greatest musical ever, or the worst.

Join us for our third ever book club, in which Lisa and Andrea discuss Kim Gordon's memorable memoir Girl in a Band.

This week Andrea and Lisa discover that both their highest aspirations and darkest fears reside in the relationship of Big Edie and Little Edie Beale in the classic documentary Grey Gardens. Join us, won't you?

In this episode we tackle our favourite and least favourite fictional female friendships in television, movies and books. From Betty and Veronica to Meredith Grey and Christina Yang to Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller. Lisa and Andrea talk about the best and worst of pop culture's BFFs and frenemies (and everything in between).

This week we welcome our first ever guest! That's right, film critic Dorothy Woodend graces our studio with opinions galore about the Oscars - who should win, who was left out, and what we can do to make them better. Join us, won't you?

Welcome to our first ever travel episode. This week we talk about Lisa's first trip to Las Vegas and give you all the dirt you need to know to navigate Sin City!

This week Andrea and Lisa talk bout the novel The Girl on the Train for our sporadic book club called Read This! Does it live up to the hype? What do we think about the casting of the film version of the book? Is there still hope for you if you are over the age of 30 and want to be an author? We get to the bottom of all this and more on this week's episode.

"The only hit that comes out of a Helen Lawson show is Helen Lawson, and that's ME, baby, remember?" This week we discuss the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls. Tune in to hear Lisa and Andrea give serious consideration to everything this cult classic has to offer: bust exercises, Dionne Warwick, silhouette sex and all.

Welcome to our first ever Read This! book club edition. Our first book up for discussion is M Train by Patti Smith. We also get to hear about Lisa's two great loves: free tote bags and actor Mads Mikkelsen.

This week Lisa explains to us why we should care about Star Wars.

Have you re-watched Heathers lately? We did. How well does it stand up against the test of time? Find out what Lisa and Andrea think on this episode of our Classic Movies Club.

This week we debate whether we love or hate Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais, discuss the correlation between Jennifer Lawrence and global warming, and make our predictions on who is going to go home a winner this year.

This week Andrea and Lisa talk about overrated and underrated pop culture from the past year. Also, we get to hear juicy details about Lisa's office party, revisit Pizza Rat and extract a confession from Andrea on her true feelings about a certain character from Game of Thrones.

This week Andrea and Lisa talk about their favourite movies of 2015, including Ex Machina, It Follows and Mad Max. Also, Lisa shares the Twitter highlight of her life, and Andrea reveals she does not have any interest in space.