"A Lotta Pop!"
Steve and Kate hit the pop culture supermarket and emerge with several carts crammed to the top with offerings and opinions. We discuss everything from a Netflix documentary about a woman raised by wolves (!) to what made Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts so great to whether the Baroness in "The Sound of Music" was a Nazi.
Streaming
- "Modern Love," an anthology series inspired by the New York Times feature.
- "Misha and the Wolves," a documentary that investigates a woman's claims to having survived the Holocaust by living with wolves.
Music
- Lorde's new album "Solar Power," a departure from her earlier work.
- Elton John's classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album, which showcases great tunes and the best band he ever had.
- Our losses of rock legends Watts and ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill.
Novels
- "The Sanatorium," a 2021 thriller about murders at a former sanatorium turned luxury hotel in the Alps. Reese's Book Club pick.
- "The Shrinking Man," a 1969 novel by the great sci-fi/horror writer Richard Matheson.
- "Once Upon a River," with a greviously wounded stranger showing up at ancient inn on the Thames with a dead girl in his arms. Or is she?
- "The Girls," Emma Cline's story of a young woman sucked into a Manson-like cult.
Popahallics #51 Playlist
Lorde, Elton John, the Stones, ZZ Top ... we feel like royals! Listen here.
