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The Pop Cult EX-perienceGirl Power: Women Who Have Helped Shape Pop Culture.Send us a textHappy International Women’s Day! We celebrated in one of the best ways we know how, by talking about some of the women in pop culture who have brought us something special. We even brought on a special guest, Jennifer Mulligan, a screenwriter and director herself, to share some of her favourites too. Pop culture has so often helped to move ideas forward and shape the cultural mindset, and the leadership roles of women continue to grow and expand. We can’t possibly name everyone, but we covered a lot of bases...2021-03-081h 54The Pop Cult EX-perienceHocus PocusSend us a textWe invoked the power of three for this episode when K chatted with Jennifer Mulligan and Kait Kenel: 1 screenwriter, 1 archaeologist, & 1 archaeogenetics student studying abroad. It was a chat about Halloween and spooky fiction in general: costumes, local traditions, movies, stories. We talked about what Halloween is for us culturally and personally, about bringing kids up to enjoy the spooky things. Then, given what Kait and K do for a living, there was a dive into recounting some of our own more haunting encounters. We’re all changing things up given the pandemic, bu...2020-10-201h 09The Pop Cult EX-perienceNews, Reviews and MulligansSend us a textWelcome to the new week everyone! In News & Previews this week we chat about changes in DC Universe, the ongoing conflict between Ray Fisher and Warner Bros, and share a fun Marvel cast announcement. We express some hopes for TIFF and the Emmys and share a couple of new streaming suggestions too. Also tied into TIFF was our Retro Rewind review of Almost Famous, as it premiered at TIFF 20 years ago. After a number of less-than-stellar streaming movie reviews, we were pleasantly surprised by both #Alive and I’m Thinking of Ending Th...2020-09-211h 31