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Pop Culture Junkie®
Pop Culture Junkie® has your weekly entertainment fix! The Pop Culture Junkies review and preview the best of what's happening now and what's coming up in movies, music, TV and more. Tune in every week to hear the best in what you love most: pop culture.
Episodes
Pop Culture Junkie®Feminist Rage Anthems
Shauna has the Back-in-America Blues and has found the cure is watching one horror or thriller film per day, and she and Olivia go down memory lane remembering…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #52
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia binged every episode of…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #51
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna is popping the 2016 book My…
Pop Culture Junkie®Going 'Behind the Mirror' with 'TheSwan'
Shauna debriefs Olivia (and us) on the details of her European Vacation, and Olivia reveals a surprise visit of her own. Then the Junkies take a deep dive into…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #50
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia continues to manifest a…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #49
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna recommends 1988’s Elvira…
Pop Culture Junkie®Why We Love Horror Comedies
After a little travel talk (someone's going to Europe!), Olivia and Shauna get ready for Spooky Season by talking about the marriage of their two favorite…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #48
n PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia rewatched one the underrated…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #47
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna is still powering through…
Pop Culture Junkie®Remembering Tim Curry
We lost some important cultural icons recently: Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem and the subject of this episode. Shauna and Olivia remember the one and only Tim…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #46
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia recently enjoyed the…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #45
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna is gearing up for Avengers…
Pop Culture Junkie®Aging in Hollywood
Olivia and Shauna get together in the Pop Culture Junkie studio to talk the good, the bad and the ugliest of Halloween costumes (looking at you, clowns) before…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #44
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. The end of August means Spooky…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #43
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna binged the first season of…
Pop Culture Junkie®Bond... James Bond with Daniel de Boulay
Shauna and Olivia are joined by producer, essayist, and screenwriter Daniel de Boulay for this episode. Daniel has worked as an Acquisitions Executive at Sony…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #42
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia recommends the raunchy 2015…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #41
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna gives props to the scariest…
Pop Culture Junkie®Two Junkies Chatting
From Olivia's Hawaiian adventure to Shauna's obsession with social media mascot Jimothy the raccoon, the Junkies cover it all in this pop culture-themed…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #40
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia says if you’re high, or…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #39
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna suggests you ignore the…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Best Is Yet to Come: 2026 Movie Previews
So far in 2026, the big-budget superhero flick Supergirl tanked while quirky indie projects like Backrooms and Obsessionbecame mega-hits. Who knows what's…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #38
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia ugly-cried at the 2026…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #37
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna suggests you check out…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Rise of Skinny Culture (Again)
Olivia and Shauna recount their weekend in San Francisco enjoying the best that Pride Month has to offer there: Drag acts, wig snatching contests, music…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #36
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia binged the hilarious 2014…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #35
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna rented 2025’s dystopian…
Pop Culture Junkie®Womansploitation: Violence Against Women as Entertainment – Live at Phoenix Fan Fusion
Live from Phoenix Fan Fusion, Olivia and Shauna head a panel to discuss a serious topic with their characteristic dark humor and feminist sass…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #34
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia recommends the riveting…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #33
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna has finally taken Olivia’s…
Pop Culture Junkie®A.I., Robots and Revolution
Shauna and Olivia are in the studio together live and in person, so naturally this episode revolves around artificial life forms. Robots and Artificial…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #32
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia recently watched I, Robot…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #31
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna went all the way back to…
Pop Culture Junkie®Movie Exchange #2: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shauna and Olivia want to share their favorite movies with each other, and you! This time Olivia shares one of her favorite movies, Eternal Sunshine of the…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #30
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia is completely obsessed with…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #29
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna finally watched the 1991…
Pop Culture Junkie®Best and Worst: Pop Culture Witches
This week, Shauna and Olivia get a little witchy and expose the history of witches in pop culture. Going back as far as Shakespeare's trio of witchy…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #28
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia’s pick is The Truman Show…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #27
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna shares how much she learned…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Devil Wears Prada 2 Preview
Olivia and Shauna gird their loins for the sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, a 20-years-in-the-making follow-up to the iconic Meryl Streep/Anne Hathaway film…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #26
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia recommends the 2018 Showtime…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #25
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna says to dive into the…
Pop Culture Junkie®Movie Exchange #1: V for Vendetta
Shauna and Olivia want to share their favorite movies with each other, and you! Up first is Shauna's favorite movie, V for Vendetta. Released in 2006, V for…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #24
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia praises the four-part…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #23
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna recommends the dishy and…
Pop Culture Junkie®Music For Sale: Why Artists Sell Their Catalogs
After Olivia and Shauna share some Bridgerton (and cat) updates, they look at the trend of artists selling their music catalogs. Music ownership rights have…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #22
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia has gone back in time for…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #21
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna gives her highest…
Pop Culture Junkie®Sex, Gossip and All Things 'Bridgerton'
Acting as Lady Whistledown and... another Lady Whistledown, the Junkies transport us to the bodice-ripping world of the Netflix drama Bridgerton, a racially…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #20
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia recommends the timely true…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #19
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna raves about the Anime series…
Pop Culture Junkie®Tyra Banks Gets an 'Americas Next Top Model' Reality Check
Like so many millennials, Shauna and Olivia binged the reality competition show America's Next Top Model at an impressionable age, taking in some decidedly…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #18
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Olivia thinks you should dive into…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #17
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna recommends steamy Canadian…
Pop Culture Junkie®What Happened to Nicki Minaj?
Shauna and Olivia are back from an extended holiday (and mental) break and they are ready to dish. In this episode, the Junkies look at Nicki Minaj and trace…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Classic - Stranger Things Happen with Grant Goodman
To celebrate Stranger Things premiering the first episode of its final season this week, we are replaying this very special edition of Pop Culture Junkie…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #16
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Though Halloween is over, it’s…
Pop Culture Junkie®Jason Forever: Looking at the Friday the 13th Series
The Friday the 13th movie series is one of the top slasher movie franchises of the 1980s and beyond, so this week the Junkies take a look at Jason Voorhees…
Pop Culture Junkie®PCJ Pop #15
In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. This week, Olivia encourages you to…
Pop Culture Junkie®Tilly Norwood and Other AI Nightmares —with Alaina Lightfoot
Olivia and Shauna devote their last Spooky Season episode to the modern horror that is Generative AI, the inescapable technology that is not only replacing…