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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®Samuel L. Jackson 101: Shaft
Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? Obviously, it’s Shaft, aka Law and Order SVU: The Movie. The second lesson in Samuel L…
Pop Culture Junkie®Say Cheese
Things get all little cheesy on the show this week, as in love of Mozzarella, Colby Jack, or Bleu cheese (but not Swiss), before the Junkies talk about their…
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Samuel L. Jackson 101: Pulp Fiction
Now that the class on Keanu Reeves is concluded, it’s time to move on to our next subject: Samuel L. Jackson. This week, The Junkies go deep into one of the…
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KEANU 101: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves? No one, that’s who. This week the Junkies continue their semi-regular feature looking into some of pop culture’s most important…
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KEANU 101: Point Break
Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves? No one, that’s who. This week the Junkies continue their semi-regular feature looking into some of pop culture’s most important…
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The Year The Oscars® Slapped
This week the Junkies take on the big story from this year’s Academy Awards® presentation: How Apple TV+ was the first streaming service to produce a Best…
Pop Culture Junkie®Con Job with Ashleigh Feiring
Ashleigh Feiring, a Producer of the Phoenix Fan Fusion convention, joins the Junkies this week to talk about her role at the event, which takes place from May…
Pop Culture Junkie®KEANU 101: Speed
Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves? No one, that’s who. This week the Junkies continue their semi-regular feature looking into some of pop culture’s most important…
Pop Culture Junkie®Entertain Me
The #QuadSquad (Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna) celebrate the Third Season Premiere of the Pop Culture Junkie Podcast by talking about all those shows that…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Second Annual Junkies' Choice Awards
You picked the categories. You picked the nominees. And you voted on the winners. Now it’s finally time to find out the best and worst of Pop Culture from the…
Pop Culture Junkie®KEANU 101: John Wick
Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves? No one, that’s who. This week the Junkies continue their semi-regular feature looking into some of pop culture’s most important…
Pop Culture Junkie®Murderman Is Coming with Avery Xola
Alex, Shauna and Nicole welcome special guest Avery Xola, an Arizona native who is the author of the Murderman graphic novel series, a “punk rock project”…
Pop Culture Junkie®KEANU 101: The Lake House
Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves? No one, that’s who. This week the Junkies continue a semi-regular feature looking into some of pop culture’s most important…
Pop Culture Junkie®Fans Ruin Everything
Joey, Banana, Splash and Hayley the Brave and Strong (aka the Pop Culture Junkies) talk about their nicknames and how they got them. In other news, January is…
Pop Culture Junkie®KEANU 101: The Replacements
Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves? No one, that’s who. This week the Junkies start a semi-regular feature looking into some of pop culture’s most important films…
Pop Culture Junkie®Big Mullet Energy
The Junkies look at the phenomenon of hate-watching this week; Alex watches Jersey Shore just to complain about it to his brother, who’s a fan; Nicole’s dad…
Pop Culture Junkie®Meryl Streep's Tramp Stamp
The Junkies take the Ten Year Challenge and decide what Pop Culture rocked back in 2012 and what needs to survive until the year 2032. Then Alex, Nicole…
Pop Culture Junkie®So Much Happening At Once!
Alex and Nicole make their Pop Culture resolutions for 2022…will they keep up with them? Time will tell! The year may have changed, but we are still popping…
Pop Culture Junkie®And Just Like That... The Best of Pop Culture Junkie 2021
2021 was the year that made us look back fondly at 2020. And yet, there were some moments this year that made life worth living. On this, the last PCJ podcast…
Pop Culture Junkie®Watching Spider-Man with Deadpool — LIVE!
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®We Love 2018 & 2019
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®We Love 2016 & 2017
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®We Love 2014 & 2015
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®We Love 2012 & 2013
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®We Love 2010 & 2011
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Who You Gonna Call? with Jeff Lewis
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Mysterious Appeal of Pete Davidson
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Kings and Queens of Halloween with Greg Sestero
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Alien Relationships
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Live From Be My Secret Cars And Anime Con
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®On My Way To PHX with Whitney Peyton
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Savage Entanglements
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Wild Things
Prepare to be scandalized as The Junkies confess their childhood transgressions: Hayley’s deception, Alex’s trespassing, and Shauna’s illicit snogging…
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Sexy British Devil Man
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Blood, Bombs and Biceps with Lauren Knight
The Junkies welcome super-special guest Lauren Knight, Stallone Enthusiast (oh, and the Film and Events Programmer for Majestic Theaters, Phoenix) and they use…
Pop Culture Junkie®Sex, Drugs and Mistakes
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®A Very Nerdy Proposal
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®The 'F' Is for Fangirl
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®The OG Friends
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Junkies Are People Too
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Psychic Friends
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Hashtag Beach Orgy
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®Junkies Assemble!
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®We're Halfway There!
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…
Pop Culture Junkie®All Pop Culture Dogs Go To Heaven
The Junkies reveal their pop culture nemeses, and decide that some of them just need to be tripped. (Watch where you walk, Scott Baio.) Nicole is enjoying how…
Pop Culture Junkie®The Boys (And Girls) Of Summer
It’s officially summer, even though here in Arizona it has been scorching hot for months. This week the Junkies celebrate the solstice by talking about…
Pop Culture Junkie®An Absurd Fever Dream
How to play the Pop Culture Junkie™ Drinking Game: drink every time Shauna has to censor herself, Hayley talks about Law and Order, Nicole mentions Billie…
Pop Culture Junkie®Consensual Sweaty Touching With John Pyka
The Junkies met in real life for Friends trivia night at the Alamo Drafthouse (thanks, Alamo Drafthouse!) How did they do? Find out by listening! Speaking of…
Pop Culture Junkie®Listen-To-Able: A Summer Music Extravaganza
Which Junkie has the moves? They all do, unless you count tap dancing. It’s metaphorically hot as Hell here in Phoenix, so we are all about the summer music…
Pop Culture Junkie®The One with the 'Friends' Trivia
Another Junkie is MIA! This time it is Hayley, who was somehow misplaced by the other Junkies. They pledge to find her by next week. This week, however, is all…
Pop Culture Junkie®Model Behavior
Nicole is back! The Junkies welcome her return with a big discussion of Law and Order: SVU, and whether she really was auditioning to play a cadaver. Hayley…
Pop Culture Junkie®A Slightly Geekier Direction
We are one Junkie short this week, so as Alex, Hayley and Shauna soldier on without Nicole, they decide to do a deep dive into Marvel content past and yet to…
Pop Culture Junkie®Super-Deep Nonsense
For an episode dropping close to Mother’s Day, there are so many mentions of, um, Daddies, this week. Alex talks about growing up sheltered from pop music, but…
Pop Culture Junkie®That '90s Show
Embrace the nostalgia as the Junkies look back on the ’90s on this week’s episode. Remember the Spice Girls, Beanie Babies, high-waisted jeans and…lava lamps?…
Pop Culture Junkie®Spoiling The Matrix
This episode was recorded on 4.20. Just saying. Shauna does a bollocks Posh Spice impersonation, but Nicole rocks her Chicago accent. Hayley and Alex dish on…
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Steve Would Never
Which Junkie sat at the emo kids’ table in high school? Which one ate with the teachers? And which one got to skip class to go to Red Sox games? This episode…
Pop Culture Junkie®I Love Lucifer
The Junkies are back on their regular beat this week, bringing you not one but two pop culture stories involving the Prince of Darkness. But first, they break…
Pop Culture Junkie®Pop Conspiracy Junkies
It’s official: pop culture is dead. R.I.P. Over a year of Covid-related cancellations, postponements and Zoom call-themed episodes have put the kibosh on…
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Password: PigLover
The Junkies imagine the perfect private club, one with killer tunes and consensual groping only. Stay tuned for details on the opening of an exclusive PCJ Club…
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Thimble, Shoe, Dog, Racecar… the Junkies disclose which Monopoly piece best represents them, and who is willing to flip the board when the game isn’t going…