Pop Culture Boner

Nov 28 2023 86 ep. 23 mins 4

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Pop Culture Boner started as a blog in 2012. But no one has read a blog in a while, so now we're making a podcast. Thinking a little too hard about pop culture, once a fortnight.

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Rewind: Paving the Way for Harry Styles

Nov 28 2023 21 mins

Because time is a flat circle, every now and then our episodes become relevant again.Recently, Netflix released a documentary, Best of Robbie Williams, to mixed but mostly positive reviews. Anyway, all the way back in 2020, on the third ever episode of Pop Culture Boner - The Podcast Edition, Alex explored how Robbie's career evolved from boy band member to stadium sized solo artis

Rewind: Unwrapping Spotify Wrapped

Nov 14 2023 23 mins

Hello friends! Another busy fortnight here at HQ. Once again we’ve decided to take a dive into the archives to bring you some classic Pop Culture Boner content. Anyway, it's November so that means your Spotify Wrapped is already in the oven - nothing else you listen to will count for this years edition. It might also be a good time to mention, Wesley's band Lava Fangs have new mu

Praise Be to the Las Vegas Sphere

Oct 31 2023 23 mins

This week on Pop Culture we’re taking a closer look at the Sphere at the Venetian. As Las Vegas’ newest and most expensive concert venue, the Sphere is promising concert-goers that it will be the “future of entertainment”. But now that they’re $2.3billion in the hole, have invented a new camera and booked U2 for a residency, what does that actually mean?Visit the website

Consulting a Lawyer on Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’ Divorce

Oct 17 2023 47 mins

Here at Pop Culture Boner we sometimes like to consult the experts. Or at least, someone who is expert adjacent. This week we’re talking to Isobel, an actual lawyer, about Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’ divorce and custody proceedings. While Isobel is keen to emphasise that she is not actually a family lawyer, she does know more about the Hague Convention than anyone else involve

From The Archives: Harry Potter Ruined Modern Cinema

Oct 03 2023 22 mins

Hello friends! A lot’s been happening here at Pop Culture Boner Headquarters. Ask Alex about it next time you see her at the pub. Under the circumstances, we haven’t been able to put together a fresh episode for you this week. Instead, we’ve decided to take a dive into the archives and share something from the early days of Pop Culture Boner. I thought we could just have some

Sins of the Mother: Family Vlogging and Child Endangerment

Sep 19 2023 21 mins

In the wake of the arrest of Utah-based ‘mommy blogger’ Ruby Franke and her offsider Jodi Hildebrandt on 6 counts of felony child abuse, we take a look at child stars of the YouTube age. How have social channels like YouTube pushed the format of family vlogging into unsafe territory? Why aren’t child influencers subject to the same labour laws as child actors? What protection

Letting in ‘Talk to Me’

Sep 05 2023 18 mins

This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re finding joy in talking about horror. Specifically, Talk to Me, the directorial debut of Australian YouTube duo, RackaRacka AKA Michael and Danny Philippou. We take a look at grief, genre and the never-ending joy of watching ratbag teens make bad choices. Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com

The Barbenheimer Episode

Aug 15 2023 23 mins

This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re looking at the movie event of the year. Barbie. Oppenheimer. Boppenheimer. Barbenheimer. Margot Robbie. Cillian Murphy. Ryan Gosling. Fun, frivolity, atomic bombs. We’re looking at the limits of representation in storytelling. What gets included, what doesn’t and why? Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultu

Restricted Reading ft. Ngozi Ukazu

Jul 11 2023 42 mins

This week on Pop Culture Boner we look at the history of book banning and the recent rise in right-wing hate groups using libraries and public schools as battle grounds for anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. We also chat to Ngozi Ukazu, whose book Check, Please! is banned in Texas, about what it’s like to be an author on Moms For Liberty’s hit list. You can find Ngozi on Twitter, Instagr

Look, We’re Talking About the Titan Submersible. Sorry.

Jun 27 2023 21 mins

This week’s episode of Pop Culture Boner looks at the OceanGate submersible tragedy through the lens of the online discourse that sprung up around it. Between the wreck of the Titanic, missing billionaires, lax safety regulations, international waters, video game controllers and James Cameron, it was 5 days of unbridled digital chaos. We take a look at the timeline to examine why