Stop Everything!

Oct 23 2024 246 ep. 51 mins 677
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Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang host your end-of-week blitz on what everyone's watching and listening to right now. Featuring big-name interviews that go deep, and big thoughts on pop culture with your two smart friends — this is the show about how everything in your feed reflects – and affects – the world. Culture moves fast — so Stop Everything! and listen in.

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How Andrew Garfield and James Blunt won our hearts?!

Oct 23 2024 35 mins  
James Blunt weirdly got us on board with the 20th anniversary re-release of his debut album, Back to Bedlam, which features the divisive ear worm "You're Beautiful." Then actor Andrew Garfield got vulnerable on Sesame Street talking to Elmo about grief; and went on a chemistry-packed Chicken Shop Date with Amelia Dimoldenberg. How did these two celebrities, both on promotional pre

Nobody Wants This Bobba tea cultural appropriation

Oct 16 2024 35 mins  
What happened when Simu Liu summoned the Kenergy to address cultural appropriation of Boba, also known as bubble tea and pearl milk tea, on CBC reality show Dragons' Den, and how did the internet react? (spoiler: not well) And what's the secret sauce behind Netflix's hit rom-com series Nobody Wants This, starring Xennial dreamboats Adam Brody and Kristen Bell? Guest critic Patric

Moo Deng is the moment

Oct 09 2024 33 mins  
Why is the moist, ungovernable baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng the aloe vera on our parched souls? What's it like to use Social AI, the social media app where you're the only human interacting with a universe of AI chatbots with different personalities? How is Netflix's Culinary Class Wars refreshing the cooking competition show genre? And what does Zelda do now that she's the s

Why is Dwayne Johnson and our biggest blockbusters so unsexy?

Oct 02 2024 32 mins  
The big Hollywood blockbusters barely feature a kiss anymore, let alone any amorous affairs. So, why are studios so afraid of this core human experience and where do we need to go to get our vicarious fix? This week's host Wenlei Ma is joined by guest critic, Vogues' Hannah-Rose Yee to talk about sex on film. Plus, with the release of the Pitt/ Clooney vehicle Wolfs on streaming

Reinventing Anna Delvey: Dancing with the scammer

Sep 25 2024 36 mins  
Is it ok that "fake German heiress" Anna Delvey has appeared in the current season of Dancing With The Stars (US)? Can a convicted scammer dance her way to reputation rehab – and should she even have the opportunity? Guest critic (and trained dancer!) Rudi Bremer is in to discuss. Show notes: "Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It" by Jessica Pressler Ziwe inte

Trump hates Taylor Swift, so what?

Sep 18 2024 33 mins  
After Taylor Swift made her politics clear by endorsing Kamala Harris for president, Donald Trump reacted by posting: I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! But does he understand how that's activated Swifties? Guest critic Steph Van Schilt is a writer, podcast producer and Taylor Swift specialist, and she shares her take on the situation. Also: is The Bear really a comedy? We recap the Emmys and

Raygun: closure, or just the beginning?

Sep 11 2024 36 mins  
Raygun, Australia's most famous breaker, is back in the news again – posting photos hanging out with Sir Richard Branson and Boy George – as foreshadowed in her interview with The Project's Waleed Aly. Is this a coda to Raygun's viral moment, or a sign of things to come? Guest critic Tahlea Aualiitia is in to ponder the question, as well as Beyoncé's lack of CMA nominations.

Getting into anime, One Piece at a time

Sep 04 2024 29 mins  
Megan Thee Stallion may have originated Hot Girl Summer and WAP, but she's also a self-proclaimed Otaku Hot Girl, ie like millions of people around the world – an anime superfan. If it's good enough for Thee Stallion, maybe you should check it out too? Anime superfan and guest critic Ahmed Yussuf is in to make the argument for why you should get into anime too. We're also weig

Chappell Roan wants you to stop being weird

Aug 28 2024 41 mins  
Midwest Princess Chappell Roan is asking you to respect her boundaries, and we wish her good luck, babe! The American singer songwriter is grappling with her meteoric rise to fame and calling out predatory behaviour, unwanted touching and asking "superfans" to stop being weird to her family and friends. Guest critic Wenlei Ma is in to discuss this, J.Lo and Ben's Affleck's breaku

Very demure, very Katy Perry

Aug 21 2024 30 mins  
It's a very demure, very mindful episode of Stop Everything! in this the cutesy edition: How Chicago TikTok creator Jools LeBron is redefining demure and changing her life in the process! Guest critic Jared Richards is in to analyse demure, Katy Perry’s comeback album launch missteps and the Olympics of Drag – Rupaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars – whose cast includes Stop