Stop Everything!

Mar 04 2025 50 ep. 32 mins 693
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Do you have complicated feelings about pop culture? Beverley Wang and Hannah Reich are here to help. Each episode Beverley and Hannah sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world. Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.

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Did the Oscars get it right this year?!

Mar 04 2025 39 mins  
We’re breaking down all four hours of the Oscars broadcast and bringing you our takes on the most moving, hilarious and awkward moments (ahem, Kieran Culkin!) and of course, whether the Academy got it right with the big wins of the night. Culture writer and film critic Jared Richards joins Bev and Hannah for an Oscars roundtable, AND Hannah prosecutes The Case Against Long Movi

The White Lotus is sicker than ever, and we're into it   

Feb 26 2025 36 mins  
We’re checking back into the dark and decadent world of Mike White’s The White Lotus. It’s the show’s third season, and a fresh cast of wealthy, dysfunctional jerks are spending a week at The White Lotus Thailand, a luxury wellness resort. But can any amount of energy healing sessions cure their privileged, rotted souls? Consider this your spoiler alert as Hannah and Bev

Are we still in love with Bridget Jones, just as she is?

Feb 19 2025 37 mins  
A lot’s happened since Gen X singleton Bridget Jones, played by Renée Zellweger, slid down that fire pole and into our hearts. Nearly 25 years later, she’s back in a fourth, and likely last, film sequel – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Bev and Hannah are catching up on where Bridget is now in life, her new love interests, and how the movie series holds up. Is it still a

Mount your dragons! We’re riding the Onyx Storm wave 

Feb 12 2025 33 mins  
It’s smutty book club this week, so let’s go deep on Onyx Storm -- the latest bestselling instalment of the Rebecca Yarros Empyrean romantasy series. Onyx Storm follows Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, continuing the saga of lightning-wielder dragon rider Violet Sorrengail's intense bond with her broody, shadow-wielding lover, Xaden Riorson. Bev and Hannah have a lot to discuss

Bev and Hannah's shows to survive on

Feb 05 2025 37 mins  
New Stop Everything! co-host Hannah Reich reveals how her postpartum state has influenced her TV tastes. Together, Bev and Hannah examine how what you’re going through in life can change what you want to watch. What content got you through a big life change – a birth, a break-up, or bereavement? Write to [email protected] and tell us about it. Also, Bev and Hannah b

Stop Everything! We have news!

Jan 30 2025 4 mins  
It’s been a good run, and it’s not going to stop. In fact, from now on, it’ll be double your money – Bev’s welcoming a new co-host, Hannah Reich! Hannah is an ABC digital arts producer, journalist and vexed pop culture nerd, obsessed with romantasy and mumfluencing, among other things. Together, Bev and Hannah will hold space to overthink and process the world around the

Vibe check 2025, how are we coping? Plus: Unpicking the Oscar noms

Jan 29 2025 44 mins  
January hit hard: LA burned, Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Meta, President Donald Trump was sworn in again, Elon kept Musking, and ... it’s awards season! If all of this is making you feel — destabilised — you’re not alone. It’s time to check the vibe on 2025. Screen critic and pop culture reporter Jared Richards is in to help Bev overthink how what’s happen

Can I persuade you to read Jane Austen? Our 2025 pop culture resolutions 

Jan 22 2025 33 mins  
Comedian, rom-com lover and professional bookworm Jennifer Wong confesses that she’s never read Jane Austen, and Bev is horrified. But 2025 is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth so Jen is ready to break her own denim rule for content and find out what the hype is all about. Meanwhile, Bev has pop culture knowledge gaps of her own to disclose ... what could they be

The joy of playing a chump on The Office Australia

Jan 15 2025 27 mins  
Twenty-three years after the original series of The Office debuted, Australia has its own version of the mockumentary workplace comedy, They Office featuring needy bad boss - and chump- Hannah Howard, played by Felicity Ward. Felicity and show runners Jackie Van Beek and Julie De Fina talk to BW about how this 13th version of The Office, streaming on Prime Video, adapts itself to

Hoa Xuande is The Captain in HBO's The Sympathizer

Jan 08 2025 26 mins  
Vietnamese-Australian actor Hoa Xuande stars as The Captain in HBO's The Sympathizer, a limited series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer-prize winning novel. Hoa takes us behind the scenes, telling us about how he landed this huge role, and what it was like to act opposite heavyweights like Robert Downey Jr. and Sandra Oh.