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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 week Alex
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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 week Alex
Read MoreThe 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 marry David Duchovny, which came half true, and Alex tries to teach the others how to have swag. Preston debates anime dubs vs subs and manages to out-Shauna Shauna. This episode has everything: the corrupting influence of Harry Potter, rom-coms, true crime, the Olympics, Pokemon, and Megan Fox’s toe thumbs.
Read MoreOn 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 Crime Scene
Read MoreReunited, 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 better: Alex,
Read MoreLike 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
Read MoreThe 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 The Bachelorette
Read MoreIt’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 terrible vacations, terrific summer binge-watching
Read MoreHow 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 Eilish, or Alex references
Read MoreThe 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 friends, the Junkies welcome their new friend, John Pyka, The Prophet of Pop Culture and host of the Back of the Cereal Box podcast, who does a mean Kermit impression. (Links below!) This week, the Junkies (who may or may not be naked from the waist down) and John have a LOT of pop culture hot takes this week. After marveling at the days of future past, when you could get an actual record on the back of cereal boxes, Alex learns about how AOL Instant Messenger gives Marvel superheroes their powers. Hayley discusses the godlike perfection of Chris Hemsworth’s forearms, and Nicole gives a blow by blow recap of Logan Paul’s total dud of a fight. Shauna sticks the landing to tell us about the godlike perfection of gymnast Simone Biles. Find out which Junkie looks like a sexy David Spade, what exactly a skin salesman is, how bad the Powerpuff Girls pilot script is, and who gets to claim Scarlett Johansson as their girlfriend: it’s a hotly contended three-way race. This episode is hotter than a flaming crock-pot!
Read MoreWhich 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 playlist this week. Each Junkie discloses their summer soundtracks, 2021-style, and we’re posting them below so you can rock out at your poolside barbecue or on your vacay road trip. Nicole’s has a country flair, Hayley’s is a little bit rock and roll, Shauna’s has those Vegas vibes and Alex’s brings the finesse and the funk. Whether you’re a Parrot-Head, one of the Cool Kids, or a Little Monster, we’ve got the summer jam for you.
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