The 2010s were so fire, so lit, and so cringe, we just had to revisit our five-part series looking at the decade. In the 2010s, we had good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is again bringing you the most memorable moments of the years 2010 through 2019 with our series We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna give their hot takes on the years 2016 and 2017.

2016 was all about Stranger Things, like Baby Shark and Becky with the Good Hair, Pokémon Go and Girl Ghostbusters, clown sightings and perhaps stangest of all, the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series. We went to La La Land and Couldn’t Stop the Feeling, and one movie tried to make us decide between batman and Superman (and we chose neither). And Finally, it was the year that we all said RIP to Harambe… and an unreal number of beloved celebrities.

2017 brought us te tragic (for bilionaires) Fyre Festival, gender reveal fires, and fidget spinners; Wonder Woman made us cheer on the big screen (finally) while The Handmaid’s Tale on the small screen had us panicking; we devoured TikTok, learned Spanish to sing “Despacito’, and while TV show revivals were all the rage, the film Get Out was as original as it was terrifying.

Soundbite credits for 2016:
La La Land | Lionsgate
Stranger Things | Netflix
“Oklahoma County jailers charged for allegedly torturing inmates with ‘Baby Shark’ song” – KFOR Oklahoma News 4
“Samsung makes smart fridge hub of connected home” – CNET News
“Prosecutor; No charges against mother in Harambe’s death” – WCPO News 9
“Donald Trump wins Presidential election sending shockwaves…” – VOA News
Batman vs. Superman | Warner Bros.
Lucifer | Netflix
“Pokemon Go leads to trespassing complaints” – WOWT 6 News
“Creepy clown ‘sightings’ spreading nationwide fuels panic” – CBS This Morning
“Who is ‘Becky with the Good Hair’ in Beyoncé’s Lemonade” – ET Canada
“Cubs win World Series with Game 7 win” – MLB
Ghostbusters | Sony Pictures

Soundbite credits for 2017:
Wonder Woman | Warner Bros.
The Handmaid’s Tale | Hulu
“Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester kills at least 19” – ABC News
“Fidget Spinners: The newest toy to twirl into” – NBC Nightly News
“Cash me ousside” – Dr. Phil
Get Out | Universal Pictures
“Justin Bieber Remix Boosts ‘Despacito’ to Hot 100’s Top 10” – Billboard News
“The Best Revival Series of 2017: Will and Grace, One Day at a Time” – People TV
“Fans Outraged for Getting Cheese Sandwiches at Luxury Music Festival” – Inside Edition
“Video releaed of botched gender reveal that sparked Sawmill fire” – ABC 15 Phoenix
“Alyssa Milano reflects on #MeToo movement one year later” – ABC News
“How TikTok took the world by storm” – CNBC News

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