With the 2016 Oscars just around the corner, we sit down with Aidan McCaffery (writer of podcast sitcoms: Jon Starkey: MP in Space and Quizmasters) to talk through the runners and riders competing for the ultimate prize in cinema: the Oscar for

The James Bond Taste Test

Jul 18th, 2015 39m 9s

In the second edition of the Pop Culture Taste Test, Ben from MNRS returns to try out some of James Bond's favourite tipples and talk about everyone's favourite functioning-alcoholic super-spy. Subscribe to the Pop Culture Radio Show on itune

Pop Culture Taste Test - Goodfellas

Apr 12th, 2015 44m 45s

This month we try something new. Goodfellas is memorable for a lot of reasons; the performances, the music, the swearing - but also for the food!Aidan McCaffery (writer of the Quizmasters and Jon Starkey, MP in Space podcasts) joins us to co

Nix Nugent Interview

Jan 22nd, 2015 40m 57s

Singer, Songwriter, Activist and educator of young minds; Nix Nugent joins us to talk about the pop culture that interests and inspires her going right from 99 Red Balloons through the movies of Lars Von Trier. We're also lucky enough to have a

The Great Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Experiment

Nov 8th, 2014 58m 14s

I was pretty pissed off when Michael Bay announced he was remaking the Turtles but is it really such a terrible idea to remake kids classics? To find out, Ben Mercer (from indie-electro geniuses MNRS) joined me to watch the 1990 live action

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Oct 30th, 2014 56m 15s

Francesca Peschier returns for a bonus Halloween-Special podcast. What better subject for Halloween than the TV show that turned horror tropes inside out (like some sort of serial killer that hunts down tropes because a couple of tropes killed

Great British Bake Off

Oct 2nd, 2014 59m 49s

The Great British Bake Off – a quintessentially British hotbed of pageantry, pastry and infectious enthusiasm. Francesca Peschier and Miranda Garrett joined us to watch the Quarter Finals (Dough week!) and unpick the fine filo layers of cult

Sons of Anarchy and Bikes in Popular Culture

Sep 11th, 2014 41m 53s

This month we are joined by bluesman and motorcycle enthusiast Anton Shelupanov to talk about Sons of Anarchy which started it's seventh and final series this week. We also have a wide ranging discussion of bikes in pop culture from Easy Rider

The Creature Feature

Aug 9th, 2014 47m 12s

Andy Hobbs (Theatre director, mastermind behind Guerilla Shakespeare and presenter of the Facsimile Arts Radio Show.) joins us to chat about his favourite corner of cinema: the creature-feature. We chart the evolution of this cinematic form f

Dolly Parton: Feminist Icon

Jul 3rd, 2014 42m 39s

Pop Culture Radio Show ep12In a week where Dolly Parton fairly decidedly won Glastonbury - bringing more people to the Pyramid stage in the 5pm slot than any of the headliners could manage - Francesca Peschier (Academic and editor of the JAWS

Vinyl and the Death of the Physical Format

Jun 4th, 2014 2m 59s

Pop Culture Radio Show ep11This month we're talking about physical media. Is there any space left in our hearts and on our shelves for physical versions of albums, films, TV and books when it's all available to stream or download? Vinyl seem

The Rise and fall (and rise again?) of the NME

May 8th, 2014 55m 1s

Pop Culture Radio Show ep10Ben from Indie-electro upstarts MNRS, fresh from his Eurpoean tour, joins us to chat about the NME, its place in our musical history and its declining fortunes. Is there a future for printed music magazines? Can the

Doctor Who Omnibus edition

Apr 28th, 2014 1h

A special omnibus edition of the podcast celebrating the cultural titan that is Doctor Who with all the interviews and features we've had so far. Features the 50th Anniversary interviews with Trev Fleming (Impropriety) and Cellan Scott (Tric

Pop Culture Radio Show - Mental Health and Music

Apr 27th, 2014 33m

This month the show comes from Sydney where we chat to Brian Cheng about the relationship between Indie/Alternative music and various mental health issues. This week's show was partly based on Brian's previous long-form radio and blog series

Pop Culture Radio Show - Captain America

Apr 14th, 2014 32m 59s

With the release of Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, Aidan McCaffery (writer of Quizmasters podcast sitcom) joins us again to chat about Superhero movies, Marvel Studios and rock-hard abs.You can listen in to the first season of Aidan's

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