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671: 13 Iconic Pop Culture Moments Since 2013 Aug 12, 2026

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In this episode, we’re celebrating our 13th birthday. Join us as we discuss thirteen iconic pop culture moments that live rent-free not only in the cultural landscape, but also in our very specific and delightfully chaotic minds. Consider it a birthday party with a very specific dress code: maximum nostalgia, zero chill.

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The Iconic Highlights: Oscars’ Selfie | Serial Podcast | Dress Gate | Game of Thrones Finale | Danielle Bregoli | Black Panther | Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s Wedding | Guardians of the Galaxy | The Mandalorian | Lemonade visual album (see also: Homecoming) | TikTok Boom | The Slap | Barbenheimer: Oppenheimer & Barbie
Fact Check: Johnny Depp as Ebenezer? | Brad Pitt off the wagon? |
Also Rans: Moonlight vs La La Land | Avengers: Endgame | Kendrick vs Drake | #MeToo | Covid streaming | Diddy’s Arrest | Kate Middleton Mystery | Johnny Depp & Amber Heard | The Eras Tour | Fyrefest Documentary | Left Shark | Steve Harvey crowning the wrong Miss Universe | Sony Hack | Harvey Weinstein
Hear Knox and Erin yell at Jamie on the latest episode of Shelf Respect
Red Light Mentions: Braums Ice Cream | The Cake Company | Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness | Add the Obama Center library to Libby

Green Lights:

Jamie: book - Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd
Knox: book - Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw

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670: High School Musical Deep Dive Aug 05, 2026

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Today, instead of our regular episode, we’re revisiting a Cinema Sidepiece of one of the few movies Erin has not only watched but genuinely loved, High School Musical. Join us as we honor her by deep-diving her favorite DCOM.

As a company, we will make a donation in memory of Erin’s mom, Gwen Hicks, to the foster-care nonprofit she founded, Amarillo Angels. If you would like to join us in honoring her remarkable legacy, head to AmarilloAngels.org to donate in memory of Gwen Hicks with (The Popcast) in parentheses.

MENTIONS:

Erin’s Credentials
Watch | Listen | Rotten Tomatoes | IMDb
What Works: Vanessa Hudgens (wiki) | Zac Efron (wiki) | Ashley Tisdale
Highlights: Ryan and Sharpay | Drew Seeley | Miss Darbus’ Iconic Moments
Reminder: What is the Bechdel Test? | What is the Latif test?
Who wore it better: Ryan or Composer Girl
Drive-By Mentions: Romeo + Juliet | High School Musical 2 | Glee | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | Cross-over between Breaking Bad & The Walking Dead | High School Musical 3 | Allison Holker | The Princess Switch | Tick, Tick…Boom | The Greatest Showman

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669: What to Watch, Read and Listen to in August Preview Jul 29, 2026

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In this episode, we share our smooch, marry, and kills for August. We discuss what’s worth planting (smooch), what deserves room to grow (marry), and what needs to be pulled up by the roots (kill) as we tend to our August pop culture garden. Join us as we spotlight the shows made for hunkering down in the AC, the books perfect for a poolside read, and the movies worth sweating through the last stretch of summer to see.

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The Popcast is turning 13! Join us for our annual All Skate Birthday Bash on Patreon: Tue, 8/11 at 9:30 pm ET. Head to knoxandjamie.com/birthday to join in the fun.
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Rewind: March SMK | Feb SMK | Nov SMK | We do SMK most weeks on Instagram at #popcastsmk
August Vibe Check: High Holy Day for Tomatoes (and all veggies) | Tzatziki Dip Recipe | Leo Birthdays
Refresh: Smooch= give a shot, Marry = commit time to, Kill = do not murder! We’re just suggesting to skip these things.
SMOOCH // Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Drive-bys: Taylor Farms | Heirloom Black Diamond Watermelon | Hannah Einbinder/Gillian Anderson Twinning

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668: Matt Damon Explained Jul 22, 2026

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In this episode, we explore the career of Matt Damon, Hollywood’s ultimate everyman. Join us as we unpack how he’s spent three decades as one of the industry’s most dependable, and surprisingly interchangeable, leading men, why he’s seemingly contractually obligated to spend every movie trying to get back home, and why it’s finally time for him to stop escaping and give us the cinematic love letter to his hometown we’ve been waiting for.

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The Dossier: Wiki | Rotten Tomatoes Rankings | IMDb
Watch Mentions: The Rainmaker | Mystic Pizza | School Ties | Geronimo: An American Legend | Courage Under Fire | Good Will Hunting | All The Pretty Horses | The Departed | Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen | Contagion | We Bought A Zoo | Stillwater | Jason Bourne movies | Interstellar | The Departed | The Martian | The Last Duel | Promised Land | Behind the Candelabra |
Drive-bys: Ken Griffey Jr. | Leonardo DiCaprio’s Credits | Sacred Cinema: The Faithful with Minnie Driver | AO3 Jason Bourne (see also: AO3 Damon/Affleck) | The Sheep Detectives | Jennifer Garner Vanity Fair Feature (see also: Affleck’s Tattoo) | Three Things Christopher Nolan Expects You To Know Before Watching the Odyssey
Red Light Mentions: People besmerching Taco Bell | Jimothy the Raccoon (see also: Punch the monkey) | Dave Portnoy’s memoir | FIFA’s Halftime Show | Prioritizing dogs over humans | The Hawk (see also: July AUA)

Green Lights:

Jamie: movie - The Odyssey
Mutual: movie - The Invite

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667: The Bear Finale, Sexiest Man Contenders, New Moana and Emmy Noms Jul 15, 2026

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666: Antichrists in Pop Culture Jul 08, 2026

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In this episode, Erin joins us as we discuss antichrists in pop culture. From the ones that are too obvious to be real, to the dark horses that could truly turn out to be one of the Four Horsemen, we’re leaning all the way into the 666 of it all and giving the people what they want.

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Celebrate America’s (not weird at all) 250th birthday with our super secret USA Snake Draft episode. Only available in the Americana Bundle (2026 Big Beautiful Expanded Bundle) at knoxandjamie.shop
Antichrists Explainer Mentions: Erin’s Credentials | Book of Daniel (see also: VeggieTales version) | Maccabees | Book of Revelation | Left Behind (see also: Kirk Cameron Left Behind | Nic Cage Left Behind | Faith Adjacent’s Left Behind Sacred Cinema) | Hattie Durham | The Late Great Planet Earth
Mentions: Elon Musk (see also: Neuralink) | Mark Zuckerberg | Peter Thiel (see also: Antichrist Ted Talk) | J.K. Rowling | Donald Trump | Zohran Mamdami | AI aka Chat | Taylor Swift | MrBeast (not a sponsor: Step & Beast Land) | Ms Rachel | Snoop Dogg | Mother Teresa Podcast (see also: University of Ottawa paper) | Dolly Parton | Justin Bieber | Four Horsemen Combo: Bluey, Charli XCX, Robert Irwin, Ilya Rozanov
Fact Checks: Does Toad have an evil twin? | Green Light Knox couldn’t remember: End of Days by Chris Jennings | Trump’s threesome commentary
Drive-bys: Eagle Eye | Aquaman | Daniel Fast | Camilla’s Literacy Campaign | Princess Kate scanning tickets at Wimbledon | Prince William on New Heights
Red Light Mentions: Freddy Canceled | Neil the Seal in Tasmania | @YouRowKelsey making it to Hawaii | Madi Prewett speaking at the State Fair | Red Cards | Offside | Belgium Coach big mad | Trump Phoning a Friend | Sleeping on a Train | Yannik Sinner | CFA Honey Pimento Chicken Sandwich commercial

Green Lights:

Jamie: book - The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
Knox: book - The Lowe Job by Grace Alexander

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Americana Big, Beautiful, Expanded Bundle Preview Jul 01, 2026

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Celebrate the stars, the stripes, and the sheer spectacle of American pop culture with our Americana Bundle (2026 Big Beautiful Expanded Bundle), a tribute to the myths we tell, the movies we quote, the institutions we romanticize, and the absolutely unhinged things that somehow only make sense in America.

Available now at knoxandjamie.shop!

This BIG BEAUTIFUL Expanded Bundle includes:

Hamilton Deep Dive (aka the only time we cared about the Treasury)
Cinema Sidepiece: Remember the Titans (mandatory emotional football content)
Cinema Sidepiece: National Treasure (in Nicolas Cage we trust)
Cinema Sidepiece: Independence Day (proof that America can solve literally any problem with a good speech)
Cinema Sidepiece: Oppenheimer (history, science, and a deeply concerning number of men named Robert)
Pilot Program: The West Wing (walk-and-talk your way through one of television's most idealistic versions of American politics)
USA Snake Draft (a celebration of all the things the European mind cannot comprehend)

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665: Words, Phrases, and Cliches That Need To Go Snake Draft Replay Jun 24, 2026

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Welcome to a preview episode of our new podcast, Shelf Respect! We did this for six months over on Patreon, and now we also have free episodes available twice monthly.

This is a Snake Draft episode where the three of us slither through all the words and phrases we'd like to remove from all future books.

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664: Dads I’d Like to Friend Preview Jun 17, 2026

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In this episode, we’re celebrating dads for Father’s Day by talking about iconic DILFs…Dads I’d like to FRIEND (even though some of ya’ll got that twisted!). From the shadow daddies quietly carrying entire storylines from the background to the chaotic father figures doing their best with varying levels of success, we’re honoring the full spectrum of paternal excellence. Whether you want to friend, or ‘friends to lovers’ them, we’re giving flowers to the dads who shaped pop culture.

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Revisit: Ep. 401 MILFs | Ep. 658 MILFs 2 | Read all the comments
Mentions: Darth Maul | Tarzan | Bandit Heeler | Mufasa | Lawrence Fletcher | Pacha | Goofy | Alfred Pennyworth
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663: TSwift’s MSG Wedding Rumors, Men’s Hat Trends, and Upcoming TV & Film Jun 10, 2026

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In this episode, we recap this week's pop culture news. Join us as we weigh the legitimacy of the latest TNT wedding rumors and investigate whether men in hats are having a moment and who’s actually pulling the look off. Plus, we check in on the upcoming movie and TV roster to see what’s bringing main-character summer energy and what’s destined to be both painful and avoidable, like the content equivalent of a sunburn.

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