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Sep 11, 2024

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"The rain on my car is a baptism." This week we revisit one of the greatest teenage rom-com dramas ever made on its 35th anniversary: Say Anything. Also discussed: Emily Gilmore, Creed, and other pop culture reckonings.
 
 
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Nobody Thinks It Will Work, Do They? ‘Say Anything…’ Turns 30 (The...


Sep 4, 2024

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"A sadness of men." We've reached the final movie of our Manix Pixie Dream Girl series and realize what connects these movies are sad men of the early 2000s, not quirky women. Also discussed: Behind Her Eyes, Jackpot! and the second ending of Bennifer.
 
 
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The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case...


Aug 28, 2024

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"I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember." We have come to the third movie in our Manic Pixie Girl series, and some say this is the movie where it all began: Elizabethtown. Also discussed: Andrea Warner's broken toe, swimming while injured, and the various films of Cameron Crowe.
 
 
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Aug 21, 2024

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"I love the Smiths.” It may have been a mistake but we are three movies deep into our Manic Pixie Dream Girl series and it's not getting any easier. This week we talk about 500 Days of Summer and wonder what kind of people we were in 2009. Also discussed: skincare routines, scurvy and quick sand.
 
 
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Aug 14, 2024

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This week we come to you live from The Rio Theatre in Vancouver! It’s Pop This’s 10th anniversary this year, if you can believe it. On top of that, Andrea Warner recently released a book called Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing. We wanted to celebrate both things, so we got together with the fine folks at The...