Podcast
Popped Culture
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Last update: Mon Dec 01 08:14:25 -0800 2008
Episodes
This week, Michael is left to fend for himself when the rest of the Popped Culture Collective give him the brush off. For DIY inspiration, he talks to three individuals who have turned their hobbies into into careers, and the managing editor of Readymade, a magazine for a new generation of home improvement buffs.
It's field trip time again! This week, The Popped Culture Collective heads to a model train exhibition and learns all about what makes people coo-coo for choo-choos.
Join Michael and Melissa as they take a trip to the Atlantic Canadian Black Belt Tae Kwon Do championships.
Everyone loves a good game, and although we here at Popped Culture were usually picked last in the schoolyards of our youths, our love of games has remained intact. We still dream of hat tricks, triple-triples, 29-hands, grand slams, and hotels on Boardwalk and we know you do too. In this episode we take on the World Championships of Rock Paper Scissors; talk to Liz Dubelman about her short film,"Craziest"; interview Canada's 2004 Monopoly Champion; and hear about one family's triumph on Just Like Mom.
This week, it's spooky Hallowe'en fun with the Popped Culture gang! Here as our intrepid reporters are disappointed by a haunted house and intrigued by tales of the paranormal! Boo!
This week Popped Culture explores romance and sex. Fabio and Gene Simmons talk about their views on romance and courting. Writer, musician and film maker, Philip Clark, gives the skinny on DestroyHotAction.com. Take an audio tour of an adult video store. Music by The Maynards, A/V/ and KISS.
The Popped Culture Collective takes its first roadtrip! Tune in as we head to Montreal to get the scoop on one of Canada's hottest festivals.
A 'con so nice we're featuring it twice! The awesomeness that was Fleetcon '05 could not be contained in one episode!
Our intrepid band of reporters makes a visit to Fleetcon - Nova Scotia's only convention for fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy, comic books, gaming, and general awesomeness!
Popped Culture celebrates Labour Day by exploring not only our career options, but the option of not really having a career. Melissa and Jessica take a Career Aptitude Test, Michael talks to an EI superstar and we find out how people like to slack off work.
Follow along with intrepid Popped Culture reporters, Francesca and Melissa, on their field trip to Dolly Parton's show at the Halifax Metro Centre!
In this episode, Popped Culture talks to bloggers and artists whose work depends on anonymity and to the digital rights advocates who are helping them maintain it. Music by Jel, Red House Painters, Piggy, Fred Fisher, Cornelius, Prefuse 73, and Smog.
Popped Culture goes on an outing - to the Psychic Fair! We speak with Richard Ravenhawk, Keith Atkinson, a Reiki master, Psychic Customer, and the Dragon Den store. What colour is YOUR aura?
Interviews include Donnamaie, the President of the Fabio International Fanclub, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Shant Pelley from Halifax's "Fans from Hell" and Michael Joseph Gross, a recovering autograph collector and author of Starstruck. We also talk to Mary Cobham about her album "Songs in the Key of Jay" and get Jay Ferguson from Sloan's reaction to this audio loveletter.
Michael and Francesca investigate DIY technology and fashion. Michael talkes to Philip Torone, Associate Editor of Make Magazine and Carlos Owen from Neogentronyx about his Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Robotic Vehicles. Francesca talks to Meghan Kennedy from Preloved about reconstructed vintage clothing.
Popped Culture talks about bikes. We cover the Cycle Messenger World Championships, A bike-in theatre in Texas, bike messengering in Halifax with Steve Rolston, and the Aeolian Ride. Music by King Konqueror, Black Mountain, Flare and D-Styles, Neu!, Fugazi, Can and Pine Am.
Popped Culture visits the 7th annual Nova Scotia Cat Fancier'qs Association Cat Show.
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