PopaHALLics #132 "Into the Great Unknown"

PopaHALLics #132  "Into the Great Unknown"
Can a rabbi and an agnostic shiksa find true love? Can humans meddle in the affairs of gods? If you could survive the zombie apocalypse, would you want to? Our pop culture offerings delve into these burning questions—and more!

Streaming:

• "Nobody Wants This," Netflix. Sex podcast co-host Joanne (Kristen Bell) and "hot rabbi" Noah (Adam Brody) fall for each other in this charming rom-com. Their families and friends try to keep them apart.
• 'Kaos," Netflix. This British dark comedy reimagines Greek mythology in a contemporary way. Three humans become involved in a power struggle among the corrupt, arrogant gods, played by the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Debi Mazar, Janet McTeer, and David Thewlis.
• "Agatha All Along," Disney +. Kathryn Hahn plays "the Witchkiller," Agatha Harkness, who goes on a quest on "The Witches' Road" to increase her powers. With Patti LuPone and Aubrey Plaza.
• "Shadow in the Cloud," Netflix. Shades of a famous "Twilight Zone" episode! A female WWII pilot (Chloe Grace Moretz) traveling with top-secret documents sees a creature on the wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress. 

Books:

• "From Here to the Great Unknown," by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. Julia Roberts narrates the autobiography of Elvis' daughter, who died before completing it. It was finished by Lisa Marie's daughter, actress Riley Keough.
• "I Will Do Better," by Charles Bock. In this heartbreaking memoir, a writer and his young daughter struggle to find their way after his wife dies. 
• "Zone One," by Colson Whitehead. This literary zombie novel examines themes of societal priorities, the trivialities of our lives, and gentrification as a 3-person squad rids New York neighborhoods of the undead.

Click through the links to watch and read what we are talking about.

Chapters

• 0:26 "Nobody Wants This"
• 1:31 "Smart, Engaging, and Sexy as All Get Out"
• 1:42 Internet Abuzz About That Curbside Kiss
• 2:39 But Was This Kiss Appropriate?
• 3:28 "Kaos"
• 3:54 "Themes of Gender Politics, Power, & LIfe in the Underworld"
• 4:56 More from Eurydice Perspective
• 5:58 "So Mad" At Cancellation
• 7:14 Laughing at a Film - That's Not a Comedy
• 7:26 "Shadow in the Cloud"
• 8:22 "Shades of 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'!"
• 9:39 Movie Gets "Super Ridiculous"
• 11:51 "Good Laugh from Unintentionally Bad Movie"
• 12:54 "I Will Do Better," by Charles Bock
• 13:13 Dad & Daughter Finding Way After Mom Dies
• 15:09 "Sincere, Loving, Infuriating at Times"
• 17:03 "From Here to the Great Unknown," by Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough
• 17:33 Narrator Julia Roberts & Snippets of Lisa Marie
• 18:44 Lisa Marie Plus Riley's Perspective of Events
• 20:11 "Zone One," by Colson Whitehead
• 20:17 2-Time Pulitzer Winner Writes Literary Zombie Novel
• 20:59 Skels and Stragglers
• 21:57 The Ironically Nicknamed "Mark Spitz"
• 22:51 Comment on Life's Trivialities, Society's Priorities, & Gentrification
• 23:59 "Agatha All Along"
• 25:21 A Quest on "The Witches' Road"
• 26:19 Cast Includes Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone & Aubrey Plaza
• 29:07 Documentary "Space Cowboy"