
PopaHALLics
Dad and daughter dish on popular culture while enjoying a drink! Steve covered TV professionally; Kate is an opinionated consumer of pop culture. They often don't agree. Join the conversation: popahallicspodcast@gmail.com
PopaHALLics
PopaHALLics #148 She Pop
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Steve & Kate Hall
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Season 6
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Episode 148
PopaHALLics #148 She Pop
Dad and daughter discuss pop culture with strong women, from a K-pop group battling demons with song to the women in a Mafia family to Taylor Swift.
Theaters:
- "Freakier Friday." In this comedy, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan from 2003's "Freaky Friday" switch bodies again, this time with daughter and soon-to-be stepdaughter. Hijinks ensue!
Streaming:
- "K-Pop Demon Hunters," Netflix. In this animated musical action film with a bestselling soundtrack, Korean girl group Huntrix uses music and dance to defeat demons. One problem: Leader Rumi is secretly half demon.
- "Fresh Kills," Hulu. A wife and daughters' lives are complicated by their husband and father, a mobster, in this drama. Starring Emily Bader, Odessa A'zion, and Jennifer Esposito, who also directed.
Podcasts:
- "New Heights." Taylor Swift gives her most extensive interview ever on this sports podcast hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason.
Books:
- "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story," by Leslie Jamison. In this memoir, Jamison examines the complexities of being a woman, artist, teacher, and lover.
- "The Peacock and the Sparrow," by I.S. Berry. In this Edgar Award-winning mystery, a jaded CIA agent's mission during the Arab Spring goes wrong.
- "Blue Graffiti," by Calahan Skogman. A girl blows into a small town, changing everything for a painter/construction worker in this Beat-inspired debut.
Music:
PopaHALLics #148 Playlist (K Pop) features music from "K-Pop Demon Hunters," real-life K-Pop acts like Blackpink and BTS, and Brave Combo, a Texas group that polkas in intriguing ways.
Click through the links above to watch, read, and listen to what we discuss.