PopaHALLics #148 She Pop

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.

Chapters

• 0:55 Taylor Swift Appears on "New Heights"
• 1:57 Strategic Drop of Album News
• 2:51 Black Cat & Golden Retriever Dating Theory
• 3:39 "K-Pop Demon Hunters"
• 5:01 Making HIt Songs
• 6:27 Movie About Identity and Self Acceptance
• 7:07 "Fresh Kills" about Women in Mafia Family
• 8:53 Grew Up Where Mafia Families Live
• 9:10 "Freakier Friday"
• 10:50 Jokes About Being Trapped in Elderly Body
• 11:36 Who Originally Played the Teen Character?
• 12:51 Memoir "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story"
• 13:48 Being Woman, Writer, Mother, Lover, All at Once
• 15:14 Kate Reflects on Motherhood
• 16:01 "The Peacock and the Sparrow" Novel
• 16:20 Author a Former CIA Agent
• 17:54 "Not Certain What's Happening Until End"
• 19:01 "Blue Graffiti" Debut Novel
• 19:32 Meandering Book Inspired by the Beats
• 20:58 Writing very Stream of Conscious
• 23:00 "The Day of the Triffids" British Sci-Fi Classic
• 24:34 Comet Leaves Many Blind
• 24:42 Instead of Zombies—Moving Plants!
• 25:40 Prescient Novel
• 26:33 Polka Boy
• 26:47 Brave Combo
• 27:19 PopaHALLics #148 Playlist (K Pop)
• 28:07 Mike Bode's Outro is Back!