The alternative title for this episode of Pop Culture Boner was “Pay your writers or Jesse Plemons will kill again”, after the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike turned the beloved Friday Night Lights star into a murderer. But we didn’t want people to miss the joke, so it does what it says on the tin! The WGA is on strike, so we’re talking entertainment unions, solidarity and why management is never your friend.  Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

This week on Pop Culture Boner we’re revisiting perrenial topic of the podcast, Matthew McConaughey. We finally read his 2020 autobiography, Greenlights. Did we learn something? Did we talk ourselves in circles? Are we catching greenlights? So many questions. So few answers.  Note: This episode does contain a very brief content warning for family and sexual violence. You can skip between 14.50 and 17.13 if you want to dodge it.  Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

This week on Pop Culture Boner we look at Bones and All and Fresh, two cannibal horror films that were released months apart and used romance as an angle for their protagonists. If horror reflects what we’re afraid of, what do cannibals mean in 2022? We float some ideas about digital identity, performance and the mortifying ordeal of being known.  Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

A very hearty “whoop whoop” to all the Juggalos out there. This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re looking at the Insane Clown Posse and the long arm of the law. How do FBI gang classifications work, why have Juggalos been targeted and why does everyone have such strong feelings on dudes in greasepaint? Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

Why do some wellness practitioners end up as vaccine hesitant and others end up as Neo-Nazi extremists? This week on Pop Culture Boner we’re looking at the conspirituality and the wellness to white supremacy pipeline. Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

It’s our first episode back after our little wellness break and we thought we’d share our hot tips for being your most mindful self this week… Just kidding! But this week’s Pop Culture Boner is looking at the wellness industry and social isolation. Why are there so many wellness grifts out there, and why do so many of them want you to cut off all your friends and family? Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’ve accidentally ended up doing another Kardashian based episode following her controversial wearing of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Happy Birthday, Mr President dress. We did get a little weird with it though - we’re looking at museums, “odditoriums” and the policies that govern the collection and cataloguing of human remains in public institutions. Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re thinking about the recent release of queer Jane Austen adaptation, Fire Island, the Bechdel Test, and why people insist on using a pretty simple litmus test as the basis of all their genuinely terrible film opinions. Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more

We’re back after a little break, and this week on Pop Culture Boner we’re taking a look at Netflix’s hot new queer romance, Heartstopper. The show has been almost universally praised for its joyful wholesomeness, while apparently simultaneously hurting the feelings of every gay over the age of 25. So we’re digging into that. Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com ..read more