Positively Pop Culture

Positively Pop Culture is back! Today, we're talking about the Arrowverse TV series Supergirl and the new movie A Real Pain. Visit us at our website, www.positivelypopculture.com, or find us on BlueSky (@carriegessner and @kwtaylor).

Poet Erin Carlyle joins us to talk about her upcoming collection, Girl at the End of the World, and her approach to and thoughts on poetry. You can find Erin at her website at https://www.erincarlyle.com/, and she's on Instagram @erincarlylepoetcatgirl.

It's Arts & Crafts Week at PosPop Summer Camp! Carrie and K.W. talk about their recent crafting experience, including learning crochet and taking a community beginning art class.

Carrie and K.W. are in the mood for lighthearted fare! The new Netflix teen series Geek Girl is Carrie's choice, and K.W. rewatched the cult movie Clue.

K.W. talks about the new Apple+ dramedy Palm Royale, and Carrie is delighted by the newest season of Peacock's comedy We Are Lady Parts.   Check out our website at www.positivelypopculture.com.

Carrie really enjoyed learning how to play the new trading-card game Star Wars Unlimited, and K.W. talks about her summer writing goals.

Carrie does a recap of what's been happening lately in the land of Taylor Swift, and K.W.'s been having her brain teased by the mystery-themed logic puzzles called Murdle.

Carrie gets a little silly playing the mobile game Domino Dreams, and K.W. talks about the horror comedy film Werewolves Within. Check out the PosPop website at www.positivelypopculture.com.

It's a strong female character day! K.W. and Carrie discuss the new CBS/Paramount+ mystery show Elsbeth and the Disney+ historical fantasy series Renegade Nell.

K.W. talks about the Paramount+ ghostly drama School Spirits, and Carrie recently played and enjoyed the ancient Greece inspired board game Khora: Rise of an Empire.

K.W. recently watched the 1984 sci-fi/horror movie Night of the Comet, and Carrie's been watching a lot of the Netflix reality dating show Love Is Blind.

K.W. digs into the phenomenon of adult coloring books, and Carrie loves the new Sony Madame Web film enough for everyone. Check out our website and past episodes at www.positivelypopculture.com, and if you're enjoying the show, please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts!

Carrie's flying solo today to talk about how much she loves the Dungeons & Dragons video game Baldur's Gate 3, out now from Larian Studios.

In this episode, our friend Rachel guest hosts in KW's place. She and Carrie discuss epic fantasy, specifically The Wheel of Time series on Amazon Prime, and romantasy (romantic fantasy), especially the Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas and the Fourth Wing series by Rebecca Yarros.

Carrie loves Sara Bareilles and loved seeing Waitress the Musical in theaters (now available to buy or rent on streaming). K.W. has been really into The Myrtlewood Mysteries book series by Iris Beaglehole.

Carrie and K.W. choose the top five movies they watched in 2023. While Carrie's list is full of fun ones, K.W. opted for films that made her think. Which movies were your favorites of the year?

Carrie recently saw the latest installment in The Hunger Games movie series, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and K.W. sort of gets into the Christmas spirit with the 1974 horror movie Black Christmas.

K.W. leads a discussion on background media, like the TV shows we watch while doing other things that draw our attention. Carrie talks all about the new MCU film, The Marvels.

K.W. really dug the comedy horror movie Totally Killer, and Carrie gets chatty about the second season of the fantasy show The Wheel of Time. Spoilers abound!

Carrie and K.W. get into the Halloween season by watching No One Will Save You, Scream, and movies from the Conjuring universe!

K.W. talks about the 2000 film American Psycho, and she and Carrie discuss podcasts and audiobooks!

K.W. and Carrie are getting into the autumn spirit with their movie choices this week! K.W. watched the Netflix romantic comedy Happiness for Beginners, and Carrie chose the horror comedy The Final Girls.

K.W. tries to convince Carrie to watch the horror movie The Ritual, and they both recently watched the Australian legal comedy Fisk. Both are currently available on Netflix.

Carrie and K.W. are very excited about the latest streaming series from thriller writer Harlan Cober, Shelter, which follows high-schooler Mickey and his friends as they investigate their friend's disappearance. They also discuss young adult (YA) stories in general.

Carrie and K.W. discuss mystery novels, including To Die For by Lisa Gray and the Roxane Weary series by Kristen Lepionka, as well as what goes into writing a good mystery. Please note there is a slight audio issue in this episode because of a lawnmower running in the background. We tried to extract it as thoroughly as possible, but the audio is bumpy in a few places.

Carrie and K.W. discuss the Apple TV+ dystopian series Silo and the MGM+ horror mystery show From. Which fictional world would you rather live in, an underground silo or a town populated with monsters that doesn't let you leave?

Carrie dives into the world of The Fast and the Furious franchise, discussing 5 out of the 11 movies, and K.W. reviews the 2018 horror-comedy flick You May Be the Killer.

Carrie talks about her love for the long-running fantasy book series The Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, K.W. takes us back to the '80s with the cult comedy Valley Girl, and they discuss spoilers and spoiler culture.

With K.W. back, the cohosts briefly revisit the topic of worldbuilding in writing. Then K.W. discusses the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby, and Carrie talks about the indie artists she's been listening to lately--boygenius, Joseph, and MUNA.

Carrie's flying solo today! And she takes the opportunity to talk about fantasy worldbuilding, including giving some insight into how she's creating the world her current work-in-progress novel is set in.   (Note: She had some minor mic issues this week, so please bear with her.)

It's a revival day! Carrie loved the new movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and K.W. talks about the updated sci-fi series Quantum Leap on NBC/Peacock.

Carrie recently played the board game Scythe, K.W. has been using a learning app called Imprint, and they both discuss their recent writing projects.   Note: There are some hiccups in Carrie's audio, so apologies!

For TV this week, K.W. discusses the new Fox sitcom Animal Control and Carrie enjoyed the Peacock murder mystery Vigil. They also talk about what kinds of pop culture they consume when they're not feeling well.

Carrie really enjoyed Samantha Shannon's epic fantasy The Priory of the Orange Tree, K.W. got into the Amazon Prime series Three Pines, and they discuss what outdoor activities they're looking forward to when spring comes around.

Carrie talks about the board game Wingspan and the Amazon Prime supernatural thriller TV show The Rig. K.W. talks about the NBC/Peacock shows Poker Face and Night Court.

Carrie loves the new Willow series so much that it's one of her new favorites, K.W. watched all the available seasons of Servant in a matter of weeks, and they both enjoyed the spooky period show Chapelwaite.

K.W. has been watching some new Christmas movies, and she and Carrie share their favorite media of 2022. PosPop will be back in 2023! Visit our website at www.positivelypopculture.com, or follow us on social media!

Carrie recently breezed through the Apple+ British thriller series Suspicion, and K.W.'s thriller series of choice is FX's The Patient.

K.W. tries to convince Carrie to watch the horror movie Barbarian, but Carrie's content to have a nice Friday night in watching the Netflix young-adult mystery movie Enola Holmes 2.

Extending spooky season by just a little bit, Carrie talks about the horror board game Betrayal at House on the Hill, which she recently played with friends. And K.W. enjoyed the MCU special Werewolf by Night.

Carrie's really enjoying Andor, the latest Star Wars series on Disney+, and K.W. has mixed feelings about Netflix's suspense series The Watcher.

Carrie's excited about the final season of the Irish comedy Derry Girls, K.W. loves that the competition show The Mole is back on Netflix, and they finish out spooky season with a viewing of the 2015 folk-horror film The VVitch.

K.W. is digging the new Hulu show Reboot, and Carrie gets confused about the Pacific Northwest when talking about the new Paramount+ horror movie Significant Other.

Spooky Season is in full swing as Carrie watches Hocus Pocus 2 and K.W. watches the 2011 horror movie The Innkeepers.

K.W. has some gripes about earworms and maybe even some advice on how to get rid of them. Carrie was one of the few who enjoyed the latest adaptation of Persuasion, and they discuss the Apple+ series Ted Lasso.

It's an accidental Hawke family episode, with K.W. watching Ethan Hawke in the psychological thriller The Black Phone and Carrie watching his daughter Maya in the black comedy Do Revenge.

Carrie and K.W. discuss the recent Netflix limited series Devil in Ohio and the newest addition to the MCU on Disney+ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Carrie can't stop listening to Maggie Rogers's latest album, Surrender, and K.W. enjoyed the psychological thriller movie The Empty Man, currently available on HBO Max.

For the third summer in a row, Carrie talks almost nonsensically about her love for the Freeform fantasy show Motherland: Fort Salem. K.W. tells us why she's enjoying rewatching the classic dramedy Gilmore Girls. And they both loved the new season of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building. Plus, listen to them struggling to pronounce Cara Delevigne's last name.

Carrie wrote a Dungeons & Dragons adventure! It's called A Matter of Perspective, and she talks about the writing process in this episode. Find it on DMsGuild.com. Plus, K.W. discusses the Peacock show Rutherford Falls, and they both enjoyed the Hulu comedy series Maggie.

Carrie really dug the latest Disney+ MCU series, Ms. Marvel, and K.W. is enjoying Emily in Paris on Netflix. They also discuss the recent Emmy nominations as well as their wishes and predictions.