Episode 138: Back to School

Episode 138

23rd August 2017

This week on Pop Rocket Karen hosts and the gang goes back to school. It’s that time of year again and the crew looks back on the quintessential school movies that taught them about life. Wynter shares her desire to have a Sixteen Candles high school experience, and Alonso discusses his relation to Tom Cruise in the film Risky Business. The gang also dives into adult education, discussing the films and TV where adults go back to school. Karen shares with us the lessons learned from Will Smith’s character in the film Six Degrees of Separation. Plus, the crew explores the current lack of value placed upon education and how that may be the death knell for future classic movies about the school experience.
This week Karen reveals some *SPOILERS* for the show Insecure and is also all about it. While Alonso is all about Netflix’s The Defenders. Plus, Wynter gets her popcorn ready as she is all about Taylor Swift’s social media scrubbing and her ongoing feud with Katy Perry.

Episode notes

This week on Pop Rocket Karen hosts and the gang goes back to school. It’s that time of year again and the crew looks back on the quintessential school movies that taught them about life. Wynter shares her desire to have a Sixteen Candles high school experience, and Alonso discusses his relation to Tom Cruise in the film Risky Business. The gang also dives into adult education, discussing the films and TV where adults go back to school. Karen shares with us the lessons learned from Will Smith’s character in the film Six Degrees of Separation. Plus, the crew explores the current lack of value placed upon education and how that may be the death knell for future classic movies about the school experience.

This week Karen reveals some *SPOILERS* for the show Insecure and is also all about it. While Alonso is all about Netflix’s The Defenders. Plus, Wynter gets her popcorn ready as she is all about Taylor Swift’s social media scrubbing and her ongoing feud with Katy Perry.

With Wynter Mitchell, Alonso Duralde, and Karen Tongson.

Jams:

Alonso – Axolotl – The Veils
Wynter – Mediate – INXS
Karen – Haim – Little of Your Love

Each week we’ll add everyone’s jams to this handy August Spotify playlist.

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Produced by Christian Dueñas and Casey O’Brien for MaximumFun.org.

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  • Karen Tongson
  • Wynter Mitchell
  • Alonso Duralde

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Pop Rocket is a high-octane weekly discussion of the culture we all love to love. Join host Guy Branum and panelists Wynter Mitchell, Karen Tongson, and Margaret Wappler for smart, funny, sometimes sweary chat about everything great in entertainment. Combining comic, journalistic, academic, and digital media expertise, the Pop Rocket team will keep you up-to-date on what’s most exciting in pop culture this week.

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