Pop Culture Coffee Break

The Oscar Nomination Special

This episode, Ani and Will, noted film buff and Traffic Director, talk about the Oscar nominations of the season. Hear the talks of predictions, picks and of course, our villains of the award season. This episode also includes conversations about previous Oscar snubs, music scores with a person whose show on Freeflow is all about rescoring movies and a gush session about Delroy Lindo

The Podcast Episode of a Showgirl

WSUM's Catalina Desua joins us as we talk about the most recent Taylor Swift album and all the related backlash it has had. Discussions include the lyrics, the Charli XCX beef and NOT THE AI STUFF (this happened before people figured out there was AI in the promo vids)

The Top 10 of the 21st Century!!!

To celebrate halfway towards 50, the New York Times dropped ballots for readers to vote for the best movies of the 21st Century so far. To celebrate this, we decided to set up the weirdest episode of the Pop Culture Coffee Break. In studio is Ani and Elliott but joining on phone in his Wisconsin basement is Vince. Listen to extensive conversations about the seven degrees of Paul Dano, the White Sox and discussions on the official NYT list

No Feeling like Summer!

This episode, Ani and Elliot discuss summer playlists and what they look for in their summer media. This includes conversations on My Chemical Romance, Quentin Tarantino and Letterboxd. Also includes some mentions of Stevie Wonder's 90-minute album about plants and everyone's favorite, Chat Pile.

Meet Aniruddh, WSUM's new talk director

This Pop Culture Coffee Break episode introduces WSUM's newest talk director, Aniruddh Nambudiri! Outgoing talk director Kayla Dembiec gets to know Aniruddh by asking a series of fun and goofy questions. Stay tuned to see episodes hosted by Aniruddh himself!