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Hugh Ryan on My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond & To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

It's time to look back on the '90s! Historian and author Hugh Ryan joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to reflect on discovering his sexual identity in an analog world and tight-knit Irish-Catholic family, his love of and learning from To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar, and how all that (and so much more more!) gets reflected in his latest book, My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

HAZBIN HOTEL's Sam Haft on Season 2 & Muppet Treasure Island

Hazbin Hotel composer and songwriter Sam Haft joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about the music of Season 2 (including specific influences on "Gravity" and why the version of "Easy" in the show was the third version they made), getting ready to introduce Lilith in Season 3, fandom tattoos, and the importance of Muppet Treasure Island on his younger self. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Comedian Katie Compa on SNL & Incurable Optimist

Comedian Katie Compa just dropped her second standup album, Incurable Optimist, and she's on Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about it! But first, she dives deep into a 1992 episode of Saturday Night Live with Rob Morrow, which she watched over and over when she was a kid but can acknowledge doesn't hold up to today's standards (especially because the streaming version leaves out a lot). And she also dives into some hot topics in the world of comedy, including reusing jokes from one special to another and AI. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Emily Pendergast on Jury Duty: Company Retreat & Dumb and Dumber

You know Emily Pendergast from Groundlings if you live in LA and VEEP if you watch critically-acclaimed, hilarious TV. But now you know her as one of the stars of Jury Duty: Company Retreat, which she reveals behind-the-scenes filming details about on her episode of Made Possible by Pop Culture. She also looks back on how quoting Dumb and Dumber as a kid earned laughs from her older cousins and sent her on her way to be a comedian. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Isabel Klee on Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About & 101 Dalmatians

Writer and animal advocate Isabel Klee introduces her memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About, to Made Possible by Pop Culture. In the episode, she reflects on 101 Dalmatians, marrying her love of dogs and her love of writing not only for her book but also for her carefully crafted social media content, important lessons from being a dog mom and a foster dog mom, and finding the right tone and voice to tell tales of relationships past. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.