River Donaghey grew up in a cult. Or at least that’s what some people called it. His parents called it a “personal-growth seminar group.” Its leader called it “one big happy family.” But there was a dark side to the world River grew up in. One he never heard about as a kid. In the 1970s and 80s, a self-help company called Lifespring took America by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people walked out of Lifespring as true believers, convinced that the seminars had the power to change the world. ...
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Welcome to the Good Pop Culture Club. Join our professional Asian American hosts Marvin, Jess, and Hanh as they discuss the good pop that gets us through our days, including TV, movies, books, and more!
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Join me, DoughboyFresshh (Nobody Famous) and occasionally my band of bros as I shoot the breeze on all things Pop Culture. The Unfiltered Fan’s Perspective, I just call it how I see it. Lock in. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodvibespopculture/support
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Since the Great Resignation, culture has become paramount in recruiting and retaining top talent. Fairness and equity have become deal breakers for many job seekers. As a culture consultant, Change Management Specialist and Talent Optimization Partner with Predictive Index, I decided to do this show because I started to meet CEO’s and Founders that were… well, “white guys” that recognized that their homogenized leadership teams were leaving them blind Two risks that could only be seen from d ...
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How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
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1:05:08On this episode, we return to Thailand to discuss the breakout Thai comedy-drama, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, about a young man who is inspired to spend more time with his terminally ill grandmother in the hopes that it'll help him claim a better share of her inheritance after she passes. Join us as we dig beyond the story of familial…
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The White Lotus Season 3
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1:36:52On this episode, we return to HBO's dark comedy-drama The White Lotus for another helping of the shenanigans of the rich on vacation, this time in Thailand! Join us as we discuss the show's latest batch of terrible rich people (including toxic besties, shady operators, and spoiled failsons) and the people that serve them, as well as the show's take…
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On this episode, we check out the new Hulu crime comedy series Deli Boys, about two Pakistani American failsons who inherit their father's criminal enterprise in Philadelphia after his sudden death. Featuring a stacked team in front and behind the camera, we're excited to see if this much anticipated show makes the grade as good pop! What's Popping…
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Do We Want This? - March 2025
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1:17:02On our March 2025 edition of "Do We Want This?" Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup, the crew discusses some of the latest announcements of new projects including Celine Song's latest film about a love triangle, a new Crazy Rich Asians show, a Charli XCX led mockumentary, and quite possibly the most unhinged M Night Shyamal…
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On this episode of Good Pop, we check out Picture This, a new british romantic comedy about a free-spirited photographer, played by Simone Ashley, who is told by a fortune teller that she will meet her soulmate, and he'll be one of the next 5 people she dates. If this sounds familiar, it's because this 2025 film is an adaptation of the 2024 Austral…
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Go Asian: Top Chef Season 22 Primer
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1:25:01Top Chef is finally back and that can only mean one thing, the return of Good Pop's spinoff podcast within a podcast GO ASIAN! Where we pledge to cover the current season of Top Chef until either all of the Asians have been eliminated, or one or more have made the finale, and our odds look great this year with 4 Go Asian candidates (and one more Bo…
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The Accidental Getaway Driver
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1:13:06On this episode, we check out the independent film The Accidental Getaway Driver, which is finally getting its theatrical run after turning heads 2 years ago at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is based on the true story of an elderly Vietnamese private taxi driver who gets taken hostage by three escaped prisoners. Featuring some powerful perfo…
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Do We Want This? - February 2025
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1:13:07It's been three months, but it's finally time for another edition of "Do We Want This?" Good Pop's Asian American entertainment news review! On this first roundup of 2025, we discuss our thoughts on exciting reboot/continuation news of some beloved IPs, a potential new Asian American network sitcom, and some adaptation news! What's Popping? - G Dra…
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
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1:11:13On this episode of the Good Pop Culture Club, we continue our dive into British pop culture with our discussion of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (another sequel that Marvin will watch without seeing the previous films), featuring a more grown up, but just as messy, Bridget as she tries to navigate parenthood and love after loss. What's Popping? …
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
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1:09:41On this episode, the Good Pop crew jumps across the pond to check out the Oscar nominated animated film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, where eccentric inventor Wallace and his best boy Gromit come face to face once again to one of their greatest adversaries in this cautionary tales about the dangers of AI (and gnomes). Does the latest inst…
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Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld
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1:02:36It took 10 years, but we've finally made it to February! For our first episode of Good Pop this month, we're checking out a Netflix show that we missed from the end of last year, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld! A supernatural teen action story about an Chinese American girl with special powers defending her Texas hometown from Chinese mythical crea…
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2025 Good Pop Resolutions
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1:11:56Well, somehow we made is to the end of a very long January, and for this episode, the Good Pop Crew gets together to share our pop culture hopes and dreams in our first annual Good Pop Resolutions for 2025, aka the year of the snake! Join us as we share what we're most looking forward to this year, as well as what we'd like to see less of. What's P…
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On this episode, we check out the Stephanie Hsu led romantic comedy/murder thriller series Laid, where she plays Ruby, your typical millennial with a very messy dating history, who finds out that all of her exes and past partners are dying in the order of her "sex timeline." We love a wild premise, but will Laid make the grade as good pop? What's P…
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Squid Game Season 2
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1:27:57Good Pop is back after an extended holiday hiatus after dealing milestone life moments and climate disaster! To ring in the new year, we're checking out the show of the season, Squid Game Season 2! We were cautiously optimistic when this unplanned 2nd season was announced, will this newest iteration (ironically brought to life by capitalism) live u…
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Interior Chinatown
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1:03:32For our last regular Good Pop episode of the year, we check out the Hulu television adaptation of Charles Yu's award winning novel, Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O Yang as Willis Wu, a background character in a world within a police procedural, as he rises through the ranks while investigating what happened to his older brother. But will this …
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On this episode of the Good Pop Culture Club, Marvin and Jess dive into Sweethearts, the new teen not-quite rom com streaming now on Max starring Nico Hiraga and Kiernan Shipka who play BFFs who hatch a plot to break up with their respective partners together during their first Thanksgiving break back from college. We at Good Pop love a good teen m…
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On this episode, we dive into the first half of Jon M Chu's adaptation of Wicked (which is my the transitive property, now an Asian American film)! A re-imagining of the immensely popular stage musical based on the book that itself is a re-imagining of the original Wizard of Oz story from the perspective of its villain. Expectations for the film we…
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Do We Want This? - November 2024
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1:27:17Happy Thanksgiving! It's time once again for our November 2024 edition of "Do We Want This?" our monthly roundup of the latest Asian American entertainment news. On this episode, we discuss the return of one of Hanh's favorite Korean series, early details from Andrew Ahn's remake of The Wedding Banquet, some Crazy Rich Asians 2 breadcrumbs, and a w…
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Christmas with the Singhs
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1:01:09Here at the Good Pop Culture Club, the holidays don't begin until we check out the year's Asian American Hallmark Xmas film (but only because its almost always relegated to the start of the season). This year's entry is Christmas with the Singhs, a story a recently engaged couple who returns to their suburban hometown for Xmas, only to deal with a …
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The whole crew is back together again in our first episode in the new timeline, and processing the recent US election by diving into a film about a very different election Conclave, a political mystery thriller about the administration of the election of a new pope, and the machinations of power amongst the high level cardinals seeking to win the t…
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Well, that happened. We're obviously still processing the events of this week, but wanted to take a little time to address everyone. And even though we're taking a week off of covering the good pop that gets us through out days, we wanted to leave a few resources for our listeners in case you were looking for some additional support or looking for …
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Do We Want This? - October 2024
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1:13:08Welcome to our October 2024 edition of "Do We Want This?" our monthly roundup of the latest Asian American entertainment news. Join us as we discuss the latest casting announcements, adaptation news, and the return of The Princess Diaries (with an Asian American twist)! We also talk a little about next week's elections and share Jess' descent into …
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In honor of spooky month, we're checking out the new MCU Disney+ series Agatha All Along, the follow up to the original MCU series WandaVision, which follows the return of Kathryn Hanh's Agatha Harkness as she leads a team of outcast witches down a series of trials on "The Witches Road" in order to get her powers back. We've been hot and mostly col…
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Tim Ballard: Unmasking a Hero
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18:54Listen to the new season of Opportunist, out now wherever you listen to podcasts. In the 10th season of "The Opportunist: Tim Ballard," Podcast One will explore controversy surrounding Tim Ballard, the celebrated founder of Operation Underground Railroad, an organization known for its mission to combat human trafficking. Hailed by some as a modern-…
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Ali Wong: Single Lady
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1:10:50On this episode, the Good Pop crew checks in on comedian Ali Wong's life with her newest Netflix comedy special "Single Lady," as she reflects on her experiences as a recently divorced single mom, getting back into the dating game, and how men just need to try harder. What's Popping? - The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, Nobody Wants This, Culinary Class W…
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On this episode, we check out the new Dreamworks animated feature The Wild Robot, about a robot who finds herself stranded in an uninhabited island and learns to survive be learning to live with the local wildlife and becoming a mom to an orphaned baby goose, and really dive into whether it was necessary for a robot to be so mom-coded. Will this ch…
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