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Pop Culture Confidential

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Pop culture conversations with today"s innovators, entertainers and newsmakers - podcast hosted by Christina Jeurling Birro.

tv & film

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57:40

409: Crisis at the Box Office or: How We Learned to...

Pop Culture Confidential ·

2024/05/31

Ryan McQuade (Executive Editor, AwardsWatch.com) joins Christina to discuss the reasons behind the low box office numbers this Memorial Day weekend (Furiosa and Garfield), the state of cinema & streaming, and looking forward to even more fantastic, original, risk-talking cinema ahead!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:23

Episode 408: Exclusive interview with Cannes breakout...

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2024/05/24

Christina ha tenido el honor de hablar con una de las estrellas del festival de Cannes 2024, ¡Karla Sofía Gascón! Gascón nos habla de 'Emilia Perez', la película dirigida por Jacques Audiard que ha sido la sensación de Cannes. Nos habla de la importancia que tiene esta película para ella como persona trans, su historia y mucho mas!'Emilia Perez' narra la historia de la abogada Rita (Zoe Saldaña). Un día recibe una llamada telefónica de un poderoso extraño que resulta ser un capo del cártel. Manitas

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8:21

Episode 407: Performances! Dispatch from the 2024...

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2024/05/20

Another dispatch from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival! Christina talks about some of the stand-out performances from the fest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:15

406 'Megalopolis'! Highlights from the Cannes 2024...

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2024/05/18

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7:52

Episode 405: Furiosa! Our 2024 Cannes Film Festival...

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2024/05/16

Christina continues covering the 2024 Cannes Film Festival! Today from the FURIOSA:A MAD MAX SAGA press conference with actors Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth & director George Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:35

404: Streep & Dunaway! Mini Dispatch from Cannes 2024...

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2024/05/16

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5:44

403: Our first dispatch from the 2024 Cannes Film...

Pop Culture Confidential ·

2024/05/15

A short report from Cannes 2024! Christina talks about what she is looking forward to at the festival from Coppola to Lanthimos to following the brilliant jury lead by Greta Gerwig. Stay tuned for more dispatches! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:46

402: The brilliant Kathryn Hunter! Working with...

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2024/05/07

We are honored to have the brilliant Kathryn Hunter on the show this week. The award winning actor has played both Lear and Richard III on stage and gives an extraordinary performance as the three witches in Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'. Ms Hunter talks to Christina about working with Francis Ford Coppola in his upcoming film 'Megalopolis', the tattooed madame of Lanthimos 'Poor Things', 'Andor,' her process and the horrific car accident that left her with a broken back but also transformed

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46:43

401: A conversation about the Netflix hit 'Baby...

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2024/05/01

The Netflix hit series 'Baby Reindeer' is based on Scottish comedian Richard Gadd harrowing experience being stalked by an obsessed woman as well as the trauma of sexual assault. Candice Frederick (Senior Culture Reporter @ Huffpost) joins Christina to unpack the series, process their reactions to it, talk about the important and complex issues it deals with, how some viewers are reacting to it and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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61:37

400: Ambition, Love & Tennis! A Conversation about...

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2024/04/30

Ryan McQuade (Executive editor AwardsWatch.com) joins Christina for a deep dive into Luca Guadagnino's latest film 'Challengers'. Join us as we talk about the dazzling performances by Zendaya, Mike Faist & Josh O'Connor, the score, the spectacular tennis scenes, and the electric love triangle at its center. Ryan McQuade on X @ryanmcquade77 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:50

399: 'Shōgun'; A conversation with director Hiromi...

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2024/04/23

We have reached the finale of one of the best TV shows of the season! We're thrilled to have director Hiromi Kamata ('Let the Right One In', 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters') join us to talk about 'Shōgun' & her incredible episode 'Ladies of the Willow World'. Ms. Kamata and Christina talk about the power of the women of 'Shōgun', why she showed the actors Bergman's 'Persona' & Wong Kar-wai's 'In the Mood For Love', and how 'Shōgun' was a personal journey for the director who is of Japanese and Mexican

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52:59

398: Our 2024 Summer Movie Preview! with Jazz...

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2024/04/15

Variety's Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay joins Christina to discuss the huge, buzzy Hollywood titles that are hitting theaters this summer! 'The Fall Guy', 'Challengers', 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga', 'Kinds of Kindness', 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die, 'Inside Out 2'', 'Twisters', 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', just to name a few. They also talk about 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Coppola's Megalopolis' which premiere at The Cannes Film Festival.Listen now! Follow Jazz Tangcay on X: @jazzt Learn more about

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75:05

397: A discussion about Alex Garland's 'Civil War'...

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2024/04/11

Ryan McQuade (AwardsWatch.com) joins Christina to discuss one of 2024s most anticipated, and possibly divisive, films Alex Garland's 'Civil War'. The first trailer left us with a lot of questions and certain expectations but the film turned out to be something else completely. Christina and Ryan discuss the film, the discourse, Alex Garland, the incredible performances and much more.Spoilers around the 36 minute mark! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:43

396: From Jon Stewart to 'True Detective', How the...

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2024/03/27

NPR's TV critic & media analyst Eric Deggans joins Christina to talk about how the 2024 US election cycle is reflected in our popular culture. On the return of Jon Stewart. How are the late night talk shows meeting this political moment? What issues are TV creators exploring in shows like True Detective & Fargo as well as in the documentary series space.Follow Eric Deggans on X @deggans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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57:39

395: The speeches, the highlights and the surprises!...

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2024/03/12

"Oppy Oppy"! After Ryan McQuade's (AwardsWatch.com) stirring appreciation speech last week we had to have him back on to talk about Oppenheimer's magic night at the Oscars. Plus the best speeches, highlights, disappointments and surprises of the 96th Oscar ceremony.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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141:34

Episode 394: Oscar Predictions 2024! Who Will Win in...

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2024/03/06

Oscar predictions 2024! Christina is joined by the best in the business: Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson of AwardsWatch!Ahead of Sundays' Oscar telecast they predict the winners in all 23 categories, talk about their most anticipated speeches, red carpet looks and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:42

390: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy &...

Pop Culture Confidential ·

2024/02/21

Christina talks to Andrew Haigh about his very personal journey writing and directing his beautiful film 'All of Us Strangers'.As well as conversations with actors Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal & Claire Foy on their characters, love, loneliness, accidental cruelty and more. Listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:17

393: Finn Bennett ('Peter Prior') on 'True Detective:...

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2024/02/19

We made it through the night country & everyone is talking about that finale! Christina talked to breakout star Finn Bennett ('Peter Prior') about Issa López 'True Detective: Night Country', his characters' almost biblical arc, working with Jodie Foster, his thoughts on Nic Pizzolatto's remarks, the incredible finale, the best fan theories and much more. Spoiler warning if you have not seen the finale! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:34

392: Robert Steen. The beautiful story of his late...

Pop Culture Confidential ·

2024/02/12

When Robert and Trude Steen's son Mats passed away at age 25 from a degenerative muscular disease they grieved over what they thought had been an isolated and lonely life but what they found out would change everything. Mats, a gamer known as 'Ibelin' in World of Warcraft, had despite his physical disabilities formed strong friendships, fallen in love and was a beloved and vibrant member of his digital community. Christina was honored to talk to Mat's father Robert Steen about Mats, his story and

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49:05

391: A conversation with actor & author Molly Ringwald!

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2024/02/05

Actor, author, icon! Molly Ringwald joins Christina for a wide ranging conversation about her role as Joanne Carson in Ryan Murphy's critically acclaimed series 'Feud: Capote vs The Swans', her iconic and seminal films with John Hughes and her complicated feelings about them, her Swedish roots and so much more. Listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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