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I"M SO POPULAR

Zach Langley Chi Chi

I’M SO POPULAR is an audio program from the end of the world by American drag queen in Japan, Zach Langley Chi Chi. Scream into the abyss, find another way: discussing with anyone and everyone homosexual beauty, art, culture, Madonna, Marxism, J-Pop, James Joyce, drag, death, all of it, none of it. What can be salvaged.

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0:58:12

MUSCLE MAN with jordan castro

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/11/05

Very handsome novelist Jordan Castro joins to discuss his fascinating new book MUSCLE MAN (2025年), a fascinating work of fiction about an English professor who hates being an English professor and loves lifting weights. We discuss novels of the mind, Mishima Yukio and the mimetic flattening of reactionary authors, the puzzling reception to his work, the godless twenty-first century and more.For paywalled episodes of the show and over one hundred locked episodes of the essential SIRENS chat show,

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1:27:43

RING with angel heart and maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/10/30

Discussing the iconic Japanese horror mainstay franchise of RING リング: its original trilogy of late nineties films + its source material novels + the occult world of spirituality and tangible emotion + video tape and horror of memory + Nakatani Miki and her iconic haircuts.For the bonus SIRENS aftershow, join us on patreon at Patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:25:40

PSYCHO MONSTER with maggie

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2025/10/23

Discussing the Ryan Murphy produced MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY (2025年) + Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960年) + Polio Addison Rae + "gynephilism" + true crime + horror and phalluses.Join us on Patreon.com/imsopopular for the full episode and access to the book club, discord and more.

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1:22:19

SILENT HILL 2 with maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/10/16

Inaugurating the Halloween season, we're talking about Bloober Team's 2024 remake of horror masterpiece SILENT HILL 2 + otherworlds and American rot + latent sexual impulses + grief and violence + video games as art.Full quality episode available only on Patreon: patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:15:03

MALE LOVE IN THE MIRROR with maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/10/09

erotica THE GREAT MIRROR OF MALE LOVE 男色大鏡 (1687年) + the ethereal world of desire and pleasure + sexual roles across the great scope of history + gently falling cherry blossoms and the melancholic impermanence of all things.Only for patrons: patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:13:18

CHRONICLE OF THE DYING DAY with maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/09/25

* HQ episode available only for patrons at patreon.com/imsopopular *Maggie and Chi Chi discuss the perverse gender inverted world of Japanese samurai history by way of Yaoi excess: Yoshinaga Fumi’s OOKU 大奥.

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1:30:59

PHANTOMS with maggie

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2025/09/20

* HQ Episode available only for Patrons at Patreon.com/comsopopular *We discuss Utada Hikaru’s tremendous and heartbreaking comeback record FANTÔME (2016年) + the career of her late mother, classic Japanese Enka singer FUJI KEIKO.

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1:15:27

I SAW THE TV, BRO AND OTHER TALES FROM BENEATH THE...

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/09/10

We discuss the diabolical filmography of JANE SCHOENBRUN: I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024年) + WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR (2021年) + A SELF-INDUCED HALLUCINATION (2018年).Full episode only for Patrons: patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:29:22

LIFE WITHOUT SEX with maggie and maggie's ex-girlfriend

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/09/03

We’re joined by Maggie’s very own ex-girlfriend to discuss the state of open relationships, polyamory, artificial insemination and the future of sexuality with a review of the most shocking Japanese novel this century: Murata Sayaka’s VANISHING WORLD 消滅世界 (2015年).For the full shocking episode, join us at patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:37:21

BLUE VELVET with maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/08/27

Discussing the seminal David Lynch film BLUE VELVET (1986年),For the full quality version of this episode + the shady take down of THOT TOPICS join us at patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:30:06

LOLITA with maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/08/21

Discussing Vladimir Nabokov’s masterpiece of perversion and English letters LOLITA (1955年) + Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of the same name LOLITA (1962年).Full episode only for patrons at patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:40:46

CHLORINE SAMEN CHESTNUT FLOWER with kiku and maggie

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2025/08/13

High quality version available only for patrons.Bidding goodbye to my first home in Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward, with a discussing legendary Japanese singer-songwriter SHEENA RINGO 椎名林檎 (1978年〜) + her first three albums MUZAI MORATORIUM 無罪モラトリアム (1999年) SHOSO STRIP 勝訴ストリップ (2000年) + KALK SAMEN KURI NO HANA 加爾基精液栗ノ花 (2003年). Join us for the paywalled SIRENS series and Patreon exclusive episodes at patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:30:56

TOO MUCH with jack mason [preview]

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/08/07

Jack Mason from The Perfume Nationalist podcast joins to discuss the new Lena Dunham created Netflix series TOO MUCH (2025年). Full episode only for subscribers: patreon.com/imsopopular

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1:00:43

YEAR TWENTY NINE with natalie

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2025/07/30

It’s the classic ISP birthday special: birthday twin Natalie joins to celebrate the closing of another year on planet Earth as Zach turns twenty nine and Natalie hits thirty. Join us on the Patreon for more: patreon.com/imsopopular

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0:35:59

I'M SO POPULAR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY (LIVE)

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/07/27

A live recording of the I’M SO POPULAR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY from Koenji, Tokyo, Japan.

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1:21:06

REBUILD OF EVANGELION with maggie

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2025/07/27

Ending the endless time loops of Evangelion, Maggie returns to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ISP with a discussion of the REBUILD OF EVANGELION film franchise: EVANGELION 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序 [2007年] + EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破 [2009年] + EVANGELION 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q [2023年] + EVANGELION 3.0 + 1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版: 𝄂 [2021年]. *Full episode available only on Patreon at patreon.com/imsopopular)

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1:46:12

THE END OF EVANGELION with deniz

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2025/07/16

Continuing our month long celebration of ISP’s fifth anniversary, Deniz joins to discuss one of the best films ever made: THE END OF EVANGELION (1997年) + its experimental prelude EVANGELION DEATH [TRUE]² (1997年).Find Deniz at his blog: falions.net And for the HQ version of this episode plus a steamy Gundam discussion, join us at patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S5.E34)

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2:12:58

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION with sascha amato

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/07/09

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of I'M SO POPULAR, Russian genius Sascha Amato joins to revisit the most important anime of all time: NEON GENESIS EVANGELION + its manga adaptation.For the HQ version of this episode and a riveting episode of the other world bonus program SIRENS where we review Squid Game Season 3, join us on patreon: patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S5.E33)

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1:02:20

THE ENDLESS JUNE with dylan and maggie

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/06/30

Discussing the seminal anime adaptation of HIGURASHI: WHEN THEY CRY ひぐらしのなく頃に by 07th Expansion + contesting with fate and will + friendship and love in the tragedy of an ill-fated and never-ending June…Full episode only available for patrons. patreon.com/imsopopular

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0:41:55

PRELUDE TO THE ENDLESS JUNE

I"M SO POPULAR ·

2025/06/29

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