337 - The Beginning of the End
Popcorn Culture
J and Ben Carlin
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Ben and J discuss a new psychology book, Mother’s Day, Famous Anthoy’s, routines, dirt logistics, and dead grass patches by the basketball hoop (but in a wholesome way).
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| 0:00.0 | What's Pop and everybody, hello and welcome to Popper culture. |
| 0:19.1 | My name is Ben Carlin, and I am your host here. |
| 0:21.5 | Today's my brother Jay, who will be in every episode. |
| 0:24.5 | Ben, have I told you that I'm writing a psychology book? |
| 0:29.1 | No. |
| 0:29.9 | What's it about? |
| 0:31.2 | It's actually about reverse psychology, so like just don't buy it. |
| 0:37.3 | Ah. Ah. |
| 0:37.6 | Ha ha ha ha ha. |
| 0:40.3 | Hey, I was going to do. |
| 0:43.3 | Just don't. That'd be a great title for a psychology book is literally called |
| 0:49.1 | Just Don't Buy It. Just Don't buy it. Like, that's the title. And like, I can see it at |
| 0:52.7 | the airport and like big embossed, like,ed letters I'm almost picturing like a like a like a like a black dust jacket you know and then it's like like j dot carlin across the bottom of it New York Times bestseller across the top just Just don't buy this book. Yeah. The power of reverse |
| 1:11.6 | psychology. You want to be a real jerk in everybody's life? Yeah. Here's how to incorporate |
| 1:18.7 | reverse psychology into every aspect of your life. You already believe how amazingly well this works. |
| 1:25.5 | People will seek to defy you everywhere once you're aware of it. Which, which may also be like, they won't seek to defy you at all. Oh, right. The whole book is advice, but it's written in a way that makes you not want to listen to it. Yes, yes. It's like, you know, I'm going to do the exact opposite. And it's like, that's the point. That's the point. That's why you shouldn't have bought my book. So you shouldn't have bought my book. Enjoy your happy life. Oh my gosh. I really enjoy this. Yeah. Yeah. This is a great idea. Yeah. I mean, just sign me up. When do we start? When do we start? You know, we could just put the recorder down now. I just don't know. I, you know what? I don't even think we should do it. I'm starting to think it's a great idea. Exactly. I got God. You got Scott. Again. Again, again. Oh, man. Okay, Jay. So this past weekend, at least in our time, was Mother's Day. |
| 2:17.8 | Yes, it was. |
| 2:18.7 | Yeah. |
| 2:18.9 | It was like the most Mother's Day weekend. |
| 2:22.1 | I think that possibly I've ever had. |
| 2:25.0 | Yeah. |
| 2:25.2 | Like, I, it felt almost like somehow it became like a holiday. |
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