605: Pop Culture Tariffs
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we unpack the idea of pop culture tariffs. Join us as we explore the metaphorical tolls we pay when entertainment just won’t let something (or someone) go - we’re talking omnipresent actors, overused tropes about mildly broody acquaintances, and franchises that just won’t die. Plus, Knox shares his own rapid red lights.
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- Actors & Performance: Nicole Kidman | The Rock | Flo Pugh | Geico Gecko
- Story Tropes: Accidental Pregnancies | Small Towns | Enemies to Lovers
- Franchise & Reboots: Jurassic Park
- Social Media: TikTok Hungry Trend | NSFJM GRWMs | High Protein content
- Sports: Team Logo redesigns | Athletes in the media
- Reverse Tariff: WAG content | Normal Houses
- Red Lights: Jojo Siwa’s Mother | Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft Party | Draft win: Tyler Shough, loss: Kelvin Banks Jr | Bill Belichick
Green Lights:
- Jamie: book - Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti
- Knox: book - The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
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| 0:00.0 | Aaron, look at me in the face and tell me slimer wouldn't be great at quidditch. |
| 0:03.7 | Can you do that? |
| 0:04.1 | Which one slimer? |
| 0:05.6 | Next. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm sorry. |
| 0:07.9 | I don't know about ghost monsters. |
| 0:09.9 | Next. |
| 0:12.2 | You don't have to know Ghostbusters. |
| 0:14.6 | But like which one? |
| 0:15.4 | Which ghost is? |
| 0:15.9 | That's like saying you don't know Jurassic Park. |
| 0:17.6 | There's only two iconic ghosts in Ghostsusters. |
| 0:20.7 | The big one. |
| 0:21.8 | Yes. |
| 0:22.6 | And what do you got to know about Ghostbusters? |
| 0:24.7 | Number one. Rule number one. |
| 0:26.2 | They bust ghosts. |
| 0:27.3 | No, they ain't afraid of no ghosts, Jared. |
| 0:31.2 | God, I feel like you'd show up to Fight Club. |
| 0:33.0 | Like, what's the first rule? |
| 0:33.8 | Would be like, bring snacks. |
| 0:35.2 | No. |
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