617: Pop Culture Lies We're Asked To Believe
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we try to capture this cultural moment where we’re asked to believe absurd pop culture lies. Was the kiss cam at the Coldplay concert random? Are Dylan McDermott and Durmot Mulroney two different people? Is probiotic soda good? Listen as we separate truth bombs from bold-faced lies. Plus, Jamie brings a shocking new scandal to her red lights.
Relevant links:
- Our full show notes are at knoxandjamie.com/617
- Get our brand new, exclusive series: The Pixar Collection at knoxandjamie.shop
- Tentpole Mentions: Jeffrey Epstein | Prince Andrew | Lost Series Finale | Quicksand | The Face on the Milk Carton | Helen Keller is not a real person | Dylan Efron is better than Zach Efron
- Coldplay Kiss Cam | Grace and Frankie | Dylan McDermott vs Dermot Mulroney | John Cena | No Country for Old Men vs There Will Be Blood | Probiotic Soda | Shakespeare Authorship Question | Princess Diana
- Red Light Mentions: Eastman Credit Union in TN | Shows like Stick & Untamed
Green Lights:
- Jamie: book - A Witch’s Guide To Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna | movie- KPop Demon Hunters
- Knox: movie - F1: The Movie
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| 0:00.0 | You guys have bulletproof coffee? |
| 0:01.3 | You ever drink that? |
| 0:02.1 | I did one time because I was like, oh, this sounds like a trend I could get behind because |
| 0:05.5 | it's coffee. |
| 0:06.8 | Ew. |
| 0:07.2 | Nope. |
| 0:07.4 | Is that the one with the oil in it? With the ghee? Yeah, with butter. It's like, have you ever wanted coffee that tastes like a science infection? Well, do I have the drink for you? Did you ever, have you ever wanted coffee that will open up a portal for mail that everything inside you will come out of? |
| 0:23.6 | Yes. |
| 0:24.4 | Have you ever just wanted to shart everything out for 12 hours? |
| 0:27.7 | Drink bulletproof coffee. |
| 0:28.8 | Exactly what happened. |
| 0:30.1 | It's not an ad. |
| 0:30.7 | It's disgusting. |
| 0:42.6 | Hello and welcome to episode number 617 of the popcast. I'm on your host, Knox McCoy. |
| 0:43.7 | And I'm your other host, Jamie Golden. |
| 0:45.5 | The popcast is a show dedicated to delightful ADC, and we're committed to educating you on the things entertained, but do not matter. |
| 0:50.9 | To find out more about these skeptical pursuits, check us out at Doxonjamee.com. |
| 0:55.2 | You can also find us on Instagram, ergo, threads, Facebook, and blue sky at the podcast. You've been threads recently? Like, what's your thread vibe? Listen, threads. Listen, I have a lot of people who are like, do you go on threads? It's horrible over there. But I'm not, but the problem is a lot of times people share things for threats and I want to click on it. |
| 0:54.7 | And then my phone is like, like do you go on threads it's horrible over there but i'm not but the problem is a lot of times |
| 1:10.9 | people share things for threads and i want to click on it and then my phone is like where's threads |
| 1:15.4 | did you yeah do you just want to browse do a browser like an animal that's some good that's that's |
| 1:20.7 | masterful bait and it'll go it'll be like you want to see what um bill burr said about |
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