654: Pop Culture Taxes
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we’re unpacking one of Knox’s core philosophies: there’s always a tax to pay. From loving Rachel McAdams but enduring some questionable movie choices to working in Christian publishing and strategically downplaying the actual books you’re reading, we’re breaking down the costs of our pop culture loyalties.
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| 0:00.0 | I love a lot of her shows that she's created. |
| 0:02.8 | I think she's very smart. And she's... No, for that, if you heard something soft, that was Aaron yawning into the mic. I'm sorry. I tried to... You bored by Mindy Kaley? No, it's good. It's good sounds. That wasn't the Ocean Breeze listener. That was Aaron... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. an iconic woman of color. |
| 0:18.1 | Three minutes in. |
| 0:19.1 | I tried to pull back. |
| 0:20.4 | I can't. |
| 0:21.0 | And then I couldn't. |
| 0:21.6 | Hello, welcome to know what's number six, 54 of the pop cast. |
| 0:36.3 | And I'm your other host, Jamie Golden. The podcast is a show dedicated to Delafel Adacy, and we're committed to educating you on the things entertained, but do not matter. To find out more about these taxable pursuits, check us out at Knoxinjami.com. You can also find us on Instagram, threads, Facebook, and Blue Sky at The Popcast. Thanks for joining us |
| 0:57.0 | this week as we are going to be talking the taxes we have to pay in pop culture. But before we do that, |
| 1:01.6 | you guys, tax-free. Is your inbox filled with delayed shipping notices and bill confirmations |
| 1:07.5 | in the midst of trying to like prepare for taxes. Well, bring a little dose of |
| 1:11.5 | delightful idiocy to your email with a free subscription to our newsletter, note for the audio. |
| 1:17.0 | And we have tons of fun things in our archives that you can go snag right now if you've never |
| 1:20.7 | been a subscriber. You can get each of our list for the best 21 books of the 21st century. |
| 1:27.4 | Literally, you'll have a whole stack of books for your TBR. We have a disaster movie watch guide in case you're interested in that right now. I don't know that you should be, but if you are, we have a guide. We have a pop culture summer bucket list if you're already starting to think about the summer. And we have so many fun quizzes. Are you a Taco Bell or Chick-fil-A mom? |
| 1:44.8 | Which Disney princess are you? Which Olympic sport should you train for in 2028 in Los Angeles? |
| 1:50.1 | Did I try to get tickets for the Olympics? Was I successful? No, I was not. So head to Knoxonjemy.com |
| 1:56.3 | slash NFTA and get all these past resources and more. The link is in the show notes. You didn't get any tickets for any Olympics? I feel like there's all kinds of seats available. I just, you know, I'm not saying that there are sports that are better than other sports. I'm not saying that because I'm proud of every American that makes it to the Olympics. But some of the things you do are pretty boring and don't have good seating. |
| 2:19.5 | I just don't want to go to horse stuff. |
| 2:21.0 | I don't know what to tell you. |
| 2:22.0 | I'm not a horse girl. |
| 2:23.0 | I'm not a horse girl. |
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