Ep. 181 Unplugged: Declaring Independence from Glowing Screens
Pop Rocket
MaximumFun.org
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, Guy Branum, Margaret Wappler and Karen Tongson are declaring their independence from screens, push notifications and batteries. That’s right, it’s all about the pop culture that you’ll still be able to experience after the grid goes down.
Margaret is all about The Moment app which displays just how much time you spend on your phone every day, which she hopes will help keep her phone out of her motherhood. Karen is all about LeBron James being signed to the LA Lakers and everyone celebrating something good finally happening for the Lakers. Guy is all about the Amazon Prime movieThe Little Hours which features plenty of effective comedy and just the right amount of Aubrey Plaza.
The group will take an extensive look at modern media that doesn’t require a screen; everything from drawing, tarot cards, The Joy of Cooking, the card game Set and so much more
The Pop Rocket 2018 Summer Book Club is a go! We’re reading Crazy Rich Asians. Join the Facebook group and get in on the conversation.
With Karen Tongson, Guy Branum and Margaret Wappler.
That’s My Jam:
Margaret - My Bathroom Is a Private Kind of Place.
Karen - 10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
Guy - Betty Who - Taste.
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Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Julian Burrell.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hey there, I'm Guy Branham and welcome to Pop Rocket, a weekly show picking over all the pop culture we love to love. |
| 0:14.4 | It's a streamlined episode, you guys. |
| 0:17.1 | It is sleek if you're too warm because it's summertime, don't worry, this is going to be a light and efficient pop rocket. |
| 0:24.8 | We've me to talk TV, film, music, and anything else entertaining, our journalist and novelist |
| 0:28.8 | Margaret Wopler. |
| 0:29.8 | Oh, hello, there, Guy. |
| 0:31.3 | Oh, hello, Margaret. |
| 0:33.0 | You really showed up in the kind of summary fashion that I expect from you, the kind that I envy most. |
| 0:40.6 | This is a breezy calf tent we're working with indeed and it is from Etsy but courtesy of the country India |
| 0:49.0 | And also I just want to step back for a moment and say usually kaftans like their color palette is of the earth. |
| 0:55.8 | Yes. And this is or of the flowers, but this is like a Margaret Wopler like dystopian |
| 1:01.8 | 1987. |
| 1:03.8 | Thank you for recognizing me. |
| 1:06.0 | Thank you for seeing me as I have always wished to be seen. |
| 1:09.1 | Yeah, there's some stripes, there's some turquoise, I should be wearing some sort of like large beaded jewelry with it, but you guys, I'm so ready for Margaret Wobbler's wooden jewelry phase. |
| 1:24.0 | Like, Silas gets into high school. |
| 1:27.0 | And we got pop culture scholar in Dyke about town Karen Toxen. |
| 1:33.4 | Hey Guy, hi racketeers. |
| 1:35.7 | Karen, I'm sorry to just be doing red carpet on this whole thing, |
| 1:39.6 | but you've got a really fun plaid going on. |
| 1:43.0 | It's Madras plaid also courtesy of the country, India. |
| 1:47.0 | They brought us so many good things. |
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