Pop Rocket Ep. 201 Our Awkward Thanksgiving Show

Pop Rocket

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Happy Thanksgiving, Rocketeers! We at Pop Rocket are thankful for you, our listeners. For the purposes of this episode, Wynter will be playing the role of Margaret’s sister who always criticizes her stuffing recipe, while Karen is the gay aunt who sold Wappler a bunk Subaru.

There was a lot of tension in the studio, and everyone was walking on eggshells. Will our panelists be able to make it through a discussion of awkward family gatherings without bursting into tears? Will Wynter be triggered by a clip of The Family Stone? Will Margaret angrily scream, “Eat the fish, b***h!”? The panel dissects some of their favorite awkward moments--on screen and off--and try to figure out why we’re so captivated by angry, obnoxious relatives. If any of you out there have concerns about fraught dinner conversations over turkey, stuffing, and sides, the panelists are here for you!

All Abouts

Margaret alerted us to a fine piece of writing from New York Times critic Amanda Hess, who laments, “nothing ever ends anymore and it’s driving me insane.” If you’re overwhelmed by sequels, prequels, reboots, and overlapping universes, she’s a kindred spirit.

If no one spots Wynter out in the wild over the next two weeks, it’s probably because she’s playing her newest video game obsession Red Dead Redemption II.

Karen recently discovered the new ABC sitcom Single Parents starring Taran Killam, Leighton Meester and Jake Choi.

That's My Jam

Wynter - Michelle Obama - Becoming
Karen - Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan
Margaret - Barrie - Michigan

With Karen Tongson, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, and Margaret Wappler.

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Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh, hey there I'm Margaret Wappler, and welcome to Pop Rocket, a weekly show picking over the pop culture we all love to love.
0:15.9	With me to talk TV, film, music, and anything else entertaining are Digital Strategists Winter Mitchell Rohraball. entertaining our
0:24.4	digital strategist Winter Mitchell-Rorba.
0:24.6	Hello, hello.
0:25.8	Hello, hello.
0:26.8	Happy Thanksgiving, Wobbler.
0:28.1	Happy Thanksgiving.
0:29.3	And because this is our Thanksgiving episode and we're going to be talking about awkward family dinners,
0:34.3	I'm going to refer to you as my sister who always criticizes my stuffing recipe.
0:39.7	I can see that. Don't try me, okay?
0:44.0	Oh, always something.
0:47.0	And we have pop culture scholar Karen Tonsen.
0:52.0	Hi Margaret,
0:53.6	Hi Heraciteers, as you can tell my voice is even lower this week and it's kind of gravely.
0:59.6	It's been a rough one.
1:00.8	Uh-oh.
1:01.8	You also went to Palm Springs, so let's just throw that into the bag. Let's just admit that it's an extended
1:08.0	handover. All I did was like float in the salt water pool. That's all it takes, baby.
1:14.2	Yeah, that's all it takes.
1:15.9	And a few margarita is 20.
1:18.3	It's true.
1:19.1	And for this, Karen, you are going to be my gay aunt who sold me a bunk Subaru Forrester.
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