The best & worst of culture in 2026...so far
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🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Host Brittany Luse is your Pop Culture CEO, and she's joined by esteemed members of the C-suite, Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, co-hosts of the Eating for Free podcast, to recap the last three months in an official Pop Culture Quarterly Review. What have been the major cultural achievements and setbacks so far this year? And in the Pop Culture Boardroom, who will emerge as the MVP?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the pop culture boardroom. |
| 0:04.4 | I am your pop culture CEO, Brittany Luce, |
| 0:06.8 | and I'm joined by two members of Pop Culture C-suite, |
| 0:11.1 | Matthew Lawson and Joan Summers. |
| 0:13.2 | They are the hosts of the Eating for Free Podcast. |
| 0:16.4 | And Matthew, Joan, what's the Q1, 2026 pop culture vibe and one word? |
| 0:22.6 | Girl. |
| 0:23.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.2 | That's it. |
| 0:25.2 | That's it. |
| 0:27.2 | Girl. |
| 0:28.1 | Girl. |
| 0:28.7 | I'm feeling that. |
| 0:29.7 | Let me pay respect to my queen ancestors. |
| 0:32.2 | Honey. |
| 0:36.6 | Also fair. |
| 0:42.8 | Also fair. Well, I have gathered the boardroom together to take stock of a year so far i want to know what are the achievements setbacks mvPs and future forecasting for 2026 thus far |
| 0:51.5 | and as the CEO i am going to lead the meeting, |
| 0:55.5 | but I want to hear from both of you, |
| 0:57.3 | Joan and Matthew, about what you're seeing. |
| 0:59.1 | And of course, I want to hear from our stakeholders, |
| 1:02.1 | a.k.a. all of you listening. |
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