25 APR 2024 · Shauna and Olivia are still running the show without Nicole, who went on a fabulous vacay but forgot to invite the other Junkies! Still, there's plenty to do here in Phoenix, like consuming pop culture! Shauna has been enjoying X-Men '97 and Next Level Chef with Gordon Ramsay, and she watched Total Recall for the very first time. Did you know there's a girl with three boobs in that? Olivia is still lost to the fae, currently reading A Court of Frost and Starlight, which is the 'Christmas Special' of the series. She's also binging Taylor Swift, of course. The Junkies recount their trip to Newport Beach, where Shauna's broke her foot, and plan cosplay options for her situation. Then Shauna and Olivia discuss fan fiction: why fans are compelled to write scenes for their favorite characters, how fanfic allows people to reclaim characters from problematic authors (coughcoughJK Rowling) and they even read samples of some unexpected (and saucy) crossover stories. Let's just say you'll never think of Shrek the same way again. We have all new Patreon tiers! Be the first to hear new and uncensored content, if you dare! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/popculturejunkiepodcast/posts Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/  Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420

18 APR 2024 · Nicole gets the Junkies thinking about traveling, and while Olivia plans to escape the oppressive Arizona temps this summer, Shauna will enjoy the hot hot heat poolside. As for Nicole, she'll soon be sailing to the other side of the International Date Line, where her today will be our tomorrow. Then the talk turns to movies, specifically movie sets. With an imaginary time (and place) machine, Shauna wills herself to the set of Blade (1998), where she participates in the Goth nightclub scene that culminated in a blood orgy. Fun! Olivia's choice is Eyes Wide Shut from 1999, so she can see for herself if there was any "Illuminati shit" was going down that would explain the death of director Stanley Kubrick shortly before the film's release - and the 40 minutes excised from the Director's cut. As for Nicole, she wants to join Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler on the set of 50 First Dates, mainly so she can cross visiting South Africa's Lost City Resort off her bucket list. Hey, it's got a crocodile pool! pple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/  Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420

11 APR 2024 · Shauna goes solo this week to interview award-winning indie writer/director/producer Ansel Faraj, whose film The Great Nick D is now on the festival circuit. Ansel tells Shauna about his pop culture heritage, and how it inspired his body of work. Though he’s based in Los Angeles, he’s no nepo baby – but even without connections he’s been able to fulfill his dream of making films. Ansel and Shauna talk about his last movie, Todd Tarantula (which Shauna loved!) now streaming on Tubi, as well as his future projects, which might include a horror musical! Ansel Faraj’s https://www.hollinsworthproductions.com/ has links to his https://www.facebook.com/hollinsworthproductions and https://www.youtube.com/user/HollinsworthProd1 pages, as well as information on how to stream or buy his films. His https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4043796/?ref_=tt_ov_dr and he’s on https://www.instagram.com/anselhfaraj/. Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com

4 APR 2024 · The Junkies reveal their latest obsessions, which for Nicole is March Madness, for Olivia is reading the first book in a fantasy series and then waiting impatiently for the next book to be written, and for Shauna it is reliving the glorious return to classic animation that is X-Men ’97. There is also some NSFW discussion about “knotting” so consider yourself warned. Then the Junkies detail the highs of Jennifer Lopez’s career in contrast to where it sits now, after she released This Is Me…Now, the documentary and the This is Me Now: A Love Story which isn’t a documentary, not that anyone really knows what it is. What is clear is that JLo spent a lot of money just to face a backlash for being so over-the-top that even Ben Affleck was embarassed for her. Then Nicole, Shauna and Olivia each say how they would manage her image rehab. JLo, if you’re listening, DM us! Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/  Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420

28 MAR 2024 · This week, Shauna tells the Junkies about the series Shogun, and that she’s been to Japan twice, not that she’s bragging. Olivia gives us all the horrifying details from the Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider expose series Quiet on the Set (and here’s a trigger warning because it includes sexual violence against children), and Nicole goes up to bat with a review of The Hill, a baseball movie starring Dennis Quaid. Then it’s time to dish on each Junkie’s pick for the most chaotic celebrity breakup in recent memory. Shauna chose the on-again/off-again setside romance of Twilight’s Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and she’s Team Bella all the way. Nicole reaches way back to the early days of Keeping Up with the Kardashians to tell of the Kris and Caitlyn Jenner divorce, which leads to a game of ‘Who is Khloe’s Dad?’ Finally, Olivia pulls at the red strings of her conspiracy board to connect the players involved in the messy end of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez’s relationship. Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/  Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420

21 MAR 2024 · The Junkies briefly ponder the Unsolved Mystery of “What Happened to Kate Middleton?”, but out of respect to PCJ superfan King Charles III, the topic swerves to the umpteenth season of Survivor, and addictive reality shows in general. Then Shauna endeavors to explain the Dune universe to Nicole and Olivia, but how do you adequately explain Spice? Then the Junkies plan a sleepover to watch Dune and the perfect companion movies, American Mary and High School Musical, and emphasize that this will be a drug-free triple feature,just in case you were wondering. Then on to this week’s topic, which isn’t the Roman Empire but also it’s not NOT the Roman Empire. The Junkies each confess what they think about at least once a day, and the answers may or may not surprise you. Make the PCJ podcast your daily obsession and listen now!  Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728  Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9  Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com  Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/  Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad  Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge  Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420 

14 MAR 2024 · This week, the Junkies catch up and find that Nicole is still a Ride-or-Die for Law and Order: SVU, even though the romance between Stabler and Benson hasn’t moved any closer to Smoochtown; Olivia binged a 55 part-TikTok series about a pathological liar, then tries to make Shauna think she doesn’t know who Gordon Ramsey is; and Shauna humblebrags that she has layers, like an onion, or an ogre, which will come as no surprise to any government agency that’s monitoring her Google searches. Then the Junkies explore the ‘Good for Her!’ Cinematic Universe, a genre that has at one end the body horror flick American Mary, and at the other, the far less gory Legally Blonde, with Gone Girl being somewhere in the middle. It’s a genre whose mascot is a Lucille Bluth meme and often involves some very specific kinds of revenge. And although some of the protagonists in these ‘Good for Her!’ movies might not be able to convince a court of law that the bad guy had it coming, we in the audience are all silently agreeing: “Good for her.”  Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728  Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9  Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: https://popculturejunkie.com  Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/  Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad  Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge  Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420 

7 MAR 2024 · The Pop Culture Junkies are back and better than ever! The post-holiday break is over, and the Junkies tell each other what they’ve been up to since last they met. Find out how Nicole has a conduit directly to heaven, why Shauna is the Promise Ring Queen, and the details behind Olivia’s emotional breakdown over a fantasy book series. So relatable. Then the Junkies dive into the magic that is TikTok: an app that gives you a hit of dopamine that turns off the part of your brain that tells you no, don’t buy that. Nicole talks about experimenting with snail mucin (whatever that is), while Olivia was buying trendy water bottles long before Stanley cups were a thing, and Shauna was influenced to buy her husband a shirt with pictures of their cat which went wrong in the most hilarious way. What will this episode make you buy? Grab a major credit card and find out! Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: https://popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/ Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420

14 DEC 2023 · Shauna may be obsessed with the end of the world (movies, that is), but Olivia is not giving up until she gets the other Junkies hooked on her new fave book series involving the Fey (look for it on our next PCJ book club episode), and Nicole skipped the book and went straight to the movie based on the ‘Hunger Games’ prequel. Then the talk turned to Christmas movies, but not the kind where a big-city gal falls for a sweater-wearing down-home hunk. No, this episode is all about killer Santas, killer snowmen, and killer killers. Which seasonal slashers do the Junkies think really sleigh? Whether you’re on the naughty list or the nice list, you’ll have yourself a scary little Christmas if you unwrap this episode. Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: https://popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/ Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420

30 NOV 2023 · Olivia, Shauna and Nicole began reviewing the Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me in our last episode, but there was so much to say that we made it a two-parter. This time The Junkies talk about Britney’s fight against mental illness, tabloid journalism and the paparazzi, and her troubled marriage to Kevin Federline, which was bad enough – but things were about to get worse. The Junkies cover everything like the notorious head-shaving incident, the “Free Britney” movement, and of course her conservatorship, which pitted Britney against her father and her sister. Make sure you listen to the first part of our special Britney book coverage – it’s not that much “Work, Bitch.” Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W?si=6d2845539f0843c9 Website: http://www.popculturejunkie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/popjunkies Instagram: http://instagram.com/pop.culturejunkies Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pop.culturejunkies Email: mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunatrinidad/ Shauna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shaunatrinidad Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_eldridge/ Nicole on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicole_eldridge Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livimariez/ Olivia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livyolife420