Episode 48: Stranger Things - The Breakout Summer TV hit

Episode 48: Stranger Things - The Breakout Summer TV hit

The big talk of the Summer TV season (and one of our favorite shows) is the Netflix original drama Stranger Things, a show that transports us back to 1983. On this weeks show speak to breakout star Shannon Purser who plays fan favorite Barb on the show, and veteran prop master Lynda Reiss who has been able to capture the 1980’s to a tee. Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things is an eight part series starring Winona Ryder and Mathew Modine, but the story centers on a group of 12 year-olds and a supporting group of teenagers all played by an absolutely superb bunch of new actors. Shannon Purser plays Barbara Holland or Barb, the best friend of popular girl Nancy Wheeler, and she fantastically embodies the outspoken and intelligent character that we all identify with. Her performance has created what’s being called Barb-mania, with fans creating memes, fan art – even painting murals of her. Set in a small Indiana town, the show follows the disappearance of a young boy, uncovers a dark conspiracy and a scary monster along the way. The other star of the show is 1980’s American pop culture – everything from the opening credits, the music and the loving attention to details in the props plays homage to films of the era. Lynda Reiss is the prop master on the show and she has created a veritable time capsule of the 80’s with trapper keepers, BMX bikes and some wonderful fashion. Reiss shares with us how she approaches a period piece like this, her work on American Beauty and the elaborate prop work on True Detective, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 144: Mary Ramos, Music Supervisor on Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood'

Episode 144: Mary Ramos, Music Supervisor on Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood'

One of our favorite guests returns to Pop Culture Confidential! Music Supervisor Mary Ramos has spent 27 years working with Quentin Tarantino, on every one of his films. Mary Ramos has expertly and pa...

7 Aug 201942min

Episode 143: Jeremy Strong, Succession

Episode 143: Jeremy Strong, Succession

Ahead of the much awaited second season of Succession, we are thrilled to have actor Jeremy Strong join us to talk about his brilliant performance as Kendall Roy. The critically acclaimed series, also...

11 Juni 201948min

142: Brett Gelman on the genius of Fleabag, finding comedy in drama +taking a stand against misogyny

142: Brett Gelman on the genius of Fleabag, finding comedy in drama +taking a stand against misogyny

We are so happy to have actor, comedian and writer Brett Gelman with us this week to talk about one of the best shows on TV ‘Fleabag’, his great performance on it and so much more.  Brett Gelman is ...

30 Maj 201936min

Episode 141: Jessica Yellin, former CNN Chief White House Correspondent. Author of Savage News

Episode 141: Jessica Yellin, former CNN Chief White House Correspondent. Author of Savage News

This week on Pop Culture Confidential awarding winning journalist and former CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin. Mr Yellin spent decades covering Capitol Hill, domestic policy, the Whi...

10 Maj 201926min

Episode 140: The Pop Culture Confidential movie preview special with critic Claudia Puig!

Episode 140: The Pop Culture Confidential movie preview special with critic Claudia Puig!

This week we are joined by the President of the LA Film Critics Association Claudia Puig who guides us through her most anticipated movie releases coming up this summer and fall. From Olivia Wilde’s B...

3 Maj 201936min

Episode 139: Jared Harris star of HBO's 'Chernobyl'

Episode 139: Jared Harris star of HBO's 'Chernobyl'

This week on Pop Culture Confidential actor Jared Harris joins us to talk about his spectacular performance in the new HBO miniseries ‘Chernobyl’. We talk about researching his character, Valery Leg...

26 Apr 201925min

Epi 138: Erin Lee Carr 'All That You Leave Behind' on love, loss, lessons from her father David Carr

Epi 138: Erin Lee Carr 'All That You Leave Behind' on love, loss, lessons from her father David Carr

This week we talk to documentary filmmaker Erin Lee Carr who has written the brutally honest and beautiful memoir 'All That You Leave Behind', about her relationship with her father the celebrated NY ...

13 Apr 201937min

Epi 137 Nicholas Monsour editor "US". On Jordan Peele, editing horror, all those audience theories

Epi 137 Nicholas Monsour editor "US". On Jordan Peele, editing horror, all those audience theories

This week we are so glad to speak to film editor Nicholas Monsour about his work on the innovative, multi-leveled, genre-defying and just flat out terrifying new movie ‘Us'. In this fascinating conver...

5 Apr 201943min

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