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Grammy award winning musician, and actor Kyle Gass (Tenacious D, Elf, Cable Guy) and professional actor and sometimes musician, Kevin Weisman (ALIAS, Marvel's Runaways, The Blacklist, Goliath, Scorpion, Broadway, etc...) tell some tales, talk some shop, and bend a note or two. Ya never know who may pop by the studio to say hello. Did we do it?
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Pop culture is everywhere. But it's also a lot. If you need help making sense of like, everything in your feed, Beverley Wang is here to help. Every episode, Beverley and a special guest sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world. Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you. New Podcast ep every Thursday.
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Welcome to Guitar Villains! I'm your host, Tyler Larson. Why Guitar Villains? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it’s just a fact. This is a podcast by guitar players for guitar players and over the course of this series we’ll talk to some of the most creative and innovative minds in the community about how they’ve achieved the things they have on the instrument and how you can become a better player yourself.
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After Taylor Swift made her politics clear by endorsing Kamala Harris for president, Donald Trump reacted by posting: I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! But does he understand how that's activated Swifties? Guest critic Steph Van Schilt is a writer, podcast producer and Taylor Swift specialist, and she shares her take on the situation. Also: is The Bear really a…
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Raygun, Australia's most famous breaker, is back in the news again – posting photos hanging out with Sir Richard Branson and Boy George – as foreshadowed in her interview with The Project's Waleed Aly. Is this a coda to Raygun's viral moment, or a sign of things to come? Guest critic Tahlea Aualiitia is in to ponder the question, as well as Beyoncé…
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Megan Thee Stallion may have originated Hot Girl Summer and WAP, but she's also a self-proclaimed Otaku Hot Girl, ie like millions of people around the world – an anime superfan. If it's good enough for Thee Stallion, maybe you should check it out too? Anime superfan and guest critic Ahmed Yussuf is in to make the argument for why you should get in…
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Midwest Princess Chappell Roan is asking you to respect her boundaries, and we wish her good luck, babe! The American singer songwriter is grappling with her meteoric rise to fame and calling out predatory behaviour, unwanted touching and asking "superfans" to stop being weird to her family and friends. Guest critic Wenlei Ma is in to discuss this,…
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It's a very demure, very mindful episode of Stop Everything! in this the cutesy edition: How Chicago TikTok creator Jools LeBron is redefining demure and changing her life in the process! Guest critic Jared Richards is in to analyse demure, Katy Perry’s comeback album launch missteps and the Olympics of Drag – Rupaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars – …
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We're talking about the moment B-girl Raygun, aka Dr Rachael Gunn, became the world's favourite meme. Raygun's breaking performance at the Paris Olympics was instantly iconic – and divisive: Is this how people really dance in Australia? Was this the best Australia had to offer? Was this a weird academic stunt? Is Raygun an Aussie hero or taking the…
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Big feelings are in the air as Stop Everything! co-founding parent Benjamin Law returns to talk about Netflix's gay Japanese dating reality show The Boyfriend, and Beverley tells him about the latest chapter in the Ballerina Farm trad wife mumfluencing saga. Also: Ben recounts his favourite horny moments from The Olympics.Show notes:The Times artic…
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We're all over the Paris 2024 Olympics. From the booze cruise boats of the opening ceremony to the uniforms, Simone Biles' comeback and becoming armchair experts in obscure sports, guest critic Tahlea Aualiitia is in to talk through all the details of the games that you actually care about. Then stick around as we do our best to explain why US Repu…
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Stop Everything! and catch up with Atsuko Okatsuka – stand-up comic, social media star and bowl cut icon – who's coming to Australia with her new show, Full Grown. In 2022, Atsuko's debut HBO comedy special, The Intruder – and her viral "drop challenge" – marked her arrival as a comedy star on the rise. Atsuko talks to BW about how full grown she a…
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What happens when you say the quiet part out loud? For Tenacious D's Kyle Gass, it means a tour cancellation and possibly the end of the band, with co-founder Jack Black announcing "all future creative plans are on on hold" after Gass shared his birthday wish on stage: "don't miss Trump next time." It's been a wild week of news from an assassinatio…
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2024 is a huge year for horror releases with features like The First Omen, A Quiet Place: Day One, Trap and The Moogai luring audiences into theatres for a good jump scare. Guest critic and horror aficionado Maria Lewis talks through what's exciting her in horror right now. And hands (up) if you've got mixed feelings about season three of FX's The …
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There are more than one billion smartphone users in China, and the only thing stopping many of us from understanding their social media world is language. Dr Candise Lin is a Chinese-American tutor who has amassed a 1.5m following on TikTok with her quirky content, translating Chinese social media posts for her English-speaking followers. Candise o…
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The remix of Charli XCX's The girl, so confusing featuring verses from Lorde has got the internet talking, Justin Timberlake's mugshot goes viral and "realistic" lunch packing mumfluencers are rotting our brains. Stop Everything! for guest critic Yumi Stynes, author, foodie and host of Ladies, We Need To Talk, who's dropping insights on all the abo…
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