POP CULTURE MONDAYS...ON THURSDAYS

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Episodes

Thursday May 19, 2022

This week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays, Brooke is riding solo, coming to you from the beautiful city of Hamburg, Germany. She opens the show briefly talking about the tragic shooting in Buffalo and points out the media's racial bias when they describe perpetrators of violence as boys vs men based on the color of their skin.  We then turn to lighter happenings in the world of pop culture: model Cara Delevingne's bizarre fascination with Megan Thee Stallion at the Billboard Music Awards and Anna Wintour’s hilarious reaction to being carded outside an event venue. And then of course we have the never-ending saga of Elon’s Twitter takeover, only this week the tech titan appears to be backtracking saying he won’t go through with the purchase unless Twitter eliminates more bots.  In other “endless drama” news, Amber Heard is cross examined by Johnny Depp’s legal team and some pretty questionable photos are discussed… Pivoting to the amazing outpouring of pro-choice sentiment across the nation, Brooke wonders if we may have reached a point where activism on TikTok and socials getting over saturated and losing some of its potency?  And we end with a big viral make up moment!  That’s this week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays!
 
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
 
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
 
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Thursday May 12, 2022

This week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays, Brooke talks with the Mother of Dragons, Emma Freud. Emma wears a million hats, each of them bigger than the next, from producer to script editor to exec producer of Comic Relief to broadcaster to writer to painter to girlfriend to mother of Spike, Charlie, Jake and Scarlett. Emma and Brooke ANALYZE (as only a Freud can) how Americans have destroyed sausages. As well as look further into the psychology of Twitter and the Johnny and Amber trial. And obviously so much more. 
 
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
 
 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
 
 
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
 
 
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Thursday May 05, 2022

This week on pop culture Mondays on Thursdays, Brooke talks with superstar PR and communications strategist Jessica Rovins about the Met Gala, Johnny and Amber and of course, the apparent loss of women’s rights. They look at each through the lens of communications and try to figure out who the hero -aka Supreme Court leaker - would be. Brooke and Jessica try to break down some of their favorite and least favorite looks of the night while also discussing the fall of democracy. Also, did anyone bother to Google when the Gilded Age was? But appropriate as it was a time people wore pretty dresses but women had no rights. So…..a lot of ground covered all in 30 something minutes!
 
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
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Thursday Apr 28, 2022

This week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays Brooke welcomes a dear friend, artist, photographer and one of the very first PCM newsletter subscribers, Candy Feit!  Brooke and Candy dive straight in with the latest in the seemingly never-ending saga of Elon and Twitter ! To avoid dedicating the entire episode to the eccentric billionaire, Brooke and Candy pivot to a Harry Styles love fest. His performance with Lizzo at Coachella has been the talk of the festival and Harry has become a true rockstar in the eyes of pretty much every corner of society.  Mega pints all around as we continue to watch Johnny Depp and Amber Heard air out their dirty laundry in court.  Then Brooke and Candy recap all the latest trends on TikTok, including a revival of the Shanty song thanks to a TikToker's creative dance video.  People are also going crazy over journalist Louis Theroux’s throwback to an old rap he once recited with some pretty funky lyrics. We finish with everyone's fav, Makeout, Marry, Murder!  All that and more on this week's episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays!
 
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
 
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Thursday Apr 21, 2022

This week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays Brooke welcomes a fellow Taurean Kim Johnson, Head of Community at Geneva. They chat about what it means to be a Taurus and of course their mutual love for pop culture.  Brooke and Kim get into all the excitement that happened this past week, including Coachella!  Harry Styles was a focus, of course; Kanye got the boot; influencers struggled through Revolve Festival; and Spike Curtis, brother of PCMOT guest, Jake Curtis, shows off his rapping skills to the Coachella crowd!  Brooke then reveals she has something in common with Howard Stern?  They check in on the Jonny Depp, Amber Heard courtroom saga, the ongoing beef between Elon and Twitter, and end with a bit of TitTok fun.  We finish with everyone's fav, Makeout, Marry, Murder!  All that and more on this week's episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays!
 
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
 
 
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Thursday Apr 14, 2022

This week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays, Brooke welcomes her third guest, the lovely and talented actress, activist, influencer & fitness guru, Nichelle Hines! Nichelle is doing so many amazing things all at once that Brooke speculates whether she’s even human.  Then the ladies get into the pop culture dish of the week starting with the always entertaining and controversial Elon Musk and the drama surrounding his involvement in Twitter (plus his supporting role in Jonny Depp and Amber Heard’s still ongoing toxic relationship saga).  Rihanna is a hot topic after appearing on the cover of Vogue, the spotlight continuing to shine on her pregnant belly. Nicolle shares a story about her encounter with the singer that may or may not have become a tad inappropriate. Brooke and Nichelle then weigh in on one of the most popular love triangles of the moment: Kim, Pete and Kanye.  We finish with everyone's fav, Makeout, Marry, Murder!  All that and more on this week's episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays!
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
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Episode 3: Air Sex Hero

Thursday Apr 07, 2022

Thursday Apr 07, 2022

This week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays, Brooke welcomes her second guest, the hilarious, charming, budding screenwriter Jake Curtis!  Brooke talks to him about how he became Air Sex World Champion – yes, that’s a thing – and his pivotal acting role in “Love Actually”.  Then, Brooke and Jake tackle this week’s pop culture shenanigans.  There’s possibly the strangest version of Madonna we’ve seen to date – the one living on TikTok – Brooke’s only recent discovery of Colombian pop star, Karol G, and how this is an example of Americans’ blinders when it comes to talent outside the U.S.  Jake, a Brit, talks about his frustrations when he moved to the U.S. and realized no one here has a clue who Take That, the once #1 band in Britain, are.  They also cover Elon Musk’s new stake in Twitter and finish with everyone's fav, Makeout, Marry, Murder!  All that and more on this week's episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays!
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays 
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/ 
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke  
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling  
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/ 
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Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy (Official Music Video)
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Thursday Mar 31, 2022

In the second installment of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays, Brooke of course discusses the slap heard around the world. But she refused to let that take away from her obsession that is Timothée Chalamet and his controversial outfit on the red carpet. Also from the red carpet, we check in with the eccentric actress Julia Fox and the “literary masterpiece” she’s working on.  PCMOT welcomes its first guest to the podcast, reality TV guru Danny Passman!  Brooke and Danny dig into what’s happening in the world of pop culture, including the slap hap, who shined on the red carpet, the latest in reality TV and whether or not Brooke is a reality star in the making.  Finally, Brooke and Danny wrap things up with PCMOT’s favorite game… “Makeout, Marry, Murder”.  All that and more on this week's episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays.
 
 
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke 
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling 
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/
 
Danny’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PassmanD/
Danny’s Twitter: https://twitter.PassmanD 
Danny’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PassmanD
 
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Episode 1: The Debut Episode

Thursday Mar 24, 2022

Thursday Mar 24, 2022

This is the first official episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays!  This week Brooke talks about why she started this podcast and what to expect each week on Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays.  In pop culture news, Disney is having a really bad week! They had a dance troupe giving a wildy inappropriate performance at the Magic Kingdom, they angered their employees by providing financial support to the politicians behind Florida’s, Don’t Say Gay bill (the cherry on top of what seems to be a long history of repressing LGBTQ+ representation), and they received a ton of backlash on socials for neglecting to invite the star of Steven Spielberg’s new West Side Story, Rachel Zeigler, to the Oscars.  Brooke also recommends some great new series and movies now streaming that she binged over the weekend, including Winning Time, WeCrashed, The Adam Project, Bad Vegan, and Deep Water, (Ben Affleck is sexy again?!).  Mike Tyson is back in the news with the launch of  Mike’s Bites: cannabis infused gummies in the shape of an ear with a bite taken out of it (an “I remember where I was when…” moment).  Brooke also (begrudgingly) revisits the sordid tale of Creators Chelsea and Lance, whose tragic relationship saga played out on TikTok for the world to see (the world was not pleased).  Finally, Brooke wraps things up with a game we all know and love… “Makeout, Marry, Murder”.  All that and more on this week's episode of Pop Culture Mondays on Thursdays.
Pop Culture Mondays Newsletter: https://medium.com/popculturemondays
 
Brooke’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooke/
Brooke’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke 
Brooke’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookehammerling 
 
Potato’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potato/
 
Disney’s Don’t Say Gay fiasco: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/disney-bob-chapek-dont-say-gay-apology-lgbtq-employees-1235202253/ 
 
Disney’s Magic Kingdom fiasco: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/theme-parks/2022/03/18/disney-performance-native-american-drill-team/7094314001/
 
Disney’s West Side Story fiasco: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/west-side-story-star-rachel-zegler-oscars-1235115377/  
 
Disney’s Bob Iger vs Bob Chapek: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/20/disney-ceo-chapek-iger-falling-out.html
 
21 Seeds Tequila: ​​https://www.21seeds.com/
 
Mike Tyson launches Mike’s Bites: https://nypost.com/2022/03/16/mike-tyson-is-selling-weed-gummies-in-the-shape-of-a-bitten-ear/ 
 
Chelsea & Lance drama: https://popcrush.com/tiktok-chelsea-and-lance-drama/

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