About this podcast
Pop Syllabus is a show where host Christiana Mbakwe Medina deconstructs the zeitgeist and answers the big cultural questions. How did we swing from body positivity to thin-being-in? Why do so many people trust wellness influencers over medical doctors? And how did tech oligarchs become the new celebrities? Think of Christiana as a cross between a messy news anchor and guerilla academic. Each week, she and an expert guest will unpack a buzzy topic, and help us understand the moment while going through it.
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Pop Syllabus
About this podcast
Pop Syllabus is a show where host Christiana Mbakwe Medina deconstructs the zeitgeist and answers the big cultural questions. How did we swing from body positivity to thin-being-in? Why do so many people trust wellness influencers over medical doctors? And how did tech oligarchs become the new celebrities? Think of Christiana as a cross between a messy news anchor and guerilla academic. Each week, she and an expert guest will unpack a buzzy topic, and help us understand the moment while going through it.
Recent episodes
- The State of Beauty Politics and What It All Means with Tressie McMillan Cottom2 Sept · 1 h 16 min
- Ranking the 2020s Pop Culture Divas with Ryan Mitchell26 Aug · 1 h 23 min
- Power, Pleasure, and White Women’s Hair with Sarah Mesle19 Aug · 1 h 03 min
- Pioneers, Builders, and Innovators: a new Pop Syllabus rubric with Blue Telusma12 Aug · 1 h 36 min
- Pop Culture and The Royal Family: Past, Present, and Future with Omid Scobie5 Aug · 1 h 17 min
- The Anatomy of a Real Housewife with Candiace Dillard Bassett22 Jul · 1 h 01 min
- GLP-1s and The Death of Body Positivity with Dr. A. Janet Tomiyama16 Jul · 1 h 08 min
- Are They a Star, Celebrity or Famous Person? with Zuri Hall8 Jul · 55 min
- IVF, Pregnancy, and Home Birth at 45 with Jesse Golden1 Jul · 50 min
- The Pop Culture Debrief: Deconstructing Magazines24 Jun · 1 h 05 min
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