Episode notes
Happy Holidays, everyone! Wynter and Karen are joined by special guest panelists Tre’Vell Anderson (Director of Culture and Entertainment at Out Magazine) and ‘Who Shot Ya?’s’ Alonso Duralde to create the ultimate holiday playlist. Each panelist created a top ten list of their favorite holiday songs, out of which they’d select twenty for inclusion in the official Pop Rocket Holiday Playlist. Well, that was the plan, anyway. In practice, when faced with making the tough choices, they flopped. Whose version of “Sleigh Ride” should be on the playlist: Andy Williams’s, Ella Fitzgerald’s or TLC’s? Spoiler alert: They couldn’t decide.
Plus, the panelists describe their holiday family traditions, and if you’ve ever been curious what the most popular Philippine Christmas song is, resident scholar Karen Tongson reveals the answer.
From Ella Fitzgerald to Donny Hathaway, from the Morehouse Glee Club to Quad City DJs, the variety of musical stylings in this episode will get your feet tappin’.
All Abouts
For the last All Abouts of the year, each panelist picked one thing in 2018, that they could watch, listen to, read, or consume, OVER & OVER again.
Alonso is all about the Amber Ruffin segment on Late Night With Seth Meyers – ‘Amber Says Why’
Karen is still all about the series finale of The Americans.
Tre’Vell is awed by EVERYTHING about Cardi B, but especially her recent appearance with James Corden in Carpool Karaoke.
Wynter can’t stop watching Mission Impossible: Fallout.
That’s My Jam
For this week’s jams, each panelist picked a song that best summed up the year that was 2018.
Karen: Sound of Music Soundtrack – So Long, Farewell
Tre’vell: Fantasia – Lose to Win
Alonso: Lizzo – Good as Hell
Wynter: Drake – Nice for What
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Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.
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- Tre'vell Anderson
- Alonso Duralde
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Pop Rocket is a high-octane weekly discussion of the culture we all love to love. Join host Guy Branum and panelists Wynter Mitchell, Karen Tongson, and Margaret Wappler for smart, funny, sometimes sweary chat about everything great in entertainment. Combining comic, journalistic, academic, and digital media expertise, the Pop Rocket team will keep you up-to-date on what’s most exciting in pop culture this week.
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