Episode 216: Lady Vengeance – From Bobbit and Beyond

Episode 216

15th March 2019

Title: Pop Rocket Ep. 216 – Lady Vengeance: From Bobbit and Beyond
In honor of Women’s History Month, the panel lives vicariously through women who sought revenge, from Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbit), to Thelma & Louise. They touch on their favorite films centered around women seeking revenge…or, perhaps more accurately, justice.
All Abouts
Margaret: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM
Karen: “Operation Varsity Blues”, aka the college admissions scandal
Wynter: Free Solo
Guy: Zumbo’s Just Desserts
That’s My Jam
Margaret: Pistol Annies – Got My Name Changed Back
Guy: Carly Rae Jepsen – Now That I Found You
Wynter: Work – Charlotte Day Wilson
Karen: Cate le Bon’s – I Just Wanna Be Good
With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh
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Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org. Edited by Shana Daloria.
Key Words: Keith Raniere, Josh Bloch, Sarah Edmonson, DOS, dominant over submissive, NXIVM, Allison Mack, Smallville, Clare Bronfman, Alex Honnold, El Capitan’s Freerider, Free Solo, Zumbo’s Just Desserts, Thelma & Louise,You Oughta Know, Alanis Morrissette, Fatal Attraction, Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons, Uma Thurman,The Burning Bed, Farrah Fawcett, Irreconcilable Differences, The War of the Roses, Peter Bogdanovich, Shelly Long, Drew Barrymore, She-Devil, Roseanne, Ed Begley Jr, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, An Eye for an Eye, Kiefer Sutherland, First Wives Club, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Kill Bill, Obsession, What’s Love Got to Do with It, Michael Douglas, Falling Down, Dirty Harry, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gigi Falanga, Rachel Khoo, Adriano Zumbo, pavlovas, domestic assault

Episode notes

In honor of Women’s History Month, the panel lives vicariously through women who sought revenge, from Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbit), to Thelma & Louise. They touch on their favorite films centered around women seeking revenge…or, perhaps more accurately, justice.

All Abouts

Margaret: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM

Karen: “Operation Varsity Blues”, aka the college admissions scandal

Wynter: Free Solo

Guy: Zumbo’s Just Desserts

That’s My Jam

Margaret: Pistol Annies – Got My Name Changed Back

Guy: Carly Rae Jepsen – Now That I Found You

Wynter: Work – Charlotte Day Wilson

Karen: Cate le Bon’s – I Just Wanna Be Good

With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh

Did you know that you can now call and leave voicemails for the show? You can! If you want to comment on an episode, give us any feedback or just call to get advice from a panel member, the number is: (530) 237-4108

You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

If you haven’t already, follow us on Instagram.

Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

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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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