Coming Jan. 30: Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Introducing our new show: Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud! The host you know and love will bring you thoughtful and vibrant discussions d...
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Pop Chat
Every week, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud invites you into his group chat to help make sense of the cultural drama blowing up the internet. Bringing their hottest takes and lots of laughs to the...
Episodes
20 of 108 episodesBonus Episode! Titanic @ 25 live show
It's been 25 years since James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic changed filmmaking forever. Host Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by Amil Niazi an...
The last Pop Chat + the best of 2022
It’s the end of an era. On the final episode of Pop Chat, Amil, Kevin, and Elamin reflect on their favourite moments. We also recap the year...
The rise of Yellowstone and Knives Out: Glass Onion
How did Yellowstone become the biggest show on TV? We talk about its rise and how its creator, Taylor Sheridan, became the biggest name in T...
Swifties take on Ticketmaster
We get into how the Taylor Swift fandom is looking to take on Ticketmaster, after the giant ticketing website left millions of fans without...
Dave Chappelle's monologue and the return of Black Panther
Dave Chappelle's SNL monologue addressed Kanye West's anti-Semitic tweets and Kyrie Irving's ban from the NBA. Chappelle made headlines as t...
Drake makes people mad, The Crown is back
On his new album, Drake seems to take shots at Serena Williams and Megan Thee Stallion. We talk about Drake’s role in pop culture. And The C...
White Lotus Season 2 and Twitter's Future
With the premiere of a new season of White Lotus, Ruben Ostlund's Triangle of Sadness and horror film The Menu, Pop Chat talks about the "ea...
Taylor Swift and Great British Baking Show
With the stratospheric release of Midnights, we ask what’s behind Taylor Swift’s pop star persona PLUS, the Great British Baking Show used t...
Bravo TV Takeover + Celebs Silent on Iran
We get into why the Bravo universe has grown to such a degree and come to dominate television. Plus we ask why we turn to celebrities in mom...
Death of Late Night TV, and the problem with Kanye
With Trevor Noah leaving The Daily Show and James Corden, Samantha Bee and Desus and Mero off-the-air as well, we ask if the late-night genr...
Bros and Blonde
There was a lot of hype and expectation around the new gay rom-com Bros — critics loved it but audiences stayed away. We unpack why and if t...
Adam Levine's sexts and HBO's Industry
OK, yes, we all had our fun with the Adam Levine sexting story. But the scandal involving the Maroon 5 singer tells us something bigger abou...
Kelly Clarkson takes over Ellen's spot and inside the Ezra Miller story
It's been 20 years since Kelly Clarkson won American Idol. We talk about the enduring celebrity of the pop star including how she's poised t...
Lea Michele's Funny Girl Drama + Fall Film Preview
Lea Michele's Funny Girl debut on Broadway. Plus: Bros, The Whale, and a preview of fall's biggest films set to take over awards season. War...
Don’t Worry Darling Drama + Diversity Hits Middle Earth
Olivia Wilde’s new feature film is already steeped in rumours, gossip and drama before it’s even hit the theatres. We talk about what’s happ...
Pop Chat Introduces: Buffy
Buffy Sainte-Marie is one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of the past century. For 60 years her music has quietly reverberated throu...
What to Watch This Summer
From kids shows like Bluey, to Only Murders in the Building season 2 and Jordan Peele's Nope, we share the movies and TV series we're excite...
Pop Chat Live! We Talk Late 90s/Y2K with George Stroumboulopoulos
The FIRST EVER Pop Chat live show!! From chunky sneakers to wide leg denim and Britney Spears, the style and the celebrities of the late '90...
How Adam Sandler Stays Winning and the Barry Finale
Adam Sandler is back with a new Netflix film — Hustle topped the streamer’s charts, and it is a hit with critics. But even in failure, Sandl...