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Poppish
by Anneliese Claire & Ellie Sims
Entertainment industry veterans and (perfect) comedy duo Ellie Sims and Anneliese Claire proudly present Poppish: a pop culture podcast that will finally cover everything that has ever happened, since everyone else is too afraid. Each week, comediennes (we’re reclaiming it) Ellie and Anneliese swap one contemporary and one historical story that share a unifying theme, from “famous feuds” to “lost cities.” Have you ever wondered if there was a link between Lady Jane Grey, the 9-day queen, and the Jeremy Renner app? Or if Akon is really going to build a city in Senegal funded by cryptocurrency? Poppish doesn’t have the answers, but it sure does like to ask those questions. Tune in Tuesdays, and come hungry — we’re cooking. Follow us on instagram: @poppishpod
Episodes
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The Key is to Make It
When you are traveling towards a set destination, one of the keys is to make it there. No one knows this better than the renowned explorers we introduce you to today: Percy Fawcett and DJ Khaled. We’ll walk you through the events of their respective journeys through the Amazon Rainforest and the...
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New Coke Turns Lemonade into Limes
Not every product launch can be a success, and no one knows that better than the brands we’re talking about today: Coca-Cola and Snapchat. We discuss the rollout of New Coke and the 2018 Snapchat layout redesign, the public outcry that followed, and the effects on the businesses as a whole....
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Subverting the Equine Hierarchy
Is the hybrid of two animals greater than the sum of its parts? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We analyze the histories, characteristics, and strengths of two iconic animal combos: the mule and the labradoodle. Learn how a mule supersedes the donkey and the horse on almost every level, and why the...
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Hot Girls in Italy Want to Show You Their Knees
Let’s jet off to Europe, get our portraits done, and return to our loved ones with tales of our cultural adventures and wild parties! We’re comparing the British gap year known as the Grand Tour and the modern Instagram onslaught that is Euro Summer. For hundreds of years, young people have...
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How to Listen to Poppish in a God Honoring Way
This week, we turn to our Christian sisters for guidance. Uncover the histories of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Girl Defined, the causes championed by each, and how their legacies endure. It’s hard to be a god-defined woman in a culture-defined world, and no one knows this better…
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Cook Until Proven Chef
We’ve all been there: the trip finally makes it out of the group chat, only to become a complete disaster. This week we tell the harrowing stories of two groups that know this pattern all too well: The Donner Party and The Real Housewives of New York City. How did Lansford Hastings convince James...
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Not Now Honey, Mommy’s Cementing Her Legacy
This week, we tell you the stories of how two iconic foods came to be and the genius minds behind them. Back up against the wall, Chef Caesar Cardini invented the Caesar Salad during a devastatingly FOMO-inducing July Fourth weekend in Tijuana and gave girls everywhere a reason to believe in...
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Gleefully Making Pasta Salad
This week we analyze the challenges of parenting in the public eye — especially when a famous parent messes up. We explore the wide range of public reactions to two infamous parenting mistakes: Michael Jackson holding his son Blanket over a balcony, and the drowning of influencer Emilie Kiser’s…
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Congratulations, You’re Now a Witch
It’s witch hunting season! This week, for our annual Love Island analysis episode, we compare fan investigations of Love Island contestants to the Salem Witch Trials. What compels us as humans to seek out the worst in others and demand punishment? And how do these investigations spiral out of...
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Why Are You So Attached to Your Teeth?
On this episode, we explore two instances of faces losing their identity in the pursuit of perfection: Jennifer Grey’s infamous nose job and the ongoing epidemic of Instagram Face. As women appear to be striving to get closer and closer to everyone having the same perfect face, how does this take...
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Zip Code K-I-R-K
This week we’re talking great escapes. Men backed into a corner and forced to break the rules to get out. Anneliese tells us about the 1962 escape from Alcatraz, and Ellie reminisces on the golden age of Bachelor Nation, when Colton jumped the fence. Who are we rooting for? Where are these men…
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Philip Benizi Can’t Take the Pressure of It
As any good self help book will tell you, “no” is a complete sentence. Today we tell the stories of two icons who said drew a boundary, said no, and walked away from the opportunity of a lifetime. Philip Benizi was offered the chance to be literal Pope and he fled to a cave until the election was...
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Beaker? Babe, That’s Just a Cup
Every once in a while, a woman gives birth in a way that really makes people stop and stare. In 1978, that woman was Lesley Brown, who gave birth to the first baby conceived via IVF. In 2009, that woman was Nadya Suleman, also known as the Octomom, who gave birth to octuplets and became a media...
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God Forbid I Catch a Vibe in My Sleep
My boyfriend? You don’t know him, he goes to a different database. We’re talking scary, imaginary, soul sucking intimate relationships this week: the mythology of incubi and succubi and the troubling trend of AI partners. How did these phenomena come to be and what are we to make of them? Whether...
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The Cat Died So We Could Be Curious
This week, we explore two methods of communicating the things that matter most: the Voyager Golden Records and the Instagram Photo Dump. These carefully curated collections help convey our way of life, our values, and what we know. We can’t for the life of us figure out how the Golden Record…
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¯\(ツ)/¯
Could this meeting have been an emoji? A picture is worth a thousand words, so we’re analyzing two languages made up entirely of images: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Emojis. How do these tiny images convey so much meaning? How do we as users define and evolve this meaning over time? And…
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The Panic in Central Park
Childless cat ladies, rejoice! This episode celebrates two important roles cats have held in culture across millennia: the stone lion statues of Imperial China and the bodega cats of New York City. These cats serve important functions for the buildings they protect and are beloved symbols of the...
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Who Ordered the Gist?
Let’s examine two letters that exposed hidden truths, shifted alliances, and ultimately, started wars: the Zimmermann Telegram and the Jersey Shore Note. Secrets came to light in the harsh black and white of ink on paper, and it changed everything. We tried REALLY hard to understand what a…
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Sunday Reset on the Western Front
A truce can be a beautiful thing, but it can also be fleeting. We explore two cases of short-lived truces: the WWI Christmas Truce in December of 1914, and Jelena’s brief rekindling in late 2017 before Justin’s engagement to Hailey Baldwin. How do we find peace in the midst of so much pain? And…
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One Year of Poppish
To celebrate one full year of absolute nonsense, we’re reflecting on the origins of the pod, taking listener questions, and reacting to some of your hot takes. It’s been such a fun year and we’re so grateful to everyone who’s come along for the ride! Here’s to another year of Poppish to come!
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Old Testament Spoilers Ahead
I think you guys might be doing unto others as you would have others do unto yourselves too much… This week we explore two codes by which you live one’s life: The Ten Commandments and Jemima Kirke’s Instagram Q&As. Both texts, handed down by God, give us a path to follow in an otherwise…
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They Didn’t Call Him Bestieheimer
Let’s look at two inventors who would go on to be tormented by their own creations: J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, and Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird. Both men achieved great success and recognition in their field, only to regret bringing their ideas into the world. This...
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POV: I'm in a Well
Put on your spelunking boots: we’re going underground. We’re telling two classic “trapped inside the bowels of the earth” stories: Baby Jessica and the Thai Cave Rescue. How did these children end up under the ground, and how the HELL are we gonna get them out? Everyone shows up in this one: the...
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I Actually Done A Exile
What does a girl have to do to get sent to an island around here?? We unpack two stories we’re deeply jealous of: prominent individuals who were sent away from society to heal/build and army. We’re learning all about the exiles of Napoleon (both of them!) and Pre-Reputation Taylor Swift. One…
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Anaheim, Epicenter of Culture
What do Walt Disney and Tana Mongeau have in common? They both had a dream. One, to open a theme park that wasn’t gross and also had a fully functioning train, and the other, to introduce a competitor to VidCon with just weeks of planning and no frontal lobe. These projects varied in their…
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I'm Actually Helping Another Monkey Who's in Crisis
This one product can change your whole life and fix everything you don’t like about yourself? Huge if true. This week we talk Patent Medicines (AKA: snake oil) and Peptides, the wellness craze that has teens mixing and injecting miracle elixirs in their bedrooms. What are the claims behind these...
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Harambe: A Load-Bearing Silverback Gorilla
This week, we trace two historic timeline shifts back to their inciting incidents. We unpack how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand kicked off World War 1, and how the death of Harambe the Gorilla led to… whatever this is. We discuss the tragic demise of two dudes who were ultimately...
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Je Ne Sais Zac
This week we get into a little classic Hollywood drama, exploring the casting processes for both “Gone With the Wind” and “The Greatest Showman.” Learn how Vivien Leigh landed the role of Scarlett O’Hara and how Jeremy Jordan did NOT land the role of Philip Carlisle. Plus: A report on the TikTok...
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Hey So It Actually Only Has to Make Sense to Me
This week on Poppish: two inspiring tales of humanity showing up for one another after disaster. We share the stories of RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued survivors of Titanic, and the town of Gander, Newfoundland, which took in thousands of stranded passengers whose flights were grounded on...
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Johannes Gutenberg Invented the Glambot
Reporting drunk from the great NYC snowstorm of 2026, it’s Ellie and Anneliese. We each mixed a Buzzball, Beatbox, and Cutwater and then we hit record. We are so sorry for what followed. We did our very best to explain and compare two revolutionary inventions: the Printing Press and the Glambot.…
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Cutting Costs and Maximizing Prophets
POPPISH’S 6 STEP RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: Step 1: Change your name. Step 2: Take on a transatlantic accent. Step 3: Record “Ocean Eyes” in your brother’s bedroom. Step 4: Share your testimony. Step 5: Cut costs. Step 6: Maximize profits. Listen for more detail.
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Never Go to an Active Volcano for a Man
Are volcanoes pop culture? That question lies at the center of this week’s episode, wherein we unpack the terrifying eruptions of Mount Vesuvius (79 AD) and Whaakari (2019 AD). Two stories of volcanic disaster, one igniting tourism to Pompeii and one stopping tourism to White Island. If there’s…
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The Gap is a Third Space
This week, EVERYONE comes into a little wealth. James Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill, a mysterious figure named Satoshi Nakamoto founds Bitcoin, Ellie gets a diamond ring, and Anneliese goes on a date with the creator of a brand new meme coin. Before recounting the California Gold Rush from...
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Revealing My Knee at 20K
It’s up to each generation of women to destigmatize a new piece of the female form. In the 1920s, it was the knee. In the 2010s, bathed in the glowing optimism of the Obama administration, we pushed all the way to the nipple. Whether or not the nipple has been truly freed is still up for debate.…
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The Golden Age of Poppish
Buckle your seatbelt and do NOT take it off until the pilot has turned off the seatbelt light, because we’re embarking on a Golden Age of Travel through two lumberjack tall tales. Whether you’re 63 axe handles tall or just regular height with a talent for speed climbing 90 feet in the air, you’ll...
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Finest Triplet of Them All
For sale: Baby flipper, never worn. We explore the troubling world of child beauty pageants by examining 19th century Baby Shows and TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras. Let’s cheer on these tots as they, against their will, vie for titles such as “Best Dressed Baby” and “Ultimate Grand Supreme.” If you…
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Les Messieurs Le’Fufu
All aboard to Trinket Town! We’re exploring the history and lore behind two keychain phenomena: Labubus and Lucky Rabbits Feet. How did they become so beloved? What is their role in culture today? We are fascinated by how scared we are by these little plushie monsters and severed animal limbs.…
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More Buck for Your Bang
Oh no! We discussed our thoughts on the ethics of sex work on a hot mic! We hope we got it right and are aligned with the current feminist views we always strive to possess. We love all women and you can quote us on that. We unpack two mutually beneficial romantic arrangements: the Dollar...
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Release the Stylinson Files
This week we talk about BOYS! In particular, the ones in The Beatles and One Direction. They were young, funny, and British, and we couldn’t get enough. We explore audience reactions to their fame and even call in an expert to speak to the Directioner experience. This episode is dedicated to Liam...
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One Thing That's Not is Absolutely That
Everyone loves a good sex scandal! We cover two cases of infidelity that shaped America: The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal and Scandoval. These men, or should we say sex perverts, shook the nation when their sneaky rendezvous came to light. We tell the stories so perfectly and eloquently that we gave...
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Is This a Hijacking or a Bar Mitzvah?
Chef Gusteau says anyone can cook; we’re here to tell you anyone can fly. Whether in the cockpit performing a frankly unprecedented barrel roll or soaring through the air with 3 parachutes and $200K in cash, these men took to the skies with all the gusto of a Top Gun extra. We do NOT condone...
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You Just Got Sneetched
Every time a 20 year old woman gets “preventative Botox,” Sylvester McMonkey McBean gets a boner. On this week’s episode, we unpack body trends, cosmetic surgery, and filler using the guiding framework of Dr. Seuss’s “The Sneetches.” If you feel like everyone has the same face now, you’re not…
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Nasty in the Extreme
Has anyone here ever met or heard of another person, living or dead? Okay, they’re stepping forward and they want you to know: it’s going to be okay. Or it’s not, whichever resonates more. We explore two cases of the spooky, the scary, the macabre hitting the mainstream for entertainment value:...
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For Heaven’s Sake, Stop It
Would you follow a pig you didn’t know? We answer this question and more in this week’s discussion of two animal heroes: Lulu the Pig and Cher Ami the Pigeon. They went above and beyond the call of duty when it mattered most, saving countless (195) lives. Whether you’re in your Lake Eerie mobile...
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Thot Daughters Need Not Apply
Looking to get out of your small town and find adventure? Can you carry a tray? Perfect. We explore two traditions of women leaving it all behind for opportunity out west by way of waiting tables: The Harvey Girls and the Vanderpump Rules SURvers. In these stories, the restaurant industry serves…
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16 and Chopped (Also Unc)
EVERYBODY STOP LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOUR DAUGHTERS RIGHT NOW! We explore the (at times)(often times)(most of the time) tragic stories of Shirley Temple and Piper Rockelle, two child stars who rose to fame and fortune at the cost of their childhoods. We learn how it turned out for Shirley…
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Sorry if I Was Weird During the Stanford Prison Experiment
Picture this: you’re completely isolated from the outside world, sleep deprived, hungry, fighting a yeast infection, and disgraced social psychologist Philip Zimbardo is hitting on his TA the whole time. We tackle two social experiments that push young hot singles to their limits: Love Island and...
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Repost (Ep #7): Last Night Was a Tableau Vivant
Not bad for a girl with no talent! This week we explore the singing careers of two artists who defied the odds and gained popularity despite critical disfavor: Florence Foster Jenkins and Sanjaya Malakar. These icons remind us not to listen to the haters, either by choice or by syphilis, and to...
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Every Tart in Tuscaloosa
Ladies, step right up and tell us why we should accept you into our special little society. We’re unpacking two traditions in which young women make their debut in a new chapter of their lives and work to prove their worth on this new stage: Bama Rush and Debutante Balls. From the Bridgertons to...
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Don’t Talk to Me Until I’ve Had my Bedazzled Yoni Egg
Today we get into STATUS SYMBOLS! Two products that are so luxurious and so limited, people lose their minds over them a little bit. We’re unpacking the phenomenons of the Hermes Birkin and the Faberge Eggs. How did these pieces come to be? Who gets to have one? Can I have one if I go to the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Entertainment industry veterans and (perfect) comedy duo Ellie Sims and Anneliese Claire proudly present Poppish: a pop culture podcast that will finally cover everything that has ever happened, since everyone else is too afraid.
Each week, comediennes (we’re reclaiming it) Ellie and Anneliese swap one contemporary and one historical story that share a unifying theme, from “famous feuds” to “lost cities.” Have you ever wondered if there was a link between Lady Jane Grey, the 9-day queen, and the Jeremy Renner app? Or if Akon is really going to build a city in Senegal funded by cryptocurrency? Poppish doesn’t have the answers, but it sure does like to ask those questions.
Tune in Tuesdays, and come hungry — we’re cooking.
Follow us on instagram: @poppishpod
HOSTED BY
Anneliese Claire & Ellie Sims
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Entertainment industry veterans and (perfect) comedy duo Ellie Sims and Anneliese Claire proudly present Poppish: a pop culture podcast that will finally cover everything that has ever happened, since everyone else is too afraid. Each week, comediennes (we’re reclaiming it) Ellie and Anneliese swap...
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