What is the Popcast?
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie on Apple Podcasts A weekly pop culture podcast seeking to educate on things that entertain, but do not matter. A weekly pop culture podcast seeking to educate on things that entertain, but do not matter.
What is a crystal ball podcast?
A weekly pop culture podcast seeking to educate on things that entertain, but do not matter. In this episode, we’re gazing into our crystal ball and foretelling the future for our 2022 predictions in pop culture.
How is modern pop music engaging with the mainstream?
A conversation about some of the country’s stars, the musical traditions they work within and how they have grappled with the war. As the genre grows in worldwide popularity, it is engaging with the pop music mainstream and stratifying into subsets, introducing new opportunities and dilemmas.
What is the Times pop news?
The Times's pop music team on music news, new songs and albums, and artists of note. A conversation about some of the country’s stars, the musical traditions they work within and how they have grappled with the war.

Who hosts Popcast?
Jon CaramanicaBorn1975 (age 46–47) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Alma materHarvard University (B.A.) Goldsmiths, University of LondonEmployerThe New York Times1 more row
What is popcast live?
About The Popcast The Popcast is a weekly podcast educating you on things that entertain, but do not matter. Hosts Knox and Jamie met in 2011 in an online writing forum. He liked pop culture, funny people and The Bachelor, and Jamie decided he would make a good friend. So far, so good.
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Note For The Audio is the perfect combination of informational and entertaining. Get all the behind the scenes tea and hear from Knox, Jamie, and the rest of the staff about all the internet goodness that doesn't fit in our episodes.
The Popcast: Curated
This is a highlight reel of what is happening at Popcast headquarters this week. Deep dive into the shallow end of our pop culture pool.
Show Merch
Remember in "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" when Matthew McConaughey said "Frost Yourself" and everyone was like, "Is that even a good marketing theme?" This is like that except we would say "Popcast yourself" with all our incredible merch.
Who is the host of the Popcast?
Popcast on Apple Podcasts. The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news.
Who are the characters in Popcast Mailbag?
Popcast Mailbag! Halsey, Nicki, TikTok and, of Course, Taylor
Who are the guests on the Todd Haynes documentary?
Guests: Jon Pareles and A.O. Scott.
The Times's pop music team on music news, new songs and albums, and artists of note
The Times's pop music team on music news, new songs and albums, and artists of note.
Remembering Greg Tate, Critic and Catalyst
Conversations with two of his contemporaries about the fertile scenes he covered, and the indelible impression he left.
2021 in Jazz: Intimacy and Conversation
Throughout the pandemic, the music’s flexibility has become an asset. Where will artists take it next?
What We Forgot to Talk About in 2021
A catch-up round table on a host of topics: Maneskin, Jazmine Sullivan, Kelly Clarkson, a Real Housewife’s music career and much more.
Remembering Stephen Sondheim, Musical Theater Visionary
A conversation about his legacy, his engagements with pop music and whether he has any true inheritors.
Adele Returns, From Beyond Space and Time
Will we ever see a star who unites audiences like this British musician again?
About the show
The unvarnished, non-boring history of the popes of the Roman Catholic Church – told in a way to remind us that the world and the Church’s problems today have happened plenty of times before.
The Pope Who Worked Miracles (St. Leo IX)
This episode is about another one of those popes who you’ve probably never heard of, but is definitely one to remember.
Christmas Special: Pope Benedict XVI's 2010 Urbi et Orbi Christmas Message
We kept trying to find a good Christmas-themed papal bio for this week, and then we ran across this Urbi et Orbi address of Pope Benedict XVI's from 2010...
The Obscure Pope Who Did Just Fine (Donus)
Today’s episode is about a pope who’s probably easy to overlook. He only reigned for a short time, we don’t know all that much about him, and he isn’t remembered as a saint – a canonized one anyway. And yet, he dabbled in plenty of important things and did alright.
The Pope Who Renounced the Christian Faith...Or Did He? (St. Marcellinus)
Today’s episode is about a guy who lived...and died...during the last and worst of Rome’s persecutions of the Christian people. But just how that living and dying went is still up for discussion. 1700 years later.
The Pope Who Got a Bad Rap (John X)
Here's a pope who kept his head down and worked tirelessly for the good of Christendom. But in an age where secular rulers used the papacy as their plaything, he refused to be anyone’s puppet, and ended up paying the ultimate price. And what’s more, everyone though he was a bad pope until not all that long ago.
The Pope St. John Paul II Supercut
This week's episode is a very special one indeed. Our pope today needs no introduction, being one of the finest men to ever grace the Chair of St. Peter, but he does need a long episode to tell the whole tale of his long and eventful life.
441: For Your Consider-Jason
In this episode, to honor our beloved senior intern Jason Waterfalls, we take a look at the most competitive Jasons in pop culture. Who discuss…
440: The More You Know
In this episode of The More You Know, we discuss The Masked Singer, Queen Elizabeth’s impending demise, and Pam & Tommy. Plus we admit we’ve…
439: The Matchelor
In this episode, we play matchmaker and set up some of the PMG staff with their next pop culture loves. Join us as we caution…
437: The NOs of Instagram
In this episode, we’re tagging you all in this loop as we share listener-submitted Nos of Instagram. From normals acting like influencers to influencers posting…
436: The More You Know
In this episode of The More You Know, we rate the shade of the Kim Kardashian / Pete Davidson and Kanye West / Julia Fox…
435: 2022 Predictions
In this episode, we’re gazing into our crystal ball and foretelling the future for our 2022 predictions in pop culture. But first, we review our…
433: Love Actually Deep Dive
In this episode, our Christmas gift to you is deep diving 2003’s ensemble movie Love Actually. Listen as we attempt to discern actual adoration from…