Pop Culture Confidential
Pop culture conversations with today's innovators, entertainers and newsmakers - podcast hosted by Christina Jeurling Birro.
Latest Episode
484: From One Battle After Another and Hamnet to Sentimental Value and Weapons - The 2025 Cinematic Trend: Parenthood on Film (Guest: Critic J. Don Birnam) (08.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 483: Becoming Aunt Gladys: The Makeup & Special Effects Behind Weapons (Guests: Artisans Leo Satkovich & Jason Collins) 04.10.2025
- 482: A Conversation with Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Breakout Star of 'Sentimental Value' 30.09.2025
- 481: “One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cinematic Knockout (with Guest Ryan McQuade) 26.09.2025
- 480: A Conversation with Writer-Director Joachim Trier, 'Sentimental Value', Family & Relationships 23.09.2025
- 479: And the Emmy Goes To… 2025 Emmys Predictions! (Guest Tyler Doster, AwardsWatch) 10.09.2025
- 478: Telluride Dispatch: Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Bugonia & the Performances to Watch (Guests: The AwardsWatch Team) 02.09.2025
- 477: Bruce Springsteen at the Movies: Looking Ahead to the Upcoming Biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere (w/ Ryan McQuade) 25.08.2025
- Episode 476: Zach Cregger’s Weapons – Review & Deep Dive (Guest: Ryan McQuade) 21.08.2025
- 475: The State of Cinema, 'Weapons', Nolan Fever, Telluride & More with Guest Sean Fennessey, The Big Picture 06.08.2025
- 474: 'Darkness Visible' – A New Book on Jonathan Glazer & Venice Film Festival Highlights (With Author And Critic John Bleasdale) 01.08.2025
- 473: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Cancelled — What It Means for Late Night. Plus Film Festival Lineups & Emmy Nom Reactions! (with guest Ryan McQuade) 22.07.2025
- 472: Summer Encore — Taylor Dearden on ‘The Pitt,’ Medical Boot Camp & Crafting Dr. Mel King 10.07.2025
- 471: The Odyssey Teaser, Summer Movie Reviews & More (Guest: Ryan McQuade) 04.07.2025
- 470: Actor Alexej Manvelov — On His Standout Performance as Akram in 'Dept. Q' and His Remarkable Journey 23.06.2025
- 469: Summer Screams —Horror Thrives in the Heat (with Guest Eoin Daly) 19.06.2025
- 468: Best Films of the Decade (So Far!) with Guest Ryan McQuade 13.06.2025
- 467: A Conversation with Tony Gilroy — Andor Season 2, Revolution, and the Forces & Choices That Drive Us 05.06.2025
- Episode 466: And That’s a Wrap: Cannes 2025 with guest Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch 28.05.2025
- 465: Dispatch 5 from Cannes 2025. Interview: Stellan Skarsgård (‘Sentimental Value’) 22.05.2025
- 464: Dispatch 4 from Cannes 2025: The Phoenician Scheme, Pillion, Urchin & The Chronology of Water. Guest John Bleasdale, critic & author 19.05.2025
