The Pop Culture summer wrap-up
For our final episode of the season, Chanté sits down with podcasters Rose Frimpong and Temi Oladimeji to chat through a summer of music feuds, dramatic TV and oversharing on TikTok
Aug 08, 2024•26 min
Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Every week, Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph digs deep into the stories we can’t stop talking about. If you love pop and internet culture, and want to get into how it's shaping and impacting our lives, then subscribe to this show. We talk about things like: funny memes, showbiz stories, internet culture, celebrity news, gossip, Tiktok, Twitter, X, true crime stories, beauty, relationships, dating, hit TV shows, films, movies, Netflix, entertainment, American culture, AI, social media, Black British culture, influencers, content creators, fashion, UK and US music, reality TV, Harry and Meghan, royals, Love Island, politics (with a small p), Hollywood, society, ethics, Disney, new ideas and themes, trends and trending stories, hot takes, and trends in music, fashion, TV and film. Pop Culture with Chante Joseph is funny, chatty and opinionated. Expect to hear: good conversations, clever takes on popular stories, the ‘why’ behind big pop culture stories, why is everyone talking about…, what pop culture gets right and wrong, in conversation with…, reviews of the year, moments of the week, controversy… New episodes drop every Thursday.
Episodes
The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood
What’s the deal with celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies? This week, Chanté chats to actor and crypto-skeptic Ben McKenzie, star of The OC and Gotham, about how cryptocurrencies infiltrated Hollywood and his transition from actor to investigative journalist
Aug 01, 2024•26 min
Can Strictly survive its biggest scandal?
This week, Chanté sits down with pop culture writer and Strictly Come Dancing fan Michael Hogan to discuss the latest Strictly scandal and why the show is such a big deal in the UK
Jul 25, 2024•25 min
Writer-director Rapman on creating Netflix’s global smash hit Supacell
This week, Chanté Joseph meets Rapman, the writer and director of Supacell, one of the most watched shows on Netflix, to discuss what it takes to make a hit series, how he’s redefining the superhero genre and what he plans to do next
Jul 18, 2024•27 min
The ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl and the making of TikTok stars
Hailey Welch, AKA the ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl, is everywhere after her viral street interview. Chanté Joseph talks to the journalists Alaina Demopoulos and Cat Zhang about Welch’s overnight celebrity, the proliferation of street interviews on the platform and what this means for ‘virality’ in 2024
Jul 11, 2024•24 min
The summer of green music festivals
It’s festival season! But are festivals any good for the environment? This week Chanté chats to Lewis Jamieson of Music Declares Emergency and the Grammy-nominated House DJ Jayda G about how festivals can become more sustainable and why the music industry can be an important voice in the fight for climate justice. Jayda G’s documentary Blue Carbon can be watched here
Jul 04, 2024•28 min
Are we experiencing Gamergate 2.0?
Ten years ago, misogyny in gaming reached new heights with Gamergate - an online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against female journalists and developers in the gaming industry. A decade later, Chanté Joseph talks to the Guardian’s video game editor Keza McDonald and Ash Parrish, a video game reporter for The Verge about what’s changed in the industry and why some believe we’re seeing a resurgence of this online hate campaign
Jun 27, 2024•27 min
Are we in a new era of queer female pop?
With Billie Eilish’s Lunch in the charts and queer female artists winning big at this year’s Grammy awards, Chanté Joseph speaks to the queer music writers Charis McGowan and Sean B O’Neill about the trend for authentic and sexually explicit queer female pop music, and how we got here
Jun 20, 2024•30 min
Love Island and looksmaxxing: how are male beauty standards changing?
As Love Island returns, Chanté Joseph speaks to former contestant Nas Majeed and Guardian writer Simon Usborne, about the increasing pressure to achieve the perfect male body
Jun 13, 2024•23 min
Taylor Swift: cultural icon or turbo-capitalist?
As Swift’s economy-shifting Eras tour comes to the UK, Chanté speaks to journalist and fan (but not ‘Swiftie’) Elle Hunt about the singer’s journey from country star to billionaire and asks whether her world domination is good for the music industry
Jun 06, 2024•24 min
Matthew Perry death, and Britney’s memoir – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Following the shocking news of Matthew Perry’s death, Chanté speaks to the Guardian’s Zoe Williams about how he captured the spirit of a generation. Plus, music journalist Alim Kheraj on Britney Spears’s memoir.
Nov 02, 2023•31 min
Black History Month with DJ Target and Henrie Kwushue – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
DJ Target joins Chanté to talk about his career in grime and the new series of The Rap Game UK on BBC3. Plus Kiss FM’s Henrie Kwushue’s iconic black British pop culture moments
Oct 26, 2023•26 min
When celebs get political – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Over the past week celebrities have been showing support for those suffering on both sides of the conflict. But do we want stars to speak out on complex political issues, and if so how can they do it authentically?
Oct 19, 2023•25 min
Big Brother, the OG reality show – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Oh brother! The seminal reality programme is back on our screens for a 20th series. What made it so popular and how has it influenced British TV and pop culture since its debut in 2000? Chanté speaks to former task producer Daniel Nettleton
Oct 12, 2023•23 min
Beyoncé on the big screen and Mahalia – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Beyoncé has announced the film of her Renaissance tour will hit cinemas soon, following hot on the heels of Taylor Swift’s Eras movie. Is this all about making money? Plus, Chanté speaks to multi-award-winning R&B singer Mahalia ahead of her UK tour
Oct 05, 2023•30 min
Franchesca Ramsey on the WGA and Hollywood strikes – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Actress and writer Franchesca Ramsey joins Chanté this week to talk about the deal the Writer’s Guild of America has struck with Hollywood studios and what life has really been like on the picket line
Sep 28, 2023•26 min
Russell Brand and the noughties culture – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Russell Brand faces allegations of sexual assault, rape and emotional abuse by four women, which he denies. This week Chanté looks back at the noughties and asks why the culture around comedy and women was so different back then
Sep 21, 2023•25 min
Naomi Campbell, PLT and fast fashion – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph podcast
It’s Fashion Week season. After animal rights protests on the Coach runway and Naomi Campbell’s controversial collaboration with fast fashion giant PrettyLittleThing, does sustainability have a future in fashion?
Sep 14, 2023•20 min
Come see me live at the London Podcast Festival – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Chanté will be joined by the matchmaking expert, author, entrepreneur and television host, Paul C Brunson (Married at First Sight UK and Celebs Go Dating). Together they will go behind the scenes to discuss the dynamics of TV dating, the key to a successful relationship and how pop culture plays a significant role in our love lives – whether we want it to or not
Sep 11, 2023•44 sec
Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph is back!
If it’s got you talking, Chanté’s got it covered. We’ll be going beyond the gossip with smart takes on the latest pop and internet culture. Catch Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph every Thursday from 14 September
Sep 07, 2023•29 sec
Shon Faye on Elliot Page & trans in pop culture – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
The writer and presenter talks to Chanté about her Q&A with Elliot Page and how trans people have been represented in pop culture
Jun 29, 2023•32 min
Windrush at 75: How Caribbean culture dominated British music – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Today, Britain celebrates Windrush Day. Chanté speaks to music journalist Lloyd Bradley, ‘Queen of Lover’s Rock’ Sandra Cross and grime MC D Double E about the influence of Caribbean culture on British music
Jun 22, 2023•27 min
Black Mirror is back. Why is it so creepily good? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
As the sixth series starts, we ask what makes science fiction so popular and are we still looking to the far future for our dystopia?
Jun 15, 2023•30 min
Match-making on reality TV: does it work? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
This week Chanté talks to Paul C Brunson from Married at First Sight UK about what goes into pairing couples and he spills the tea on the forthcoming series
Jun 08, 2023•25 min
Will party holidays live forever? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
This week Chanté reflects on the history of party holidays. As she gears up to go to Days Like This in Malta, she talks to Ant and MK who created DLT. And she chats to DJ S, founder of legendary garage night Pure Silk, about taking over Ayia Napa in the mid-1990s
Jun 01, 2023•27 min
Martha Stewart on Sports Illustrated: a win for women? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Eighty-one-year-old Martha Stewart has made history by becoming the oldest woman to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated. Chanté talks to model Nicola Griffin, who appeared in Sports Illustrated in her 50s, and speaks with journalist Poorna Bell about the different expectations for older women of colour.
May 25, 2023•25 min
Why are influencers taking feuds to the boxing ring? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Social media influencers and YouTubers including KSI and Jake and Logan Paul are making millions by taking their internet feuds into the boxing ring. How did the world of boxing become the arena for social media beef?
May 18, 2023•27 min
Why are so many publications in trouble? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Gal-dem, Buzzfeed News and Vice have all hit financial trouble and are either shutting down or close to it. Chanté talks to the Guardian’s media editor Jim Waterson and Gal-dem’s former politics editor Moya Lothian-McLean about where it is all going wrong.
May 11, 2023•27 min
Is the US better at TV chat than Britain? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
As the US pays tribute to Jerry Springer and the internet continues to delight in Drew Barrymore’s confessionals, Chanté talks to Trisha Goddard about the art of a good conversation. And she talks to journalist Michael Hogan about why the British struggle with late-night chatshows
May 04, 2023•28 min
Are queer characters finally getting the spotlight? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Dr Who has announced drag queen Jinkx Monsoon as the next villain on the show. Is it problematic that they are cast as a villain or is this an iconic moment for the queer community?
Apr 27, 2023•27 min
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