Pop Filter: Recent Episodes
Lorraine Harton Wil McDermott
Hosts Lorraine Harton and Wil McDermott pick apart whatever pop culture flotsam and/or jetsam that catches their eyes!
Episode NotesThis week Pop Filter HQ is now Pop FILTHER as our heroes look at the erotic tennis world of mixed thruples with new sports drama, Challengers. Love-All? It's more like Lust-All!
After that it's the latest in a relatively short string of documentaries on the hacking of marriage stress-test site, Ashley Madison, where it seems like 35 million men were telling 4 women that their wives didn't understand them.
Write to your pals, Will and Lorraine, via popfilter1000@gmail.com.Please rate us on your podcast server of choice.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesIt's Fall Preview time at Pop Filter HQ as our heroes deliver not one, but two, items for review that have the word 'Fall' in their titles. That's where the concept ends. Don't go looking for hidden meanings. This idea is a mile wide and a millimetre deep.
Can Lorraine successfully make Amazon Prime's 'Fallout' one of her famous "Dinner Shows" or will it be too gruesome for Lorraine to enjoy her curry super-noodles and fish fingers?
Can Will get past his nostalgia for Lee Majors and his love for Heather Thomas in the original TV show to give 2024's version a fair shake?
This week's episode has all the answers.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesThis week our heroes test themselves by reviewing a thing that they don't like as much as they'd like to. Not much of a challenge, to be fair, but what if they told you they were reviewing Jennifer Lopez's new documentary, The Greatest Love Story NEVER Told? How would you feel about that?Well, Lorraine and Will want you to know that if they've made even one person feel that podcasting is possible, it will all have been worth it!
Next up our guys bring you fresh new Irish music in the form of Oisín Leech's debut album, Cold Sea.
To learn more about this weeks featured artists, check out Amazon Prime for J. Lo's documentary and Spotify/Apple Music etc and oisinleechmusic.com for info on their boy, Oisín Leech, and his upcoming shows.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesThis week our heroes go over to the dark side. First off, they wrestle alongside Amy Winehouse with her demons in the new biopic, Back to Black.
Then it's on to much more traditional demons in the form of late-night talk show horror film, Late Night With The Devil, where the main guest is actually....well the title kind of spoils it a bit.
Don't forget, you can contact your new favourite radio hosts via their ultra-modern, nay futuristic, email address popfilter1000@gmail.com
Be their first correspondent and they'll definitely read out your (hopefully non-creepy) comments.
Suggestions for future reviews all welcome.
Enjoy!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesOur heroes return for a triumphant second episode on Near FM (90.3FM/nearfm.ie) secure in the knowledge that last weeks episode was a huge hit or nobody with the power to cancel the show was listening. Either way, episode two is 'GO!'
This week, the team tackle Netflix psychodrama, Baby Reindeer, which proves to be an uncomfortable topic given the fact that Will sends dozens of texts and emails to Lorraine every day. It's mostly just him moaning about stuff, but still...
After that it is onto an unlikely choice from our daring duo with Beyonce's 8th studio album, Cowboy Carter.
If you want to hear two grown adults whining about having to sit through 27 songs over 80 minutes, you have come to the right place.
Send the guys a question or comment via popfilter1000@gmail.com
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesWe have a message for you.... from yer farder!!!It'll make sense once you've heard the episode.Exciting times in Pop Filter HQ. Our heroes have struck a deal with Near FM ( www.nearfm.ie ) to host the show. From now on, you can hear the episode between 7 and 8 by listening live on the website or by tuning in to 90.3FM.Either way, the show should appear in your podcast feed as soon as the episode finishes airing on Near FM.
This week, Lorraine and Will hit the road with Alex Garland's new movie, Civil War.Soon after, madness descends as our heroes discuss the acting choices of Ireland's (one-time) favourite son in his first acting role in Doug Liman's "Roadhouse'.
Do the guys a favour and click on the link to listen live or listen later on Near FM.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesSo good they recorded it twice!
Our heroes return with a vengeance after the debacle of one of them losing the SD card containing their first recording of this episode. Will insists there is no need for anyone to know who lost the card.
This time, our favourite podcasting duo tackle two films which drove them to tears, The Iron Claw and All Of Us Strangers.
They also tackle the series 'One Day' which drove Will to tears of boredom. Lorraine is far more patient than he is.
There are spoilers but they are signalled in advance.
If you are skipping ahead to avoid spoilers once they've been signposted, here are the time stamps for each section.
It's at this point, I realised that Will forgot to record his One Day intro. Time for him to shuffle off to the podcast retirement home.
The Iron Claw: 2:18All Of Us Strangers: 44:15One Day: 1:04:55
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesThis week's show is like an old issue of Heat magazine come back from beyond the grave. Lorraine and Will tackle some 90's icons in the form of Robbie Williams and his Netflix documentary series, Britney Spears long awaited autobiography and footballers wives camp docuseries, Wagatha Christie. Are these going to be the same old artist produced and carefully edited self promotional pieces? The likes of which they recently discussed in their Beckham episode?Yes. Yes, they are, but our heroes have fun discussing them.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, our heroes are involved in a classic relegation battle to keep the podcast in the Premiership. With star-player, Lorraine, already eyeing a lucrative move to Freedom FM UTD and Will looking to play out his twilight playing years with a spell in Saudi Arabia, this is a make or break game for Pop Filter FC.With this in mind, who better to cast their eyes over new Netflix documentary series, Beckham, than these two?So, it's a game of two halves for these plucky newcomers and it's all to play for. Can they avoid a penalty shoot out? Will there be shots of children crying into their Pop Filter FC scarves?It's time for the kick-off.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesThis week, Lorraine and Will get their wetsuits on and head into the Abyss with deep-sea documentary, The Deepest Breath. They get into spoiler territory but it's clearly announced in the episode and the time stamps are below.
After that, they give their thoughts on smooth, electro-poppers Destroyers album, Kaputt. This comes from their long-term listener pal, Shane.
Time stamps.
Spoiler section for The Deepest Breath 18' 10" - 44' 08"
Kaputt by Destroyer 44' 10"
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This latest episode shows our heroes in full compliance with Podcast Law and delivering an episode where they discuss the phenomenon of Barbenheimer. This law states that every pop culture podcast must review both Barbie and Oppenheimer and Lorraine and Will, being law-abiding citizens, are happy to do their part.
After an episode where they disliked both things they reviewed, can they turn the ship around and find things to recommend to you? Hopefully you’ll be able to find these obscure titles in your local arthouse cinema.
Now, will Barbie be a bomb or will it explode at the box office? Will Oppenheimer annihilate the box office or will the fallout be career-ending for Nolan?
Join your guides to find out.
Barbie 4:00 - 43:40 Oppenheimer 44:40 - 71:00
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Today our heroes, Lorraine and Will celebrate Episode 40 of the show and in that spirit they celebrate with two pieces of pop culture that they struggle to say much good about!
This week, thanks to Pop Filter superfan, Reese Martin Will and Lorraine are including timestamps in case you want to avoid or jump to certain sections of the podcast to avoid spoilers, although those are generally avoided any way.
And Just Like That is from 2.50 to 31.30 The Idol is from 31.40 to 56.00
Let's see how long it takes Reese to spot this and write in and let Will and Lorraine know.
Enjoy.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Ramblings Episode 4, wherein our heroes wrestle with being grown-ups and discuss the various ways they have had to disguise the fact that they don't always know what they're doing and whether they truly deserve the label 'adult'.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
With head-spinning speed, Lorraine and Will return with a new episode. This one isn't, on the surface, their usual high-brow fare. This episode is all about Aussie reality-show nightmare fever-dream, Married At First Sight.Listen to Will and Lorraine talk about how much they hate Harrison and how much they wish Cam would just be nicer to Lyndall. In amongst this, they try to make some wider observations about reality TV and people's lack of understanding of the power of TV and instant celebrity. You can be the judge of whether they succeed. There are some spoilers so it would help if you were at least up to episode 23 like Lorraine!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesThis week, Lorraine emerges victorious when she offloads two pre-recorded intros onto Will. In a desperate act of self-sabotage, Will submits two of his shoddiest efforts to date with a triumphant 'That'll learn her!'
This weeks show features Chris Rock's return to stand-up now that the swelling has gone down, Selective Outrage.
Next up is Channel 4 series, Outed, which covers the time George Michael's career was threatened by revelations about his personal life until George reminded everyone he was just a 'young gun having some fun'. Something he'd told us from day one in Wham!
Finally, on a more sombre note, Finding Michael. The story of Michael Matthews, at the time the youngest person to summit Mt Everest at 22 only to lose his life on the descent. His brother, Spencer, mounts a rescue attempt for what might be his brother's body which has recently been spotted on the mountain by another climber. There's no jokes to be had here!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode NotesThis week, our heroes tackle the world of classical music-based cancel culture and because they are a couple of fungiis (fun guys) they also take on mushroom-based zombie show, The Last Of Us.
Will is a musician without training who Lorraine rightly suspects is suspicious of conductors. Lorraine is someone who doesn't play games and doesn't like zombies. The scene is set for neither to be completely happy.
Will Lorraine defeat the final boss of The Last Of Us and could Will lead the standing ovation for Tar?
There is only one way to find out.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, the unimaginable happens to Will: U2 have taken some of his money. And he's ok with that. Lorraine and Will tackle Bono's epic, rambling autobiographical audiobook 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story' and gain a new appreciation of their countries most famous son. Then it's on to 'Real-Estate horror' film, Barbarian. Lorraine is wary of gory horror movies and this one has the guy from IT in it, so it doesn't bode well. Finally, they tackle season 5 of The Crown where they discuss everything from how funny the name 'Debicki' is and the arrival of 'The Dodi' into the royal family's lives. Even more finally, Will recommends his friend Mike's album. It's called Birds and the band are M Stevens & The Ghosts.
Check them out here. https://mstevenstheghasts.bandcamp.com
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
Episode Notes In today's episode, Lorraine and Will return to their occasional feature; Ramblings. This is where they step away from pop culture and muse on things more sociological. Maybe. They don't really know.
Today, they are tackling the topic of the lies we tell to children. Will chewing gum REALLY tie up your intestines? Did your dog REALLY go to live on a farm that time?
Lorraine and Will have the answers.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes In this episode our heroes take on, and defeat, The Most Hated Man On The Internet. Netflix's new 3 episode documentary on the loathsome Hunter Moore and his revenge porn website incites new levels of rage in Will and Lorraine towards all purveyors of toxic masculinity. The pair of SJW, virtue-signallers that they are! They also review Nathan Fielders new documentary/reality show/mockumentary/drama/whatever-it-is show, The Rehearsal. Is it real? Is it fake? Bit of both? Our heroes will find out for you.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, Will and Lorraine are joined in conversation by our friend, Con Colbert, to have a friendly conversation about Conversations With Friends. That's not confusing at all. Unlike the protagonists of C's with F's, they are not a trio of bumbling, mumbling losers! They're a great bunch of lads altogether.
Con also recommended O Emperor's album 'Jason' for our heroes to review.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes In a new feature called The Culture Gap, Lorraine and Will help each other out by recommending significant pop culture texts that the other has missed or avoided.
Unbelievably, Lorraine had never seen Star Wars before this episode and perhaps even more unbelievably, Will had never seen Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion.
Rest assured both of those issues are fixed!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes It's a week of time travelling to the 70s for Will and the 90s for Lorraine as they relive elements of their childhood by reviewing Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza and the Sex & The City reboot, And Just Like That. Lorraine would like it pointed out that at the time of review she had not seen Episode 8 of And Just Like That. Have the Sex & The City ladies mellowed with age into a Golden Girls for the 21st century and will the shenanigans of the 70's sit well with out more modern sensibilities? IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes The long and winding road has brought our first and only guest back to our door. We welcome our old pal, Dave Curran, back to the show. This week, the fab 3 discuss the fab 4 as we take on Peter Jackson's 3 part, 8 hour documentary series on Disney Plus, Get Back. Is George the quiet one or the cranky one? Is Paul McCartney the owner of the worlds best beard-and-hair combination? Is John looking surprisingly good despite the heroin dabbling? And is Ringo as good a drummer as he is a person? The answers are at the end of the aforementioned long and winding road.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will review a wooly tale from the A24 stable called Lamb. Can they resist a string of sheep puns or is this something they simply mutton do? What do ewe think?
After that, it's turn of Richard Dawson and his 1999 album called 2020. It's not as confusing as they'd feared.
All rounded off with some choice recommendations from the host.
Enjoy.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week our heroes endeavour to blow your mind by offering you the red pill from The Matrix.
Or is it the blue one?
The one that makes you see things as they really are! That one!
Things you thought you knew, things you took comfort in... Lorraine and Will are here to turn your world UPSIDEFLIPPINGDOWN!
Think you'll catch a cold if you go out with wet hair, do you? Or even WETH hair as our heroes both refer to it in unison at one point.
If that's what you think...brace yourself!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Episode 26 of Pop Filter finds our heroes on an Arthurian quest even though one of them doesn't know it's an Arthurian one at all.
Lorraine and Will take on David Lowery's The Green Knight but they won't make the mistake that Sir Gawain makes. Instead, they give the Green Knight a wedgie and tell him we'll see him next Christmas. It'll make sense when you see the film.
They also examine The Witness, a new podcast about the first person in Ireland to enter the Witness Protection programme after years of abuse, having been brought unwillingly into the drugs world as a child. It's kind of grim so no jokes here!
Finally, Kanye West's 10th album, Donda, dropped a few weeks back. Dropped is what the kids say! As I type this, Will and Lorraine are comparing gang signs in the background. It's what the kids want.
They cast their critical eye over this bloated indulgence and find it....wanting.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, our heroes discuss the new Woodstock 99 documentary and get annoyed by toxic masculinity and terrible music. It's been many a year since Will was last on the pole but he and Lorraine both enjoyed pole-dancing nightmare film, Zola. Finally enjoy Lorraine struggling to pronounce the singer of this weeks album choice, Tove Styrke. Will gets it wrong too but he is confident in his correctness the way only a white man can be. Enjoy.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Today marks the launch of a different kind of podcast from Lorraine and Will. This time they are off rambling on a specific non pop-culture subject; Words & Phrases.
Hear Lorraine's mind being blown in realtime when she discovers that a damp squid is not what she thought it was and hear Wills moral quandary about using 'my friend and I' or 'my friend and me' correctly, when he knows there are people who will think he's gotten it wrong if he uses the word 'me' in this context.
It's a packed half hour and Lorraine and Will had a splendid time making it.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Lorraine and Will here... just calling to say we love you. Y'know...like Stevie Wonder would.
This week we are giving our rambling thoughts on Aisling Bea's second series of This Way Up. Then, oops we did it again and are reviewing another podcast series: BBC Sounds' Pieces of Britney. We end with our friend and Inspireland podcast host, Dave Curran's album recommendation: Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life.
Check out Inspireland which also contains the first 4 or 5 episodes of Pop Filter among its episodes. https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/inspireland-podcast/id840302259
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes One subject, three different takes. It's rare enough that you get different documentaries on the same topic at the same time but here we are. Spanning over 2 decades and featuring a wide range of characters, it is a tragic and frustrating case.
Can Detectives Lorraine and Will solve this one?
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will cast their ears over Sinead O'Connors audiobook autobiography (or is it a memoir?), Rememberings. Mad stories about Prince and many others delight our hosts. Then the eyes join in for the Friends Reunion show. Lorraine (young) is very harsh on the botoxed Friends, while Will (old) is much more forgiving. Finally, you've got the rest of the show off, eyes! Metro Area's eponymously titled 2002 album comes under scrutiny. Will was too harsh on it and is now enjoying it much more by listening to it on headphones rather than in the car.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, our heroes discuss 3 separate items from 3 separate mediums! Exciting. We discuss Matt Haig's latest novel, The Midnight Library. Will read it and Lorraine listened to it, so that brings this weeks medium count to 4. After that we discussed Channel 4's new comedy, Frank of Ireland. Listen to the end to hear Lorraine get her revenge on Will for making her listen to Wilco's album A Ghost Is Born. Her weapon of choice? Luxury Problems by Andy Stott (the milkman's favourite tunesmith).
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes First up, Lorraine and Will talk about the Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy, or to be more accurate, the filmmakers' abject failure to use the much better title, Conspirasea. They follow up with a discussion on Sky's new film purchase, Promising Young Woman, a story that will hopefully make men of a certain attitude reconsider their life choices. Finally, Will totally misjudges his old friends' musical taste and steals nearly three hours of her life with 2 full listens of the Deluxe Expanded version of Wilco's 2004 album, A Ghost Is Born.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week Lorraine and Will cast their astute legal eyes over Allen V Farrow, the new 4 part HBO documentary about the sexual abuse charges made towards Allen by his daughter, Dylan.
In a Farrow-centric episode we discuss Ronan Farrow (the artist formerly known as Satchel) and his 8 part podcast Catch and Kill which details the allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
And finally because there were no Farrows with albums to review, we look at Kurt Vile's most recent EP Speed Sound Lonely KV.
Can Will appreciate his lo-fi charms?
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will review Channel 4's 80's-set weepfest, It's A Sin. This is followed by a discussion about Derren Brown's new Audible-exclusive podcast 'Bootcamp For The Brain'. Lorraine shares her thoughts on the album Will recommended last month, Jean Michel Jarre's 1973 album Oxygene. And finally a round-up of what Lorraine and Will are watching and listening to this month. Write to us at popfilter1000@gmail.com Music is by B-Post. It's called Galaxian from his album Arcadia and it's available for free here: https://bpost.bandcamp.com/album/arcadia
Notes go here
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Lorraine and Will are back for a new year of (hopefully more frequent) podcasts.
This weeks episode is all killer and no filler as they review true crime series from Netflix (The Ripper) and the BBC (The Nobody Zone).
Finally, they kick back with some killer tunes from Aphex Twin, as the kids used to say but now definitely do not!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes In our heroes' biggest episode yet, they tackle the heady cocktail of first-love drama Normal People, dream-pop peddlers Cocteau Twins 1990 classic album Heaven Or Las Vegas and the FX science fiction drama, DEVS. They also take the time to recommend several other pieces of pop culture for you to enjoy.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Wil and Lorraine are both in lockdown as the Coronavirus continues to dominate all around us. Technology bridges the gap and we present an episode where we discuss viral disaster movies Outbreak, 12 Monkeys and Contagion.
Wil also listens to one of Lorraine's top ten records, Animal Collective's 'Sung Tongs'.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This time we discuss Netflix series Love Is Blind. We also discuss Uncut Gems, a Netflix movie starring Adam Sandler. Lorraine gives us her thoughts on the 1981 album My Life In The Bush of Ghosts by David Byrne & Brian Eno. Finally we discuss the sitcom, Ramy. It's a jam packed episode and hopefully you'll find a use for it as you hide in your home from the Coronavirus!
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This week Lorraine and Wil discuss Netflix hits Cheer and Don't F*ck With Cats. Listen to us struggle for broadcast friendly versions of the F word.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Lorraine and Wil discuss Season 3 of The Crown and Lorraine makes Wil listen to the album Yesterday & Today by Swedish two-chord merchant, The Field.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes This episode sees us discuss Netflix show 'Unbelievable' and Lorraine gives her thoughts on one of Wil's favourite records; 1990's Bellybutton by Jellyfish.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Lorraine and Wil discuss the new HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die and finish the show with a spoiler-heavy discussion of Ari Aster's Midsommar.
Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.