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Pop culture is everywhere. But it's also a lot. If you need help making sense of like, everything in your feed, Beverley Wang is here to help. Every episode, Beverley and a special guest sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world.
Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.
New Podcast ep every Thursday.
Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.
New Podcast ep every Thursday.
Latest episode
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Raygun: closure, or just the beginning?
Raygun, Australia's most famous breaker, is back in the news again – posting photos hanging out with Sir Richard Branson and Boy George – as foreshadowed in her interview with The Project's Waleed Aly. Is this a coda to Raygun's viral moment, or a s… -
Getting into anime, One Piece at a time
Megan Thee Stallion may have originated Hot Girl Summer and WAP, but she's also a self-proclaimed Otaku Hot Girl, ie like millions of people around the world – an anime superfan. If it's good enough for Thee Stallion, maybe you should check it out t… -
Chappell Roan wants you to stop being weird
Midwest Princess Chappell Roan is asking you to respect her boundaries, and we wish her good luck, babe! The American singer songwriter is grappling with her meteoric rise to fame and calling out predatory behaviour, unwanted touching and asking "su… -
Very demure, very Katy Perry
It's a very demure, very mindful episode of Stop Everything! in this the cutesy edition: How Chicago TikTok creator Jools LeBron is redefining demure and changing her life in the process! Guest critic Jared Richards is in to analyse demure, Katy Pe… -
Why Raygun is breaking our brains
We're talking about the moment B-girl Raygun, aka Dr Rachael Gunn, became the world's favourite meme. Raygun's breaking performance at the Paris Olympics was instantly iconic – and divisive: Is this how people really dance in Australia? Was this the… -
Why you can't help falling in love with Netflix's The Boyfriend
Big feelings are in the air as Stop Everything! co-founding parent Benjamin Law returns to talk about Netflix's gay Japanese dating reality show The Boyfriend, and Beverley tells him about the latest chapter in the Ballerina Farm trad wife mumfluenci… -
Couch commentary: The Paris Olympics and JD Vance
We're all over the Paris 2024 Olympics. From the booze cruise boats of the opening ceremony to the uniforms, Simone Biles' comeback and becoming armchair experts in obscure sports, guest critic Tahlea Aualiitia is in to talk through all the details … -
Thriving on chaos with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka!
Stop Everything! and catch up with Atsuko Okatsuka – stand-up comic, social media star and bowl cut icon – who's coming to Australia with her new show, Full Grown. In 2022, Atsuko's debut HBO comedy special, The Intruder – and her viral "drop challe… -
On Trump assassination attempt, Tenacious D's Kyle Gass said the quiet part out loud
What happens when you say the quiet part out loud? For Tenacious D's Kyle Gass, it means a tour cancellation and possibly the end of the band, with co-founder Jack Black announcing "all future creative plans are on on hold" after Gass shared his birt… -
Horror and The Bear
2024 is a huge year for horror releases with features like The First Omen, A Quiet Place: Day One, Trap and The Moogai luring audiences into theatres for a good jump scare. Guest critic and horror aficionado Maria Lewis talks through what's exciting…