Yes, Pop Culture Invented Friend Groups (Ft. Love is Blind, The Big Chill, and St Elmo’s Fire)
Explicit
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
S1 · E20
Apr 2, 2026
01:11:45
Episode notes
Lauren and Christine honor “girl code,” map out love triangles and quadrangles, and book a big table for brunch as they consider the recent-ish popularity of friend groups in pop culture. And they marvel at the size of Rob Lowe’s saxophone.
Keywords
Demi Moore
reality tv
1980s
William Hurt
Rob Lowe
Andrew McCarthy
brat pack
Jeff Goldblum
Judd Nelson
Vic and Christine