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Poppish

by Anneliese Claire & Ellie Sims

Comedy Society & Culture

Season 1

New Coke Turns Lemonade into Limes

Not every product launch can be a success, and no one knows that better than the brands we’re talking about today: Coca-Cola and Snapchat. We discuss the rollout of New Coke and the 2018 Snapchat layout redesign, the public outcry that followed, and the effects on the businesses as a whole. Sometimes you don’t know what you have til it’s gone, and you have to yell at a corporation until they agree to give it back. But is it too late? Plus: the arrival of fall and the discourse surrounding a COVID-conscious lesbian bar in western Massachusetts.

Subverting the Equine Hierarchy

Is the hybrid of two animals greater than the sum of its parts? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We analyze the histories, characteristics, and strengths of two iconic animal combos: the mule and the labradoodle. Learn how a mule supersedes the donkey and the horse on almost every level, and why the creator of the labradoodle calls it his “life’s regret.” Plus: hopital summer continues, gallbladder surgery on a budget, and what the current most popular dog breed says about the state of our nation.

Hot Girls in Italy Want to Show You Their Knees

Let’s jet off to Europe, get our portraits done, and return to our loved ones with tales of our cultural adventures and wild parties! We’re comparing the British gap year known as the Grand Tour and the modern Instagram onslaught that is Euro Summer. For hundreds of years, young people have ventured to Europe in search of culture, knowledge, and stories to bring home about getting way too high in Amsterdam. How has the tradition evolved? What does it mean for locals in European tourism hotspots? Plus: dispatches from Wisconsin and the Renaissance fair, the white shirt as an enemy of the busty woman, and when your evil gallbladder turns you into someone you don’t even like.

How to Listen to Poppish in a God Honoring Way

This week, we turn to our Christian sisters for guidance. Uncover the histories of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Girl Defined, the causes championed by each, and how their legacies endure. It’s hard to be a god-defined woman in a culture-defined world, and no one knows this better than us. Plus: the great flockening, the trials of running late, and a celebration of our nation’s shared values.

Cook Until Proven Chef

We’ve all been there: the trip finally makes it out of the group chat, only to become a complete disaster. This week we tell the harrowing stories of two groups that know this pattern all too well: The Donner Party and The Real Housewives of New York City. How did Lansford Hastings convince James Reed to travel a shortcut he himself had never tried? How did Ramona Singer convince Bethenny Frankel to do Turtle Time for 15 minutes? We’ll explore the terrifying series of events. Plus: the trials and tribulations of our Hopital Summer.

Not Now Honey, Mommy’s Cementing Her Legacy

This week, we tell you the stories of how two iconic foods came to be and the genius minds behind them. Back up against the wall, Chef Caesar Cardini invented the Caesar Salad during a devastatingly FOMO-inducing July Fourth weekend in Tijuana and gave girls everywhere a reason to believe in dinner. Girlboss Sarah Hamouda turned her pregnancy cravings into a global dessert sensation with Dubai Chocolate. Will it stand the test of time the way Caesar’s emergency salad has? We shall see. Plus: we refuse to buy package insurance, Anneliese’s ex gets engaged (in JOGGERS), and the decades long Brussels sprout smear campaign.

Gleefully Making Pasta Salad

This week we analyze the challenges of parenting in the public eye — especially when a famous parent messes up. We explore the wide range of public reactions to two infamous parenting mistakes: Michael Jackson holding his son Blanket over a balcony, and the drowning of influencer Emilie Kiser’s son Trigg. The public outrage over both incidents was swift, and we analyze how social media has changed how this outrage plays out. We also consider the grace and leniency given to famous parents that would not necessarily be given to less fortunate parents or other caregivers. Plus: our summer travels, an official journalistic report from the World Lumberjack Championships, and the great generational divide of being able to sew a button onto a shirt.

Congratulations, You’re Now a Witch

It’s witch hunting season! This week, for our annual Love Island analysis episode, we compare fan investigations of Love Island contestants to the Salem Witch Trials. What compels us as humans to seek out the worst in others and demand punishment? And how do these investigations spiral out of control so quickly? We discuss the events of the Salem Witch Trials and ponder how such a tragic miscarriage of justice became American folklore, and ultimately made Salem a hotspot for modern day witchery. We also take a look at several cases of fan-investigated islanders and the range of consequences they have been subjected to, and the varying validity of these campaigns. Plus: our summer camp experiences, Anneliese’s last day with the 10-year-old, and a Trader Joe’s employee find his calling.

Why Are You So Attached to Your Teeth?

On this episode, we explore two instances of faces losing their identity in the pursuit of perfection: Jennifer Grey’s infamous nose job and the ongoing epidemic of Instagram Face. As women appear to be striving to get closer and closer to everyone having the same perfect face, how does this take away from individual identity and beauty? We look at Jennifer Grey’s career pre- and post-nose job (and how the Matthew Broderick vehicular manslaughter case is involved) and examine why many speculate that her new, conventionally attractive nose cost her her career. How have we seen this pattern repeated in the age of plastic surgery, fillers, and filters as we all increasingly live in the public eye? Plus: our summer reading, grammatical pet peeves, and people who bend the rules of rock paper scissors.

Zip Code K-I-R-K

This week we’re talking great escapes. Men backed into a corner and forced to break the rules to get out. Anneliese tells us about the 1962 escape from Alcatraz, and Ellie reminisces on the golden age of Bachelor Nation, when Colton jumped the fence. Who are we rooting for? Where are these men now? How did they pull it off? We’ll get into all of it. Plus: Ellie gets some unexpected mail, the stress of choosing a marker when coloring, and the curse of being named Sincere.

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