
The Oscar Nomination Special
This episode, Ani and Will, noted film buff and Traffic Director, talk about the Oscar nominations of the season. Hear the talks of predictions, picks and of course, our villains of the award season. This episode also in

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From WSUM comes Pop Culture Coffee Break, hosted by Camila Trimberger-Ruiz and Ray Kirsch. Student opinions, reviewing anything and everything that college kids are talking about at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
WSUM hosts Pop Culture Coffee Break, a society show with 29 episodes published.

This episode, Ani and Will, noted film buff and Traffic Director, talk about the Oscar nominations of the season. Hear the talks of predictions, picks and of course, our villains of the award season. This episode also in

WSUM's Catalina Desua joins us as we talk about the most recent Taylor Swift album and all the related backlash it has had. Discussions include the lyrics, the Charli XCX beef and NOT THE AI STUFF (this happened before p

To celebrate halfway towards 50, the New York Times dropped ballots for readers to vote for the best movies of the 21st Century so far. To celebrate this, we decided to set up the weirdest episode of the Pop Culture Coff

This episode, Ani and Elliot discuss summer playlists and what they look for in their summer media. This includes conversations on My Chemical Romance, Quentin Tarantino and Letterboxd. Also includes some mentions of Ste

This Pop Culture Coffee Break episode introduces WSUM's newest talk director, Aniruddh Nambudiri! Outgoing talk director Kayla Dembiec gets to know Aniruddh by asking a series of fun and goofy questions. Stay tuned to se

This week on Pop Culture Coffee Break, Kayla, Ray, Anna and Avery dive into cancel culture! The group shares the most unforgettable situations and their opinions on whether cancel culture demands accountability, or if it

This Pop Culture Coffee Break episode introduces WSUM's newest talk director, the one and only Kayla Dembiec! Outgoing Talk Director Ray Kirsch asks Kayla all of the need-to-knows about her, including which Dance Moms me

In this episode, Talk Director Ray Kirsch and future Talk Director Kayla Dembiec quiz Sports Director Vince Hesprich on all things pop culture. He guesses the singer behind lyrics, who is starring in the latest films and

In this episode, Kayla, Anna, Oliver and Annika discuss their favorite pop culture moments related to the 2024 Presidential Election, which will occur on Tuesday, November 5. In addition to talking about TV makeup and vi

Ray Kirsch and Kayla Dembiec discuss the show of their childhoods: Glee. They talk about their favorite duos, the problematic sides of glee and what modern songs the Glee club should sing.

Pop Culture Coffee Break is BACK! This week, Ray, Ani, Kayla, Anna and Manola discuss fan culture in the United States and the digital craze of celebrities. They discuss fan culture before and after social media, which c

Ray, Anna, Lexi and Owen discuss Charli xcx's new album 'brat' and everything that goes into a brat girl summer.

Hosts Ray Kirsch and Kayla Dembiec alongside guests Ian, Vince and Molly discuss JoJo Siwa's new song "KARMA." They discuss the rebrand, the music video and more.

In this episode, Lexi, Owen, Anthony and RJ discuss their thoughts on the 2024 Super Bowl. They talk about who their dream half-time performer would be, reactions to the game and their favorite moments.

Host Ray and guests Ani and Kelsey discuss the SAG-AFTRA awards that occurred on February 24. They talk about the decision to host it on Netflix, the results and their predictions for the upcoming Oscars.

To celebrate the start of a new year, Ray, Quentin and Georgie discussed their ins and outs of 2024.

In this episode, Ray, Heewone, Lexi, Georgie and Eliana discuss the new Hunger Games movie, "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." They talk about the differences between the book and the movie, who their favorite charact

Host Ray Kirsch with WSUM members Lexi Spevacek, Georgie Laws and Kayla Dembiec discuss their favorite dystopian series from their childhood. They talk about what makes dystopian movies so compelling, who their favorite

Camila Trimberger-Ruiz and Sports Team members Krissy Birdsall, Shannon Maynes and Vince Hesprich discuss the budding relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. They break down who Travis Kelce is, why this rela

Host Camila Trimberger-Ruiz is joined by Hayden Woodard and Nick Doermann, hosts of Haunted Horror Hour on WSUM 91.7 FM. They give their top horror movies, hold the popular Halloween versus horror debate and recommend ho
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Anthony
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