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Hosted by Kelsey and Mary · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 177 episodes
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Were you team Backstreet Boys or NSYNC? Britney or Xtina? Simple Life or Newlyweds? With When They Popped, you don’t have to pick a side, because we’re going to mention it all! When They Popped retells the stories of the late 90s and early 2000s biggest celebrities, trends, and phenomena like boy band mania, celebrity-based reality TV, and the rise of “famous for being famous” socialites who ruled the tabloids. Hosts Kelsey and Mary are discussing Y2Ks most impactful cultural moments, icons, and celebrities while chronicling their rise to stardom and discussing when they reached the pinnacle of pop culture, or, when they “popped!” The girls will also consider the cultural impact of Y2K on todays society and will look to see where our beloved Y2K stars are now.
Kelsey and Mary hosts When They Popped - A Y2K Pop Culture Podcast, a news show with 177 episodes published.
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey give you a look at their Patreon-exclusive series, Women of Y2K. In this episode, they highlight the life and impressive career of Tara Reid as the reignin
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey bring back When They Popped Book Club to share the biggest revelations and standout stories from Hayden Panettiere's new memoir which details her life as a
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey celebrate 30 years of millennial bops with their own top ten list of 1996 hits. If you screamed the lyrics to Ironic, Lovefool, No Diggity, Wonderwall, thi
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey discuss the final two episodes of Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event documentary covering untold stories from Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, 98 Degr
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey are joined by singer-songwriter and y2k pop culture enthusiast Matt Bloyd to revisit TRL’s all-time top 10 countdown. They talk Britney, Backstreet Boys, *
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey are joined by Soulidified - Shade, Malik, Bradley, and Landon - the four-part harmony boy band bringing nostalgia back to pop music. Formed on Netflix's Bu
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey are joined by reality television star Jason Wahler of The Hills and Laguna Beach. Jason shares what was going on behind the scenes of these iconic reality
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, legendary choreographer Brian Friedman joins Mary & Kelsey to discuss creating some of the most iconic routines of the 2000s - from Britney Spears' "Slave 4 U" (yes, THAT
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey are joined by pop icon Willa Ford to discuss Amanda, Willa's highly anticipated return to the music scene (her first new album in 25 years!!). Willa shares
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey catch up with musician Cheyenne Kimball, who rocketed onto the TRL charts at just 16 years old with her debut album The Day Has Come. Cheyenne opens up abo
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In a full-circle Y2K moment they truly manifested, Mary and Kelsey are joined by Marie, Sara, Dhani, and Amit of A*Teens for a candid and hilarious deep dive into life as global teen pop r
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey make their case for why 2026 is *not* the new 2016 - it's the new 2006! The hosts throw it back to their favorite pop culture moments of 2006 including the
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey welcome nostalgia creator Raissa, the creative powerhouse behind @nostalgiachick, to revisit pop culture highlights from 2004 including A Cinderella Story,
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey go back to New Year’s Eve celebrations on the y2k era, discussing the history of the y2k bug hysteria, the history of Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve s
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey look back at their favorite moments of 2025 - from their personal experiences seeing Backstreet Boys at Sphere in Vegas (4x times!!), to Hilary Duff and As
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey discuss their Mount Rushmore of Christmas movies from th 90s and 2000s: The Muppet Christmas Carol, Elf, and The Holiday. They discuss behind-the-scenes st
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! EMERGENCY EPISODE! Mary and Kelsey spiral over the cryptic clues flooding the Backstreet Boys' social media. What do the Millennium references mean? Why the Homecoming: Live in Orlando thr
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! Remember when we as a nation all collectively believed that Beanie Babies would fund high education and down payments on our future homes? In this episode, Mary and Kelsey go back to their
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey rewind to 2003 for a nostalgic deep dive into Britney Spears’ In the Zone, the album that defined an era of frosted lip gloss, chrome eyeshadow, iconic hit
Send Mary and Kelsey a Message! In this episode, Mary and Kelsey sit down with Carmit Bachar, one of the powerhouses behind The Pussycat Dolls, to talk about her wild ride through pop culture history. From dancing beside
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