Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Utada Hikaru’s debut with a discussion on her first greatest hits collection SCIENCE FICTION (2024年).Follow Emily on X: twitter.com/hikkipedia And Youtube: https://youtube.com/@hikkipedia?si=-1nOsAsJp20IP

SCIENCE FICTION? with hikkipedia

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DAFT PUNK EPISODE with jocko homo

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The music, filmography, music videos and career of DAFT PUNK (1993年〜2021年): HOMEWORK (1997年) + DISCOVERY (2001年) + INTERSTELLAR 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM (2003年) + HUMAN AFTER ALL (2005年) + ELECTROMA (2006年) + ALIVE (2007年) RAND

I LONG TO BECOME A BIRD AND LEAP FROM THE SCHOOL ROOFTOP with miho

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AKB48's KEIBETSU SHITEITA AIJOU 軽蔑していた愛情 (2007年) + OSHI NO KO 推しの子 (2023年) + sexual idealization + lies and fantasies as reality. Recorded live in Yuutenji, Tokyo, Japan.For the essential continuation of this conversation, subscribe to I'M SO

MOMMIE MOTHER DEAREST with gremlin

30 days ago 1h 13m

Zach and Gremlin delve into the unbelievable horrors and atrocities of Christian Crawford’s memoir MOMMIE DEAREST, its excruciating and evil film adaptation MOMMIE DEAREST (1981) and attempt to make meaning from RuPaul’s latest memoir, THE HOUS

MY FRIEND TRISHA with nick from tokyo (preview)

Mar 28th, 2024 30m

*PATREON EXLCUSIVE*The art, career and spectacle of Trisha Paytas + "Frenemies" (2020年〜2021年). Recorded live in Tokyo.For the full 75 minute episode, please subscribe to I'M SO POPULAR on patreon.com/imsopopular

PRINCESS SYNDROME with idolcast

Mar 20th, 2024 1h 22m

The life, death and career of doomed eighties Japanese idol icon of innocence and love, OKADA YUKIKO 岡田由紀子.Follow Idolcast on Patreon: soundcloud.com/idolcastAnd for paywalled episodes of the show, the otherworld of SIRENS, access to the Di

NYMPHOMANIA (VOLUME ONE)

Mar 17th, 2024 55m 44s

For the full episode, please join us at patreon.com/imsopopularA four hour history of my entire sexual development + the contemporary world at large and all its ills + lars von trier’s magnum opus NYMPHOMANIC (2013年).(S4.E21)

CHI CHIのBOOK CLUB第4: MY TWISTED WORLD

Feb 8th, 2024 1h 21m

The fourth edition of Chi Chi’s book club. This time, discussing Elliot Rodger's MY TWISTED WORLD. If you’d like to participate in the book club and join us next month for our discussion of Elliot Rodger's MY TWISTED WORLD, subscribe to I’M SO

I CURSE YOU with jacques peterson

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 37m

Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s THE CURSE (2023~2024) + Sodom and Gomorrah + the pillar of salt pinned to the ceiling + biblical ecstasies of a contemporary monotony + hell on earth.Subscribe to UNPOPULAR PODCAST on Patreon patreon.com/unpo

GOMEN NE CHRISTMAS with david (preview)

Dec 22nd, 2023 5m

*FOR PATRONS ONLY*The third annual I'M SO POPULAR Christmas special featuring the beloved co-host of Gang Bang, David, in a touching holiday reunion.For the full episode as well as over 70 exclusive episodes, follow ISP on Patreon: patreon.c

TWENTY ONE PEOPLE ARE CHANGING with carlton

Dec 6th, 2023 1h 25m

The Keyakizaka46 variety program KEYAKITTE, KAKENAI? (2015年−2020年) + SAKURAZAKA46 THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVE (2023年) + the passage of time and Proustian evocations of the self + conquering reality + Japanese society + the vortex of Japanese id

THE EYE SEES NOT ITSELF with miles (preview)

Nov 29th, 2023 30m

FOR PATRONS ONLY: https://bit.ly/3QZgIizWilliam Shakespeare's THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CASAR + Maurice Ravel's MIROIRS & CHANSONS MADÉCASSES + the prism through which reality is seen + the betrayal of perception + politics in the looking glass +

WITNESS with vera

Nov 22nd, 2023 1h 18m

EMERGENCY KATY PERRY WITNESS (2017年) EPISODE with I'M SO POPULAR all-star Vera + the pain of being seen + the horror of Trump Derangement Syndrome + the tyranny of perception. Follow our beloved Vera on X: twitter.com/lovely_2_c_uAnd tune i

TURN IT INTO LOVE! with belgium solanas

Nov 17th, 2023 1h 37m

The best living drag queen in Japan or anywhere else BELGIUM SOLANAS joins to discuss Australian legend KYLIE MINOGUE + her debut album KYLIE (1988年) + her sophomoric follow up ENJOY YOURSELF (1989年) + the pain of being a sensitive young man or

ONE LAST KISS with zane (PREVIEW)

Nov 9th, 2023 9m 57s

ONLY FOR PATRONS:Utada Hikaru's BAD MODE (2022年) + love + self actualization in the face of misery + defeating your anxieties. patreon.com/imsopopular(ISP S4.E12)

FINAL DESTINATION (WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE) with angel heart

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 8m

Angel Heart returns for the annual I'M SO POPULAR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL to discuss the FINAL DESTINATION franchise in its entirety + mortality + the end of all things + celebration and carnivale in slaughter. Follow Angel Heart on Instagram: inst

DEPRESSION AND MELANCHOLIA with adam lehrer

Oct 28th, 2023 1h 27m

The despondency of human existence on an evil earth + Julia Kristeva’s BLACK SUN (1987年) + Lars von Trier’s MELANCHOLIA (2011年).Find Adam, his writing and the fabulous podcast Safety Propaganda on Substack: safetypropaganda.substack.comAnd

SONS AND LOVERS AND PHOSPHORESCENCE with vyl

Oct 21st, 2023 1h 33m

Discussing SONS AND LOVERS by DH Lawrence + the inescapable ancestral doom of human desire + the effulgent glow of hope in the distance of life on Earth. Find Vyl on Twitter: twitter.com/vylpillAnd on the Patreon exclusive SIRENS, Zach and

TWO BLOODS MINGLED

Oct 18th, 2023 1h 29m

I'M SO POPULAR returns: love + heartbreak + divinity + Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS (2023年) + the poetry of JOHN DONNE.For the essential continuation of the series, subscribe to the Patreon for the untucked world of SIRENS + secret episodes of I’M S

DE PROFUNDIS (preview)

Sep 13th, 2023 50m 31s

A reading of Oscar Wilde's unabridged DE PROFUNDIS in its entirety. All five and a half hours only for Patrons: patreon.com/imsopopular(ISP S4.E07)

THE AIR CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE

Sep 7th, 2023 2h 23m

My travels through the United States of America + Henry Miller's THE AIR CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE.Featuring (in order of appearance) Daniel, David, Skye, Ava, Leo, Filthy Armenian, Mahou Mage and Jocko Homo.HQ version available only on Patreon

SOFTER, SOFTEST (preview)

Aug 25th, 2023 5m 7s

A strange and disquieting walk through Redmond, Oregon, where Chi Chi went to high school... soundtracked by the nostalgic music of my youth. A playground immersed in darkness, an infinite highway leading to the void, a single joint and all of

AROMATICS ELIXIR with matthew denicola

Aug 17th, 2023 2h 51m

An international and multi-month long discussion of THE PERFUME NATIONALIST (2019年〜) recorded in Tokyo, Japan + New York City + the state of Oregon. High quality episode available only for patrons.Follow Matthew on Twitter: twitter.com/mattio

LEAVE ME ALONE... with taro

Aug 9th, 2023 2h 16m

The music of NAKTANI MIKI 中谷美紀 as produced by Sakamoto Ryuichi: 食物連鎖 FOOD CHAIN (1996), CURE (1997) + 私生活 PRIVATE LIFE (1999).And for Patrons only on patreon.com/imsopopular -- lyrics hand translated by ZLCC and a very provocative and shockin