This week, on Maclean’s culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we say goodbye. Yes, the Thrill is going to go on indefinite hiatus for a variety of reasons. But we’ve appreciated all the support, the listens, the compliments, and the criticisms over the last eight months. We started out doing this podcast …

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we talk about the idea of “peak TV.” John Landgraf, the CEO of FX, recently pronounced there to be too much television on air, in this “golden era” of TV. Is he right, and how could that possibly be a bad thing for TV viewers? Then, with st…

This week, on Maclean’s culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we go deep on pop music! We start by interviewing Chilly Gonzales, Canada’s musical polymath and the host of a masterclass series on pop music, to talk about why people shouldn’t dismiss pop as simplistic and schlocky. He’ll explain the relatio…

This week, on Maclean’s culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we discuss the new N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Does this hip-hop history work on the big screen? Then, we discuss the responsibility that celebrities have to be good feminists. We’re joined by journalist Hana Shafi as we discuss inte…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we talk to Jaime J. Weinman, who wrote a piece for Maclean’s about Jon Stewart’s tricky legacy of partisanship. With the Daily Show host’s last day coming on Aug. 6, what kind of political legacy does he leave behind? Then, we’ll talk to a …

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we talk to the coordinators both past and present of the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, the city that gave comedy legend Dave Chappelle an opportunity when his career was beginning and, again in 2013, when he was starting his comebac…

Drake was one of the artists shortlisted for the 2015 Polaris Prize. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Polaris Prize, Canadian music’s most interesting prize, where music writers vote on the year’s top Canadian album, then are left to scrap over which one is truly the best. Michael Barclay, a Polaris Prize juror, joined Adrian Lee and Emm…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we start by interviewing Kate Beaton, the bestselling creator of the history-lampooning comic, Hark! A Vagrant. She’s just released a delightful children’s book, The Princess and the Pony, and she tells us about the trickiness of writing in…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we start by discussing the record-smashing dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic World. Film writer John Semley joins us to talk about the rules of the summer blockbuster, the stardom of Chris Pratt, and we’ll do a quiz to see what we really know a…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—it’s a bit of a different kind of show! We riff about our culture-y summer plans—while dropping some pro tips for music festivals—and announce that we’re starting our summer schedule. That means we’ll bring you a full episode of The Thrill …

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we talk about the things that we’ve learned from our lives engaging with pop culture, from life lessons to practical ones. Then, we’ll talk to Crystal Moselle, director of The Wolfpack, a documentary about six brothers whose horrible living…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we look at this moment for nostalgia in pop culture. Why is there so much of it? And is it a bad thing? To talk about it, we brought in an artist who triggered a lot of nostalgia for our hosts: James Bryan, perhaps best known as Milo of the 2000s Can…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we discuss the success of Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, and bring in comic Diana Bailey to tell us about the realities of being a female comedian. Then, we talk to Rebekah Maysles, whose late father, Albert Maysles, was a pioneer in documentar…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we talk to Shauna Hunt, the CityNews reporter who made headlines by confronting a man who shouted ‘“F–k her right in the p—y” as she was doing an interview. Then, we’ll talk about the cancellation of American Idol and CSI, two of the defining shows o…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we take a deep dive into HBO’s riveting documentary about Scientology, Going Clear. It’s finally in Canadian theatres this week, so we brought in Nick Köhler, who has written his own investigation into Scientology for Maclean’s in the past, to discus…

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we take a look at a remarkable moment for trans people in pop-culture. In the wake of Bruce Jenner’s remarkable 20/20 interview where the Olympian and reality TV star came out as trans—among other cultural touchstones and celebrity figures—what does …

This week, our pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—rang rang rang up Mr. Bananaphone himself, the children’s entertainer Raffi, to talk about the legacy of Lois Lilienstein of Sharon, Lois & Bram fame, who died on Thursday at age 78. Then, we examine the tempest over Ben Affleck’s efforts to squelch a segment…

This week, our pop-culture podcast—Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—talks to the king of podcasts, Marc Maron, a stand-up comic and the host of the popular WTF, where he engages in raw, confessional interviews with celebrities. Then, we ask: In the midst of a big moment for the personal essay in literature, should young peopl…

Every Friday, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! On this week’s podcast, we speak to the Globe and…

Every Friday, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! Download this audio. On this week’s podcast (publ…

Every Friday, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! On this week’s podcast, we discuss Girls, which j…

Every Friday, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! On this week’s podcast, we discuss Kendrick Lamar…

Every Friday, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! On this week’s podcast, buoyed by the expertise o…

Photograph by May Truong Every week, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! On this week’s podcast, we…

Photograph by May Truong Every week, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and music. Expect discussion, analysis and interviews, all replicating the feeling of having a coffee and talking pop with your friends! On this week’s podcast, we…

Photograph by May Truong Looking for thoughtful analysis and friendly banter to navigate the pop culture waters? Have no fear: The Thrill, Maclean’s pop culture podcast is here! Every week, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson will gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and m…

Photograph by May Truong Looking for thoughtful analysis and friendly banter to navigate the pop culture waters? Have no fear: Maclean’s The Thrill pop culture podcast is here! Every week, Maclean’s arts writers Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson will gather to discuss and break down the hottest topics in TV, film, books and mu…