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Pop Culture: The Soft Drinks Podcast

Helen O'Hara & Kat Brown

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Welcome to Pop Culture, the podcast that puts soft drinks at the top of the menu. Helen O'Hara and Kat Brown are arts journalists who don’t drink: Helen's a life-long teetotaller, and Kat is four years sober. Join us as we explore the culture lifting soft drinks out of the dark ages, hear from guests about their favourite non-booze options, and meet the people making things delicious. If you’re fed up of being given elderflower cordial at weddings, this is the pod for you. Send us your non-b ...
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Pop Culture is officially international! A little while ago, Helen visited Board Dublin, another fantastic alcohol-free bar with a massive selection of non-alc drinks. By day, you can enjoy food, coffee and interesting drinks upstairs in the bright and airy cafe, as well as delving in to the massive selection of board games on offer (bagsie the Jur…
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Kat and Helen are off on another adventure this episode, visiting Club Soda in London. Club Soda is a fantastic resource for those wanting to drink less or not at all: founded almost a decade ago by Laura Willoughby as a sort of non-drinking equivalent to Weight Watchers, a community for non-drinkers, former drinkers or those trying to cut down or …
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I'm delighted to have Cody McBroom on the podcast, and this has been one which has been a long time coming! In this episode you can expect topics including: why mindset matters more than macros, body positivity, why you need to "look in the mirror" if you want to get ahead in life, how to live an above average life, and the myths that need to GO wh…
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On this special bonus episode of Pop Culture, your hosts Kat Brown and Helen O'Hara reunite to catch you up on what's been happening since you last heard us, and explain the new plans for the show (we're going fortnightly, basically - or if you're American, every two weeks). We also took the opportunity to try a new tipple we'd been sent. Wednesday…
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Is it overkill to say that Ben Branson basically invented the non-alc drinks space as we have it now? Through his invention, Seedlip, a billion-dollar non-alc industry now exists, bringing quality drinks into restaurants, bars, and homes around the world. Ben tells us the hard truths of launching a new product when you're one person (especially whe…
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Ready to become the fittest and strongest version of yourself both physically and mentally and unlock your full potential? Book in your Free Transformation Strategy Call to find out how we can help you go from where you are now, to where you want to go with minimal sacrifices and the lowest barrier to change! Book Your Call Here → https://ys3qj9t6u…
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Ready to become the fittest and strongest version of yourself both physically and mentally and unlock your full potential? Book in your Free Transformation Strategy Call to find out how we can help you go from where you are now, to where you want to go with minimal sacrifices and the lowest barrier to change! Book Your Call Here → https://ys3qj9t6u…
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What the hell happened to Lilt? If you were blindsided over its reincarnation as a Fanta drink in 2023, then consumer journalist Rob Brown is here to tell you what happened and why. Plus, cocktails that taste like Yankee Candles (bad) and Blue WKD's reinvention as a 0% drink (erm, good, we guess?) and a lovely mailbag of listener stories and feedba…
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After last week's Fat Duck episode where we learned that fine restaurant had created its own cola in part to tempt Coke-addicted diners into trying something familiar but different, we are thrilled to welcome Helen's colleague from the magnificent Empire Film Podcast, and podcasting's number one Coke fiend, Chris Hewitt, onto the show to talk about…
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The Fat Duck is one of the most creative restaurants in the world – we've paid to go, twice – and since 2018, Head Sommelier Melania Bellesini has made sure its soft drinks have measured up to its vast wine list. We were invited to get the gossip on their non-alc drinks and, unsurprisingly, jumped at the chance! From Melania's attempts at perfectin…
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Listener Richard Kirke emailed in to offer us some explanation of how decisions are made around sweeteners and sugar in soft drinks, and how companies balance them out – especially post-sugar tax. Why Richard? Well, as well as being a composer, Richard glories in the job of beverage technician – he is one of the people who designs drinks and recali…
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Hello if you've come here from Grazia! If you're listening before Feb 1st, your two favourite pop enthusiasts have written about all things soft and you can read our piece in the current issue. Our guest today is Professor David Nutt, the renowned neuropsychopharmacologist and all-round science legend, who has dedicated much of his career to unders…
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There's quite a lot of literal pop culture in this episode, with a lot of talk about film – Helen has a new Shakespeare buddy in Tom Hiddleston and a glorious story involving Coca-Cola from Mia McKenna-Bruce – and of equity and equality in the entertainment industry. Our guest is DJ Paulette: international DJ, legend of the Haçienda, author of Welc…
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We're all about spirits this week – not just because both of us went to see My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican (squee!) but because Helen chatted to Chris Bax of Wetherby craft sprit, Bax Botanics, (those delicious drinks we tried on our New Year episode) about the hows, whys, and whats of making a non-alcoholic spirit. And yes, this includes why …
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Yes, that is indeed a can of cereal milk pale ale – because when you run a craft nolo (no or low alcohol) brewery, you can do anything. We're talking about all things beer this week, and Mash Gang, co-founded during lockdown by our guest, Michael Baggs, has explored where beer can go more than almost any company we can think of. Helen met Michael t…
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Happy New Year and welcome to the show! Helen and Kat share their Christmas drinks and New Year's resolutions (spoiler: don't do them in January, it's miserable enough) before welcoming the genuinely divine Helen McGinn, wine expert, author, and star of Saturday Kitchen (and, as of Saturday night, Celebrity The Weakest Link!). Helen was a supermark…
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What's it like growing up teetotal in Northern Ireland? Or studying (and working) in England with booze everywhere you go? In our second bonus episode before the series launches on New Year's Day, Helen tells Kat about her background with not drinking alcohol, having your drink spiked "for a laugh", secrets to getting through boozy celebrations wit…
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Before we start the series proper – and you'll be shocked to hear that a Dry January episode *will* be landing on New Year's Day – we have a couple of bonus episodes to introduce your hosts and our aims for the series. Helen and Kat come at soft drinks from different angles. Helen is a lifelong teetotaller, and Kat is four years sober. Helen asks K…
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Today I have Lucy Moffat on the show, she's someone I've known for the longest prior to being in the fitness industry and someone I have a lot of shared values with as well. We cover through a lot of things that doesn't get spoken about enough such as the realities of being in shape as a parent, female fitness advice, restrictive dieting and the di…
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I believe coaching is one of the biggest gifts we have, the ability to hire and ask for help from people that have been there, done it and are able to help you get to where they go is priceless. Charlie is someone that has been a mentor and coach to me over the last year, and has had a huge influence on my development to date, and as much as we oft…
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We have a repeated guest for today's episode, Micah Katerina who is the founder of Lifestyle Physique with her partner Euan Murray. We share a lot of similar values together, and she's the perfect guest to have on to speak about female body recomposition and how to achieve the next level in body and in life. You can connect further with Micah over …
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I've personally been really looking forward to this chat with Alex Povey for a very long time, and it has been a conversation worth waiting for. Alex Povey is an OG in the mentoring space for fitness professionals, as he helps fitness coaches build a business they're proud of, and become an authority in the space. In this podcast, you can hear how …
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Welcome to Pop Culture, the podcast that brings soft drinks to the top of the menu. Your hosts are Helen O’Hara, film journalist, author, and life-long teetotaller, and Kat Brown, jack of all trades and four years sober. We're arts journalists who don’t drink and love to swap soft drink recommendations and pictures of just... bad drinks menus. In t…
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Recap: Consider the “Emotional Cycle of Change” before quitting any goal. Uninformed Optimism Informed Pessimism Valley of Despair Informed Optimism Success & Fulfillment Understanding the five stages is fuel for transformation. Reaction is pain. Anticipation is power.
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