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Good Pop is taking a break this week as our hosts catch up with some personal and professional matters, so to keep you company, we're dropping in the latest episode from fellow Potluck Pod Golden Hour, a podcast featuring Asian American music artists.

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Today on the pod: Charlene and Dave share their first concert experiences. Then, they talk with Ashrita Kumar, the captivating frontperson of the punk band Pinkshift. Ashrita shares stories...

On this episode, the good pop crew (minus Hanh) checks out the new Monterverse team-up movie Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, a film about kaijus fighting, buildings crashing, and the people around them that explain whats going on. We're here for the giant monster battle royale, but will it be enough to elevate this film to the level of good pop?

What's Popping? - Bruce Springsteen, Shin Godzilla, Top Chef

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On this episode of Good Pop we check out the new Netflix series 3 Body Problem, a hard science fiction epic about how humanity might with an impending invasion from a technologically superior civilization. So how does this western adaptation of Liu Cixin's seminal Chinese sci-fi novel turn out? Find out if it makes the grade as good pop!

What's Popping? - Cowboy Carter, Who Killed the Video Star? The Story of MTV podcast, Relative Strangers by A.H. Kim, Top Chef

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On our March edition of Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup, "Do We Want This?" we discuss the some of the latest casting and adaptation announcements featuring Asian American actors and stories, as well as the recent renewals and cancellations at Netflix. Also the return of Go Asian as the new Top Chef season kicks off!

What's Popping? - Physical 100, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, Top Chef

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On this episode of Good Pop, we observe St. Patrick's day by partaking in some Irish flavored Rom Com fun with the new Lindsay Lohan film on Netflix, Irish Wish, about a woman who has to deal with the consequences of a spontaneous wish come true. But the real question is whether this wish end up being good pop or not?

What's Popping? - Eternal Sunshine/Deeper Well, Chicken Nugget, The Last Bloodcarver

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On this episode, we check out FX's new prestige historical drama Shogun, the latest adaptation of the 1975 novel by James Clavell about an English bloke in feudal Japan. Loosely based on real life historical figures and events, how does this newest adaptation approach the original's themes, and does it elevate the show to become good pop?

What's Popping? - The Oscars, Royals Shenanigans, Unicorn Overlord (again)

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On this episode of good pop, we check out the new Netflix Live Action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, a beloved fantasy adventure series about warriors who can control the elements fighting against imperialism in an Asian-inspired fantasy world (this time with more actual Asians). So has Netflix pulled off the impossible and created some good pop?

What's Popping? - Dune Part 2, Nai Nai & Wai Po, Women of Good Fortune

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It's just Marvin and Hanh today for our February edition of Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup, "Do We Want This?" Join us as we discuss the upcoming Moana sequel, K-Content coming to streamers, three Body competition, and a Naruto adaptation?

What's Popping? - The Vince Staples Show, Avatar The Last Airbender

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On this episode, we check out the new Asian Australian rom com FIVE BLIND DATES, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video about a woman who returns to her hometown and is told by a fortune teller to go on five blind dates to find her soulmate. We are on record for being fans of romcoms, but does this one have the right formula to become good pop?

What's Popping? - The Wiz, Ready, Set, Love, Unicorn Overlord

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On this episode of Good Pop, we check out Amazon Prime's new series Mr. & Mrs. Smith, a re-imagining of the 2005 film and the 1996 series, starring Maya Erskine and Donald Glover as two secret agents for hire who are paired up by an agency that matches up couples for special ops assignments. The show is part spy procedural, and part millennial romantic drama, and definitely not what we expected, but does it make the grade as good pop?

What's Popping? - Joan, Super Bowl, Helldivers 2

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