Susie Watson, trend analyst and pop culture pundit teams up with cartoonist Barbara Luhring. Together they tear through the real and manufactured trends in pop culture today. Listen in!

Archive for September, 2006

Google Gaga

by Barb & Susie on September 26th, 2006

No, not baby talk, just our favorite search engine. Barb and Susie talk about the phenom called Google and have fun with Google Labs products such as Google Trend Lab. Compare ideas, people, words - you name it - and see it all on a fun graph complete with highlights and news coverage. Competitors are gunning for google, and the battle is just heating up. How do you search? Leave a comment at popgoestheculture.com.

Music: Still Searching by The Kwyet Kings

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Secret Celebrities

by Susie Watson on September 19th, 2006

Barb and Susie fess up about their guilty celebrity choices and
describe why even they fall for celebrities at times. Who can’t you
get enough of?

Music: Guilty Pleasures by Ultra Vivid Scene from Joy: 1967-1990

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Tattoos: Mutilation or Decoration?

by Susie Watson on September 12th, 2006

Tattoos: Mutilation or Decoration?

Barb and Susie cover the rich lore and artistry of tattoos as well as
present day practices. Stories by Bradbury, Kafka, Flan O’Connor, and
Tanizaki illustrate the fascination with tattoos that cultures have
always had. What inspires people to get one or more? Listen in and
don’t forget to comment at www.popgoestheculture.com .

Music: Tattoo, by Reese from the album “baby”

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