I'M SO POPULAR
190 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago -I’M SO POPULAR is an audio program from the end of the world by American drag queen in Japan, Zach Langley Chi Chi. Scream into the abyss, find another way: discussing with anyone and everyone homosexual beauty, art, culture, Madonna, Marxism, J-Pop, James Joyce, drag, death, all of it, none of it. What can be salvaged.
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Episodes
ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL with miles
November 04, 2020 14:56 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBZach and friend of the pod Miles (https://twitter.com/MalcoImFleX) are back to dissect the first night of the US 2020 presidential election. We talked about who's sexy, who will win, who's gay and who's a stupid lib, along with Azealia Banks, Kanye West, manic bipolar disorder and that time Zach had to do an entire drag look with no makeup at all. Submit your questions of any and all kinds for next week's extra special power hour q&a episode: https://forms.gle/JPYu3gQwD1mxfCVC8 impopular.me ...
19. ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL with miles
November 04, 2020 14:56 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBZach and friend of the pod Miles (https://twitter.com/MalcoImFleX) are back to dissect the first night of the US 2020 presidential election. We talked about who's sexy, who will win, who's gay and who's a stupid lib, along with Azealia Banks, Kanye West, manic bipolar disorder and that time Zach had to do an entire drag look with no makeup at all. Submit your questions of any and all kinds for next week's extra special power hour q&a episode: https://forms.gle/JPYu3gQwD1mxfCVC8 impopular.me
I'M NOT POPULAR: the beyoncé horror picture show
October 31, 2020 13:15 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIt’s the October episode of the I’M NOT POPULAR solo show and I’m all on my own, celebrating Halloween with takes on The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Beyoncé, Lemonade, Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ben Hopkins and my lack of a halloween costume. Vote in the I’m So Popular 2020 Presidential Election: https://forms.gle/MpyjMY3WXYMtT4AZ9 Buy the November issue of the I’m So Popular zine, SUFFERING, on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/889919027/im-so-popular-novembe...
18. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 and HELLO MARY LOU with john searle
October 28, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIt's the end of this year's Halloween season and Zach and John got sloshed to review two of their favorite horror sequels: the hidden gem HELLO MARY LOU PROM NIGHT 2 and wildly underrated TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2. They're both great! We covered camp, violence, divas, irony, americana, apocalypse, gore and guts in each film. Check out the November issue of the I'm So Popular zine, SUFFERING on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/889919027/im-so-popular-november-2020-suffering?ref=hp_opfy-4&fr...
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 and HELLO MARY LOU with john searle
October 28, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIt's the end of this year's Halloween season and Zach and John got sloshed to review two of their favorite horror sequels: the hidden gem HELLO MARY LOU PROM NIGHT 2 and wildly underrated TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2. They're both great! We covered camp, violence, divas, irony, americana, apocalypse, gore and guts in each film. Check out the November issue of the I'm So Popular zine, SUFFERING on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/889919027/im-so-popular-november-2020-suffering?ref=hp_opfy-4&fr...
SILENT HILL with natalie m
October 21, 2020 13:15 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBIn the spirit of the season, Zach and Natalie attempt to remember the plot of every single SILENT HILL game EVER! Even the garbage ones! We definitively review each entry in the Silent Hill universe, attempt to understand the series’ enduring mystique and popularity, rate the male characters for hotness and identify the hottest diva queens of the franchise. We even watched the movie adaptations so you don’t have to! The November issue of the I’M SO POPULAR ZINE is available now! SUFFERING, w...
17. SILENT HILL with natalie m
October 21, 2020 13:15 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBIn the spirit of the season, Zach and Natalie attempt to remember the plot of every single SILENT HILL game EVER! Even the garbage ones! We definitively review each entry in the Silent Hill universe, attempt to understand the series’ enduring mystique and popularity, rate the male characters for hotness and identify the hottest diva queens of the franchise. We even watched the movie adaptations so you don’t have to! The November issue of the I’M SO POPULAR ZINE is available now! SUFFERING, w...
TWILIGHT and MIDNIGHT SUN with emily yandel
October 14, 2020 13:11 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBOn the first ever episode recorded live and in person, Zach and Emily are deconstructing the most famous young adult vampire novel ever, TWILIGHT, its movie adaptation, cultural prominence, psychosexual content and the brand new retelling from Edward’s perspective, MIDNIGHT SUN. We didn’t like it! But we do like Robert Pattinson. Also addressed: that video of gays dancing to stupid love at a wedding, Japanese convenience stores, Zach’s trauma with breasts, miso tofu, horse girls, our high sch...
16. TWILIGHT and MIDNIGHT SUN with emily yandel
October 14, 2020 13:11 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBOn the first ever episode recorded live and in person, Zach and Emily are deconstructing the most famous young adult vampire novel ever, TWILIGHT, its movie adaptation, cultural prominence, psychosexual content and the brand new retelling from Edward’s perspective, MIDNIGHT SUN. We didn’t like it! But we do like Robert Pattinson. Also addressed: that video of gays dancing to stupid love at a wedding, Japanese convenience stores, Zach’s trauma with breasts, miso tofu, horse girls, our high sch...
15. INTERNET CELEBRITY and LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE with amina banks
October 07, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBZach and Trans Twitter legend Amina Banks are rambling and ranting in the shadiest and least comprehensible episode of I’m So Popular to date, discussing INTERNET CELEBRITY and straight men… kind of. We’re getting into Zach’s latest Twitter drama, Amina’s bathroom botox, who is and who isn’t a doll, chasers, OnlyFans gays, ketamine, camp, Azealia Banks, ball crushing, Amina’s excellent new album, transitioning and more than you can wrap your little chicken brain around. Stream Amina’s latest...
INTERNET CELEBRITY and LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE with amina banks
October 07, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBZach and Trans Twitter legend Amina Banks are rambling and ranting in the shadiest and least comprehensible episode of I’m So Popular to date, discussing INTERNET CELEBRITY and straight men… kind of. We’re getting into Zach’s latest Twitter drama, Amina’s bathroom botox, who is and who isn’t a doll, chasers, OnlyFans gays, ketamine, camp, Azealia Banks, ball crushing, Amina’s excellent new album, transitioning and more than you can wrap your little chicken brain around. Stream Amina’s latest...
BJÖRK and THE FILMOGRAPHY OF BJÖRK with comrade björk
September 30, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBBjörk! Zach and resident Björk apologist, Comrade Björk, are dissecting the music, career and filmography of the Icelandic queen of bestiality. And also that time she said the n word! We watched DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 so you don't have to, along with DANCER IN THE DARK and THE JUNIPER TREE. We also discuss her most iconic diva moments, the artistic treatment of women, whether or not Björk's a communist, Ricardo Lopez and much more. Follow Comrade Björk on twitter: https://twitter.com/boyzthere ...
14. BJÖRK and THE FILMOGRAPHY OF BJÖRK with comrade björk
September 30, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBBjörk! Zach and resident Björk apologist, Comrade Björk, are dissecting the music, career and filmography of the Icelandic queen of bestiality. And also that time she said the n word! We watched DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 so you don't have to, along with DANCER IN THE DARK and THE JUNIPER TREE. We also discuss her most iconic diva moments, the artistic treatment of women, whether or not Björk's a communist, Ricardo Lopez and much more. Follow Comrade Björk on twitter: https://twitter.com/boyzthere ...
I'M NOT POPULAR: chi chi get the yayo
September 26, 2020 13:25 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBIn September's solo episode, Chi Chi is in fact getting the yayo with a pretentious lefty reading of SCARFACE along with Paris Hilton's awful new documentary, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays and Elfriede Jelinek's Lust. We also are mourning the death of Keeping Up with the Kardashian and chatting about what the pod's accomplished thus far. Join the I'm So Popular discord: https://discord.com/invite/fU93s5X And buy the October issue of the zine: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ImSoPopular?ref=sear...
CLASS REDUCTIONISM and SHAME with river page
September 23, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBZach and Marxist writer River Page are getting hot and heavy with an analysis of the “cLaSs rEdUcTiOnIsM” debate on Twitter and SHAME’s role in #TheDiscourse. We’re also going off on Grindr canvassing, the death of the Notorious LIB, Marie Kondo living spaces, the curse of the New Left, sterility, the death of aesthetics, Equinox, Elon Musk, Lana del Rey’s existential masculinity and our favorite kinds of cigarette. Not to mention rimming and BDSM! Get into it! Read River’s elucidating “The ...
13. CLASS REDUCTIONISM and SHAME with river page
September 23, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBZach and Marxist writer River Page are getting hot and heavy with an analysis of the “cLaSs rEdUcTiOnIsM” debate on Twitter and SHAME’s role in #TheDiscourse. We’re also going off on Grindr canvassing, the death of the Notorious LIB, Marie Kondo living spaces, the curse of the New Left, sterility, the death of aesthetics, Equinox, Elon Musk, Lana del Rey’s existential masculinity and our favorite kinds of cigarette. Not to mention rimming and BDSM! Get into it! Read River’s elucidating “The ...
12. CUTIES and PEDOPHILIA PANIC with leo
September 16, 2020 13:30 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBZach and Leo watched yet another stupid Netflix movie and this week it's CUTIES. We analyzed and reviewed the film and addressed the pedo paranoia in political discourse. We also discuss the time we were on a reality TV show with Bob Saget, the fires wrecking America, pumpkin spice girls and whiskey. Check out the new I'M SO POPULAR ZINE: https://etsy.me/2RAgK1S Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/fU93s5X impopular.me
CUTIES and PEDOPHILIA PANIC with leo
September 16, 2020 13:30 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBZach and Leo watched yet another stupid Netflix movie and this week it's CUTIES. We analyzed and reviewed the film and addressed the pedo paranoia in political discourse. We also discuss the time we were on a reality TV show with Bob Saget, the fires wrecking America, pumpkin spice girls and whiskey. Check out the new I'M SO POPULAR ZINE: https://etsy.me/2RAgK1S Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/fU93s5X impopular.me (s1.E12)
11. I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS and THIRST TRAPS with justin
September 09, 2020 14:40 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBZach and Justin are tipsy and they are really babbling about the new Charlie Kaufman movie I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS along with the nonsense nightmare of gay thirst traps, sex workers, feminism and so much more. Along the way, we veer into if Arca is a furry or not, OnlyFans, victimhood, fashion, A24 movies, Ari Aster, Midsommar, furries, chihuahuas, wokeness, trans representation, Evangelion and gay body image. Follow Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunlethwaters And join us on D...
I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS and THIRST TRAPS with justin
September 09, 2020 14:40 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBZach and Justin are tipsy and they are really babbling about the new Charlie Kaufman movie I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS along with the nonsense nightmare of gay thirst traps, sex workers, feminism and so much more. Along the way, we veer into if Arca is a furry or not, OnlyFans, victimhood, fashion, A24 movies, Ari Aster, Midsommar, furries, chihuahuas, wokeness, trans representation, Evangelion and gay body image. Follow Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunlethwaters And join us on D...
JAPANESE POP MUSIC and STAN TWITTER with ronald
September 02, 2020 14:10 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBZach and Arama Japan staffer, Japan Times journalist and general villain of JPop twitter, Ronald, talk about Japanese pop music and stan culture’s role in gay legacy. We assess the broken mechanism in which young gay men interact with pop divas and how Japanese pop music got to the point it's at now. Along the way we also go off about how Japanese men kiss (lots of tongue), homosexual shame, Mishima Yukio, dentistry, maintaining a sexual image as a female pop star, OnlyFans, the never-ending ...
10. JAPANASE POP MUSIC and STAN TWITTER with ronald
September 02, 2020 14:10 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBZach and Arama Japan staffer, Japan Times journalist and general villain of JPop twitter, Ronald, talk about Japanese pop music and stan culture’s role in gay legacy. We assess the broken mechanism in which young gay men interact with pop divas and how Japanese pop music got to the point it's at now. Along the way we also go off about how Japanese men kiss (lots of tongue), homosexual shame, Mishima Yukio, dentistry, maintaining a sexual image as a female pop star, OnlyFans, the never-ending ...
09. KATY PERRY and SMILE with kenna
September 02, 2020 13:40 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBZach and the hottest lesbian little monster on Twitter discuss Katy Perry’s career in detail and review her new album, Smile. They also have time to sum up the VMAs and analyze Adele’s new #TotallyNotCancelled Jamaican lewk. They also talk at LENGTH about Lady Gaga, clowns, pregnancy, corsets, the rise of hip hop in top forty, sexual expectations of women in pop culture, appropriation, self flagellation in the public eye and so much more. Find Kenna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakeurkit...
KATY PERRY and SMILE with kenna
September 02, 2020 13:40 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBZach and the hottest lesbian little monster on Twitter discuss Katy Perry’s career in detail and review her new album, Smile. They also have time to sum up the VMAs and analyze Adele’s new #TotallyNotCancelled Jamaican lewk. They also talk at LENGTH about Lady Gaga, clowns, pregnancy, corsets, the rise of hip hop in top forty, sexual expectations of women in pop culture, appropriation, self flagellation in the public eye and so much more. Find Kenna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakeurkit...
I'M NOT POPULAR: harajuku girls, beautiful men and communist suicide
August 29, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIt's the new monthly solo show from Zach Langley Chi Chi, I'M NOT POPULAR! On the first episode all by herself, Zach takes on all the hot topics, music, movies and books we didn't get around to on the main show. This month it's everything from Jeffree Star and the Republican National Convention to Oscar Wilde and my new favorite communist torture porn, United Red Army. Also addressed, Gwen Stefani, American Gigolo, David Lynch's Inland Empire and there's even some time for some Drake Discou...
THE LAST OF US PART II with matt and peter
August 26, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBZach finally finished THE LAST OF US PART II so he's got two of his frattiest gamer bros to chat about it. We also talk video game violence, brutality, trans representation, gay representation, dog representation, Star Wars, Avatar the Last Airbender and Zach's continuing lack of awareness toward any state between Nevada and New York. impopular.me (s1.E08)
08. THE LAST OF US PART II with matt and peter
August 26, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBZach finally finished THE LAST OF US PART II so he's got two of his frattiest gamer bros to chat about it. We also talk video game violence, brutality, trans representation, gay representation, dog representation, Star Wars, Avatar the Last Airbender and Zach's continuing lack of awareness toward any state between Nevada and New York.
07. CHINA and GAY DECADENCE with twink revolution
August 19, 2020 13:45 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBZach takes on the iconic divas of Twink Revolution to tackle contemporary discourse around China and the role of gay decadence in Marxist movements. Along the way, they get into slurs, cancelling, Asian neoliberalism, Stonewall, Tik Tok, streetwear, who deserves human rights and also Hamilton. Check out Twink Revolution on their website: http://pod.twinkrev.com/ And their twitter: https://twitter.com/twinkrev
CHINA and GAY DECADENCE with twink revolution
August 19, 2020 13:45 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBZach takes on the iconic divas of Twink Revolution to tackle contemporary discourse around China and the role of gay decadence in Marxist movements. Along the way, they get into slurs, cancelling, Asian neoliberalism, Stonewall, Tik Tok, streetwear, who deserves human rights and also Hamilton. Check out Twink Revolution on their website: http://pod.twinkrev.com/ And their twitter: https://twitter.com/twinkrev impopular.me (s1.E07)
MADONNA with shantytyrelle
August 12, 2020 16:11 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBFor an unhinged eighty minute session of inebriated gay screaming, Zach gets uncomfortably drunk and shrieks about the queen of pop with notorious Madonna stan David (@shantytyrelle). They get into ALL OF IT: her best albums, every controversy, Cher, Eurovision, HIV/AIDs, drugs, Kylie Minogue, voguing and pedophilia. Also featuring the cicadas living in David's backyard, way too many shots of tequila and more slurring than you will believe possible from Zach herself. About to change the name ...
06. MADONNA with shantytyrelle
August 12, 2020 16:11 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBFor an unhinged eighty minute session of inebriated gay screaming, Zach gets uncomfortably drunk and shrieks about the queen of pop with notorious Madonna stan David (@shantytyrelle). They get into ALL OF IT: her best albums, every controversy, Cher, Eurovision, HIV/AIDs, drugs, Kylie Minogue, voguing and pedophilia. Also featuring the cicadas living in David's backyard, way too many shots of tequila and more slurring than you will believe possible from Zach herself. About to change the name ...
05. GAY PEOPLE and PERSONAL BRANDING with kyle
August 05, 2020 14:00 - 57 minutes - 104 MBZach and Kyle diagnose the rise of contemporary gay men's self hating moralism and tremble in fear before the uncontrollable engine of personal branding on social media. Also discussed: Black Lives Matter, Lady Gaga, Lena Dunham's Girls (again), Ziwe's interview with Caroline Calloway, bathhouses and the difference between Montana and Wyoming.
GAY PEOPLE and PERSONAL BRANDING with kyle
August 05, 2020 14:00 - 57 minutes - 104 MBZach and Kyle diagnose the rise of contemporary gay men's self hating moralism and tremble in fear before the uncontrollable engine of personal branding on social media. Also discussed: Black Lives Matter, Lady Gaga, Lena Dunham's Girls (again), Ziwe's interview with Caroline Calloway, bathhouses and the difference between Montana and Wyoming. impopular.me (s1.E05)
04. TAYLOR SWIFT and FOLKLORE with sam
July 29, 2020 14:50 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBZach was only going to put out one episode this week but then Taylor Swift went ahead and dropped her new surprise album so he’s recruited 100% real swiftie Sam to dissect the record and pop starlet in general. Also discussed: acting, The Last of Us Part II (spoilers), white nationalism, Lana Del Rey, celebrities as virtue tokens, Rihanna, Kanye West, gay men’s taste in popular music and a whole lot more. reuploaded with improved audio <3
TAYLOR SWIFT and FOLKLORE with sam
July 29, 2020 14:50 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBZach was only going to put out one episode this week but then Taylor Swift went ahead and dropped her new surprise album so he’s recruited 100% real swiftie Sam to dissect the record and pop starlet in general. Also discussed: acting, The Last of Us Part II (spoilers), white nationalism, Lana Del Rey, celebrities as virtue tokens, Rihanna, Kanye West, gay men’s taste in popular music and a whole lot more. reuploaded with improved audio <3 impopular.me (s1.E04)
BIRTHDAYS and INTROVERTS with natalie
July 29, 2020 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBZach and Natalie celebrate their mutual birthdays as they contemplate their accelerating march toward death and discuss introverts, along with homewrecking, astrology, student government, dating apps, Alexa, technology, zoomers, bars in the #AgeOfCovid, adoption, parenthood, marriage equality in Asia and honestly the gamut of human existence. impopular.me (s1.E03)
03. BIRTHDAYS and INTROVERTS with natalie
July 29, 2020 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBZach and Natalie celebrate their mutual birthdays as they contemplate their accelerating march toward death and discuss introverts, along with homewrecking, astrology, student government, dating apps, Alexa, technology, zoomers, bars in the #AgeOfCovid, adoption, parenthood, marriage equality in Asia and honestly the gamut of human existence.
02. KANYE WEST with miles
July 22, 2020 14:05 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBZach and Miles trouble the reality of Kanye West's presidential bid and rank every single one of his albums from worst to best. Also discussed: Drake's not so ambiguous sexuality, white America, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Taylor Swift.
01. DRAG QUEENS and ALCOHOL with miku divine
July 22, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBZach and Nagoya drag superstar Miku Divine discuss the art of drag and drinking alcohol, along with Jehovah's Witnesses, heterosexual men, wig shopping, lip syncing, throwing up and gen z on the very first episode of I'M SO POPULAR.
00. I'M SO POPULAR Preview
July 16, 2020 10:40 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MBZach Langley Chi Chi introduces himself and begins slowly revealing his completely unchecked egocentrism on the preview episode of I'M SO POPULAR, a new cultural commentary nightmare podcast featuring a different one of his many illustrious friends, followers and haters every week.