Stop Everything!
229 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBenjamin Law and Beverley Wang host your end-of-week blitz on what everyone's watching and listening to right now. Featuring big-name interviews that go deep, and big thoughts on pop culture with your two smart friends — this is the show about how everything in your feed reflects – and affects – the world. Culture moves fast — so Stop Everything! and listen in.
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Episodes
Acknowledgement of Country
July 12, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBHunter Page Lochard on Play School's 'Acknowledgement of Country' episode, we meet three First Nations drag queens and revisit Brigg's internet journey.
Claudia O'Doherty and the end of TV
July 05, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBComedian Claudia O’Doherty's new ABC Comedy web series, visual artist Hannah Brontë and hip hop artist Kween G on Motherlode and Series Mania's Francois-Pier Pelinard-Lambert on TV trends.
End Of Financial Year Pop Cultural Stocktake
June 28, 2019 00:05 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBHappy EOFY! To celebrate Beverley and Benjamin are joined by podcaster Helen Zaltzman, comedy writer Bec Shaw, journalist Naaman Zhou & hip hop artist Remi Kolawole to discuss the best and worst stories in pop culture so far this year, and get in some early ‘best of’ picks for 2019.
Demystifying Michael Hutchence
June 21, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBAcclaimed director Richard Lowenstein on his new documentary about INXS' Michael Hutchence, Junkee's Jared Richards shares his thoughts on Taylor Swift's new Pride-themed video clip and we meet Youtube star Korean Billy.
*You're breathtaking*
June 14, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBRae Johnston brings us all the news out of E3, we meet cosplayers and fans at Oz Comic Con and we catch up with comedian and journalist Aamer Rahman.
Lost and found
June 07, 2019 00:05 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBFootage from Aretha Franklin's 1972 live album recording finally sees the light of day, we look at Tank Man on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and for Eid we appreciate some viral Muslim memes.
Designing podcasts, sneakers and rom coms
May 31, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MB99% Invisible's Avery Trufelman lets us in on some of the design podcast's secrets, multi-hyphenate New York street culture vulture Bobbito Garcia on his autobiographical documentary and Golden Gibbo-nominated comedian Margot Tanjutco dishes on romcoms and performs a song for us.
When fans go stan
May 24, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBFans are not happy with the Game of Thrones finale so what happens when fans turn and go full stan? ABC Indigenous' Margaret Ross on creating their deadly social media content and their mission to Indigenise cyberspace plus video artist Arthur Jafa on his short film Love is the Message, the Message is Death.
Eurovision is the brat(wurst)
May 17, 2019 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBWe prepare for the grand finales of the Eurovision song contest (with academic Jess Carniel), the Australian election (with comedian Michael Hing) and Game of Thrones (with Ben's feelings).
Let's go Camping
May 10, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBThis year's Met Gala theme was "camp" but did the celebs pull it off? NGV curator Katie Somerville and Miss First Nations finalist Chocolate Boxx weigh in. Plus journalist Eileen Ormsby takes us to the dark web.
Live from the Sydney Writers' Festival
May 03, 2019 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBAt the SWF, Beverley and Benjamin are joined by writers Brittney Cooper, Omar Sakr and Zoe Norton Lodge.
BONUS: Ben Law makes it through #GameOfThrones' longest night
April 30, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBIn a special podcast extra Benjamin Law is forced to relive the Battle of Winterfell with Beverley Wang, who has never seen an episode of Game of Thrones.
Holy Homecoming!
April 26, 2019 00:05 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBBeyonce delivers the goods and creates her own black university with her Netflix concert film Homecoming, social documentary photographer and celebrated artist William Yang gives us a tour of Sydney's underground queer party scene, and Indian comedian Kanan Gill introduces us to some strange conspiracy theories about Finland and Britney Spears.
Easter Eggtravaganza
April 19, 2019 00:05 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBIt's Easter/Passover so we're bringing you some eggcellent 2019 highlights from millennial burnout to some questions about the nature of Mario and Luigi's relationship.
Yee-haw, trap and a new kind of popstar
April 12, 2019 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBWe get to know Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, two chart-dominating teen stars who are shaking up the music industry with their internet savvy and genre non-conforming ways, and we cover the latest gaming news.
Recapper's Delight
April 04, 2019 23:05 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBRecappers James Weir (MAFS) and Natalie Bochenski (Game of Thrones) on the art of the recap, and with Games of Thrones ending, what the heck should we watch instead? Plus emerging comedians Aurelia St Clair and Annie Louey on their shows at MICF.
Briggs loves memes
March 28, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBBriggs takes us to his favourite place on the world wide web, we look at K-pop's #metoo reckoning and from Get Krack!n's finale to Egg Boy, it's all about eggs.
Is it time to leave Neverland?
March 21, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBWe look at live streaming and the responsibility of social media platforms in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, talk over the documentary detailing sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson and our teen correspondent mourns the cancellation of Netflix's One Day at a Time.
#TeamRon (fish) vs #TeamBev (snake)
March 14, 2019 23:05 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBComedian Ronny Chieng tries to fill in for Benjamin Law and introduces us to a haunting video of a fish eating a bird, the world wide web turns 30 and documentary maker Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore on her efforts to crew her music video shoots almost entirely with women.
Festival of the Female
March 07, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBFor International Women's Day, Beverley talks feminism(s) with The Wave's Noreen Malone and journalist Joan Morgan. Plus Carly Findlay introduces us to five disabled and chronically ill fashionistas to follow online.
Can the internet 'Do The Right Thing'?
February 28, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBGreen Book isn't our cup of tea, the internet seems to finally be making an effort to be less of a trash place (and speaking of the web, our pals at The Signal take us somewhere weird) PLUS Bev tries to get her podcast mojo back.
Podcast extra: Stop Everything x The Screen Show's Oscar wrap
February 25, 2019 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThe Screen Show's Jason Di Rosso and Lauren Carroll Harris pair up with Stop Everything's Beverley Wang and Benjamin Law with a hot off the press Oscars special podcast. We break down the winners, the losers, the memorable speeches and how the hostless Academy Awards played out.
The Kates from Get Krack!n, Indigicon and Frozen 2
February 21, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBGet Krack!n's Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan - with the help of writer Jessica Walton - dedicate an episode of their distinktly inkompetent morning show to disability, Indigicon is coming to Australia so we speak to Lee Francis (founder of the US-based Indigicon) and Cienan Muir (director of the Australian Indigicon) PLUS Frozen 2, live-action Aladdin and some MAFS follow up.
Clementine Ford on MAFS, Zan Rowe on the Grammys and Mario Luigi internet folklore
February 14, 2019 23:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBFeminist icon Clementine Ford shares why she's obsessed with Channel 9's Married At First Sight, Double J's Zan Rowe dishes on what went down at the Grammy Awards and The Guardian's Naaman Zhou asks whether Mario respects Luigi?
Liam Neeson, Dolly Doctor vs Netflix's Sex Education, Electric Fields' Eurovision bid and Spotify buys Gimlet
February 07, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBLiam Neeson's inflammatory race-based comments (we wish we didn't have to do this), Dolly Doctor on Netflix's Sex Education, Eurovision-hopefuls Electric Fields and Spotify drops over $200 million on podcast production house Gimlet.
Studio 10: Yumi vs KAK, RIP Buzzfeed and Midsumma's Drag A Thon
January 31, 2019 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBA recap of the Studio 10 showdown between Kerri-Anne Kennerly and Yumi Stynes over the January 26th protests, Assoc Prof Andrea Carson and former Buzzfeed head of quizzes Matthew Perpetua assess the legacy and future of Buzzfeed following a swathe of job cuts, and we take a trip to Midsumma's Drag A Thon to look at the impact of Rupaul's Drag Race on the Australian drag scene.
Millennial Burnout, Fyre Festival fail and Triple J Hottest 100
January 24, 2019 23:05 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBBuzzfeed’s senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen on her viral essay 'How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation", Junkee Music editor Jules LeFevre on the new Fyre Festival documentaries and teen correspondent Kasey Theuma unpacks the JJJ hottest 100 countdown.
Highlights: the rise and rise of e-sports, Crazy Rich Asians with Corrie Chen and star Ronny Chieng
January 17, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBAngharad Yeo on e-sports, Australian director Corrie Chen shares her feels on the first majority Asian-American Hollywood film for 25 years Crazy Rich Asians, and we're joined by one of the film's stars, Ronny Chieng.
Highlights: Zoe Coombs Marr, If You Are the One, intimacy directors in the #MeToo era
January 10, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBComedian Zoe Coombs Marr on her love of Xena: Warrior Princess and transitioning from her alter-ego Dave back to herself, the success of Chinese dating show If You Are the One with SBS translator Jing Han and Australian contestant Mandy Chan, and intimacy director Claire Warden on what she does and why it's taken off since #MeToo.
Highlights special: the Kates at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
January 03, 2019 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBOn this week's highlights episode, we bring you Benjamin Law's conversation with Get Krack!n and The Katering Show co-creators and stars Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney.
Highlights: Gates McFadden, I Used to Be Normal, Bronies, Fansplaining
December 27, 2018 23:05 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBThis week's highlights is all about fans and fandom, with Gates McFadden aka Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation on the convention circuit, Australian filmmaker Jess Leski on her boy band fan documentary I Used to Be Normal, Alicon brings Bronies (male My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) fans to Adelaide, and hosts of Fansplaining podcast Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel.
Highlights: Queer Eye, Superwog, internet purity, Dilruk Jayasinha on Friends
December 20, 2018 23:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBWe kick off summer highlights with Karamo Brown and Tan France on the Queer Eye reboot, Theo and Nathan Saidden are brothers and stars of the hit Youtube channel - and now ABC Comedy series - Superwog, Mel Campbell on the internet's quest for purity, and comedian Dilruk Jayasinha on his obsession with Friends growing up in Sri Lanka.
The 2018 Stop Everythingies!
December 13, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBYumi Stynes, Osman Faruqi, and Brodie Lancaster join Beverley and Ben to battle it out and state their case for the most stand-out TV, music, and internet moments of 2018.
Trina Robbins on drawing Wonder Woman, Christmas horror, Hanukkah, Tumblr bans adult content, the end of Rookie mag
December 06, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBHow comic artist and historian Trina Robbins made history, Lauren Rosewarne on Christmas horror films, producer Hannah Reich on Hanukkah pop culture, Tumblr has banned adult content after child pornography concerns, and Rookie mag has folded.
Zan Rowe gives the ARIAs lowdown, Witch Hunt podcast dissects #MeToo, Lena Dunham, The Lion King
November 29, 2018 23:05 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBDouble J presenter Zan Rowe gives her take on this year's ARIA Awards, co-host of Guardian Australia's new #MeToo podcast Witch Hunt, a profile of Lena Dunham has set the internet ablaze, and Disney releases The Lion King remake trailer.
Social video app TikTok gets the world dancing, Bluey charms on ABC KIDS, Courtney Act, Australian accents
November 22, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBABC tech reporter Ariel Bogle on the huge Chinese social video app TikTok, Brisbane animator Joe Brumm on his hit children's animation Bluey, Courtney Act hosts new bisexual dating reality show The Bi Life, Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming sells nine copies per second, and why are fake Australian accents so bad?
Remembering Stan Lee, Red Dead Redemption 2 and flawed feminism
November 15, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWe remember Marvel Comics' Stan Lee, travel to the wild west to explore video game mega hit Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Spice Girls embrace "people power".
Pop power panel, Reni Eddo-Lodge and Rebel Wilson's twitter stumble
November 08, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWe unpack the return of the Spice Girls, Ariana Grande's new song and the (possible) return of power ballads, with Saskwatch's Nkechi Anele and Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding. Plus we catch up with Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, and look at the backlash to Rebel Wilson's claim that she's the first plus-size woman to star in a romcom.
Twitter's quest for "healthy conversations", the rise of intimacy directors in the #MeToo era, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
November 01, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWhat are "healthy conversations" and is Twitter the place for them? Plus, we speak to intimacy director Claire Warden, who choreographs sexual scenes for stage and screen, and Awaye's Rudi Bremer takes us through supernatural series.
Superwog, 1-844-WYT-FEAR, and Whovian Rhianna Patrick
October 25, 2018 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBTheo and Nathan Saidden - brothers and stars of the hit Superwog Youtube channel and now ABC Comedy series, New York Times video producer Taige Jensen on editorial satire in the 21st century, and Whovian Girl and ABC radio presenter Rhianna Patrick on Dr Who's encounter with Rosa Parks.
Miss First Nation, the art of the confessional podcast and the end of Cosmo Australia
October 18, 2018 23:05 - 53 minutes - 74 MBMiss First Nation co-organiser Ben Graetz and finalist Jay Jay Carroll/Bailey Legal, CBC documentary maker and podcast producer Veronica Simmonds and ABC pop culture and music reporter Paul Donoughue on the end of Cosmo Australia and the unfolding saga of Nick “Honey Badger” Cummins.
The Australian Women in Music Awards, portraying mental illness on screen, manga artist Queenie Chan and Taylor Swift gets political
October 11, 2018 23:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBAustralian Women in Music Awards founder Vicki Gordon, for Mental Health Week we discuss portrayals of mental illness on screen with Dr Fincina Hopgood, one of Australia's only female manga artists Queenie Chan and Taylor Swift finally declares her politics.
Jane Caro on the invisibility of older women, queerbaiting, the power of triple j, Kanye West on SNL
October 05, 2018 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBWriter and commentator Jane Caro on being an older woman and how they are represented on screen, Julian Rizzo-Smith discusses queerbaiting and queering X-Men, Brodie Lancaster on whether triple j has a stranglehold on the Australian music industry, Kanye West's on and off air SNL appearance.
Highlights: Alia Shawkat moves on from Arrested Development, You Can't Ask That, Mojo Juju
September 28, 2018 00:05 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBThis week we Stop Everything to bring you some of the year's highlights: Alia Shawkat on Arrested Development, Search Party, and films Duck Butter and Blaze, You Can't Ask That's Kirk Docker and Aaron Smith on the making of the popular question/answer program, and Mojo Juju speaks about the personal politics of Native Tongue and treats us to a live performance of her track Don't Stop Me Now.
Pop culture joys of spring, Dalara Williams on Black Comedy, Gates McFadden on TNG
September 21, 2018 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBStop Everything! shares your - and our - pop culture happy places: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Terrace House, cookbooks, Instapoetry and more... Plus, Dalara Williams on season three of Black Comedy, and Gates McFadden on keeping up with Star Trek: The Next Generation fans.
Serena Williams cartoon controversy, Bronies, Pose
September 14, 2018 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBMark Knight's Serena Williams cartoon, My Little Pony fans have a new Bronies convention in Adelaide, and Pose brings voguing to TV drama
The rise and rise of e-sports, Neighbours' gay wedding, reporting Steve Bannon
September 07, 2018 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBAngharad Yeo on e-sports, Neighbours' first same-sex wedding, controversy around former Trump strategist Steve Bannon's interview on Four Corners and disinvitation to the New Yorker Festival
If You Are the One, Ronny Chieng, Big Bang Theory, Serena Williams' tutu
August 31, 2018 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThe If You Are the One phenomenon, Ronny Chieng on Crazy Rich Asians, the Big Bang Theory goes out without a bang, and Serena Williams' rebellious tutu.
"Party King" Andrew W.K., Madonna and the VMAs, Book Club, All the Boys I've Loved Before
August 24, 2018 00:05 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBThe party philosophy of Andrew W.K., Madonna's 60th birthday and Aretha Franklin tribute at MTV's Video Music Awards, older women's reawakened libidos in Book Club, and teen romance All the Boys I've Loved Before
Feels around Crazy Rich Asians, Alia Shawkat, Filthy Rich and Homeless, the Bachelor
August 17, 2018 00:05 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MBCorrie Chen on the first majority Asian-American Hollywood film for 25 years Crazy Rich Asians, Alia Shawkat on Duck Butter, Arrested Development and Search Party, Ben gets Filthy Rich and Homeless, and the Honey Badger Bachelor