Pop Culture Preservation Society

This episode is a recap of Kristin's experience at STAND BY ME LIVE, a screening of the 1986 movie followed by a Q&A with the film's stars, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell and Corey Feldman. As the movie celebrates its 40th birthday, we now see it through an adult lens that reveals a far more profound and emotional story about young boys and friendship, a perspective we didn't have as teens in the 80s. The film's stars clearly shared a bond forged in childhood and they held up Rob Reiner as one of the few directors they worked with who cherished them and allowed them to be children. Stand By Me Live felt like a tribute to childhood friendships and a memorial for the dearly departed Rob Reiner. Visit standbymelive.com to see if there's a show near you.Subscribe to our Substack newsletter hereClick here for a year of Remind Magazine for only $12.Shop our link at bookshop.org to support independent bookstores and the PCPS.Subscribe to our YouTube channel hereFollow the Pop Culture Preservation Society on Instagram, Facebook an TikTokSupport the PCPS by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check all the extra perks you get here.Help the PCPS keep on truckin' by making a one-time donation hereSubscribe to the PCPS email newsletter, "The Weekly Reader" hereSend us an email at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

How Costco’s ESPRIT Sweatshirts Caused a GenX Pandemonium and Why It’s About So Much More Than a SweatshirtAs we navigate the complexities of mid-life and menopause, the recently-available Costco ESPRIT sweatshirts are wrapping us up in more than (moderately) cozy fleece. They’re hugging us with their colorful joy and, as most nuggets from our childhoods do, connecting us. Join us today as we talk about our own ESPRIT memories, and discuss why we're not only all here for this recent hysteria, but why it's all been about so much more than a sweatshirt.Subscribe to our Substack newsletter hereClick here for a year of Remind Magazine for only $12.Shop our link at bookshop.org to support independent bookstores and the PCPS.Subscribe to our YouTube channel hereFollow the Pop Culture Preservation Society on Instagram, Facebook an TikTokSupport the PCPS by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check all the extra perks you get here.Help the PCPS keep on truckin' by making a one-time donation hereSubscribe to the PCPS email newsletter, "The Weekly Reader" hereSend us an email at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

At last, the episode so many of you have been waiting for...the PCPS take on the new Netflix "Little House on the Prairie" series. Which one of us thought it "was lacking"? Who fell in love with the cinematography and the music? And, who pronounced it the best tv series she has watched in years? Join us as we discuss what we loved and didn't about the series and how we felt about the very "hot" Mr. Edwards.Subscribe to our Substack newsletter hereClick here for a year of Remind Magazine for only $12.Shop our link at bookshop.org to support independent bookstores and the PCPS.Subscribe to our YouTube channel hereFollow the Pop Culture Preservation Society on Instagram, Facebook an TikTokSupport the PCPS by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check all the extra perks you get here.Help the PCPS keep on truckin' by making a one-time donation hereSubscribe to the PCPS email newsletter, "The Weekly Reader" hereSend us an email at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The Cold War meets “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” Michelle dives into WHAM!: 10 Days in China, the fascinating documentary about the duo’s historic 1985 tour behind the Iron Curtain—where bewildered teens encounter Western pop for the first time, government officials keep a VERY close eye on the dancing, and George and Andrew bring maximum hair, blazers, and cool factor to a decidedly monochrome scene.Join us as Michelle shares her experience and what she learned when she saw the documentary during its one-night showing in movie theaters.Read Michelle's Substack piece about her experience hereSubscribe to our Substack newsletter hereClick here for a year of Remind Magazine for only $12.Shop our link at bookshop.org to support independent bookstores and the PCPS.Subscribe to our YouTube channel hereFollow the Pop Culture Preservation Society on Instagram, Facebook an TikTokSupport the PCPS by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check all the extra perks you get here.Help the PCPS keep on truckin' by making a one-time donation hereSubscribe to the PCPS email newsletter, "The Weekly Reader" hereSend us an email at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The world lost Dolly Parton, and the Pop Culture Preservation Society is not okay.In this very un-light PCPS Light, we process the loss of a woman who somehow felt less like a celebrity and more like a favorite aunt. We talk collective grief, childhood memories, Dolly’s quiet activism and extraordinary philanthropy, her unapologetic approach to beauty, and the uncanny way her songs seem to find us exactly when we need them.It’s funny, heartfelt, a little messy, and very, very Dolly.Dolly, we will always love you.Listen to the podcast, Dolly Parton's America herePurchase "She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs" by Sarah Smarsh hereClick here for a year of Remind Magazine for only $12.Shop our link at bookshop.org to support independent bookstores and the PCPS.Subscribe to our YouTube channel hereFollow the Pop Culture Preservation Society on Instagram, Facebook an TikTokSupport the PCPS by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check all the extra perks you get here.Help the PCPS keep on truckin' by making a one-time donation hereSubscribe to the PCPS email newsletter, "The Weekly Reader" hereSend us an email at [email protected] Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands