Museum of Pop Culture with Josh Widdicombe

⁠Episode 3:⁠⁠ In the third episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. We discuss the birth and rise of disco, and the nightclub runs into the first of many legal issues as rumours of tax evasion and money laundering threaten to de-rail the dream… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 1: The Birth of a Club Legend ⁠ In the first episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. Celebrities. Sex. Drugs. Corruption. Scandal.  For those fortunate enough to get in, the nightclub had it all,  and for a brief moment it felt like it was the centre of the universe… This is the story of the legend, the lust, the lies, and the celeb and drug fuelled rise and fall of the most infamous nightclub that ever existed. All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4: The Brighest Stars Burn The Quickest⁠ In the final episode Josh Widdicombe and Suzi conclude the amazing story of the rise (and rise) of the most succesful girl group in pop music history - The Spice Girls. Geri leaves and the walls quickly come tumbling down as solo careers and a life beyond the spice awaits the girls. But what a glorious rollercoaster it was.... xxx All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 3: Princes, Presidents, Pepsi and Power Struggles⁠ In the 3rd episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell discuss the amazing story of the rise (and rise) of the most succesful girl group in pop music history - The Spice Girls. When we left them, the girls were an unstoppable pop culture juggernaut with Christmas number ones, merchandise, and a chart topping album… Coming up in this episode they sprinkle their charms across the globe as they meet Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles, break America, and release the infamous Spice Girls movie... All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 2: A Girl Power Explosion ⁠ In the 2nd episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell discuss the amazing story of the rise (and rise) of the most succesful girl group in pop music history - The Spice Girls. When we left them, we discovered how the band was formed… And the iconic line-up was finally complete as Baby Spice was about to join the group…  Coming up in this episode - we find out about the girls and their incredible pre-fame flatshare, and their ambitions lead them to make a crucial last minute management change… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠ You get all episodes in the series on the first day of release. Ad free episodes. Free exclusive live show ticket (not on general sale!) the MOPC pin badge and other merch exclusives. Plus more!! If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 1: Spice Up Your Lives⁠ In the first episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell discuss the amazing story of the rise (and rise) of the most succesful girl group in pop music history - The Spice Girls. All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠fan club.⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠Keep It Light Media⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4: Baywatch and global domination In the final episode of this four part series we discuss his infamous Berlin Wall musical performance and finally set the record straight. Did he bring down the wall? And beyond that The Hoff is about to be the most watched man on TV on planet earth as the slow motion juggernaut that is Baywatch hits the shores and episodes are watched by a BILLION people globally... All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture fan club. If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 3: Looking for Freedom In the third episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby discuss the amazing story of David Hasselhoff and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Things were about to get VERY strange for The Hoff as the cracks appeared in the stability of the Soviet Union, David’s personal life, and quite literally - the Berlin Wall itself… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture fan club. If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 2: The Knight Rider Rises In the second episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian Matthew Crosby discuss the amazing story of David Hasselhoff and the fall of the Berlin Wall. When we left him, Hasselhoff was forging a path in TV with mixed success. But a chance encounter with an NBC executive, and a talking Trans AM car, was about to change the course of his life forever, and make him the biggest TV star in America... All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture fan club where you'll also get exclusive, free ticket to the MOPC Live show and other amazing benefits! If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 1: Young and Restless - The Origin of The Hoff In the first episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby discuss the amazing story of David Hasselhoff and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Enjoy!! All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/ And join the Museum of Pop Culture fan club. If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hit Factory: Stock, Aitken and Waterman Episode 4: The Factory Faces Closure In the final episode of the series Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby conclude the amazing story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman's 'Hit Factory' record label... When we left them the trio were at the height of their success… Multiple Ivor Novello awards, more hit songs than The Beatles... And yet despite all this, the cracks had appeared as unbelievably they were losing money at an alarming rate… And like many artists and bands before them, creative differences meant they were heading for an inevitable fall… Enjoy!! xxx If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! Coming up on the next series of Museum of Pop Culture… We look at the incredible life and career of the Knightrider himself - David Hasselhoff. From his early TV career, to the creation of the biggest show in the world in Baywatch,  and most amazingly of all… was he personally responsible for the fall of the Berlin wall? Tune in to find out all that and more on the next series of Museum of Pop Culture… A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hit Factory: Stock, Aitken and Waterman Episode 3: Everyone's Favourite Neighbour(s) In the third episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby discuss the amazing story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman's 'Hit Factory' record label... When we left them, Stock, Aitken and Waterman were fully in their pomp and had topped the charts with countless hits. The jewel in their crown - Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give you up’ - was #1 in 27 countries! And just when they thought things couldn’t get any better, a nearly shambolic encounter with a then barely famous soap actress called Kylie Minogue took the Hit Factory to a whole new level… this episode is especially for you. Enjoy!! xxx If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hit Factory: Stock, Aitken and Waterman Episode 2: From Tea Boy to Chart Topper In the second episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby discuss the amazing story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman's 'Hit Factory' record label... When we left them, the trio’s lives and careers had just converged, and the taste of that early success meant they agreed to collaborate on a new record label… Little did they know they were about to go on an insane run of chart topping pop success with the likes of…  Cliff Richard, Mel and Kim, Bananarama, Sinitta and Rick Astley… They would help to define a decade in pop music, but also label them as “being second to Margaret Thatcher as ‘the worst thing about the 1980s.’” Episode 3 is available on all podcast platfroms on the 17th January. If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hit Factory: Stock, Aitken and Waterman Episode 1: From Coventry schoolboy to the King of Disco In the first episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Matthew Crosby discuss the amazing story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman's 'Hit Factory' record label... Join them on a journey from the over crowded post war class rooms of Coventry to the top of the British pop charts (via a few scenic detours to New York and the infamous Studio 54, a very brief spell as a grave-digger, and a run of chart topping hits that included making a superstar of Kylie, Jason, and their office tea boy - Rick Astley) It's a spectacular rags to riches story - and we've barely scratched the surface of it yet. Enjoy!! Episode 2 is available on all podcast platfroms on the 14th January. If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby (and Noel Edmonds) Episode 4: To Blob, or not to Blob... And so we reach the final chapter of the Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds… The former is now firmly in the rear view mirror, although like all great legends - they never truly die and I have a feeling we may see him again… And the latter is about to experience a late career renaissance in the form of a Dutch quiz show format which ruled the airwaves largely due to his broadcasting brilliance… And then, unsurprisingly, things take an even more bizarre turn… Thanks for joining us on this journey xxx Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby (and Noel Edmonds) Episode 3: Done Blobbin' - Mr Blobby's Downfall In the penultimate episode of the series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian Tom Craine explore the incredible rise and fall of Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds. When we left him at the end of episode 2, Mr Blobby's fame and notoriety had hit giddy stratospheres… He topped the music charts with a Christmas #1 single...  His face was on countless lunchboxes, pencil cases, and allegedly - lampshades all across the nation… But his giant rubber reach was about to exceed his grasp, and as Blobby fatigue set in across the nation his fall from grace was imminent… We also take a lovely nostalgic detour through the archives of iconic British TV puppets via everyone's favourite rodent, Roland Rat. And we discuss the birth of breakfast television on BBC and ITV. Enjoy!! If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby (and Noel Edmonds) Episode 2: The Ascent of Blobby In the second episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine explore the incredible rise and fall of Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds. At the height of his powers, Noel unleashes Blobby on an unsuspecting British public and he becomes a superstar in a way nobody could have imagined or predicted. What follows is a wholesale takeover of British pop culture that culminates in the most coveted prize of all - the chart topping Christmas #1 selling single!! Enjoy!! If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby (and Noel Edmonds) Episode 1: Noel's ascent from radio nerd to Saturday Night titan In the first episode of this four part series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine explore the incredible rise and fall of Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds. Join them on a journey from the early days of pirate radio, all the way to the giddy heights of Saturday night appointment to view TV in the early 1990's. .. With scenic stop-offs via iconic British Radio and TV shows such as; - Radio 1 - Top of the Pops - Multi-Coloured Swap Shop - Top Gear - The Late Late Breakfast Show And of course, the legendary 'Noel's House Party' which became the breeding ground for the infamous pink and yellow menace, Mr Blobby. .. Enjoy!! If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Museum of Pop Culture we discuss and respond to all the brilliant emails, messages, corrections and suggestions that you, the wonderful MOPC community, have sent us. Including... - Appearing as a guest or contestant on classic old TV shows... - Did a listeners dad who chat Star Wars with Liza Minelli in Studio 54? - And can we build an entire human from insured body parts? Thanks to everyone for joining the MOPC fan club community and getting in touch with the show... If you want to become a part of the Museum of Pop Culture Community you can join the fan club and support the show at; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠⁠Episode 4:⁠⁠⁠ In the final episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. Museum of Pop Culture is a 'Keep It Light Media' Production Hosted by Josh Widdicombe Research by - Shaianne Barnes and Emily Pickthall.  Additional editing by Will Fitzpatrick Design by John Gregory  Music by Pickle & Button All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices