Introducing: Pop Culture Debate Club with Ronald Young Jr.

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Scott Aukerman, Lauren Lapkus, Paul F Tompkins

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4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Being a pop culture fan naturally comes with a lot of opinions. You’ve got your favorites and you’re ready to defend your picks at a moment’s notice. But who’s right, and who’s just plain wrong? That’s what Pop Culture Debate Club is here to decide. Each week, two notable mega-fans square off, ready to convince host Ronald Young Jr. that their opinion on TV, movies, music, and more is the only one that matters. And after carefully considering all the arguments, Ronald picks a winner. Will you agree with him?

This week, we’re debating which political TV show is better: Veep or The West Wing? Two familiar voices square off this week, with former host Aminatou Sow returning to argue on behalf of Veep and previous guest Hrishikesh Hirway taking the side of The West Wing. This is not going to be an easy decision for host Ronald Young Jr. to make! Aminatou says that recent political headlines prove that Veep is a realistic portrayal of American politics, warts and all, while The West Wing is a liberal fantasy. Hrishi contends that The West Wing wasn’t meant to be realistic and was rather an incredibly entertaining TV show, and that Veep’s satire became too biting to be enjoyable. Which show will Ronald cast his vote for?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rushmastajani, founder of Girls Who Code. Look, I'd consider myself a pretty successful
0:06.8	adult woman. I've written books, founded two successful nonprofits, and I'm raising two incredible kids.
0:13.7	But here's the thing. I still wake up wondering, is this it? And if the best years are yet to come, when's that going to start? Join me on my
0:25.0	so-called midlife, my new podcast with Lemonada Media, where we're building a playbook for navigating
0:31.2	midlife, one episode at a time. Each week, I'll chat with extraordinary guests who've transformed their midlife crisis
0:39.3	into opportunities for growth and newfound purpose. At some point, we all ask ourselves,
0:47.2	is there more to life? I'm here to discover how to thrive in my second act, right alongside you.
0:57.0	My so-called midlife is out now,
1:05.4	wherever you get your podcasts. What do weddings, Instagram, and toxic relationships all have in common? They take your money and you can't get it back. 16 grand, somewhere in there.
1:11.7	Gone.
1:12.2	There's no legal solution for the fact that you married an asshole.
1:16.3	Welcome to the Doe.
1:17.7	I'm Ex-Mayo.
1:19.0	We're diving into the stories surrounding the Mula Baby.
1:22.7	The good, the bad, and the unexpected.
1:25.0	Yeah, we're talking about it all.
1:26.3	The Doe is out now wherever you get your podcast.
1:33.4	Election season can be exhausting, especially if you're following the real-time updates. But rather than
1:39.5	getting stressed out about who will become the new commander-in-chief, join us for a bit of a
1:44.0	retrospective
1:44.9	as we look back on two fictional U.S. presidential administrations and place them head to head.
1:50.8	On one side, we have Julia Louis Dreyfus, leading an ensemble cast as Selena Meyer, the foul-mouthed, morally dubious vice president on VEP.
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