50 episodes

Pop culture is everywhere. But it's also a lot. If you need help making sense of like, everything in your feed, Beverley Wang is here to help. Every episode, Beverley and a special guest sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world.

Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.

New Podcast ep every Thursday.

Stop Everything‪!‬ ABC listen

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.5 • 265 Ratings

Pop culture is everywhere. But it's also a lot. If you need help making sense of like, everything in your feed, Beverley Wang is here to help. Every episode, Beverley and a special guest sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world.

Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.

New Podcast ep every Thursday.

    How sci fi and superheroes help us dream of better futures

    How sci fi and superheroes help us dream of better futures

    How do Star Trek: The Next Generation and all the other Star Trek spin off series give us hope for the future? Guest Critic Steven Oliver shares how pop culture passions for sci fi and superheroes have helped sustain him through tough times.

    BW also shares a glimpse into her nerdy teenage past; and stick around to the end of the episode for Steven's surprise spoken word performance.

    • 30 min
    Have you got White Fever?

    Have you got White Fever?

    New ABC comedy series White Fever follows Jane Thomas, a woman trying to cure her fetish for hairy white men while simultaneously processing the emotional and psychological impact of being a Korean transracial adoptee.

    Ra Chapman, White Fever's creator and star, is this episode's guest critic and she's in to talk about everything from growing up Asian in a white family to … sex dolls.

    • 34 min
    Jojo Siwa and Dave Chang's chili crunch are really going for it

    Jojo Siwa and Dave Chang's chili crunch are really going for it

    Jojo Siwa's ditched her giant bow for a glam rock makeover, celebrity chef David Chang's chili crunch trademark grab is flaring nostrils, and a viral essay making the case for marrying an older man — have left us wondering 'What the hell are they thinking?!'

    Guest critic Hannah Reich is back to update us on her addiction to mumfluencers and how she's spending her TikTok Time.

    • 33 min
    All our thoughts on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter

    All our thoughts on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter

    Well, a good chunk of them at least.
    Guest critic and elite Beyhive member Maria Lewis is in to help decode the layers of meaning in Beyoncé's latest album, Act II: Cowboy Carter, a country album that transcends the country genre.

    Also, a review of Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel's directorial debut, Monkey Man.

    • 36 min
    Alone Australia S2 drops Aussies in NZ

    Alone Australia S2 drops Aussies in NZ

    We're talking about SBS' hit survival show Alone Australia, because season two has just kicked off, with 10 Aussies dropped into the wilderness of Te Waipounamu, the South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

    This ep's guest critic is comedian, actor and broadcaster Annie Louey, who's sharing how her stint working in the funeral industry led to comedic inspiration for her ABC Fresh Blood web series, I'm So Sorry For Your Loss; her appreciation for ripped Korean torsos on Netflix's Physical 100; and the special name bond she shares with her sister.

    • 39 min
    Drag Race's Michelle Visage on RuPaul, living your truth and the art of critique

    Drag Race's Michelle Visage on RuPaul, living your truth and the art of critique

    RuPaul's Drag Race royalty is in The House of Stop Everything! Michelle Visage, Drag Race judge and incoming host of Drag Race Down Under, is this episode's guest critic.

    Ever the straight talker, Michelle gets candid about her friendship with RuPaul, giving critiques, career longevity, dealing with ageism and her favourite non-Drag Race pop culture.

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
265 Ratings

265 Ratings

Erko helen ,

Must hear each week

Beverley is such a good host on this pithy, pacy podcast about pop culture. Pop culture has never seemed so important.

Del Kathryn ,

Love this every week

Omg your Succession re-enactment made me laugh out loud on the tram.
I always enjoy the podcast. So smart, respectful and entertaining.

djpeaker ,

Definite miss

Quite possibly the most miserable podcast I have ever listened too

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