13 episodes

They've been best friends for 20 years, and pop culture aficionados for even longer. Now, as moms of toddlers, Andie Mitchell and Sabrina Kohlberg are taking their obsession with TV and movies to the next level by talking to celebrities, writers and fellow “scholars” of pop culture about what they can learn from the fictional moms they love most. New from "Good Morning America" and ABC Audio, the first season of "Pop Culture Moms" posts weekly through May.

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    • Kids & Family

They've been best friends for 20 years, and pop culture aficionados for even longer. Now, as moms of toddlers, Andie Mitchell and Sabrina Kohlberg are taking their obsession with TV and movies to the next level by talking to celebrities, writers and fellow “scholars” of pop culture about what they can learn from the fictional moms they love most. New from "Good Morning America" and ABC Audio, the first season of "Pop Culture Moms" posts weekly through May.

    Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz on 'Center Stage' and stage moms

    Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz on 'Center Stage' and stage moms

    From "Center Stage" to "Black Swan," movies and TV shows about dance usually portray a toxic world of competition, cruelty and out-of-control stage moms. We talked to legendary ballerina Misty Copeland and film producer Leyla Fayyaz about what that world is really like. 
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    • 34 min
    Elise Loehnen on 'Bad Moms' and the pressure women feel to be good

    Elise Loehnen on 'Bad Moms' and the pressure women feel to be good

    Writer Elise Loehnen helps us wade through the culture, history and family inheritances that make moms feel like we're constantly failing. 
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    • 33 min
    Ginger Zee on 'Twister,' prioritizing mental health, and weathering our emotions

    Ginger Zee on 'Twister,' prioritizing mental health, and weathering our emotions

    ABC Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee has been fascinated by the weather since she was a kid. She talks with us about how weather, with its many ups and downs, is a perfect metaphor for life, mental health and being a mom.
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    • 38 min
    Alison Rosen on 'The Facts of Life,' IVF and maternal therapists

    Alison Rosen on 'The Facts of Life,' IVF and maternal therapists

    There's a lot we can learn from the maternal figures in our lives and on TV, like the lovable house mother Mrs. Garrett from the 80s sitcom "The Facts of Life." Alison Rosen, host of the podcast "Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend," joins us to talk about about how she found her own Mrs. Garrett.
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    • 44 min
    Melissa Rivers on growing up with a funny mom

    Melissa Rivers on growing up with a funny mom

    TV shows like Hacks and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel portray the lives of comedian moms. Melissa Rivers was raised by the ultimate "funny mom": the legendary Joan Rivers. What was it like to grow up surrounded by her humor — and the fame that came with it?
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    • 36 min
    Katey Sagal on 'outlaw moms'

    Katey Sagal on 'outlaw moms'

    Katey Sagal has played some of TV's most iconic moms — from Peg Bundy on Married... with Children to the vindictive Gemma on Sons of Anarchy. She joins us to talk about what she has learned from those characters, and what it was like to become a mom again in her 50s.
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    • 41 min

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