80 episodes
The Afternoon Special Bobbi Miller | QCODE
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4.6 • 133 Ratings
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Your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture. Each week, join Bobbi Miller as she takes deep dives into everything in pop culture that you never knew to ask about, but now need the answer to.
“I started The Afternoon Special as a series of videos on TikTok to keep me sane in the beginning of the pandemic. Soon, I decided to take my pop culture love to podcasts and The Afternoon Special Podcast was born,” says Bobbi Miller, host and creator of the show, which was chosen as the Apple Podcasts' Spotlight pick for March 2023.
Bobbi, who describes herself on the show as “your friend who know just a little bit too much about pop culture” takes her audience on an eclectic deep dive of topics that range from adult animation to vampires in media, and what makes the perfect holiday special.
“The main approach I have when deciding topics for the show begins with the question of ‘What’s a pop culture question that you didn’t know to ask, but now you’re dying for the answer to?’ and then the episode is born from there,” she says.
Bobbi has great ambitions for the show, but ultimately, she wants to keep it enjoyable for both herself and the audience. “I hope the show will continue to expand into other formats like listen-alongs or live shows,” she says. “No matter what, I just want to make sure the show remains fun. I hope the audience always walks away from each episode either having learned something new or just having had a good time.”
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Please Stop Asking Martin Scorsese About The MCU (or Thoughts On Franchises in Hollywood)
Your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture is back and for the season premiere, we're tackling Film Twitter's favorite discourse: Martin Scorsese vs. The MCU (or more broadly, franchises). Now before you start sharpening your pitchforks and placing a plague onto my house, this is not an episode to say whether he's right or wrong, is more so meant to provide context for what this discourse is getting at and how we can expand this conversation. Scorsese cinephiles, I come in peace.
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Instagram: @theafternoonspecial
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Twitter: @hiimbobbi
Email the show at theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com
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The Kids Don’t Know Their Pop Culture History
Across social media, there have been discussions of Gen Z's pop culture knowledge (or according to some, lack thereof). Thousands of videos and posts claiming that the young generation is not aware of pop culture history and this week, we're going to unpack these claims, decide if they're true, and understand where they come from.
WARNING: millennial slander may be heard in episode.
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Follow the show on
Instagram: @theafternoonspecial
Tik Tok: @theafternoonspecial
Twitter: @hiimbobbi
Email the show at theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com
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A Dish Best Served Scary: A Look At How Food Can Scare Us in Film
A lot of what scares is centered around consumption, especially in horror movies. Zombies eating our brains. Demons eating our souls. Werewolves eating our flesh. Vampires drinking our blood. So it makes sense that food holds a really interesting place in films intended to terrify us.
This week, we’re taking a look into how food is used to scare us in film. Unlike previous food episodes we’ve done, you might want to listen to this one on an empty stomach.
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Follow the show on
Instagram: @theafternoonspecial
Tik Tok: @theafternoonspecial
Twitter: @hiimbobbi
Email the show at theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com
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It's Alive!: A Brief-ish History of the Movie Monster
Not too long after the invention of film, filmmakers began finding ways to put common emotions to the big screen. Happiness in comedies, sadness in dramas, love in romance. And of course, fear in horror. Horror films hold an important space in film history and is a genre that oftentimes uses a disguised placed mirror to society to source scares. And one disguise used is the movie monster. Creature features, if you will. Beasts, mummies, lab grown monsters, aliens, and vampires have been terrifying (and/or arousing) audiences for decades and this week, we’re taking a look into a brief-ish history of the movie monster.
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Follow the show on
Instagram: @theafternoonspecial
Tik Tok: @theafternoonspecial
Twitter: @hiimbobbi
Email the show at theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com
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The Curious Case of Betty Boop
Betty Boop. She’s a pop culture icon. She’s recognized the world over for either her signature curls, her signature catchphrase (boop oop be doop), or the fact that she can be found on merch for almost every roadside attraction in America. No matter where from, you know Betty. But who is she? Well, she is the subject of a bit of controversy in recent years on her origins and this week, we’re going to dive into it.
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Follow the show on
Instagram: @theafternoonspecial
Tik Tok: @theafternoonspecial
Twitter: @hiimbobbi
Email the show at theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com
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Are The Looney Tunes Going to Save Hollywood?
When you think about Hollywood royalty, you may think about legacy studios or starlets of yesteryear, but when I think about Hollywood royalty, I think about characters and one group of characters that are the epitome of tinseltown nobility is the Looney Tunes.
The Tunes of Loon have been in the news a lot recently with the shelving of the live action/animation hybrid film, Coyote vs. Acme by Warner Bros. and this week, we are taking a brief walk through the history of the Looney Tunes, why Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with them, and why they’re so important.
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Follow the show on
Instagram: @theafternoonspecial
Tik Tok: @theafternoonspecial
Twitter: @hiimbobbi
Email the show at theafternoonspecialtv@gmail.com
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Afternoon Special is brought to you by QCODE.
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Customer Reviews
Underrated Pod!
As a person who just loves to learn about random things (especially about entertainment) this podcast is perfect! I came across Bobbi on TikTok and then learned about the podcast from there. Bobbi is extremely articulate, always sticks to the point, and is subtly hilarious! My favorite episode is the one about the MCU. I always finish an episode knowing more than when I started. I hope it blows up!
rom coms
i just listened to the rom com ep and i fully agree with everything in it. one of my favorite long term slow burns is from superstore because they do it so well but i wish that it was explored more in more media.
No one can top Bobbi
Bobbi could make a podcast reading the phone book and I would listen, fully engaged. Such great podcast etiquette, amazing voice, and truly interesting perspective. Can’t wait for more!
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