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Banksy Gets His Mask Ripped Off (with Chris Fairbanks)
Apr 30, 2026
1h 04m 52s
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The Tom Cruise Wife Casting Couch (with Claire Lim)
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/30/26 |  Banksy Gets His Mask Ripped Off (with Chris Fairbanks)✨ | Banksystreet art+4 | Chris Fairbanks | ReutersBanksy | — | BanksyChris Fairbanks+5 | — | 1h 04m 52s | |
| 4/23/26 |  Nevertheless, Blake Lively Persists (with MJ Morley)✨ | legal analysiscivil case+3 | MJ Morley | — | — | Blake LivelyJustin Baldoni+4 | — | 1h 06m 12s | |
| 4/16/26 |  The Tom Cruise Wife Casting Couch (with Claire Lim)✨ | celebrity cultureScientology+4 | Calie Lim | Church of ScientologyOprah | — | Tom CruiseScientology+6 | — | 1h 42m 02s | |
| 4/9/26 |  Bluntly, Afroman Prevails (with Paul Danke)✨ | free speechlegal case+3 | Paul Danke | — | — | Afromanfree speech+3 | — | 59m 33s | |
| 4/2/26 |  Is Spencer Pratt a Villain in Reality? (with Rachel Brodsky)✨ | reality televisioncelebrity culture+3 | Rachel Brodsky | LA TimesRolling Stone+1 | — | Spencer Prattreality TV+5 | — | 1h 13m 34s | |
| 3/26/26 |  Shen Yun (with Jenny Yang)✨ | Shen Yunperforming arts+3 | Jenny Yang | The Brothers SunThe Great North+3 | — | Shen Yundance show+3 | — | 1h 13m 17s | |
| 3/19/26 |  The Screenwriter Who Faded to Black (with Christian Duguay)✨ | disappearancescreenwriting+4 | Christian Duguay | Valley Heat | — | Gary Devoredisappearance+4 | — | 1h 08m 37s | |
| 3/12/26 |  Free Britney Was Right.✨ | Free Britney movementcelebrity culture+3 | — | — | — | Britney SpearsFree Britney+3 | — | 17m 23s | |
| 3/6/26 |  The People You Meet at Groundhog Day✨ | Groundhog Daycelebration+3 | — | Groundhog Day | Punxsutawney, PAGobbler’s Knob | Groundhog DayPunxsutawney+4 | — | 56m 26s | |
| 2/26/26 |  Britney Spears Sells Britney Spears: A Britney’s Gram Reunion! (with Babs Gray)✨ | Britney Spearsmusic catalogue sale+3 | Babs Gray | Britney’s Gram | — | Britney Spearsmusic sale+5 | — | 1h 01m 36s | |
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| 2/19/26 |  Angelyne (with Chris Farah)✨ | AngelyneLos Angeles+3 | Chris Farah | — | Los Angeles | AngelyneLos Angeles+3 | — | 1h 35m 12s | |
| 2/12/26 |  Babes in Hollyweirdland: Can We Keep Young Performers Safe? (with Stacy Keanan and Christine Lakin) | Clearly, there will always be a demand for young people on screen. Shows geared toward young audiences have a huge appeal, and they usually feature kids as principal performers. Recent revelations about the conditions on kids shows like “All That” have led to serious concerns by some people over whether it’s ethical to have kids on set at all. Joining Tess to share their own experiences as child stars are Stacy Keanan and Christine Lakin lead actors on the sitcom “Step by Step.”Stacy and Christine are also hosts of the podcast “Keanan and Lakin Give You Deja Vu.” (@keananandlakin) Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @popmysterypod Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker. Produced by Tyler Hill. Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady and Toxic: The Britney Spears Story wherever you get your pods. Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 |  The Music Universal Studios Lost Forever (with Steven Ray Morris) | When a fire tore through the backlot of Universal Studios in 2008, it took with it countless priceless music archives. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 |  Jenna Jameson: The Porn Industry Climaxes (with Molly Lambert) | In the 1990s, the porn industry dominated the mainstream aesthetic and vice versa, as stars like Jenna Jameson used appearances on the Howard Stern show to become household names. The porn industry has shifted along with popular culture, and in many ways been the literal impetus for technological revolution. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 |  Mary Cosby’s Church (with Will Weldon) | One of the most compelling and confounding cast members on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is Mary Cosby, a woman who is a reverend of her own church. While housewives fans have been enjoying Mary’s antics, some former members of Mary’s church say Mary is no laughing matter. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  The Bots Versus Taylor’s Bops (with Joe Romm and Antonia Romm) | When Taylor Swift Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” dropped, a swarm of internet haters voiced their loud and out-of-left field opinions about it. A couple months after the drop, though, reporting from Rolling Stone revealed that the conversation around Taylor’s album being a problematic flop was driven largely by bots. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 |  The Chicks Get Cancelled (with Laganja Estranja) | The country and blue grass group The Chicks achieved wild success, almost immediately after the release of their album “Wide Open Spaces.” After a handful of years enjoying a fandom across a wide swath of ages and political ideologies, however, The Chicks were the subject of a widespread and passionate boycott. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/26 |  Presenting: Lady to Lady “Botox Shot to Space with Jackie Zebrowski” | Tess has been co-hosting the comedy podcast “Lady to Lady” with her partners in mayhem Brandie Posey and Babs Gray for…about as long as podcasts have existed. If you’ve never checked out L2L, this ep with Pop Mystery fave Jackie Zebrowski is a great place to start! (There’s hundreds more where that came from!) Jackie Zebrowski (@jackthatworm) joins the ladies to talk about gross hair after working out, how no one actually likes camping and getting Botox without being upsold. They then talk about Katy Perry going to space and answer a lady problem about how to get concert tickets! | — | ||||||
| 12/25/25 |  (From the Vault): Dirty Disney | ‘Tis the season for revisiting childhood memories. In this reissue vault episode, Tess Barker unpacks a question that’s been nagging her since the ‘90s: Did someone put dirty jokes into classic Disney movies? How? And why? Guests include Liz Climo (“The Simpsons,” children’s book author & illustrator), Mike Hollingsworth (“Bo Jack Horseman,” “Tuca and Bertie”), Tom Sito (“The Little Mermaid,” “Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?”, “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast”), Brenda Chapman (“Brave,” “The Prince of Egypt,” “The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast”). Featuring an Animation Guild oral history from Ann Guenther (“Sleeping Beauty,” “Winnie the Pooh,” “Robin Hood,” “The Rescuers.”) Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @popmysterypod Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker. Produced by Tyler Hill. Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d. Abigail Keel was a consulting producer on this episode. Clearance Counsel is Dale Nelson and Jacqueline Swett at Donaldson Callif Perez, LLP Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady and Toxic wherever you get your pods. Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 |  “Jaws”: Out for Blood | Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water, Steven Spielberg created an opus that absolutely rattled human beings everywhere: “Jaws.” This movie is a horror classic. It’s also a highly misunderstood film that led to serious death and destruction in our oceans, and not at the hands of white sharks. | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 |  The Dave Matthews Incident (with Babs Gray) | The Dave Matthews Band has enjoyed a large and loyal following for over 30 years. They are a live performance giant. Perhaps nothing in the band’s long history, however, looms quite as large as one very infamous incident that happened when one of the band’s tour buses, well, dumped on some unsuspecting Chicago tourists. | — | ||||||
| 12/4/25 |  “Love is Blind,” Being on a Reality Show is a Job (with Giulia Rozzi) | The guilty pleasure show “Love is Blind,” may feel like a silly love/hate watch, but according to former cast members, the experience working on the show was anything but a joke. | — | ||||||
| 11/27/25 |  (Reprise) “Cats”: Crime of the Century? | Happy Holiday week everyone! This week we’re visiting the Pop Mystery vault for a look at “Cats” an absurd show that really keeps giving. Highly recommend the movie version for that post-meal fever dream period if your Friendsgivign is cool. “Cats” is a musical so ridiculous that it often drives people to anger. So why has this absurd show made so much money, and how does it keep taunting us all with its reemergence into culture? Jellicle journalist, comic, and pop culture junkie Tess Barker is on the case. Featuring interviews with actress Sara Jean Ford (On Broadway: “Phantom of the Opera; “Finian’s Rainbow;” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying;” “Cats:” ) and musicologist and dramaturg Dr. Lynda Paul (professor, Yale University; PhD music history/ethnomusicology/performance studies). Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @popmysterypod Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker. Produced by Tyler Hill. Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d. Abigail Keel was a consulting producer on this episode. Special thanks to voice actors Sean Green and Babs Gray. Clearance Counsel is Dale Nelson and Jacqueline Swett at Donaldson Callif Perez, LLP Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady and Toxic wherever you get your pods. Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! | — | ||||||
| 11/20/25 |  Bruno Mars is Maybe Stuck in Vegas Forever (with Sean Green) | Bruno Mars is one of the most prolific pop artists of our time. Is he also one of our most degenerate gamblers? | — | ||||||
| 11/13/25 |  It Looks Like A Child: Tilly Norwood, the AI Actor (with Gretchen Andrew) | AI “actor” Tilly Norwood made divisive headlines when it was announced that major agencies were circling up to sign the ingenue-looking robot. | — | ||||||
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