Here's Part 2 of my conversation with Brandy Tan about how goofy the Twilight series really is. We talked about Victoria's revenge tour, Jacob's unwillingness to wear clothes, and how Reneesmée eerily resembles a religious action figure.Find Mela on Instagram @its.mela.duh to see the images referenced in the episode.This is the last episode of 2023, as we take a much needed R&R for the holidays.C U Next Year!Follow ANTI-POP on your favourite podcast player to stay up to date on future episodes. New episodes are out every Tuesday.C U Next Tuesday!

Part 1 of our cultural obsession this week, "Twilight: The Saga," also known as The Bella Protection Program. I sit down with one of my besties, Brandy Tan and we dissect "Twilight" and "New Moon." Yes, honey...we cut up this week! So if you're a Twilight Fan, this episode might not be for you. But if you want to have a good laugh at Twilight's attempt to hide its misogyny and pedophilic tendencies, listen in and join us for a hilarious episode.Find Mela on Instagram @its.mela.duhFollow ANTI-POP on your favourite podcast player to stay up to date on future episodes. New episodes are out every Tuesday.C U Next Tuesday!

Thank you for being a friend and for coming back for Episode 2! This week we're talking about "The Golden Girls." This show has had a lasting impact on culture, and yet there's a good chunk of the population, including myself (until this podcast, that is), that don't know about their influence. So this week, I invited my friend, Nick Green, to discuss some of the show's most progressive moments that were way ahead of its time.Nick Green is a prolific playwright and his show "Casey and Diana"  will be playing at the Soulpepper Theatre in January 2024. For tickets, check out soulpepper.ca.Follow ANTI-POP on your favourite podcast player to stay up to date on future episodes. New episodes are out every Tuesday.C U Next Tuesday!

Welcome to ANTI-POP!Our first episode explores Taylor Swift. I interview one of my best friends (the complete opposite of a Taylor Swift fan) theatre producer, Indrit Kasapi, on why he has such strong feelings about her. We talk about why female pop stars are so polarizing, her crossover pop record from her country beginnings, and how Kanye indirectly helped her create her best work. (Don't come for me Swifties...this is just for fun)Follow ANTI-POP on your favourite podcast player to stay up to date on future episodes. New episodes are out every Tuesday.C U Next Tuesday!

Have you ever wondered what makes something or someone popular? Or how something becomes so ubiquitous it penetrates our zeitgeist just by hearing about them through our friends or the media we consume? What makes pop culture ‘POP!’? If you’re like me, an anti-pop consumer, you may have a natural aversion to things being overly-hyped. But what if we leaned in to them and force ourselves to see them with objective eyes, or ears? I’m Mela, a podcast producer and now host of ANTI-POP a new podcast about all the things I have purposefully avoided in culture, and I want to know what all the hype is about. Listen to ANTI-POP on Apple Podcast, Spotify or your favourite podcast player every Tuesday. See you next Tuesday!Follow ANTI-POP on your favourite podcast player to stay up to date on future episodes. New episodes are out every Tuesday.C U Next Tuesday!