Posts by Emily Yoshida

  • Girls in Hoodies

    Molly, Tess, and Emily announce their ‘True Detective’ fan-fiction contest and pour one out for a beloved ‘House of Cards’ character.

  • Overplayed Song of the Week: Bastille, ‘Pompeii’

    This is the sounds of mainstream rock and roll in 2014, seemingly built solely to get licensed in pharmaceutical commercials. “Pompeii” wouldn’t make a bad jingle for Lexapro — “Does it almost feel like nothing’s changed at all?”

  • Spike Jonze Would Like You to Know ‘Her’ Is NOT About Technology, Is Generally Over Awards Season

    Jonze got into it last Friday with BBC ‘Newsnight’ host Emily Maitlis when Maitlis referred to his Oscar-nominated film ‘Her’ as a film about ”falling in love with your software.”

  • ‘Girls’: Friendship Is Magic

    Have you ever had a friend who had a really terrible quality, like narcissism or a heroin habit, but they had figured out how to process any criticism lobbed their way by shrugging their shoulders and going, “Well, nobody’s perfect! My flaws are just a part of my charm!” What both that friend and ‘Girls’ fail to realize is that being self-aware of your more unpleasant attributes doesn’t make them more interesting or tolerable.

  • Drake Apologizes for His PSH ‘Rolling Stone’ Comments, Nothing Else

    “I apologize to anybody who took my initial comments out of context because in no way would I ever want to offend the Hoffman family or see myself as bigger than that moment.”

  • Girls in Hoodies

    Molly, Tess and Emily chat about Dumb Starbucks, Shia LaBeouf’s apology performance art, their theories about ‘True Detective,’ and a very divisive episode of ‘Girls.’

  • Overplayed Song of the Week: OneRepublic, ‘Counting Stars’

    The stupidly catchy and resilient pop-folk fusion of OneRepublic’s big comeback single.

  • Breaking Up Is Easy to Do, With Hollywood Movie Titles!

    Valentine’s Day is mere days away, seasonal affective disorder has the country in its polar grip, and you know what that means: We’re in peak commitment freakout breakup season! So if ‘It’s Complicated’ and you’re ready to spill ‘The Ugly Truth,’ take a tip from the folks at POYKPAC Comedy and let the titles of some of Hollywood’s most beloved (and not quite beloved) titles do the talking.

  • ‘Girls’: There’s No Such Thing As a Free Snack

    Oh, nothing to see here. Just an episode about beginning your career and being slapped in the face by the reality of maybe having to pay your dues before you can follow your true dreams.

  • Girls in Hoodies

    Molly, Tess and Emily invite Max Silvestri to the pod to talk about Super Bowl ads and the reality show ‘Wahlburgers.’

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