Made Possible by Pop Culture
On MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE, former entertainment journalist, author, and producer Danielle Turchiano sits down with a variety of guests to share the stories that shaped who they were as kids (including what they grew up to do professionally), as well as what is influencing them now. While there is a heavy focus on television, the show welcomes all pop culture aficionados!
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Kissing Jessica Stein, Pee-wee as Himself & Late Night with Seth Meyers' Jenny Hagel
Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and performer Jenny Hagel joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to share her own personal queer awakening after seeing Kissing Jessica Stein for the first time in 2002…
00:54:26 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
DEXTER: RESURRECTION, SMOKE, The Incredible Hulk & Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Dexter: Resurrection and Smoke star Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about these two, huge, new shows in his career, as well as his childhood love of the 1970s versio…
01:05:25 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
PRIMITIVE WAR, Mike Patton & Nick Wechsler
Hey kids, do you like tangents? This is a great episode for you! Danielle Turchiano is joined by Nick Wechsler, who stars in the new independent film Primitive War. Of course they talk about his expe…
01:22:10 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
SCREAM, Your Favorite Scary Movie & Ashley Cullins
If Scream isn't the answer to "What's your favorite scary movie?" I'm not sure what you're doing here...
Journalist and author Ashley Cullins (Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote t…
00:59:28 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, Little Shop of Horrors & Jeff Hiller
Somebody Somewhere star and Emmy nominee Jeff Hiller joins Danielle Turchiano's Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about the third season of the HBO comedy just in time for Emmy voting to open. But…
00:59:27 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
PHINEAS & FERB, American Top 40 with Casey Kasem & Michael Schneider
The Season 3 premiere of Made Possible by Pop Culture sees Variety's Michael Schneider joining former colleague Danielle Turchiano to talk about how his childhood love of American Top 40 with Casey K…
01:04:09 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Sabrina Carpenter, Muppets, Charlie Brown & More Pop Culture Christmas Traditions
Sabrina Carpenter's Netflix Christmas special is becoming a new pop culture tradition, but there are plenty of older ones to reflect on. MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE welcomes Variety TV Editor Michae…
01:30:10 |
Thu 26 Dec 2024
King Kong, Laid & Nahnatchka Khan
TV writer/producer/director Nahnatchka Khan visits MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE to talk about crafting her new messy rom-com heroine and fictionally killing more than 20 guys in LAID, as well as her …
00:56:35 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
The Player, No Good Deed & Liz Feldman
On the penultimate episode of Season 2 of MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE - The Podcast, TV writer and producer Liz Feldman joins Danielle Turchiano to talk about Robert Altman's THE PLAYER, which subco…
01:06:06 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
The Andy Griffith Show, The Sticky & Ed Herro
TV writer and producer Ed Herro joins MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE to talk about his new Prime Video comedy and favorite comfort TV show from childhood, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Since this episode dro…
00:53:49 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
FRIENDS Thanksgiving Episodes' Roundtable
For the second holiday roundtable episode of MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE, the influence is: FRIENDS Thanksgiving episodes! Journalists Emily Longeretta, Elaine Low, and Ben Travers join Danielle Tur…
01:19:59 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
WWF, Sabrina Carpenter & A Stray Dog for Christmas' Jack Jokinen
Jack Jokinen is living MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE host Danielle Turchiano's dream: He just published a children's book about his dog! He joined the podcast to talk all about that (A STRAY DOG FOR C…
01:20:56 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, Transformers & Steven Canals
On this episode of MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE, Danielle catches up with Steven Canals (creator of POSE), who just directed two episodes of AMERICAN SPORTS STORY: AARON HERNANDEZ. They talk about th…
01:24:20 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Tuesdays With Morrie, Before We Go & End Well's Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
On this episode of MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE, Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider talks about how reading TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE set her on the path to do the work she does at END WELL and with her own podcast…
00:54:13 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
A Very Special SCREAM Roundtable (for Halloween)
To celebrate Halloween, MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE dives into the SCREAM franchise with returning Season 1 guests Chris Hayner, Marisa Roffman, and Megan Vick. Although the chat begins chronologica…
01:32:00 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
I Love Lucy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & ATX TV Festival's Caitlin McFarland & Emily Gipson
This episode of MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE features two guests for the price of one: ATX TV Festival co-founders and co-presidents Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson join host/producer Danielle Tur…
01:22:04 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Tell Me Lies, Amy Winehouse, Pearl & Alicia Crowder
TELL ME LIES star Alicia Crowder joins Danielle Turchiano on MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE to dissect her Season 2 arc, from -- SPOILER ALERT -- Diana discovering something new about her sexuality to …
01:03:39 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Madonna, Basquiat, Banksy, HGTV & Alison Victoria
HGTV star Alison Victoria takes Danielle Turchiano back to her childhood style icon of Madonna, as well as how artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Banksy inspire her through their work and personal stor…
01:02:15 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Found, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Arlen Escarpeta
Juuuust ahead of the second season premiere of FOUND, actor Arlen Escarpeta joins Danielle Turchiano on MADE POSSIBLE BY POP CULTURE to talk about his childhood love of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES a…
00:54:52 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
AI/ChatGPT, Breaking & Jon Huertas
CASTLE and THIS IS US star (and director) Jon Huertas joins the podcast to talk about the hold the 1984 movie BREAKING had over him as a teenager, from finally seeing himself reflected on screen as a…
00:56:32 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
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