Made Possible by Pop Culture

The Testaments just dropped its first three episodes on Hulu, and creator/EP/writer Bruce Miller is on Made Possible by Pop Culture to dig into them! This special bonus episode for the week also features Bruce talking about how Spotlight influenced him when working on his first Margaret Atwood adaptation, The Handmaid's Tale.If you want more The Testaments discussion, Made Possible by Pop Culture host and producer will be covering it here: https://www.goldderby.com/author/danielle-turchiano/

Actor/writer Austin Basis created a graphic novel, The Kinetix, about kids with disabilities who become superheroes, and he joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about it. He also goes back in time to recall the first movie he ever saw in theaters, ET!

Writer/director Thom Harp's latest feature film, Home Delivery, is out March 27, so he stops by Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about telling the tale of a tense family reunion during a home birth and how the David O. Russell's Flirting With Disaster seeped into his DNA so much after seeing it when he was in college, it not only influenced Home Delivery, but also another project he has in the works.

Producer and philanthropist Therese 'Tag' Goulet previews her artist competition reality show brainchild, The Gift (fka The Sugar Mama), which is coming to screens very soon and reflects on her love of storytelling that was inspired by Mr. Pine's Purple House and even led her to run her own publishing house.

Actor Luke Tennie is on three shows right now (Abbott Elementary, Shrinking, and The Pitt), yet he still took time out of his busy schedule to join Danielle Turchiano on Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about his recent work and how his teenage love of Naruto (the anime) informed the man he is today.

Documentary filmmaker Clair Titley joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to dive into her latest project, Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese, and to talk about the '90s music video directors who inspired her. Fun fact: One of them was Michel Gondry, and his direction of "Sugar Water" introduced Clair to Cibo Matto, which gave her a very special moment when sourcing music for The Contestant. She shares that story on this episode too.

School Spirits star Nick Pugliese joins Made Possible by Pop Culture's Danielle Turchiano to dive into Season 3 of the Paramount+ series, as well as why he listened to Beyoncé's Lemonade every day for years after it dropped in 2016.

Lovell Holder's debut novel The Book of Luke is set in the world of reality TV with a splash of politics. He joins Made Possible by Pop Culture to talk about crafting the story about gay ex-footballer Luke whose husband cheats on him publicly, leading to him going back on the reality show that made him famous years ago. As the book mixes Luke's personal story with past and present seasons of the reality show within the book, Lovell also discusses how The Challenge and even his childhood love of Into the Woods influenced what he was creating. As a bonus at the end, there's a short chat about The Traitors!