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Matt Bragg and Sophia Wilson Pelton compare notes on pop culture, pizza nights, and nostalgia.
What You'll Hear:
Movie Nights & Memories: Sophia revisits Wicked (part two, less magical), while Matt celebrates ten years of love with pizza, Russell Crowe, and a surprisingly great cinema deal.
Across the Pond Pop Talk: From British rom-coms to Jimmy Fallon’s Scottish adventure, they swap cultural curiosities and friendly skepticism.
Soundtrack of Seventeen: The two reflect on the music that shaped them—LCD Soundsystem, Vulfpeck, and why 17 might be everyone’s golden year.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Pop culture check-in
02:00 Sophia’s Wicked review
03:00 Matt’s pizza-and-cinema anniversary
06:00 Touring, corn exchanges, and comedy life
09:00 Jimmy Fallon in Scotland
11:30 Bridget Jones & early-2000s nostalgia
15:00 The science of favorite music
17:30 Replaying teenage playlists
19:00 Bands that still sound fresh
20:30 Turning in with Vulfpeck
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