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Ahead of her return to the Eurovision — Australia Decides, Jaguar Jonze talks to BW about song writing, how she plans to bring the drama to the Eurovision stage, and her pivotal role in sparking off the MeToo movement in the Australian music industry. Jaguar also gives us an update on the national review of the music industry, which is now accepting confidential submissions. We’re looking at two portrayals of LA in pop culture.  First, the Superbowl LVI Halftime Show featuring hip hop legends Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Eminem and Queen of RnB Mary J Blige blew the roof off Inglewood’s SoFi stadium. Was it a joyous, and hopefully healing moment, for the tested relationship between the NFL and Black America? Second, BW reviews Bel-Air, a dramatic re-envisioning of 90s classic sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air And BW + BL wear out carpet next to their respective beds praying for Wordle and the unfairly maligned ukulele. Show notes: Jaguar Jonze instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaguarjonze SBS

Another week, another Joe Rogan instagram video to experience! Spotify’s number one podcaster took to the ‘gram for the second time in a week to explain himself, after a video compilation of him repeatedly using the n-word during his podcast resurfaced online. The video was shared by musical artist India Arie who has pulled her music from the streaming service in protest. Rogan has apologised and clarified that he now understands why it’s unacceptable to use the word. Is this a teachable moment, as he hopes it will be? And will this be the end of our weekly segment on what’s happening in Rogan’s world? Screenwriter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer aficionado Kodie Bedford talks about the cathartic, empowering joy of working on Firebite, the AMC+ series about First Nations vampire slayers battling a colony of white, underground vampires in a fictionalised Cooper Pedy. Finally, BL explores his very mixed feelings about the hideous yet addictive mess that is Sex and the City’s And Just Like That... #Justice For St

BW and BL experience Joe Rogan’s video statement responding to the backlash against his hit podcast. We weigh up Rogan’s $100 million exclusivity deal with Spotify against music legends Neil Young and Joni Mitchell’s decisions to pull their music from the streaming service over COVID-19 misinformation. The star podcaster says he will try to do better balancing “controversial opinions” [ie wrong statements] about COVID-19 with expert opinions. Is that good enough?  Beloved comedian, author and podcaster Cal Wilson talks about getting ejected from the jungle, the deep friendships formed during her stint on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and how she strives to make comedy kind. Finally, step behind the velvet rope and go on an escapade with Janet Jackson, who’s telling her story in a new four-part documentary. Show notes: Joe Rogan’s video message: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZYQ_nDJi6G/ Science Vs Joe Rogan: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZYQ_nDJi6G/ Spotify CEO’s statement on COVID-19 content:

Only legends on the first new episode of Stop Everything! for 2022. Hear from Nooky, proud Yuin and Thungutti man, rapper and host of Blak Out on Triple J about his new track Run Dingo, new platform We are Warriors, and the power of hip hop and visibility.  BW and BL also reflect on the reactions around Grace Tame’s viral Jan 25 photo op with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the also-viral takedown on The Project by host Carrie Bickmore and Guardian Australia journalist Amy Remeikis of political journalist Peter van Onselen, who wrote that the 2021 Australian of the Year was “ungracious, rude and childish, refusing to smile for the cameras.” And what are some five-letter words for healing through play? We love Wordle, the lo-fi online word game that’s taken our omicron-riddled, RAT-scare world by storm. Show notes: Blak Out: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/blak-out/ We Are Warriors: https://www.wearewarriors.com.au/ Carrie Bickmore, Amy Remeikis and Peter van Onselen on The Project: https:/

New Zealand’s wellness-horror-comedy Creamerie and Australia’s 80s newsroom drama The Newsreader couldn’t be more different, but both are examples of top-shelf locally made series. Go behind the scenes of both shows with Creamerie writer-director Roseanne Liang and co-creator and cast member Perlina Lau, and The Newsreader’s co-creator and writer Michael Lucas and series writer Kim Ho. 1800 Respect: https://www.1800respect.org.au/ Lifeline 13 11 14

Let’s revisit one of Stop Everything’s most popular interviews of 2021: our celebrity memoir book club with National Trinket, Shane Jenek, aka Courtney Act. Brisbane-born Shane is known around the world as drag queen Courtney Act. Courtney’s appeared on Australian Idol, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Bi Life, Dancing with the Stars, One Plus One on ABC TV and even a segment on ABC Kids talking to children about gender. Shane joins Stop Everything! to talk about his memoir, Caught in the Act, with reflections on being gender fluid, coming out, life as Courtney and plenty of S-E-X.

Hello 2022! Please be kind. Our offering for the new year is a closer look at local versions of international reality TV blockbusters: Drag Race and The Real Housewives, aka brand Benjamin Law. First up, RuPaul’s ride-or-die Michelle Visage dropped by ahead of the inaugural season of Drag Race Down Under. Then, Brian Moylan on his tell-all book about the Real Housewives reality TV empire, followed by actual Real Housewives of Melbourne, Jackie Gillies and Cherry Dipietrantonio.

Settle in for deep and meaningful chats with two of our favourite Stop Everything! guests of 2021: screenwriter and director Steven Canals and singer, songwriter and artist Ngaiire. Steven reflects on the end of Pose, the award-winning series hailed as ground breaking for trans representation. Steven shares what it was like to be in the room when series lead Billy Porter shared his HIV status with the cast and crew of Pose, and his view of the current TV landscape. Ngaiire discusses the release of her long-awaited album ‘3’ which puts her Papua New Guinean roots front and centre in a conversation covering music, motherhood, home and breaking free of industry expectations.

Remember that window in 2021 when there were few covid cases, no lockdowns and people could travel across state borders? Yeah! That actually happened, and during that blessed window, we hosted a show, live, from the Sydney Writers Festival. Ok sure, BW was beamed in via a giant screen on stage, but three out of four people on a stage ain’t bad. In this RN summer highlight, BW + BL talk to Carly Findlay, editor of Growing Up Disabled in Australia, and Sam van Zweden, the author of Eating With My Mouth Open in a conversation covering the body, disability, fatness – and the medicalisation, language and politics around these things. If you need support or to talk to someone. The Butterfly Foundation is a site where you can find resources for eating disorders and body image: www.butterfly.org.au Lifeline is also available 24 hours: https://www.lifeline.org.au/

The long-awaited revival of Sex and the City is out! How are Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte faring in 2021 without Samantha? Trigger, er we mean spoiler warning — BW and BL talk about And Just Like That’s woke moments, deaths, diversity, and podcast developments.  Also: Jenna Guillaume shares her top #Christmance movies and BL and BW trade notes on memorable pop culture moments of 2021. Show notes: Kim Catrall not a part of the revival and in the past has been openly scathing of Sarah Jessica Parker: https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/kim-cattrall/kim-cattrall-response-samantha-absence-and-just-like-that A cardiologist responds: Should Carrie have called 911? https://www.vulture.com/article/and-just-like-that-big-death-carrie-911-call.html Jenna Guillaume’s 2021 Christmance thread: https://twitter.com/JennaGuillaume/status/1465613521475944450?s=20

We watched a lot of TV in 2021. We’re looking back at shows we loved and the TV moments staining our memories [hello Armond from The White Lotus]. We’re also talking about the TV culture shifts we noticed in 2021, the TV we want to see more of in 2022, and the TV we’re happy to toss in the bin. Featuring two friends of Stop Everything: Patrick Lenton deputy arts and culture editor at The Conversation and a former editor of Junkee, and Hannah Reich, Arts on RN/ABC Arts digital producer.  Show notes: Jeremy Strong profile on the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/13/on-succession-jeremy-strong-doesnt-get-the-joke? Patrick Lenton's best TV shows of 2021: https://junkee.com/best-tv-shows-2021/317003 Hacks review: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-11/hacks-on-stan-with-jean-smart-nominated-for-emmys/100446534 Hannah Reich dissects The White Lotus: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-04/the-white-lotus-mike-white-hbo-tv-series/100420922 Mare of Easttown: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-20/mare-of-easttow

It’s the year 10191. We’re folding time and space and going deep on the science fiction classic, Dune. We start with Frank Herbert’s best-selling 1965 novel, make a pit stop at David Lynch’s indelible and sometimes inscrutable 1984 screen adaptation, and finally contemplate Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded 2021 release of Dune part one.  Science fiction author and Dune scholar Haris Durrani and film critic Luke Goodsell join BW at the High Council to discuss everything from battle pugs to the deep Islamic and Arabic references of the source material.   And BL is haunted by Kendall Roy’s terrible birthday party and late capitalism in the latest episode of Succession. Show notes: The Guardian remembers David Dalaithngu: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/30/david-dalaithngu-obituary-walkabout-star-a-consummate-actor-who-helped-reinvent-australian-film?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Haris Durrani Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/28/dune-muslim-influences-erase

We’re rolling in the deep with Adele’s new album, 30, and two international TV specials to celebrate its launch. It’s been six years since Adele’s last album and a lot of life lived in between, including a divorce. BL + BW have listened to 30 many times and are ready to talk! It’s 2021 and Superman has come out as bisexual. Jonathan Kent, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and the new guardian of planet Earth has shared a kiss with friend Jay Nakamura in a new issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El. Melbourne-based comic book writer Tom Taylor tells Stop Everything! why it’s time to queer DC’s iconic superhero. And, welcome Ji-Young, Sesame Street’s newest character. She’s 7, loves tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes), playing her electric guitar and is the first Asian-American muppet in the show’s 52 year history.  Adele One Night Only: https://7plus.com.au/adele-one-night-only An Audience with Adele: https://www.itv.com/hub/an-audience-with/L0055a0007 Tom Taylor twitter: https://twitter.com/TomTaylorMade Tom

It’s Ausmusic Month and to celebrate Stop Everything! brings you interviews with some of the best musical talents our country has to offer. Firstly: BARKAA. Earlier this year, the Malyangapa and Barkindji rapper took the stage at the Sydney Opera House with her daughter to perform a moving rendition of ‘I know I can.’ She chats with Ben about her debut record - Blak Matriarchy - which is a testament to powerful Blak women, past, present and future. Then we revisit two of our favourite interviews from the Stop Everything! archives. Singer songwriter Ngaiire goes deep on her third album (3), exploring her Papua New Guinean roots and the challenges she's faced in the music industry.And twenty years on from their critically acclaimed debut album, Since I Left You, The Avalanches’s Tony di Blasi talks about the duo’s approach to sampling music, creative process during the pandemic and latest album. Show notes: BARKAA’s website: https://www.barkaa.com.au/ BARKAA performs at the Sydney Opera House with her

Stop Everything! We’ve got a podcast recommendation for you — Pop Chat from CBC Podcasts in Canada. Join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud, along with entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon and culture writer Amil Niazi as they discuss and work through the pop culture stories that matter. Follow Pop Chat wherever you get your podcasts.

Cinemas are open and we’re diving into two blockbuster releases — the MCU’s Eternals directed by Academy Award-winner Chloe Zhao, and No Time to Die, the latest James Bond release featuring Daniel Craig in his final appearance as 007. If you’re still scarred by the Supermarket Toilet Paper battles of 2020, you may want to check out Preppers, a new ABC comedy about doomsday preppers. Co-creator and lead Nakkiah Lui and cast member Eryn Jean Norvill talk to BW + BL about playing fictional preppers against the backdrop of a real pandemic.  Also: If you posted a picture of your pet on instagram hoping someone would plant a tree, we’ll tell you why that’s not happening. Is Big Bird a vaccinated communist? And what are your demands for #YourGayBC when Mardi Gras returns to the national broadcaster? Show notes: Preppers on ABC iView: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/preppers Eternals receives worst audience reviews of any MCU film: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/eternals-worst-audience-reviews-of-any-marvel-

When the universe serves us a fabulous queen, we respond with another edition of celebrity memoir book club! This week we're featuring Shane Jenek, also known as internationally-renowned drag queen Courtney Act. Brisbane born and raised, Shane, as Courtney, has appeared on Australian Idol, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Dancing with the Stars, One Plus One on ABC TV and even a segment on ABC Kids talking to children about gender. Shane joins Stop Everything! to talk about his new memoir, Caught in the Act, with reflections on being gender fluid, coming out, life as Courtney and plenty of S-E-X. 

(We nearly named this episode: It’s Billy Porter, b*tches!) Emmy, Grammy and Tony-award winner Billy Porter is in the House of Stop Everything! to talk about his new memoir, Unprotected (Abrams). The icon of stage, television and the red carpet speaks candidly about trauma and healing, going public with his HIV status, playing Pray Tell and his passion for fashion (2019 Oscars tuxedo gown, we see you and we honour you). Show notes: Unprotected: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/books/review/unprotected-billy-porter.html Pose: https://binge.com.au/shows/show-pose!1230 Billy Porter's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theebillyporter/ Billy Porter's Emmy win: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NA7BpvnRMA Billy Porter does Broadway Karaoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NA7BpvnRM

UK Drag Race’s breakout star Bimini Bon-Boulash is on Stop Everything! to talk about their new book, Release the Beast, nonbinary representation on television, loving yourself and being vegan, haha! We’re also celebrating Brooke Blurton, the Bachelorette’s First Nations, bisexual lead. It’s not just a first for Australian television but a worldwide first for the long running franchise. Also: proles and Pru; and BL + BW’s take on Dave Chappelle’s controversial Netflix comedy special, The Closer. Show notes: Bimini Bon-Boulash instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biminibabes/?hl=en The Bachelorette recap: https://punkee.com.au/the-bachelorette-2021-premiere-tweets/132678 Pru Goward's AFR column: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/don-t-underestimate-the-underclass-20211018-p5910c Pru Goward AFR column on ‘underclass’ condemned as disturbing and abusive: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/oct/20/pru-goward-afr-column-on-underclass-condemned-as-disturbing-and-abusive Dave Chappelle’s The Closer walko

New Gold Mountain, SBS’ gold rush-era period drama, puts the Chinese-Australian experience front and centre. BW talks to series lead Yoson An, (Mulan, Creamerie) and director Corrie Chen about Chinese cowboys and finding dramatic gold in the history of 1850s Ballarat. Meanwhile, BL previews the new season of Succession, and finds the Roy family as deliciously vicious as ever. Stick around to find out what ‘Shiv all the way’ means in his community. Also: BW is obsessed with a hot 939-year-old Korean goblin, why aren’t you? William Shatner blasts off to the final frontier, and that Four Corners investigation on Sony Music Australia. Show notes: Facing the music: The Sony Music scandal: https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/facing-the-music:-the-sony-music-scandal/13579828 New Gold Mountain: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-13/new-gold-mountain-review/100523478 Amanda Rosenberg in Vulture on Gong Yoo thirst: https://www.vulture.com/article/squid-game-gong-yoo-thirst-watch-next.html Succession season 3: