The Afternoon Special

By Bobbi Miller | QCODE

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Episodes: 80

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Your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture. Each week, join Bobbi Miller as she takes deep dives into everything in pop culture that you never knew to ask about, but now need the answer to. “I started The Afternoon Special as a series of videos on TikTok to keep me sane in the beginning of the pandemic. Soon, I decided to take my pop culture love to podcasts and The Afternoon Special Podcast was born,” says Bobbi Miller, host and creator of the show, which was chosen as the Apple Podcasts' Spotlight pick for March 2023. Bobbi, who describes herself on the show as “your friend who know just a little bit too much about pop culture” takes her audience on an eclectic deep dive of topics that range from adult animation to vampires in media, and what makes the perfect holiday special.  “The main approach I have when deciding topics for the show begins with the question of ‘What’s a pop culture question that you didn’t know to ask, but now you’re dying for the answer to?’ and then the episode is born from there,” she says. Bobbi has great ambitions for the show, but ultimately, she wants to keep it enjoyable for both herself and the audience. “I hope the show will continue to expand into other formats like listen-alongs or live shows,” she says. “No matter what, I just want to make sure the show remains fun. I hope the audience always walks away from each episode either having learned something new or just having had a good time.”

Episode Date
2000's How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a Year Round Film
Dec 20, 2023
Snoopy: Gen Z's Animated Antidepressant
Dec 13, 2023
Why May December is the Sleeper Hit of the Year
Dec 06, 2023
Irony is Killing Rom Coms
Nov 29, 2023
Scott Pilgrim is a Loser and I Can Prove It (Missed Connections)
Nov 22, 2023
Are The Looney Tunes Going to Save Hollywood?
Nov 15, 2023
The Curious Case of Betty Boop
Nov 01, 2023
It's Alive!: A Brief-ish History of the Movie Monster
Oct 25, 2023
A Dish Best Served Scary: A Look At How Food Can Scare Us in Film
Oct 18, 2023
The Kids Don’t Know Their Pop Culture History
Oct 11, 2023
Please Stop Asking Martin Scorsese About The MCU (or Thoughts On Franchises in Hollywood)
Oct 04, 2023
Welcome to The Afternoon Special!
Sep 27, 2023
A message from The Afternoon Special!
Jul 26, 2023
The Wonderful Wardrobe of Barbie: The Fashion History of a The World's Tiniest Model
Jul 19, 2023
The Good, The Bad, and The Complicated World of Barbie
Jul 12, 2023
Plastic It Girl: A History of America’s Favorite Blonde, Barbie
Jul 05, 2023
The Afternoon Special News Hour - Superman: Legacy, Barbie and Ken's Malibu Dreamhouse, and SAG Strike Looms
Jun 30, 2023
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!
Jun 28, 2023
Top 5 Best Spider-Man Films (with Emily Uribe!)
Jun 21, 2023
The Greatest Comic Book Movie Ever Is Full of Spiders
Jun 14, 2023
The Afternoon Special Movie Club Episode 1: Jurassic Park
Jun 09, 2023
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!
Jun 07, 2023
Disney Princess Tournament (with Cinema Joe!)
May 31, 2023
In Defense and Opposition of Disney Princesses
May 24, 2023
The Story of The (little) Mermaid Who Saved Disney
May 17, 2023
Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere: Exploring the Music of the Disney Princess
May 10, 2023
Disney Princesses Have Always Saved Disney
May 03, 2023
Congress Killed The Saturday Morning Cartoon
Apr 26, 2023
They’re Ani-many, Totally Insane-y: A Retrospective on Warner Bros' TV Animation of the 1990s
Apr 19, 2023
The Afternoon Special Superhero Friends Hour
Apr 12, 2023
The History of the Saturday Morning Cartoon
Apr 05, 2023
For The Girlies: The Films and TV Shows That Made Us
Mar 29, 2023
The Care and Keeping of You: Puberty as Told By Pop Culture
Mar 22, 2023
The Anatomy (And Defense) of the Fangirl
Mar 15, 2023
The History of the Teenage Girl
Mar 08, 2023
The Science of Preschool TV: Part 2
Jan 18, 2023
The Science of Preschool TV: Part 1
Jan 11, 2023
Happy Holidays From The Afternoon Special
Dec 21, 2022
We Wish You A Very Grinchmas: Exploring The Grinch in Pop Culture
Dec 14, 2022
What Makes The Perfect Holiday Special?
Dec 07, 2022
The (un) Official History of DreamWorks Animation
Nov 30, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving Afternooners!
Nov 23, 2022
The Story of Television's Greatest Primetime Cartoon
Nov 16, 2022
The Curious Case of Anastasia (1997)
Nov 09, 2022
The Coke Can is There On Purpose: Diving into the (Funny) World of Movie Product Placement
Nov 02, 2022
Crazy, Vampy, Cool: Exploring Our Endless Love Affair With The Vampire - Part 2 (ft. Michael McMillian)
Oct 26, 2022
Crazy, Vampy, Cool: Exploring Our Endless Love Affair With The Vampire - Part 1
Oct 19, 2022
The One Where They Wear Costumes: A History of The Sitcom Halloween Special
Oct 12, 2022
Can You Quote It?: Investigating How We Define Pop Culture Impact
Oct 04, 2022
Armchair Detective: An Exploration into True Crime Media
Sep 28, 2022
Revisiting the Death of the Teen Comedy
Sep 21, 2022
1999: A Culture Shifting Year
Sep 14, 2022
Say YES to NOPE
Jul 27, 2022
A (Brief) Eulogy for the #1 Show in Late Night
Jul 20, 2022
It's Just An Honor to be Nominated!: Breaking Down the 2022 Emmy Nominees
Jul 13, 2022
Entering the Danger Zone
Jul 06, 2022
Bobbi's Favorites: Emmy 2022 Hopefuls (but it is mainly the comedy ones)
Jun 22, 2022
Scooby Doo (2002) - An American Masterpiece
Jun 15, 2022
Welcome to Jurassic Park
Jun 08, 2022
D'oh!: A Brief-ish History of Adult Animation
Jun 01, 2022
Big, Stupid, Ugly Ogre: A Brief(ish) Production History of Shrek
May 18, 2022
And You're Watching Disney Channel: A Brief(ish) History of Disney Channel (from a former superfan)
May 04, 2022
The Great Doll War
Apr 27, 2022
It's Just Not That Easy Being Green
Apr 21, 2022
The Curious Case of Jennifer's Body
Apr 13, 2022
Let's Go to the Mall!
Apr 06, 2022
Hooray for (Old and Messy) Hollywood!
Mar 30, 2022
Boy Bands: A Brief(ish) History
Mar 23, 2022
Growing Pains: Turning Red and The Complicated Pop Culture of Teenage Girls
Mar 16, 2022
Pass the Cranberry Sauce, We're Having Mashed Potatoes!
Nov 25, 2021
The AstroWorld Fest Tragedy and Sesame Street
Nov 10, 2021
My Time in The Good Place
Nov 03, 2021
The Kids Are Al-Fright!
Oct 27, 2021
Spooky Time is Upon Us!
Oct 20, 2021
Here's Why You Might Be Tired of Franchises
Oct 14, 2021
The Movies Hollywood Would Never Make Again
Oct 07, 2021
The Emmys, Ted Lasso, and A Mini Rant on Prestige TV
Sep 22, 2021
Food, Film, and How It Makes Us Feel
Sep 15, 2021
Have We Experienced The Death of the Teen Comedy?
Sep 08, 2021
Welcome to The Afternoon Special
Sep 07, 2021