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The Afternoon Special
The Afternoon Special
Bobbi Miller | QCODE

Your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture. Each week, join Bobbi Miller as she takes deep... more

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Episodes

2000's How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a Year Round Film

This week's episode is The Afternoon Special podcast's midseason finale and we're spending it by pleading with you for 30... more

20 Dec 2023 · 39 minutes
Snoopy: Gen Z's Animated Antidepressant

The days are getting shorter. The wind is getting a biting chill to it. Life can start feeling bleak around... more

13 Dec 2023 · 29 minutes
Why May December is the Sleeper Hit of the Year

Last Friday, one of the best films of the year dropped on Netflix. From director Todd Haynes and starring Julianne... more

06 Dec 2023 · 59 minutes
Irony is Killing Rom Coms

This week’s episode was born out of conversation being had on Twitter. The topic at hand was around why rom... more

29 Nov 2023 · 44 minutes
Scott Pilgrim is a Loser and I Can Prove It (Missed Connections)

With the newest edition to the Scott Pilgrimverse, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, premiering on Netflix, I thought I'd finally right... more

22 Nov 2023 · 37 minutes
Are The Looney Tunes Going to Save Hollywood?

When you think about Hollywood royalty, you may think about legacy studios or starlets of yesteryear, but when I think... more

15 Nov 2023 · 45 minutes
The Curious Case of Betty Boop

Betty Boop. She’s a pop culture icon. She’s recognized the world over for either her signature curls, her signature catchphrase (boop... more

01 Nov 2023 · 35 minutes
It's Alive!: A Brief-ish History of the Movie Monster

Not too long after the invention of film, filmmakers began finding ways to put common emotions to the big screen.... more

25 Oct 2023 · 36 minutes
A Dish Best Served Scary: A Look At How Food Can Scare Us in Film

A lot of what scares is centered around consumption, especially in horror movies. Zombies eating our brains. Demons eating our... more

18 Oct 2023 · 28 minutes
The Kids Don’t Know Their Pop Culture History

Across social media, there have been discussions of Gen Z's pop culture knowledge (or according to some, lack thereof). Thousands... more

11 Oct 2023 · 36 minutes
Please Stop Asking Martin Scorsese About The MCU (or Thoughts On Franchises in Hollywood)

Your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture is back and for the season premiere,... more

04 Oct 2023 · 54 minutes
Welcome to The Afternoon Special!

Bobbi Miller, your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture, is here to take you... more

27 Sep 2023 · 2 minutes
See you in the fall!

This season has been my favorite thus far and I can't tell you how much I appreciate you listening along.... more

26 Jul 2023 · 4 minutes
The Wonderful Wardrobe of Barbie: The Fashion History of a The World's Tiniest Model

For the entire month of July, we’ve been covering the world of Barbie and arguably one of the most important... more

19 Jul 2023 · 36 minutes
The Good, The Bad, and The Complicated World of Barbie

Barbie. What a contentious doll. To one group of people she is THE representation of female empowerment. A girl boss, if... more

12 Jul 2023 · 36 minutes
Plastic It Girl: A History of America’s Favorite Blonde, Barbie

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you’ll know that one of the year’s most anticipated films, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie... more

05 Jul 2023 · 44 minutes
The Afternoon Special News Hour - Superman: Legacy, Barbie and Ken's Malibu Dreamhouse, and SAG Strike Looms

In the very first edition of The Afternoon Special News Hour, we're covering all the biggest pop culture stories from... more

30 Jun 2023 · 37 minutes
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!

No new normal episode this week but, join me on Friday for the first edition of The Afternoon Special News... more

28 Jun 2023 · 3 minutes
Top 5 Best Spider-Man Films (with Emily Uribe!)

Our celebration of all things Spider-Man continues this week with what I’m calling a definitive and absolute correct ranking of... more

21 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
The Greatest Comic Book Movie Ever Is Full of Spiders

This month, we’re doing a little mini series on our favorite masked web slinger, Spider-Man! However, unlike most months where we... more

14 Jun 2023 · 36 minutes
The Afternoon Special Movie Club Episode 1: Jurassic Park

We're kicking off the inaugural episode of The Afternoon Special Movie Club with an absolute classic, Jurassic Park! This is... more

09 Jun 2023 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!

No new normal episode this week but, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a cinematic classic and one of my... more

07 Jun 2023 · 2 minutes
Disney Princess Tournament (with Cinema Joe!)

To cap off a fun month of waxing poetic about Disney Princesses, we're bringing in the host of the House... more

31 May 2023 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
In Defense and Opposition of Disney Princesses

When talking about Disney Princess for the last few weeks, I’ve highlighted briefly how complex they are. Depending on who... more

24 May 2023 · 37 minutes
The Story of The (little) Mermaid Who Saved Disney

For the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the history and music of the Disney Princess and we discovered that... more

17 May 2023 · 47 minutes
Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere: Exploring the Music of the Disney Princess

The songs of Disney Princess films have this prevailing nature to them about the power of love, the power of... more

10 May 2023 · 37 minutes
Disney Princesses Have Always Saved Disney

For almost 100 years, Disney Princesses have been a pillar of pop culture. They have a musical style, a fashion,... more

03 May 2023 · 33 minutes
Congress Killed The Saturday Morning Cartoon

For the month of April, we've explored what made the Saturday morning cartoon great. However, there was one key question... more

26 Apr 2023 · 33 minutes
They’re Ani-many, Totally Insane-y: A Retrospective on Warner Bros' TV Animation of the 1990s

In the early 90s, there was one studio that seemed to have an unassuming dominance on the saturday morning cartoon... more

19 Apr 2023 · 29 minutes
The Afternoon Special Superhero Friends Hour

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Before the DC Entertainment Universe. Superheroes reigned supreme on the smaller screen. If you didn’t... more

12 Apr 2023 · 40 minutes
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For almost 100 years, Disney Princesses have been a pillar of pop culture. They have a musical style, a fashion, and even... more