Alt.Pop.Repeat

Blame it on the Pandemic, Zombie movies or video games, but today's doomsday preppers are a far cry from the paranoid persona from 10 years go. So what made preppers go mainstream? We talk to Bradley Garrett, social geographer, worldwide adventurer and author of Bunker: Preparing for the End Times (Scribner, August) about the rise of prepper culture in pop culture.

Are you ready to slide in the second coming of Psychedelics? From LSD to MDMA we're breaking down the arrival of psychedelics in pop culture.

Coolio lays claim to one of the most influential hip hop tracks of all time, and he joins us to discuss The Golden Age of Hip Hip before we get into why it was so influential - from Vanilla Ice to Cross Colours: Clothing Without Predjudice.

We "dig-in" to all things food and foodie related with Zane Caplansky to try and understand where it came from & how it evolved into pics on Instagram

In the first of our exploration in how Hip Hop became mainstream, we start with the 80s and talk to Run DMC's own, Darryl McDaniels about his life and the earliest days of hip hop on the streets of New York from mix tapes to MTV.

Since UFC 1's debut in 1993, Mixed Martial Arts has always been controversial so how did it become the third most popular sport in the world?

How did Yoga, a 5000 year old practice from India turn into one of the biggest fitness trends of the 21st century?

Oh Cannabis! We get into the "weeds" exploring the confounding history of how a plant used for centuries ended up being restricted globally - of course how propaganda and pop culture worked together to shape our understanding of the plant formerly known as Marijuana.

What are the connections between the drag counterculture movement and the catalysts that propelled drag from an underground art form to a global phenomena?

Is there a special "Alien Only" cancel culture that disincentivizes public disclosure? And is pop culture actually the driving force in changing that?