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Pop Culture Universitea is all about extracting wisdom and life lessons based on what’s going on in pop culture. We learn from the successes and failures of our favorite celebrities. This Tuesday class will teach you EVERYTHING going on in pop culture and leave you with nuggets of wisdom to improve your own life. IT IS A PHD LEVEL CLASS. So be prepare to keep up! Information and inspiration courtesy of all your favorite stars and your host PattyPopCulture.
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Crime happens all around us, so why do some stories make the circuit while others do not? What would you do, if you were surrounded by crime, violence, theft, and poverty? These are everyday situations of many individuals across the globe. Persons of Color are often left out of the conversation when it pertains to true crime, until now. We will discuss everything from gang-violence, black on black crime, dissect infamous cases, and even discuss controversial topics regarding persons of color ...
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Life is finally looking up for 28 year old Shayla -- She’s got a great boyfriend and is about to start her dream writing job. But when it all falls apart in the space of one day, Shayla finds herself heartbroken and struggling to make ends meet. After a chance encounter with the world’s most popular K-pop idol, Youngjae, she decides to chase the fantasy and heads for South Korea in the hopes of kindling a relationship with the star. There are a lot of ups —beautiful city, amazing food, dynam ...
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1. Ella Mai - Hide 2. Khalea Lynee - Can't Let You Go 3. India Shawn - Exchange 4. MIKExANGEL - Tricks 5. Tonio Hall - “ O M W “ 6. Ylona Garcia- Vibin 7. Imani Williams - Fuck Alone 8. Alexa Givens - Broken Record 9. Journee Belle feat. Lakeyah - This and That Part 2 10. Yaya Bey- big daddy ya 11. Marques Houston- Just To Have You 12. Janay Anita Batchelor - Still Down For You 13. Josh Levi feat. Normani - Don't they Remix) 14. Brianna Knight - Bad Decisions 15. Arin Ray - Gold 16. Nia Sult ...
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Camron Branae, formerly known as WWE's Amari Miller, spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about her plans to soon take a break from wrestling, her friendships with Sol Ruca and Alba Fyre, learning from Piper Niven, her recent opportunity to wrestle for STARDOM, her interest in potentially taking up dance, and more.…
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Goldy Locks speaks with WrestleZone about her band's new music videos, working with Mickie James on one of the songs, her appearances on Extreme Cheapskates, favorite TNA themes and moments, and more!Por WrestleZone
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DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) spoke with the media at SummerSlam, taking a variety of questions about their tag title reign, The Bloodline, Bluey, Gargano's hometown of Cleveland and more.Por WrestleZone
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Bayley speaks with WrestleZone about her SummerSlam match against Nia Jax, the dynamic compared to her WrestleMania match with IYO SKY, being a true role model and underdog, Damage CTRL continuing on without her, and more!Por WrestleZone
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Former LPW Challenge Champion Zoe Sager spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about the meaning behind her moniker, her successful title defense against "Speedball" Mike Bailey at LPW 24, ranking in the top 100 of last year's PWI Women's 250 list, John Cena's retirement announcement, her thoughts heading into her match against Kylie Rae, and more.…
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"Your Wish Upon a Shooting Star" Rachel Armstrong spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about her mini European tour in 2024, wrestling Maki Itoh at Black Label Pro, her goal to make people smile, John Cena's recent retirement announcement, the full-circle moment of seeing her former track and cross-country coach attend one of her matches, and more.…
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Ronda Rousey speaks with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard about her new comic book project, ‘Expecting The Unexpected,” Dave Bautista, Paul Heyman's influence on the book, if she still gets offers to return to pro wrestling and more. “Expecting The Unexpected” launches on July 25 on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/awastu…
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Taylor Swift finally being dethroned. 5 pop stars traumatized by Dr. Luke
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TIME STAMPS: 03:30- Ariana Grande IS NOTTT a cannibal 10:30- FUQ Zach Sang 20:00- D'Amelios are cancelled (literally!) 24:00- Taylor Swift chart OBSESSION. not a girls girl? Someone FINALLY DETHRONING her. 44:00- Trump Assaination FACTS (no fake news) 50:00- Dr Luke villain origin story 1:10:00- weekly ranking / superlatives…
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Marigold’s Myla Grace speaks with WrestleZone’s Ella Jay about her current run in Dream Star Fighting Marigold, adjusting to life in Japan, her frenemiship with Zayda Steel, hopes to capture tag team and singles gold in Marigold, IYO SKY’s recent match against Utami Hayashishita, opponents she’d like to face from WWE, Nikki Cross’ run with the Wyat…
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Joe Hendry spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard about his title match at Slammiversary, how he disrupted TNA's title plans, his NXT debut and match with Trick Williams, what his end game in NXT is, working with Ace Steel, who he believes in, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Melbourne's "First Class" superstar Aysha spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about her experience in the first ever Victoria Classic, reuniting with her former coach Shawn Spears last year, competing at NWA's 2023 World Is A Vampire tour in Australia, her lengthy run as the Renegades Of Wrestling Women's Champion, a memorable title defense against M…
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Kylie Jenner CRIES over BULLYING. Charli XCX and Lorde fix girl trauma
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3:50 Kylie Jenner cries over bullying about her looks21:15 Multiple celebrities arrested 28:30 Astronauts stuck in space33:30 Charli XCX and Lorde fix girl trauam55:00 Camila and Normani beef
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EC3 spoke with WrestleZone ahead of his two NWA World's Heavyweight Championship defenses in France and Italy, where else he'd like to wrestle, reflects on “Chicks And America”, his action figure doing ‘The Shocker’ and more.Por WrestleZone
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Shawn Michaels spoke with the media ahead of the NXT Heatwave Premium Live Event. Michaels spoke about the Heatwave match card, more potential TNA appearances, potentially seeing NXT on the road more, his social media presence, the Brooks Jensen storyline blurring lines, and more. Video courtesy of WWE…
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NXT North American Champion Oba Femi speaks with WrestleZone about NXT Heatwave, his next title defense against Wes Lee, creating his in-ring persona and entrance, following up on a good first impression, Becky Lynch, potential RAW/SmackDown call-up and enjoying the moment, and more! NXT Heatwave takes place on Sunday, July 7 in Toronto, Canada, pa…
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Former FWA Women's Champion Tarlee spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about her decision to move to Melbourne, her in-ring celebration with former WWE Women's Champion Victoria at the HER event, being in her "Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne" era, bouncing back from a pinched nerve in her back, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Tony Khan spoke with the media ahead of the 2024 Forbidden Door pay-per-view about the match card, MJF's new character and return, still being active with free agency signings, wrestling promotions collaborating being a good thing, Britt Baker's status and more!Por WrestleZone
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Rae's Corner w/ Ali Williams/Ellie Rose
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Rae Shawn and Ali Williams (who also writes as Ellie Rose) sit down for chat about queerness and feminism, in and beyond romance. Ali focuses on what is important to her in romance from content warnings to processing trauma and how everything can lead to a happily ever after, or happy for now. The pair talk about what’s missing and where there need…
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Former ICW American Deathmatch World Champion Kasey Catal spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about a broken nose injury that kept her out of action for eight months, the physical and mental challenges of her recovery, her in-ring return at GCW's 2024 So Much Fun event, her newfound love for Taylor Swift, a potential match against Nick Gage, and more…
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Ace Steel on working with Joe Hendry, his in-ring return, portraying Donald Trump on WWE RAW
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Ace Steel speaks with WrestleZone's Bill Pritchard about aligning with Joe Hendry in TNA, how it happened and his goal for the pairing, his in-ring return against Frankie Kazarian, who else he'd like to work with in TNA, portraying Donald Trump in the infamous WWE RAW parody match, and more.Por WrestleZone
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JLO's career and marriage is in CRISIS mode. The Cyrus family is breaking apart
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4:00 Happy fathers day 6:00 JLO career crisis mode 22:00 JLO alleged divorce from Ben 29:00 happy pride month 32:00 The Cyrus family is CRAZY 46:00 The new draft for war 55:00 Justin Timberlake DUI 57:00 new music review 1:00:00 Sabrina and Taylor drama? (skims ad) 1:05:00 Joe Alwyn says which song is NOT about him 1:08:00 Weekly rating / superlati…
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RPW Women's Champion Kaci Lennox spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay training at the D-Von Dudley Academy, Mercedes Mone's TBS Championship win at AEW Double or Nothing, being sweet and sassy in the ring and in real-life, her major goal of being a household name, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Rae's Corner w/ Chencia C. Higgins
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Rae Shawn and Chencia C. Higgins sit down for a frank conversation about what Chencia wants and likes to see in books, and how Black women should be treated. Periodt. The pair also discuss some of the issues surrounding how Black women are sometimes portrayed and how that can be different, if an author so chooses. Visiting Chencia’s backlist also p…
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"The Princess Diana Of Pro Wrestling" Jetta spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about her upcoming retirement match at EVE, the bloody Loser Leaves EVE match between Charlie Morgan and Alex Windsor, memories of wrestling Jazz and Manami Toyota, post-wrestling plans, who she believes are the future stars of the sport, and more.…
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Zack Sabre Jr , Jake De Leon, Fabio Makisig, Jomar speak with the media after Dexcon DEKADA at Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City, Philippines on May 26th.Por WrestleZone
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“The Demolition Woman” LA Taylor spoke with WrestleZone’s Ella Jay about her upcoming debut in TJPW, wrestling former NWA Women’s Champion Kamille, her run in the Lana Austin experience, her younger/self aspiring to be Triple H, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Rae Shawn and Rien Gray sit down to have a fun, yet serious conversation about writing the stories we want to see. Rien touches on wanting to continue normalizing stories showcasing trans characters, bisexual women, lesbians, butch and nonbinary characters and everything that encompasses the word sapphic. Rae and Rien also talk about food in Chicag…
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Tony Khan AEW Double Or Nothing 2024 Media Call
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Tony Khan speaks with the media about the 2024 AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view, AEW's fifth anniversary, Darby Allin getting cleared to compete, the AEW media rights negotiations, Eddie Kingston, limiting his appearances on AEW TV and more.Por WrestleZone
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Free agent Emma Diaz spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about her previous pursuit of tackle football, her relationship with WWE PC coach Matt Bloom, the process of finding her character and voice in the wrestling space, her recent appearance at Reality of Wrestling, her post-WWE goals, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Darby Allin spoke with WrestleZone about getting cleared for his in-ring return, AEW Double Or Nothing, getting hit by a bus, moving on without Sting, still attempting to climb Mt. Everest, working with Tony Hawk and more.Por WrestleZone
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Tommaso Ciampa spoke with WrestleZone about being toyetic in his ring gear, paying tribute to his daughter with his gear, his God Of War inspired look, Cody Rhodes and more.Por WrestleZone
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Aron Stevens spoke with WrestleZone about the 2024 NWA Crockett Cup, why his team, Blunt Force Trauma, is the best team AND the Cinderella story, NWA's switch from a PPV model to TV/streaming, having new talent come to him for advice, and more!Por WrestleZone
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David Penzer spoke with WrestleZone about his new book Sitting Ringside: Volume 1: WCW, favorite WCW memories, his TNA exit, his friendship with Chris Jericho (and his current AEW run), what Volume 2 of his book will entail and more.Por WrestleZone
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IYO SKY Dakota Kai (of Damage CTRL) Interview by WrestleZonePor WrestleZone
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Jesus Rodriguez (fka WWE Superstar Ricardo Rodriguez) spoke with WrestleZone about his current role in MLW as a producer, doing an in-ring appearance at Azteca Lucha, his infamous Royal Rumble 2012 entrance, running Three Legacies school/promotion, starting indie scenes in Egypt and India, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Rae's Corner w/ Karmen Lee
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Rae Shawn and Karmen Lee sit down to have both a quirky and very casual but blunt conversation about writing queerness and diversity. Karmen touches on culture, being from the South, community and writing from experience with love. The pair also are full of jokes and unhinged laughter. Intro/outro music: Weeknds - DayFox (pixabay)…
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UK standout Ashley Vega spoke to WrestleZone's Ella Jay about transforming herself into "The Modern Day Diva," attending TNA Wrestling's 2023 Gut Check series, drawing inspiration from Tara/Victoria, her pop culture and Diva-inspired ring gears, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Matt Cardona speaks with WrestleZone about his torn pectoral injury and surgery, why he still sold merch after the injury, if he has any restrictions in his recovery, how the GCW fan base have embraced him, Chelsea Green's NXT title shot and more.Por WrestleZone
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RCW Phoenix Champion Emmy Camacho speaks with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about holding a number of championships early on in her career, learning from the likes of Athena, Allison Danger, and Dustin Rhodes, wrestling Nyla Rose in Ring of Honor, developing herself as a character, what the younger version of herself would think of her progress, and more.…
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Brian Myers And Eddie Edwards speak with WrestleZone about their title defense at TNA Under Siege, give an update on Myers' pectoral injury after TNA Rebellion, where they see The System going, thoughts on Chris Jericho using “The Learning Tree” gimmick, Myers' past success leading a stable, Swiftie fandom, believing in Joe Hendry, and more.…
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Alisha Edwards speaks with WrestleZone about her run in TNA, The System's success, her own in-ring career and aspirations for gold, Broken Matt and the Hardy Family possibly getting involved, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Mike Santana speaks with WrestleZone about how his TNA return happened, what he's looking to accomplish, his social media activity and coffee mugs, ThunderCats, standout matches and more.Por WrestleZone
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Matt Rehwoldt Afa Anoa'i Jr. The Last Match Interview by WrestleZonePor WrestleZone
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Rae Shawn and A.H. Cunningham sit down to have both a fun and serious conversation about writing in the Black space. They touch on culture, community, kink, and more. They also joke and poke at one another and squeeze in a few book recs both can't wait for. Note: They do briefly speak about her mother and Dementia 35:50-39:02. Intro/outro music: We…
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NLW Women's Champion Anita Vaughan spoke with WrestleZone's Ella Jay about pursuing a PhD in physical literacy, her extensive background in sports, her partnership with Debbie Keitel, combatting the fears of not "making it" in wrestling, her desire to wrestle the best of the United Kingdom, her recent outing at wXw's 16 Carat Gold series, and more.…
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Natalya speaks with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard about what goals she has left in WWE, potentially doing a Bloodsport fight, working with Gail Kim, the match that best represents her career and more.Por WrestleZone
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Decoding all the scathing TEA on The Tortured Poets Department
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03:00 my review of TTPD 10:00 The mixed critical reviews of TTPD 20:00 TTPD prologue 27:00 Tea decoding of all men commences (joe, matty, travis)
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Trick Williams spoke with WrestleZone about his issues with Carmelo Hayes, Hustle & Flow, why ‘Whoop That Trick’ isn't a derogatory saying, his favorite match in NXT and more.Por WrestleZone
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Willow Nightingale speaks with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard about facing Julia Hart at AEW Dynasty, her history (and potential future) with Mercedes Moné, Stokely Hathaway, going viral with Rex Lawless, her “worst match” ritual, and more.Por WrestleZone
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Tony Khan spoke with the media ahead of AEW Dynasty. Topics include: Tony addressing criticism of airing All In footage, CM Punk's claim he paid his AEW medical bills, the Oklahoma Athletic Commission / Nyla Rose situation, rumors about the Motor City Machine Guns, and more.Por WrestleZone
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