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They've been best friends for 20 years, and pop culture aficionados for even longer. Now, as moms of toddlers, Andie Mitchell and Sabrina Kohlberg are taking their obsession with TV and movies to the next level by talking to celebrities, writers and fellow “scholars” of pop culture about what they can learn from the fictional moms they love most. A "Good Morning America" and ABC Audio podcast.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Celebrity conversations turn memorable screen mothers into thoughtful discussions of parenting, representation, identity, and the complicated lives women are allowed to portray.
Pop Culture Moms uses familiar television and film roles as a way into candid conversations about motherhood. Sabrina Kohlberg and Andie Mitchell bring guests including Tamera Mowry-Housley, Catherine Reitman, Bethany Joy Lenz, Kelly Bishop, Gillian Flynn, and Melissa Joan Hart…
A Gilmore Girls chat leads to Kelly Bishop on abortion; your comfort rewatch has a conversation waiting.
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Bridgerton fandom, matchmaking lore, and family-pressure talk with warmth.
The conversation is anchored by Sabrina's current hyper-fixation and Andi's matching enthusiasm, which keeps the tone lively even as it moves through romance, glamour, and steaminess.
A Pearl Jam detour that settles into a blunt, thoughtful look at motherhood and inherited language.
The episode opens on Pearl Jam concert talk and fan math before settling into a more personal lane around family, therapy language, and motherhood.
Shawn Johnson East turns public scrutiny into a candid look at parenting and privacy.
Shawn Johnson East's conversation leans into a few sharply observed details: the varsity letter in swimming, the Medfield High School swim-team manager stint, and her admission that sports were mostly social for her.
A warm fatherhood interview that turns imagination into a conversation about keeping childhood alive.
Pop Culture Moms uses a Father's Day frame to move from pop-culture dad chatter into a wider look at imagination, parenting, and the work of keeping kids feeling like kids.
Garcelle Beauvais turns reality-TV fallout into a clear conversation about motherhood, public scrutiny, and what it costs families.
Pop Culture Moms opens with the summer's older-woman/younger-man movie trend, then settles into Garcelle Beauvais talking about how Real Housewives fame affected her sons and made social media uglier than she expected.
Egg freezing becomes a funny, personal conversation about money and buying time.
Leah McKendrick's conversation on Pop Culture Moms makes Scrambled feel less like a movie plug and more like a frank look at the decision of if, when, and how to have children.
A cozy Gilmore Girls chat that opens into a frank, grounded memoir conversation.
Kelly Bishop's Pop Culture Moms visit starts in familiar Gilmore Girls territory, with fall rewatch energy, Stars Hollow nostalgia, and the Lorelai-Emily dynamic that still gives the show its pull.
A nostalgic start that settles into grounded family talk.
Tamera Mowry-Housley gives the episode a steady, easy warmth. It starts with Sister, Sister nostalgia, then settles into parenting, discipline, and the quieter strain that shows up when kids start dealing with bullying and insecurity.
NPR critics Linda Holmes, Glenn Weldon, Stephen Thompson and Aisha Harris argue about this week's release.
The Father's Day episode opens with a quick pop culture dad list.
Pop Culture Moms hosts interview Garcelle Beauvais about her new movie Terry McMillan Presents Tempted by Love, the trend of older woman/younger man romances in Hollywood, and her experiences as a mother on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Pop Culture Moms starts with a rose-and-thorn check-in.
Sabrina opens in a fever of Bridgerton enthusiasm.
Melissa Joan Hart talks about child stardom, Clarissa Explains It All, and the way early fame can keep echoing through family life and self-image for years.
The conversation starts with teachers and the relief of remembering how much they do.
Sabrina and Andy open with horror, and Sabrina makes it plain she is not made for that lane.
The conversation starts with a parenting confession about babies not coming out with factory settings.
Hosts Sabrina and Andy start in teen-drama nostalgia.
Tamera Mowry-Housley sits down, and Sister, Sister comes up fast.
Pop Culture Moms starts with a quick A24 gush and then settles into Janet Planet.
It opens with Pearl Jam.
Leah McKendrick opens up about Scrambled.
The episode talks about sports and parenting, opening with a joke-heavy riff on athleticism, a varsity letter in swimming, and an oddly specific managerial stint with the swim team.
Pop Culture Moms opens with fall weather, Stars Hollow nostalgia, and a soft spot for Gilmore Girls rewatch season.