Pop This! Podcast Episode 282: Josie and the Pussycats with Erika Thorkelson
Release Date: 05/19/2021
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Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly - Josie & the Pussycats (YouTube)
Josie and the Pussycats Is One of the Greatest Y2K Fashion Movies (Vogue)
Recommendations:
Andrea W.: Fanny (documentary)
Andrea G.: Good Girls (Netflix)
Erika: Space Sweepers (Netflix)
Music credits:
Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst
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