Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast

26/02/2021

We got featured on CBC Podcast Playlist this week 🤩

This week on Podcast Playlist, we bring you the best new releases! Whether you're craving true crime, pop culture, in depth interviews or a little bit of something strange, we hope you find something to get you through the winter blues. 🎧

01/12/2020

Award Season is a highlight of the pop culture calendar. The dresses… the speeches… the drama ✨

So what better way to end the first season of Twenty Twenty than by looking at who won big in the year 2000, and dishing out some awards of our own? Listen now: https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

1. Jennifer Lopez at The Grammys (2000)
2. Destiny’s Child at The Grammys (2001)
3. NSYNC at The VMA’s (2000)
4. Jennifer Lopez and P Diddy at The VMAs (2000)
5. Christina and Britney at The Grammys (2000)

10/11/2020

Twenty years after it first launched, The Sims is still going strong 💪

In today's episode, Tara, a longtime player of the game, explains it’s enduring appeal to Simran Hans — a self-identified Sims noob.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

03/11/2020

REWINNNND ⏮

This week we are talking about Craig David, his massively successful debut album Born To Do It and the challenges of being the face of a subculture moving into the mainstream.

https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

📸 Photo MOBO Awards (2000)

30/10/2020

Born to be a star ⭐️ Teen star Craig David scored his first Smash Hits cover in 2000, alongside up and coming singer Samantha Mumba. Join us for next week’s episode we’re talking about the chart-topping teen with his world at the feet 🌍 Thanks to the amazing for these scans - they have such a great archive, make sure to check it out!

26/10/2020

In tomorrow’s episode we are joined by to talk about Zadie Smith and how she wrote a literary debut to remember.

Here is a taste of what’s to come ✨

20/10/2020

2000 saw the launch of two new reality TV shows.

Big Brother made instant celebrities of ordinary people and was deemed the most addictive show on telly. Faking It won two BAFTAs and took home an International Emmy, but remains a cult hit.

What can these show us about the UK at the turn of the 21st century? Find out in todays episode: https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

19/10/2020

The year 2000 saw the launch of two new reality TV shows. Big Brother made instant celebrities
of ordinary people and was deemed the most addictive show on telly. Faking It won two BAFTAs and took home an International Emmy, but remains a cult hit.

In this episode, we discuss these two shows and what they can tell us about the UK at the turn of the 21st century. We also explore the concept of reality TV fame, then and now.

13/10/2020

NEW EPISODE 🎬 What really matters is what you like, not what you are like"

In today's episode, we look back at the 2000 film adaptation of High Fidelity and ask — is there value in the idea that our favourite songs, films and books reveal who we are?

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts: https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

07/10/2020

06/10/2020

When your bandana tops are more consistent than your band members 🤭

Our first episode is about the rocky road to the definitive Destiny’s Child line up... and it’s out today!

Listen, share, subscribe now: https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

05/10/2020

We love this photo of the OG Destiny's Child line-up by Markus Klinko shot for Vibe Magazine in 2002. Klinko would go on to shoot Beyonce's for the cover of her 2003 album Dangerously in Love ✨

25/09/2020

Whilst you're waiting for our first episode to drop, why not occupy yourself with one of these great pop culture podcasts?

These are a few that we really love — but there are so many out there. Are we missing anyone? Send your recommendations our way! 💌

23/09/2020

A bit about us 🌸

We're Simran Hans and Tara Joshi. We're both culture critics... who also happen to be self-identified fan girls and all-around pop culture nerds.

Join us from 6th Oct as we take you back to the defining songs, shows & sleepover movies of our childhoods!

https://bit.ly/PFTwentyTwenty

22/09/2020

Are you ready to go back to the year 2000?

In this brand new podcast from Message Heard, we return to some of the most memorable pop culture moments from 20 years ago — with the added benefit of 20 years' hindsight!

Join us — music critic Tara Joshi and film critic Simran Hans — for new episodes every Tuesday from 6th October.

For a little taster on whats to come, the trailer is out now. Find it through the link below and listen where ever you get your podcasts. Make sure to share & subscribe ✨

Join two pop culture critics in their twenties, as they delve into the most memorable movies, music, TV shows and books from twenty years ago.Are you ready to go back to the year 2000? Combining storytelling and commentary, this podcast returns to some of the noughties’ biggest cultural moments, t...

07/09/2020