Pop Culture Coffee Break

About Pop Culture Coffee Break

From WSUM comes Pop Culture Coffee Break, hosted by Camila Trimberger-Ruiz and Ray Kirsch. Student opinions, reviewing anything and everything that college kids are talking about at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Publisher

WSUM

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2023

Latest episode

28 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Jan 2026

   The Oscar Nomination Special

   This episode, Ani and Will, noted film buff and Traffic Director, talk about the Oscar nominations of the season. Hear the talks of predictions, picks and of course, our villains of the award season. This episode also includes conversations about previous Oscar snubs, music scores with a person whose show on Freeflow is all about rescoring movies and a gush session about Delroy Lindo

2. 

   6 Oct 2025

   The Podcast Episode of a Showgirl

   WSUM's Catalina Desua joins us as we talk about the most recent Taylor Swift album and all the related backlash it has had. Discussions include the lyrics, the Charli XCX beef and NOT THE AI STUFF (this happened before people figured out there was AI in the promo vids)

3. 

   3 Jul 2025

   The Top 10 of the 21st Century!!!

   Ani and Elliott interview Vince about the New York Times' list of top movies from the 21st century, sparking discussions on Paul Dano and the White Sox.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

3.9 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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